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mushroom-bugs

Yeah it’s weird that they’re getting called braids. Especially when in the show she has locs instead nether of those look like braids so I don’t know where the confusion is coming from


AffectionateAuthor96

People just don't know


sliquonicko

Yeah I mean I have this doll and I figured they were braids or locs but never really thought about it. This makes more sense though haha


Bionic_Webb13

And the doll has twist not braids it annoys me so much when people say she has Braids


AffectionateAuthor96

I saw your comments, and I was also commenting to other people because people really don't know the difference, so I decided to just make this post to let the masses know ToT


Bionic_Webb13

I’m glad someone did it because it was driving me nuts


mushroom-bugs

It’s slowly driving me crazy. I’ve had to go and look at stock pictures just to reassure myself that she doesn’t have braids a few times


Bionic_Webb13

The only thing braided is the plastic


Jolly_Vanilla_5790

I didn't even realize there was complaining over Venus's hair. Doesn't she have twists or locs (I can't remember which one, I think its like she has one type in doll form and one type in show?) on her core doll already?


IridescentAmore

It's more about how rare it is to even see textured hair on stuff like these. The more dolls with textured hair, the better. I understand where people are coming from, but we don't always wear our hair in twists, braids, locs, etc. Sometimes we just wanna rock with straight hair, or flip flop hair decisions.


Jolly_Vanilla_5790

>It's more about how rare it is to even see textured hair on stuff like these. The more dolls with textured hair, the better. I agree. I do hope that with Rainbow High's popularity some other brands will be making more dolls with textured hair, from what I've seen Rainbow High's dolls are quite good at textured hair, though I've heard they can have a lot of hair gel out of box. I'm curious if the new doll will have the same style of hair as Catty, where she has microbraids (or microtwists for Venus?) on the front/back/side and straight in the middle. It does look cute on Catty but I do think I've accidently brushed a few of the braids which makes them a bit tangled, though its not really a big deal because its not noticeable from far away.


quartzalcoatlus

If you zoom way in on the leaked stock photos she does have the "catty" braids over top


AffectionateAuthor96

In the show she has locs her doll has micro twists


Jolly_Vanilla_5790

Thanks!


EmiTheEpic

The second picture is so gorgeous (both pictures are gorgeous), Venus would absolutely rock beads like that in pink and green!


AffectionateAuthor96

I'd actually buy that


EmiTheEpic

SAME!


dontredditdepressed

Or they could put in little woven vines with flowers at the ends of the braids. That'd be a collector doll for sure


EmiTheEpic

YES!


Monsterbb4eva

OK as a black woman I’m glad they did not put braids in her hair. Why? Because I’m tired of every black doll having braids. I’d rather her have textured hair.


AffectionateAuthor96

She does have braids in her new doll it's just buried in her straight hair


devilpaste

her new doll does have braids, just the green highlights on top of the pink hair are braided though. i do agree tho i would've loved for her new doll to have textured hair, but ig thats what rerooting is for lol


Bionic_Webb13

I feel u I think her natural hair styled would go hard but if u look at the new they gave her the streak of Braids like ss4 Clawdeen and Catty


petgirl629

People are complaining about her hair? Why?


AffectionateAuthor96

Hair diversity for black people, but they complain and are not aware of the differences between these hair styles


petgirl629

But I think it’s awesome we’re getting hair diversity? I’m not black myself, but I love seeing different hairstyles on dolls and knew they were twists/locs (since they are locs in the show)


AffectionateAuthor96

She's getting straight hair with some braids in it but that's it


petgirl629

That’s for her new doll tho??? Her core doll has twists.


AffectionateAuthor96

Yes I made this post about the fighting over her new doll people kept saying her core doll has braids so why can't the new doll have them


petgirl629

Ohhh gotcha so ppl just being dumb af 😂


bayleebugs

She's had 2 dolls, with 2 different styles. It's very premature to be mad that "that's it".


iridescentghxst

Complain about what? I haven't seen any hate towards her recently


AffectionateAuthor96

That she doesn't have braids like her core doll but they're not braids they're micro twists


Spirited_Pay4610

I bet it's on Twitter, sounds like something Twitter waste would complain about.


AffectionateAuthor96

No, it's reddit it's about people complaining about the new doll, but they don't know the difference between any of the hairstyles they're arguing about. They keep saying the new doll should have braids like the core doll, but the core doll doesn't have braids to begin with. She has molded braids and micro twists.


Spirited_Pay4610

Really, haven't seen those posts/comments at all. I know people didn't exactly liked the new SS release, but I haven't seen complaints about the hair.


AffectionateAuthor96

The new skullimate secrets posts you'll find them


Spirited_Pay4610

Yeah I'm avoiding those until they hit the stores. I don't need those incels' opinions bittering the dolls for me. Let the prices and availability do that.


interrupted_sleep

Well of course you haven’t seen any of the complaints then if you’re avoiding all the posts?


Spirited_Pay4610

I've seen them on Twitter, not Reddit


Rozoark

People have almsot exclusively been talking about Venus's hair on that doll here on the sub


No-Relation1314

We need more textured hair pls.. I get sad when people buy her and they swapped out her hair with straight… like seriously???


AffectionateAuthor96

I mean, as much as I would love texture hair on dolls, you can't dictate what people do with their money.


No-Relation1314

It’s true, I’m mostly talking about people who see her hair as unattractive as being textured. Just hits a bit of texturism


AffectionateAuthor96

That is facts though


Bionic_Webb13

Yup seen loads of that


runnawaycucumber

I don't know much about black hairstyles but even I figured that the *twisted strands of hair* aren't braids


BestBoogerBugger

Good to know. This is interesting info, since majority of us are not black 


AffectionateAuthor96

I didn't share any info on locs but in the show her hair is locs it's just that locs are not easy to put on a dolls head so they used micro twists for her g3 doll


Sumacu

I’ve only seen ppl complaining about her skulltimate secrets hair.


AffectionateAuthor96

Yes but they keep calling her core dolls hair braids when they're not


yandeer

okay thank you i thought i was going crazy when every single comment dicussing her core hairstyle kept saying braids 😅 i was like what braids? it was just weird because i thought everyone was calling them either twists or locs before (since they are twists but seem like they're sposed to represent the locs she has in the show) and suddenly it was braids braids braids like everyone forgot 😂


PlasticFangtastic

A lil bit off topic, but has there ever been a fashion doll with a hair style that incorporates beads or ballies?? Cuz imagine how beautiful that would be?! I'm mixed background (azn, white, hawaiian) and my hair is frizzy straight and thin but there's somehow lots of strands / density & I lose ton of hair just brushing it 😒 it's a mess and I always had trouble with styling it... Then when I was a kid it was mostly black students at my school and I swear I can still hear the sound of clicking of beads when they flicked their hair. They were sooo pretty to see the way the beads moved with their hair, I was jealous of how many different styles they had, the versatility and time spent on adorning their braids and twists and locs. Like there's so many different fun beautiful hair styles black girls can wear, yet not seeing it reflected in fashion dolls??


gloomspell

Check out some of the LOL OMG or LOL tweens dolls. Off of the top of my head, I think LOL OMG Sunset and LOL Tween Hoops Cutie have beads in their hair. There are probably more I can’t think of. LOL is really good about having a wide variety of hair textures and styles. LOL OMG Sunset https://preview.redd.it/fv0lhjytqf9d1.jpeg?width=1266&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=13ba0f33bffd30c7a09b4eaa09c004e056d82675


gloomspell

LOL Tween Hoops Cutie https://preview.redd.it/vcgs2vlerf9d1.jpeg?width=308&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fb9f23c4092cc8b758e8b3b5e4737d588bd81f29


PlasticFangtastic

You're right, they do have a large variety of textures and styles on their dolls!! I always forget to consider LOL because I personally did not care for collecting them; it's the faces that bother me, which is such a shame because the clothing quality and hair is always so fantastic! If their faces were slightly different I'd be all about it 🥲 I think these particular dolls are wearing more like a flat malleable metal adornment of hair jewelry for braids or locs instead of plastic ballies or beads you'd see placed at the bottom of braids or twists. I'd really love to see a doll with many colorful beads along the bottom of all their braids that make pretty sounds as they clink together. The movement and texture would be soooo satisfying and so beautiful 💖


AffectionateAuthor96

I am not a huge fan of lolomgs specifically for their faces. I'm actually very jealous that they get more hair options. I buy the dolls, though, but then I replace their heads with bratz heads. I have a bunch of sashas, yasmins, jades, and a few cloes with lol omg bodies.


sliquonicko

I would love this and buy a doll with those so fast, they’re so pretty IRL


PlasticFangtastic

Yesss exactly!!! I'm assuming it's a budget thing which makes me sad. G3 dolls don't seem to have much attention on their hair styling do they? No intricate or interesting styles like we saw with g1; think Operetta's victory rolls, CA Cupid's heart twist and flipped out bob, Gigi's genie up-do, Lagoona's DOTD fin-faux hawk, etc etc... I'd be ECSTATIC to see more alt black fashion and some variety of black hair styles, and also some inspiration from Asian street fashion-- I've actually seen a lot of people asking specifically for j-fashion subculture like Gyaru and Lolita/EGL, which I think would translate beautifully into the typical look of MH dolls.


sliquonicko

Yeah the hair is pretty meh on MH G3 overall, I really like first wave Venus and my Creepover Drac with the little space buns up top, but otherwise my MH collection is pretty boring hair wise. MGA dolls are always better in that department it seems but i’m surprised this idea never made it onto a Rainbow High or OMG doll or something unless I’ve missed someone lol


Outside_Variety8765

I like it better than the old venus tbh


ivorydragon19

I love her hair


starsandcamoflague

This makes her straight haired doll all the more awful


BurntPineGrass

Completely agree that the hair are twists, but the full doll head contains both. The plastic moulded hair on the side of her hair is in a braid pattern, while the rooted hair has a twist pattern. https://preview.redd.it/bu7rs0wsbh9d1.png?width=1202&format=png&auto=webp&s=55091d28720aa20cd934ef49df997635fd7effc5


AffectionateAuthor96

Yes, but that wasn't the point people were arguing about. The new doll still has molded braids. They were talking about the none plastic part.


DovaP33n

She has twists probably because of the material of her hair. My venus cosplay has braids because I already have neon green braids but I think that particular material doesn't braid well. I've yet to find any doll that does locs well and I've heard that's what she has in the show. Whatever, I love it. I just dislike all the whitewashed fanart I've seen that removes her black features. And yes, I know previous gens she was pretty white presenting but people are specifically making art of g3 venus and making her white passing (or as much as someone green can be)


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AffectionateAuthor96

Edges aren't exclusive to black culture


Ok-Caterpillar-Girl

Thank you for pointing this out


killmykind

I love her g3 hair, its beautiful, and not only that, all monsters are supposed to be different, and g3 is better at representing that g1 ever was


MonsterHighMandy

I’ve never heard the term twists… thanks for teaching this old lady something today. Also I love All of Venus’s hair styles … I think it would be boring if they were all the same . 🩷💚


spiralhornunicorn

what type of hair does Asha from Wish have?


Bionic_Webb13

Braids


spiralhornunicorn

thanks!


AffectionateAuthor96

Never saw that movie