Mattel's Manananggal Monster High Doll Is Hauntingly Beautiful
It splits into two.
(SPOT.ph) There are notable fictional characters and series that have raised generations. One of them was Monster High. It was the team you batted for—among other fashion dolls, IYKYK. We know you grew up following the squad of popular monsters and other mythical creatures as they attend high school (which is a horror house on its own).
Said popular monsters and creatures range from the daughters of Frankenstein's monster and his bride or of Dracula; there's the Yeti's daughter, among others. Well, there's a new, very familiar Filipino creature joining the dolls from Mattel: Corazon Marikit. And what is she, and why is she familiar? She's a manananggal, of course. A creature from our folklore.
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Mattel has a Monster High doll who's a manananggal.
Corazon Marikit is a manananggal maven and is part of the Monster High Designer Series 2. The doll dons a traditional red and patterned Filipiniana with a show of flair through fringe details and carries a pamaypay, along with a tasseled solihiya bag. Her heels are literally bahay kubo. But aside from her seemingly normal and fashionable facade, hauntingly beautiful batwings are sprouting behind her back.
The doll can be split into two, like how a manananggal is at night when it's out to target pregnant women and children to feed on their blood (and fetus). The packaging comes with a bendable pole that allows you to display the doll while her upper torso is detached from the lower one (for that full experience).
The doll retails at $75, which is approximately P4,299.19. You can check Corazon Marikit out through the website.
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