CAM add ons? newb question!

[Gaspode]

Hello

I'm very new to MH. I just got Catrine because I like her and figured she'd be NY only one but now I'm planning some customs lol

Anyway I have bought a bunch of broken dolls and some other bits and now seen something called a can add on pack for around 10 dollars and just wondering what those are realty and if worth me getting?

Thanks for any advice
Gaspode

Ooops Mods this thread should have been in 'Monster High' not sales - coudl it be moved please?

[PandaBerryInSpace]

Create-A-Monster (CAM) dolls are sets that come with the dolls in pieces, and you're supposed to build them yourself. They are all bald, and they come with wigs. The starter packs include two monsters, and the add-on packs include only the head, lower arms, and calves -- you have to get the thighs, upper arms, and torso from a starter pack. Mattel put out a torso set a while back with matching pieces for the older add-ons, but we have yet to see matching torsos for the ghost, puma, harpy, and siren. So, if you decide to get an add-on pack, you'll need to find a torso and upper arms and thighs for it, and you may also have to paint them to match.

Otherwise, CAMs can be customized just as much as the other dolls. The newer ones have hard plastic caps in their head, which makes them hard to reroot, but there are ways around that if you're creative. I heard that RetroDolls US is going to be selling replacement caps pretty soon.

[Gaspode]

Thanks PB!

These CAM add on packs seem to include torso. I think you get a torso, all limbs and two heads (?!)

I think I'll pick some up. seems like a doll for cheap to my eyes?

thanks for the info on the heads being rerootable - I'm off and googling for good tutorials

[PandaBerryInSpace]

Ah, that was the CAM Lab add-on. I've gotten the mystical set. They come with two heads, lower legs, lower arms, and a torso. No upper arms or thighs, though, so you'll still need to paint. The thing about those heads is that they don't have sculpted eyes are lips -- they're completely flat except for the nose. You're supposed to use the tattoo faces on them with the lab starter kit, as it comes with a machine that helps you apply them. You can apply them manually the same way you put on a temporary tattoo, though.

[enchantress41580]

Create-A-Monster (CAM) dolls are sets that come with the dolls in pieces, and you're supposed to build them yourself. They are all bald, and they come with wigs. The starter packs include two monsters, and the add-on packs include only the head, lower arms, and calves -- you have to get the thighs, upper arms, and torso from a starter pack. Mattel put out a torso set a while back with matching pieces for the older add-ons, but we have yet to see matching torsos for the ghost, puma, harpy, and siren. So, if you decide to get an add-on pack, you'll need to find a torso and upper arms and thighs for it, and you may also have to paint them to match.

Otherwise, CAMs can be customized just as much as the other dolls. The newer ones have hard plastic caps in their head, which makes them hard to reroot, but there are ways around that if you're creative. I heard that RetroDolls US is going to be selling replacement caps pretty soon.

  Yup, they're for sale, right now we're making more, so there should be some in about a week or two, we sold out pretty quickly

[jupiternwndrlnd]

using CAM parts to fix broken dolls doesnt work all that well, as the joints are different