Doll review: Isi Dawndancer

Hello ghouls and mansters!

Today it's time to review a doll that I wanted ever since I saw her prototype at San Diego ComiCon. Isi Dawndancer, from the Monster High line Brand Boo Students. Isi is the daughter of the Deer Spirit and, as her surname hints, she loves dancing because it's such an important thing in her culture. She comes to Monster High in order to find the meaning of a vision she had. 

So let's start with the box. The Brand Boo Students boxes are quite similar to the Monster Exchange ones. In fact, I always thought that this line was Monster Exchange Wave 2. 

With the box still closed, it's hard to get a good shot of Isi. 

At the back of the box, we have Isi's beautiful artwork and some information about her. 

With the front plastic removed, we can see more details of her, but it's still hard to get a good shot.

Isi is one of the most unique Monster High dolls I've ever seen. Her face is really deer-like, she even has hoove shaped feet (I'll show you that later on). She resembles more to a deer than, for example, Clawdeen resembles a wolf. 

So let's start with the face. Isi has tanned skin, big brown eyes and deer shaped ears. The white dots on her cheeks and forehead, as well as her eyebrows that go all the way down to her nose giver her that deer-like appearance. 

She has this beautiful long turquoise hair. Because of the box, it's a little bit curled on the back, but at least it's not all glued. 

I was wondering if her hair was the same shade as Nefera's, but Nefera's hair is greener. I took this picture for comparision, but the diference is not very noticeable. 

 
She wears also a headpice decorated with antlers. I guess they did it to make her look more like a deer.

She wears a black jumpsuit and a red sweater on top, both with tribal patterns.

She carries this round turquoise purse that looks like a dream catcher. I think it's cute, but, as usual, it could use more painted details.

Her shoes are the same colour as her purse and has modeled tassels that give some sensation of movement.

Now let's pay attention to her feet.  As I said before, her feet are hooved shaped. Also her heel has a different shape. It catches my attention than her lower legs seem made of a different type of plastic than other Monster High dolls. 

I think that Isi is a great doll. In fact, from all the characters that have been released lately, she's probably my favourite. The design of this doll is a little bit risky, because she does not look as human-like as other characters (like Lagoona or Clawdeen) and I'm not really sure if that will appeal to all little girls.  However, as an adult collector, her animal appearence is one of the things I like the most about her.

I totally recomend this doll. She's gorgeous looking and quite different from other dolls in this collection. 

So what do you guys think about Isi Dawndancer? Have you added her to your collection?

M.C.