Monster High Scare-adise Island Draculaura Doll with Swimsuit, Sarong and Beach Accessories Like Hat, Sunscreen, and Tote

Normally I would give this doll 5 stars - their design is amazing, consistent screening quality, Saran hair… and the original price of $17.99 USD is well worth it. Of note is the bubble packaging often gets damaged in transit. However, I noticed a couples weeks or so ago that the base Amazon price for this doll was increased by $10. $27.99 become a hard pill to swallow when this doll now costs more than Frankie’s core doll or Amped Up Frankie. This price hasn’t decreased every time I have checked it since then, which is disheartening. I’ve seen this happen with other products. Amazon arbitrarily increases the price of one in a collection and never lowers it - sometimes they keep increasing it. This is worrying as we are getting a few Amazon exclusive MH dolls. Can Amazon just increase the cost of any one of them at any point in time? It’s already hard enough to keep up with everything coming out. This doll is not worth $27.99 when you could buy them for $17.99 just a few weeks ago.

I bought 2/3 from Amazon and they all seem to be made of lesser quality materials than the core dolls. Either way they're super cute and I got em at a fairly low price on top of that.