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Post by Starkle on Aug 15, 2014 6:32:14 GMT -5
So we've had the Favourite Zelf Rankings for Series 1 and 2 here on the forums (Series 3 we'll wait until the second wave is released), and after seeing that our faves are not necessarily the ones Moose Company seem to promote, here's the next game!!! Simply just rank your favourite Zelf of the series in order of your favourite to least favourite, and if you want to give reasons why, that would be great! I'm curious to know if you prefer Bubblee over Chocolaa or Masquerade Zelfs over Zelicious etc! We'll all have different opinions and reasons so there's no wrong answers! We're going with the Specials this time (all 6 Masquerades - Spellinda, Vampula, Flamy, Mermalade,Buttershy and Pegasue, 6 Zelicious - Frostette, Bubblee, Spellminta, Berryshy, Strampula and Chocolaa, and 3 Butterfly Friends - Butterluv, Buddykins and Bellafly) Not including Beetrice as she is in with the Series 3 as the playset Zelf, so simply put..... Rank your fave Zelfs in order :- 1st (fave) - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th - 7th - 8th - 9th - 10th - 11th - 12th - 13th - 14th (least fave) -
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Post by Princess Crystella on Aug 15, 2014 7:44:02 GMT -5
Ohhh, these are so hard for me because I love them all!! 1st (fave) - Strampula! She's just plain stunning! Her facemold is much cuter than Vampula mark I and Masqula I think, I adore the little streak of green added to her hair, and that powermark!! The little bat munching on the fruit! All around perfect. 2nd - Butterluv .. I think she just might be the first hybrid zelf! Butterfly wings and designs, but a very distinctively feline face! I like to call her a catterfly. Her bio describes her as being blunt and even her expression to me looks like she's a real spitfire. 3rd - Frostette. LOVE the eyes, the freckles, her overall design! But girl, that smell. D: 4th - Masquelade. Mermalade is super stunning in her Masquerade look. It softens her quite a bit. 5th - Flamasque. Flamy is also super striking in her Masquerade look. Pink can be totally badass, and the pink flames all over Flamy's face and legs are proof. 6th - Buddykins. Buddykins is special to me because my grandfather's name was Buddy (he passed away this past February). I really love her green and yellow look, and especially that fluff on her chest! She's one of the zelfs I wish was made as a plush. 7th - Bubblee - I LOVE her scent, I love her eyes, I love her slightly translucent features! And she's peppy! 8th - Pega Masq - TASTE THE RAINBOW. Pega Sue is the character I chose for my avatar because she's my oldest daughter's absolute favorite (and that's what makes her my fave too!) Pega's mask is super pretty here, and really brings out her pretty amber eyes. I like her standard powermark best though, and unfortunately the purple feet make her and Teeny Genie. resemble each other even more. Not that I don't like Teej, but she could have really used a lot more differences to distinguish her from Pega. It's most apparent with Pega Masq. 9th - Bellafly - Pretty much everyone I've seen seems to love Bella, and it's not hard to see why. The white w/ purple is a really nice look, and she's got a sweet looking facemold that she shares with Float. They both seem like they're gentle, positive characters. 10th - Spellminta. Spellinda looks just too cute with minty swirls and a splash of green in her hair! I wish mine had a stronger scent. 11th - Berryshy. Poor Buttershy. She's one of the core cast but she doesn't seem to get a lot of love from collectors, and her two variants aren't really as exciting as the others. I think her zelicious powermark is really adorable though, and she smells nice. 12th - Spellmasqua - Masquerade Spellinda reminds me a bit of a mardi gras king cake, but I think she'd be all right with that! I love the change in her powermark, her witchhat tiara, and her mask to me looks the most like a mask. 13th - Masquela - da nanananananana BAT MASK. BAT MASK. Love it, just wish she were a bit more colorful! 14th -Buttermasque - The ornate butterfly wing mask is super pretty, but like Masquerade Vampula I wish she were a bit more colorful!
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Post by Starkle on Aug 15, 2014 7:47:52 GMT -5
1 - Chocolaa (First brown Zelf! Sweet. Good colours and I happen to love the smell and chocolate in general.) 2 - Bellafly (love the colours combo - white and purple! Nice face also.) 3 - Frostette (Cute and love the details and decorative bits, frosted horns, diff colour eyes) 4 - Buddykins - (I like the green, and his antennas and wings) 5 - Bubblee - (an unusual looking zelf, like the translucent but not sure of the bubbles on her head, quite like the smell also) 6 - Butterluv (a cat and a butterfly mix?!? reminds me of dandylion!) 7 - Strampula (smells the strongest of my zelfs, which is good, unfortunatly have a weird head/body colour combo one) 8 - Spellminta (I like the swirls and the dark green streak, but the smell is non-existent on mine) 9 - Berryshy (the plainest of the zelicious in my opinion, like the purple/pink feet tho) 10 - Masq Flamy a.ka. Masq-ey (I quite like his mask and decorative side, looks cool in my opinion!) 11- Masq Spellinda a.k.a Masq-inda (Like the body decs, not sure yellow was the best colour for mask) 12 - Masq Mermalade a.k.a Masq-malade (simple and not too over the top, like the added pinkness) 13 - Masq Vampula a.k.a Masq-ula (i like the idea of the bat mask, not too sure on the dark pink legs) 14 - Masq Pegasue a.k.a Masqa-Sue (interesting ideas but not sure it comes across well, too teeny genie-ish) 15 - Masq Buttershy a.k.a Masqa-shy (again why is buttershy the boring one of the reboots?)
Not the greatest fan of the Masquerades in general. Love the 3 new Zelicious Zelfs, even if some don't smell so great! Like the BFF's but not much is known about them really, and they haven't been actively promoted.
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Post by Starkle on Aug 16, 2014 7:57:02 GMT -5
Love the comments Pega! Lol and the new names also! Hee hee. Just noticed you missed off Chocolaa though, where does he fit in? Anyone else wanna play???
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Post by werepuppy on Aug 16, 2014 9:48:24 GMT -5
Hm, I only have three of the specials, so I can't really give a fair assessment at the moment. Out of the three I have, the ranking would be:
1 - Frostette 2 - Bubblee 3 - Chocolaa
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Post by Snowanne on Aug 16, 2014 15:01:06 GMT -5
werepuppy I'm not going to let that stop my voting. 1 - Chocolaa - I tend to be quite picky with browns but it really works on Chocolaa. I absolutely adore the chocolate waffer heart on her tummy and the pink swirls underneath and on her arms are really cute. I love the drippy markings and the pale pink in her hair too. She reminds me of chocolate strawberries which I love! 2 - Frostette - I love cupcakes, i love white zelfs. I love her colour choice, those little sprinkle freckles and her dip dyed arm and leg! She also has my favourite ears - droopy and I love her mismatched eyes. 3 - Strampula - I love strawberries, love the new mold and the touch of green is a really cute touch. I don't think the green hair streak was needed but the dipped dyed feet and little leaf detail makes her adorable! 4 - Bellafly - She's cute. I will not buy the 3 pack for her but I do like my white zelfs. 5 - Masq Mermalade. I really like the simple but cute design and the touch of pink is a nice finishing touch. 6 - Buddykins - I actually thought he was a custom at first. He's a lovel shade of green and pink and yellow really work well on him. 7 - Masq. Flamy - Designs a bit simple but I like the introduction of the pink flames on his feet and he has a cute mask. 8 - Spellminta - I love her tummy mark and the stripes on her and it doesn't envolve any more pink than she normally has! 9 - Masq Spellina - Love her body far more than her original but I hate her mask. If I could swap her head for her signature she'd be my perfect Spellinda! 10 - Berryshy - This one's probably my favourite of the 3, but she still doesn't quite have that "look at me" wow factor. 11 - Masq. PegaSue - I like the dip dyed purple feet but I really liked her original marking and I'm not a fan of her mask. 12 - Bubblee - Really not a fan of the mismatched head or the head mold in general. Plus she has almost indentical left and arm markings to Frostette! 13 - Butterluv - I don't like her head mold and we have plenty of pink zelfs already. 14 - Masq. Vampula - Like most of the Masq line, I don't like the mask. Also not really keen on how it looks like she's put pants on. 15 - Masq Buttershy - Another unliked mask and the pants effect again! She's also feels quite samey to her original. OMG this was so hard xD Doing Masqerade, Zelicious and BFFs (even if I had to google to find out who was who xD) seperate was easy but putting them all together was not so easy. xD
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Post by Starkle on Aug 17, 2014 6:55:37 GMT -5
It seems that not everyone is a fan of the specials then? Or maybe don't have them in their collections?? I quite like that there are seperate Zelf sets to get besides the main series! I just wish there were more!!! I'm not sure I would like more Zelicious though, the smells aren't that great but they kind of are a good addition, especially new zelfs! The Masquerades, I'm not sure what the point was, they're basically normal zelfs but more decorated, will we see any others (like series 2 or 3) in the masque form? I also wonder if there will be more BFF sets, like Mermy's Undersea Pals, or Flamy's Dragonista's? That would be cool.
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Post by Violet on Aug 17, 2014 11:22:53 GMT -5
1. Chocolaa 2. Strampula (Strawberry Vampula. LOL.) 3. Frostette 4. Spellminta (Mint Spellinda) 5. All the Butterfly Friends (I don't know which is which by name, but the white one is my favorite ... I don't have them, though.) 6. Everything else. I never liked the Masquerade Zelfs, and don't really care much for Bubblee or Berryshy. I'm totally in love with the top three on my list, though.
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Post by Snowanne on Aug 17, 2014 14:47:39 GMT -5
It seems that not everyone is a fan of the specials then? Or maybe don't have them in their collections?? I quite like that there are seperate Zelf sets to get besides the main series! I just wish there were more!!! I'm not sure I would like more Zelicious though, the smells aren't that great but they kind of are a good addition, especially new zelfs! The Masquerades, I'm not sure what the point was, they're basically normal zelfs but more decorated, will we see any others (like series 2 or 3) in the masque form? I also wonder if there will be more BFF sets, like Mermy's Undersea Pals, or Flamy's Dragonista's? That would be cool. It would seem that way. Honestly I'd be quite happy just focussing on new zelfs over repeating certain characters. (I.e. Masquerade and Zelicious consisting of 6 brand new characters. No repeats of existing characters. They have their own theme and are separate from the main line but there all new characters.. or you could just add more to the main line and do away with the specials. xD) For me the main problem with the masquerade line was the mask being painted on as it ruined their faces for me. (Merma & Flamy being the only exceptions as their masks were more make-up like) I would have prefered the masks to come as their accessory. It could clip behind their ears like a real mask does and that way you could choose wether you wanted the mask on or not. The problem with the Zelicious line was definetly not the designs, but the less-than-pleasant scents. I wouldn't really want a 2nd wave of either unless it was all new characters with improved masks/scent. I do however really like your BFF pack suggestions and do think there should eventually be a line of some of the more popular/hard to find Zelfs so newer collectors stand a better chance of getting them. They could have a set theme or maybe just do a re-release / "Fan Favourites" line/set.
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Post by Starkle on Aug 18, 2014 5:24:01 GMT -5
With the Butterfly friends being an Australian exclusive, perhaps other countries may get an exclusive set also? I can't see what a Vampula or Angelala BFF set would be, but Mermalade (Undersea Pals), Flamy (Dragonistas), Elfa (Nature/Forest Friends) and Spellinda (Halloweenies?) set could be good?!?
The masks as accessories would have been a much better idea Frost.....er Marsha! Lol. I guess with the sepcials, they have a couple of new zelfs so that the die-hard fans will buy them, and add a couple of the regulars for familiarity and also the newer collectors who may not have the originals will pick up the new versions instead. It kinda makes sense, just that we Brits like to moan about everything! Haha.
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Post by Princess Crystella on Aug 18, 2014 5:55:00 GMT -5
Frostette! You digivolved!
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Post by dreamcatcher on Aug 18, 2014 12:09:17 GMT -5
Uh, welcome again, Marsha! Are you Frostette in disguise? O.o
Well, as for my ranking...
1- Frostette (because I'm a wannabe cupcake baker and she looks stunning with her mismatched eyes, dip-dyed arm and leg and sprinkle freckles! Plus I love her cupcake umbrella!) 2- Strampula (my favourite incarnation of Vampula so far and the only Vampula I'm going to buy) 3- Chocoloa (for me, it's ChocolOa and a male. As a chocolate lover, how could I not love him? First brown Zelf and the only one who smells good, according of your comments. Plus I love his chocolate fountain) 4- Mermalask (love her wavy mask!) 5- Flamask (she looks more like a dragon this way!) 6- Masquerade Vampula or Vampants (I like her dark pink 'pants'. But not enought to get her) 7- Pega Mask (She has got a cute mask, but I feel pretty neutral about her) 8- Buttermask (She also has got a pretty mask, but... let's say Buttershy is not my favourite Zelf) 9- Bubblee (I love bubblegum, but I don't like her mismatched head and body colour. Her bubble horns are a great idea though) 10- Buddykins (I don't like the BFF set, but I put Buddykins on the highest not only because she is the one that most resembles a butterfly, but she also looks like a moth. And she's got a nice green and yellow combination. She would be the only BFF that I would buy) 11- Bellafly (White... Buttershy...) 12- Butterluv (Pink... fairy cat...) 13- Berryshy (While the other revamped Zelicious Zelfs have a daring strike of green hair, Buttershy's strike of pink doesn't look like a great change. Buttershy is pretty, but she isn't that interesting as her pals. Sorry!) 14- Spellminta (Changing black per white wasn't a great choice for Spellinda, in my opinion) 15- Masklinda (I've got the same complain as other collectors: her mask. Shame, because Spellinda is one of my favourite Zelfs, but I don't like her new versions)
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Post by Starkle on Aug 18, 2014 14:34:51 GMT -5
Don't know about anyone else, but I'm rather enjoying the names people are coming up with for the new versions of Zelfs! Haha.
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Post by Snowanne on Aug 18, 2014 15:01:59 GMT -5
With the Butterfly friends being an Australian exclusive, perhaps other countries may get an exclusive set also? I can't see what a Vampula or Angelala BFF set would be, but Mermalade (Undersea Pals), Flamy (Dragonistas), Elfa (Nature/Forest Friends) and Spellinda (Halloweenies?) set could be good?!? The masks as accessories would have been a much better idea Frost.....er Marsha! Lol. I guess with the sepcials, they have a couple of new zelfs so that the die-hard fans will buy them, and add a couple of the regulars for familiarity and also the newer collectors who may not have the originals will pick up the new versions instead. It kinda makes sense, just that we Brits like to moan about everything! Haha. Maybe. I thought that eventually did come out in other countrys though? I see Vampula going in Spellinda's Halloweenies group.. or in a trio pack with Webina and Dolly. There my headcanon besties for her anyway... For Angelala you could have something like "Angelala's Angels" would need a better name, but you get the idea. (and if were going for already existing characters for these packs, I'd easily say Lunanne and Pega Sue because there all sky-related and again that fits my headcanon xD) Yeah that's a good point. Does also give potential for collectors like me that don't collect everyone, to maybe end up with everyone. I.e. I want Strampula, Berryshy is growing on me quite a bit and if it was possible to swap Masquerade Spellinda's head for her original head, I would have snapped her up. xD Love the markings and details on Masq Spellinda, but hate her mask so much. Haha well we are known for moaning about everything (It's too hot, it's too cold etc. xD). Were just a bunch of snobs really. xD Frostette! You digivolved! Tada! XD (I loved Gatomon and Angewomon when I was little. Plus Nefertimon and Renamon but I never liked any of Rena's evolutions. xD)
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Post by Flitter on Aug 18, 2014 15:20:40 GMT -5
I feel like I need to compare them by category. Overall I'd say they are still in order. I like Zelicious>BFF>Masquerade, except I consider Beetrice part of Zelicious, not S3. I guess just don't count her even though I do.
Zelicious Frostette (Just adorable, those freckles, the 2 different eyes, cupcakes!) Chocolaa (Soo sweet. I love her design. She looks like she'd belong on an Angelic Pretty print or something.) Vampula (I just love the Strawberry+Vampire thing. I imagine her liking strawberries because they are red, similar to how Marceline in Adventure Time eats the color red, Vampula only eats red foods.) Bubblee (I rank her so high because she is a new character and I actually bought her. I think her bubbles on her head would look better if they were asymetrcal but she looks great with her gum tree.) Beetrice (I like bees and honey. Her design is cute except I don't like the curly-cue on her forehead. Again ranked so high because - new character.) Buttershy (I actually like her a lot but why does Buttershy have to be in every line? I wish she was a new berry Zelf character. I haven't bought her but am getting more and more tempted.) Spellinda (Like the mint theme but the design is a little awkward to me.)
BFF(tough to rank because I really like them all about the same) Bellafly (Like the white &purple color combo, not sure I'm a fan of the cloud eyelids.) Buddykins (The colors stand out a lot and it's really cute. I like how she actually looks like a butterfly even though I don't like that head mold as much as others.) Butterluv (Cute ears. I would say overly pink/purple but it suits what she is.) Masquerade Mermalade (I don't own any of the Masquerades but she was the only one I was really tempted to get. She looks good with her crown.) Spellinda (Witch hat crown is cool, body design is really neat but I don't like the design around the eyes. I don't like the design around the eyes on any of the masquerades though.) Vampula (The mask thing actually kinda works on her. She's a little bland though.) Flamy (It's more obvious he's a dragon than his S1 ver. but I'm still not a huge fan of the bright colors.) PegaSue (Don't like the face design at all. Too much like Teeny Genie, not rainbow-y enough.) Buttershy (The colors just don't appeal to me. Don't like the butterfly wings on the face.)
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Post by Starkle on Aug 20, 2014 4:57:56 GMT -5
Here's the rankings so far, (was quite difficult to add up) 15th - Masquerade Buttershy (14pts) 14th - Masquerade Vampula (25pts) 13th - Masquerade Spellinda (26pts) 12th - Masquerade Pegasue (28pts) 11th - Berryshy (39pts) 10th - Spellminta (42pts) 9th - Masquerade Flamy (45pts) 8th - BFF Butterluv (48pts) 7th - Masquerade Mermalade (51pts) 6th - BFF Buddykins (57pts) 5th - BFF Bellafly (59pts) 4th - Bubblee (66pts) 3rd - Strampula (78pts) 2nd - Chocolaa (85pts) 1st - Frostette (98pts) Clearly we are not fans of the Masquerades in general, nor the repeat Zelicioua Zelfs (aside from Strampula!) The BFF's are pretty middling, the 3 new Zelicious Zelfs are the clear faves! So if Moose is reading this, more new Zelfs please!!
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Post by Tomalade on Aug 23, 2014 17:44:03 GMT -5
This is definitely the hardest set of Zelfs to rank. I'm on the fence regarding the masquerades, half the Zelicious range have already been out twice before and the Butterfly Friends aren't even available in the UK, so it's hard to judge them.
01 Buddykins - I just think he looks great, so bright! Shame he's gonna be near on impossible to get hold of. 02 Strampula - Her best version so far. So detailed and a far cry from her bland predecessors. 03 Masq Mermalade - So cute! And possibly even cuter than his normal version. 04 Frostette - Favourite out of the original Zelicious Zelfs. Love her sprinkles and whippy horns! 05 Masq Pega Sue - Not 100% on the mask, but love the more vibrant hair and purple feet. 06 Bubblee - If she had proper ears she would look a lot better. Love her translucent pink and her tree! 07 Chocolaa - He's sweet, but not a favourite. 08 Spellminta - I think Spelinda looks great in Zelicious guise, and how cool is the wheel barrow! 09 Bellafly - Obvious Float mould re-use and Float does it 100 times better. 10 Masq Flamy - He really suits his mask and he looks even better than the original. 11 Masq Spellinda - I think she looks pretty cool in her mask, but maybe a little too OTT. 12 Butterluv - Don't know much about her. Obvious Dandy Lion mould. She's alright. 13 Masq Buttershy - Way too gaudy and doesn't suit her personality. 14 Masq Vampula - Doesn't really add much to an already bland Zelf. 15 Berryshy - This Zelicious Zelf seems so pointless, specially compared to how well they did with Strampula.
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Post by Violet on Aug 23, 2014 21:17:14 GMT -5
I just saw Spellminta in person for the first time today, so I had to change my list (10 posts above). I really like her in person! She looks better in person than she does in her official promo pics. So, I stuck her in at #4 on my list.
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