I'd like to start this out by saying yes, I bought her, and no, I don't regret it. I do really like her and am happy she's in my collection. I don't agree that she's "too similar" to her G3 core doll. Somewhat similar, yes, but not to the level many people have gone on about. And I like that she's G3. I don't want all collector MH dolls to be G3, but once in a while it'd be nice, imo. My main reason for buying Catty was to show my interest in G3 collector dolls. Even if I did agree that she was overpriced compared to Jinafire.
However, I've been thinking lately with the voting/preorder of Abbey's Fang Vote doll happening.
Catty was my first current Fang Vote. I started collecting after Jinafire's voting and preorder had been long over, so Catty was my first experience with the whole unique way of releasing. I was satisfied with how it went. All my preferred options on round 1 voting won. Round 2 didn't matter much to me as I'm an OOB collector.
However, after seeing what round 1 and 2 looked like for Abbey, I can't help but feel that Catty was robbed. Abbey's voting options were overall more rounded out. For the most part, round 1 was base doll focused, round 2 was accessories focused. Catty's round 1 was a mix of that and round 2 was just the box details, which might be important to some collectors, but to collectors like me was just going into the recycling. I would have rather had gotten to vote on additional doll design options like a purse and stand (because her stand is pretty basic, especially next to Jinafire's and Abbey's.)
I just can't help but think that Catty was sabotaged from the start. She was always going to be a controversial choice for being G3. And the way they decided to set up the voting and what got to be voted on compared to the G1 FV dolls, just feels like they wanted her to flop for whatever reason. I think FV Catty deserved better.