Sharing the magic of music - A forgotten song - Egy elfelejtett dal

I thought it's time to share again some music I like, it's been quite a while since the last one. Todays song is called Elfelejtett dal - literally Forgotten song. It's about missing a loved one who is gone forever.
The original version, performed by Cserháti Zsuzsa:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hb4_ES_MG0
 In the pictures you can see the performer.

My favourite is this newer version, performed by Feke Pál:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0oHq3tyXcQ

I included both the original text and my translation next to each other so you can follow the meaning from line to line. :) Enjoy!

Egy elfelejtett dal                                              A forgotten song

Visszahoz egy régi perc, megidéz egy fénykép                                 An old Moment brings you back, a photo summons you

míg csak élnem kell, sose lesz másképp                                            It will be like this as long as I live

ugyanaz a fájdalom, ugyanaz az érzés                                               The same pain, the same feeling

az a búcsú szó, amivel elmész                                                           that goodbye, with witch you were gone

nem számít, hogy hány év messzeség                                    It does not matter, how many years back it lies

az a perc ma sem múlt el még                                                That minute hasn’t passed yet, even today.

Teli voltunk élettel, szabad volt a szívünk                             We were full of life, our hearts were free

és én úgy hittem, sose kell félnünk                                        and I believed, that we never ever need to be afraid.

hova lett a boldogság                                                             Where did the happiness go

hova a sok álom                                                                    Where did the dreams go

és ami nincsen már, miért kell hogy fájjon                            Why does it hurt that’s no more

nem számít, hogy hány év messzeség                                    It does not matter, how many years back it is

az a perc ma sem múlt el még                                                That minute hasn’t passed yet, even today.

itt az éjjel és te nem vagy már velem                                     Night is here and you are not here with me

hogy fogd a két kezem úgy mint régen                                              to hold my hands like back then

és ha hívlak, tudom senki nem felel                                      And if I call you, nobody answers

csak egy elfelejtett dal sír a szélben                                       only a forgotten song cries in the wind

Visszahoz egy régi perc, megidéz egy fénykép                                 An old Moment brings you back, a photo summons you

amíg csak élnem kell, sose lesz másképp                               It will be like this until I die

nem számít, hogy hány év messzeség                                    It does not matter, how many years back it is

az a perc ma sem múlt el még                                                That minute hasn’t passed yet, even today.

itt az éjjel és te nem vagy már velem                                     Night is here and you are not here with me

hogy fogd a két kezem úgy mint régen                                              to hold my hands like back then

és ha hívlak, tudom senki nem felel                                      And if I call out to you, nobody answers

csak egy elfelejtett dal sír a szélben                                       only a forgotten song cries in the wind

Hány év múlt el                                                                                 How many years have passed

és még mennyi kell ahhoz                                                     and how many must pass

hogy újra kezdjem el                                                             until I’ll be able to start again

itt az éjjel és te nem vagy már velem                                     Night is here and you are not here with me

hogy fogd a két kezem, úgy mint régen                                             to hold my hands like back then

és ha hívlak,tudom senki nem felel                                       And if I call out to you, nobody answers

csak egy elfelejtett dal sír a szélben                                       only a forgotten song cries in the wind

Some Descendants thoughts and Evie doll review

'I have been changed for good' 

from the musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, song: For Good

I'm very creative with my quotes, I know. They are just for fun. :)

So how did it all start? This was the first picture I saw of the Descendants dolls:

I thought first that Jane is Rapunzels daughter and she kind of reminds me even now of Rapunzel. Besides, she wears purple, like Rapunzel. She and Mal were my favourites of the group. I remember hoping that the tights are not just painted on. I liked Evie as well, but here eyebrows were bothering me. I mean, Mal is the daughter of a villain as well but she doesn't come with those evil eyebrows. I think I got used to them over time and Evie joined my collection.

Note: This is a review of an older doll but I thought some might be interested. 

So Descendants 2 is coming closer and closer and I thought I could do a Descendants review to mark it :) I have only three dolls but I might add some more to the collection. I choose Evie for this review since she is at least a bit more rare than the other two. Mal got tons of reviews since she is the main character of the movies. Both Mal and Jane are the signature versions of the dolls, while Evie is the Disney Store exclusive. So let's get started with Evie.

Welcome to my wicked world

As far as I can tell she is one of the most popular characters, the Auradon kids seemed to get less attention, even as dolls. She got almost as many dolls as Mal. My Evie doll is a Disney Store exclusive version of the character, that means the Evie doll wearing this particular outfit could only be purchased at a physical store or ordered from the online store.  Since there are no stores where I live, I had to order her. She came out sometime around the first movie in 2015, I think, but I only got her around Christmas 2016. To tell the truth she was kind of a consolation doll. When I started to gather the stuff I wanted I did not intend to buy her. But by the time I finished adding things to my basket, most of the dolls I wanted (For example Mulan) were sold out. Then I saw her, she was still there and on sale. Following an impulse I added her and placed my order. I've seen her earlier in her coronation outfit in a big shopping center and I wasn't 100% sold on her look. Her eyebrows, as I already mentioned, make her look meaner than Mal and actually she is the kinder of the two girls, at least at the beginning.

That's the only picture I have of her boxed - sorry!

But this one made me smile when she arrived and she goes so well with my other two Descendants gals. I still have her box, though it 's a bit crooked.

It has a unique shape that was used for all Descendants dolls.The Villains children have thorns as decoration on their boxes, the others have roses and ribbons. (At least that's what Janes box is decorated with, Mals has the same thorns Evies box has.)

On the back we can see a picture of the actor as the character or the dolls inspired by Wicked World have pictures of the characters as they appear in those short episodes.

This is the best picture of Sofia Carson as Evie they used on the back of a box I've seen so far, her signature and coronation photos look somewhat off. Oh yes and there is a phrase matching the character next to the photo in a few languages and something that looks like a map of the world they live in. And we also get to see how her outfit looks in the movie. I think in the movie her hair was not as curly as in this picture.

Evie in the movie wearing the outfit the doll wears

There are a few changes, the doll has some red details that are black or gold or some other color  in the actual movie. Here is a full body picture of the outfit (and other two outfits, which also made it to doll form):

I just googled Evie Descendants to find this pic

 Let's move to the front of the box. The dolls look like as if they were in a huge mirror. Evie has a blueish background, with her signature crown and her mothers shadow.

Can you spot the evil queen?

Her shoes did not come on her feet but displayed next to her. It took a while to get them on her feet, since I was careful and slow but once they were on they were on, no falling off or something like that. She can stand on her own but it is not easy to balance her. She wears this pretty blue dress that Evie wears in the movie for exaple during the match and after it, when she and Mal are talking about Audrey right after 'Did I mention'.

black underskirt and black tights

She has a black leather jacket, a black underskirt to keep the shape of her skirt, black tights and stylish boots.

The boots have her signature crown on them and her earrings are crown shaped as well.

She also comes with her necklace.

I never removed it and I even kept that tie on her so that necklace won't get lost. The doll has moulded on glowes but in the movie she doesn't wear any with this outfit.

Her hands are posed differently, allowing to pose her expressing many different things and I think the glowes go well with the rest of her outfit. Her black leather jacket is red on the inside.

I have had her for months but the belt simply won't change its position

The dress itself has no sleeves or anything to hold it but it stays on her very well, it has after all that tie that holds the necklace as well. The red stripe at the front is a little change on the original it is black. She has a red ropelike belt that is golden in the movie. I think these little changes were good ideas, those extra red details make her outfit stand out. The dress closes with velcro on the backside, the jacket is a separate piece but not that easy to get off.

However, the outfits limits her posability a bit. She has quite a few ponts of articulation: head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips and knees. She has no ankle joints and the knee joint is quite limited because of the tights. She is not the only one with tights, many of those characters wear them as well.
Evie has lots of blue locks, just like in the movie.

Red and blue

She comes with her signature V shaped braids as well. I read that some other Evie dolls have crazy hair that is impossible to tame. Mine has perfect hair, soft and it does not get tangled but my Jane has quite stiff hair and it feels dry, not soft like Evies beautiful mane. I put it in a ponytail to make sure it stays that way.

Another look at her earring as well

She has quite a bit of hair. Pale skin and dark hair usually go well with each other and Evie does have a light skintone but Mal is even paler. In the pictures Evie looks paler than she really is because of the flash. She smiles with a slightly open mouth, and as far as I know the headmold was made especially for this character. She has subtle makeup and pretty brown eyes.

I like the way they painted the eyes and did the faces of these kids, they are more like cartoon versions of the characters but I think they are much more beautiful this way. Most dolls that imitate the look of a real person doesn't end up really pretty in my opinion. And this cartoonish style suits the setting the story and everything so well. I bet little girls like them more this way and I guess Hasbro thought the same. I think they are pretty and quite well made dolls, and they can be anything their owner wants them to be, everything from princesses to mischievous little witches. They can share clothes with the Disney princess dolls Hasbro makes, that is no surpise since they are both made by Hasbro. They can wear some Barbie clothes as well but you can find more info about that in this review of Signature Mal made by the Toybox Philosopher. She tried lots of clothes on Mal.
I'm planning to make them some new clothes as well and I made up a top pattern for them since I saw some really pretty dresses made for Descendants dolls. They come from an Etsy shop and they look really good, here is the link: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kosucas?ref=l2-shopheader-name&section_id=20530989
I would like to make my dolls something similar. :) Oh yes I call this lady I own Amanda.

I  liked the first movie but I try not to be overexcited for the second on, it usually ends with a disappointment when I'm waiting for something so impatiently. Well the dolls stay pretty, even if he movie is not that good.

Elena of Avalor mini doll set review

"A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew "

from Disneys Aladdin: A whole new world

Yes, they'll get to know a whole new world now that they get out of the box. Moving on to the mini treasures from my sisters treasurebox, they are the one before the last item from that box. All the other minis gathered to welcome the new members.

This set has four characters, as many as the mini doll sets usually have. (Older parks princess sets had five, and now the Tangled mini doll set going with the series has only three dolls)

Just like the box of the Elena classic doll, this box has an unique shape and similar, 'avalorish' patterns. The top of the box has some simple but pretty flower design, different shades of blue, yellow and red were used.

The front side of the box has similar decorations and some more complex flowers as well.

On the left, there is a Disney Store Sign, a picture of Elena swinging on a rope and with her hair down and the usual warning. In the middle there is a sign with the information that this is a Mini Doll Set, both in English and in French.

I'm not sure the sets from the USA have this as well, I got my set online from the UK store. On the right, there is the the Disneys Elena of Avalor sign.

The sides of the box show flower patterns as well, only one of them has part of Elenas hair, her skirt and her foot on it.

It belongs to the picture on the front. Here is another picture, so you can see it as a whole.

Just around the riverbend, ehm corner

It shows Elena in her everyday dress, while the artwork on the back of the box shows her in her formal attire. It is the same picture of Elena they used for the classic dolls box.

There is the Elena of Avalor sign in the middle once more, a Ready to rule sign, again, both english and french. I didn't mention the two languages in the classic doll review but it is the exact same sign maybe the size is a little different. Elenas home is not forgotten, either, it is an other element that already made an appearance on the classic dolls box.

Other than those decorations, there are some more texts I don't understand and the names of the characters who sit in the box as dolls, once more in two languages.

The bottom of the box is not decorated, it is the same color that is halfway between green and blue that is used a lot on other parts of the box. Now, let's move on to the inhabitants of the box. Naomi looks really unconfortable. Besides, she is the only one with an extra tie so let's free her first.

She has short blond hair which is hard and kind of like a helmet because of the amount of hairproduct they used to style it. Her eyes are the same blueish green teal color as her skirt, She has some freckles, a pointy little nose and a smile. She doesn't show any teeth.

She wears a small version of her everyday dress from the series, a white blouse with a darkblue west, a red belt, the already mentioned teal skirt with a darkblue decorative stripe and black boots. There are some unfinished edges so be careful while playing.

Little Naomi even has that little ornament imitated with a piece of ribbon around her neck but she does not have a bracelet. I could not make her stand on her own. She is very cute and quite movie accurate in my opinion.
Next is Elena, she is a small version of the classic doll, wearing her red dress, a white underskirt that is part of her dress and brown flats. She has a belt that is sewn to her dress and she wears her hair in a ponytail which is very stiff just like the classic dolls hair.

She is missing some little details the classic doll has, like the flower ornament in her hair, her earrings and her bracelet. She is still a very good version of Elena and I think she is the most movie accurate of the bunch. Her hair is just a touch lighter then the classic dolls hair but that may be just me. Both Elenas have the same smile with a slightly open mouth.

I think she is the first doll who actually has red lips, the others all have lighter or darker pink shades as their lipcolor. It goes well with her red dress.
Gabe is wearing a nice and detailed version of his uniform which uses a lighter and a darker shade of blue and red. He wears black boots that look similar to the ones Hans wears. I have to check it when I get the mini one out of the box.

His hair is a grayish brown, I'm not really fond of that color but I let it pass. He looks a bit odd in the pictures but he is actually quite nice.

When I saw him for the first time, he reminded mi a bit of Naveen from The Princess and the frog. It's odd, I only had this feeling with the doll, in the cartoon he never looks even a tiny bit like Naveen.
Mateo is the last of the four.

He  has darkbrown hair and eyes and he wears his casual outfit. The color of his outfit changes.

The doll versions and the promo pictures show him with a teal  west and darkblue belt compined with  greyish brown trousers while in the series he is seen with a green west, red belt end greenushblueish trousers. Maybe there are two different outfits. The white shirt and the red tie are always the same. The little outfit the doll wears is all one piece I think they caught his face pretty good, maybe he looks a bit older then he is in the series.He reminded me a bit of Aladdin. :)
Here are a few screenshots to compare, they are from Diseny Elena of avalor Wiki:

All four dolls have basic articulation: neck(Naomis is a bit loose) shoulders, hips and those klick knees I prefer not to use, especially on such small dolls. I almost forgot the background of the dolls, usually it can be used as a room or something for the dolls, like the ballroom for the Beauty and the Beast mini doll set or the room background for the wardrobe sets.

This set has Avalor in a teal version as a background with Elenas castle and the houses and the moutains and all. I'm sure it can be used while playing. :)
Those four little ones are really cute and  great additions to my mini doll collection, I'm really happy that I was able to get them. Besides, two more boys, maybe there will be some interesting events to be reported. No romances so far :}
But in my opinion they are more suitable for collectors than young children.

Dolly: Meritres matchmaking ambitions are impossible to cure. Those little ones have my sympathy.

Looks like they feel a bit uneasy but they'll get used to everything soon. And Elena can play Esmeralda in Pocket Princesses 138

Uhm... hi!

Thhis is a bit awkward...

Well, if you read the first part of their story, you know that it is not just a bit awkward, they have quite a bit of trouble getting to know the others and fit in. Especially the girls.