Hasbro Little Kingdom - Meridas playful adventures review

"Irgendwo wird immer getanzt"

Literally: There is always a place where they are dancing

From the musical Mozart! by Lévay & Kuncze, song title is the same as the quote, cing by Constanze, W. A. Mozarts wife

This is the third little kingdom set that joined my little collection.  This Merida set has just about the same amount of extra stuff as fashion change Merida but it didn't cost as much. I noticed that the two Meridas have differently moulded hair.
She comes in the usual packaging, cardboard back and all.

On the backside, there is a picture of Merida and everything she comes with.

I just noticed that the photos on the packages are different from the actual dolls, for example the arms are posed differently (that's quite common) and Merida has green sleeves on the photo, while my actual Merida has purple ones.I went back to check Belles picture, it's the same, the arms have a differnet position compared to the real doll. Back to Merida and her adventures.

She has the usual nice artwork in the front, bottom left corner and is as easy to get out as the others. She even has that tie across her chest. But she didn't  have the catalog of all the sets that Belle and Anna had at the bottom of their packaging, there was only a single warning because of the small parts. And Merida comes with lots of small things.

Her stuff is easier to get out so let's have a look at what she brings along. A piece of cake...

...one of her brothers...

...and a bow, a headpiece and  two snap-ins, one comes attached to her dress, the other is packed separately.

Both snap-ins are little blue ghosts, spirits Merida follows in the movie. Oh that cake is not going to last long.

It's yummie!

This little guy just loves cake and not even a spirit can distract him.

Here is Merida with all her stuff.

She can stand but it is not as easy to balance her as Anna or Belle. Anna is best at standing and sitting, Belle is second and Merida is third.

Locks

She has moulded curls in her hair that can be seen best from the back. She can hold her bow with her own two little hands but that's not very professional.

That's not how you use a bow

Or she can hold it with the help of the little handle tha bow has.

Better but still not perfect

That looks better but she is best with Belles mirror.

Now after all the exciting stuff, let's sit down.

Sit... down

As you can see, she looks a bit werid when sitting, because her hair is in her way. I took off her outfit so you can see her better.
She can do the same trick all dolls with loopsided smiles can: from one side they look serious from the other they look extremely happy. Mini doll Merida aka Chris can do it as well.

smiles

This is really helpful when creating photostories with them., I think, although I didn't have an opportunity to use it yet.

Merida in all her glory

Let's mix and match a bit! Now I have quite a few outfits so it's a lot of fun.

She looks somewhat shorter than the others but she is not

I mixed a funny colorful ballgown for Merida and a scottish inspired dress for Anna. Belle got to wear the rest and there is a gown left, too. I think they turned out quite nice. Since the top part of Meridas skirt is more like a belt, she can't really dress up in the ballerina style using her own clothes, like the other two gals.

She can stand better in this colorful mixture of clothes than in her original outfit.

Miss Mc Arendelle

And a last random picture of Anna, wearing Meridas clothes, inspired by Pocket Princesses nr. 114
(Link is from the artist Facebook page, which she made for Pocket Princesses) Those little ones are a lot of fun and I'm happy to have Merida in my little kingdom. :)

This little Merida is named Constanze, Conny for short.
Next members of my little Kingdom are... tam tadadaaam! Mulan and Elsa! There are three more little ladies but I'll reveal them later. :) Mulan is the June girl, Elsa is a gift from a dear friend. :)