Hasbro Little Kingdom - Tiana review

"Nobody's on nobody's side
Better learn to go it alone"

from the musical Chess by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, song: Nobody's on nobody's side


So here it is the promised Tiana review, I just squuezed in a dollstory post in between so it's variated. (Ans also a bit chaotic maybe.:)
I got Tiana on the same trip I got Rapunzel and Ariel. I would have preferred the fashion change set with Tiana in her blue dress but I was just happy I found her at all. As I already mentioned earlier, she is the very first and so far only representation of Tiana I own.
She has the same packing as all the other little kingdom dollies I own: cardboard with clear plastic. íit is quite easy to open so I like that. Her artwork shows her in her most iconic outfit, the green lilypad dress but at the same time she has the frog Naveen in her hand which doesn't really make sense if you think of the movie.

But the 2017 Disney store doll, not to mention the 17 inch Limited Edition Tiana that was released in 2010, both wear the lillypad dress and hold a frog. The later is important because she came out much earlier than anything by Hasbro. So I assume the idea originally comes from Disney.
The backside has warnings in several languages and a picture of Tiana.

There are also some pictures explaining how the mix and match works.Ther is no little cathalog with all the sets released so far that came with Anna and Merida. Only those first two sets I bought had them and since than so many new sets, even new characters were released that it could be a bit misleading, so I think that's why it was removed.
Tiana is easy to free.

She comes with a complete outfit and three snap-ins, one is already attached to her skirt, the other two are packed separately. The one on her skirt is a simple flower, the other two are a green version of the firefly Ray (I thought it's a frog first) and a golden water lily.

I choose to put the later one in her hair but any snap-in can be put in any hole, technically. Sometimes it is difficult, though.
Both flowers reminden me of snap-ins I've seen earlier. The water lily is a bit like the flower Mulan brought with her.

Mulans on the left, Tias on the right

The flowercrown that looks a bit like it is made of flowers like Tianas other snap-in also came with Mulan.

I tried how it looks in Tias hair. Flowers look great in the hair as Rapunzel taught us :D Not lets leave the flovers and have a look at the dress. Tianas top is a vivid light green and it does not cover her whole chest.

It is moulded to look like it is made of leaves.

 The upper part of her skirt, the 'miniskirt' looks like it is made of big leaves just like her  outfit in the movie. It is a darker, slightly bluish green with one golden leaf.

The lower part has some nice patterns and details that remind me of skirts with huge hoops (like the ones Marie Antoinette and her court wore) and of a waitress outfit. Tianas whole outfit is green and golden. Her bodysuit is golden, too. Somehow this golden color goes much better with her then it went with Rapunzel. That's my opinion at least.  The botton part is a lighter color, somewhere between green and yellow. The backside of the skirt has moulded details as well, it looks like as if the skirt was layered.

I think that's a great way to add some extra details. Those light colors go well with her dark skin. She has a perfectly moulded bun.

I like how Hasbro does the bun moulds, I liked Annas bun just as much, and Tianas looks just as lovely.

It perhaps not the most movie accurate but I still like it a lot.

Her face is lovely, too. I like the curls that frame her face, they are perfect in my opinion. She has a sweet closed mouth smile that suits her well. 

Her background is the bayou which works well with this dress.

But the background looks nice by itself, too and there are some tiny pictures of both frog and human Tia in the top part of the picture.

Tianas golden painted on bodysuit allows her to borrow the golden part of Ariels outfit and look great. Her skirt is broader even at the top part of it, that's why Ariels golden belt isn't a perfect fit.
I also got a picture of her shadow and I thought it looked good so I'm sharing it.

Tiana is instantly recognisable (at least for me) from only the outlines so I think that shows they did a good job with her.

Tiana in all her glory

Her name is Madeleine in honour of a friend of mine. :)
I don't have any more Little Kingdom Princesses I can review but ther might be some other surprises I'll post a review about ;) 

Hasbro Little Kingdom - Ariel review

"Gyere, most keresek szavakat, jeleket hogy értsd a szem mit lát"

literally: Come, now I'm looking for words and signs so you understand what the eyes see

from the musical version of The Jungle Book by Dés László, Geszti Péter, Békés Pál - song: Szavakat keresek, literally I'm looking for words

It's high time I do a review again, Dolly was quite busy here lately.
I got Ariel a looong time ago because there was only two of her and I was afraid of missing out on her. I haven't seen any Ariels since then although I checked only once since last July. Uhh was it really that long ago? Today I decided to finally take her out and do her review.

Ariel comes with some cute artwork on the front of the packing, showing her in her parks dress, combing her hair.

On the backside, there is a small photo of her and warnings and an explanation how the mix and match and the snap-ins work.

She is, like all the other Little Kingdom princesses I have, easy to debox.

Her background is an undersea picture with a happy Sebastian. I would have used Flounder since Sebastian is also incuded as a snap-in but Flounder, Ariels closest fishfriend is nowhere to be seen.

Ariel comes in her mermaid form but she can be turned into a human. She has the usual tie across her torso that has to be cut before sha can be removed from the packing. Sebastian has elastics securing him but all three, Ariel and the two snap-ins can be just popped out. Careful, they leave the packing with considerable speed when popped out and they can land anywhere. It is best to debox Ariel somewhere clear and quiet. She brings three snap-ins, one already fastened to her mermaidtail that serves as the long part of her skirt and two packed separately.

Fresh out of the box, with only one snap in

The snap in on her skirt is a little purple seehorse (upside down, the belt is in the way if it is turned around)

 The other two are Sebastian and a fork, uhm I wanted to say dinglehopper.

I decided that a dinglehopper is necessary for a stylish hairdo so it is from now on her headpiece. Sebastian can be fastened to her hair as well but he would blend in with the long red hair. It looks much better on the belt part of Ariels outfit the golden background compliments the red crab nicely. The belt looks like a mini skirt and has lots of moulded details, like pearls all around the vaist.

Some patterns turn up on her tail as well. Her bra is golden just like her belt and it reminds me of the ones her 17 inch limited edition doll and her latest limited edition doll from the Triton and Ariel set wears. It has some moulded details as well, it looks like Ariel used some seaweed to make the bra straps. She has deep blue eyes and a friendly smile. (Although Rapunzels smile is even broader)

Her mermaidtail is a nice teal color and she wears painted on slippers of the same color. So although her feet peep out of her skirt it blends in with her tail and looks like a part of it. It has some pretty moulded details on it, even on the backside.

Her long red locks are beautifully moulded, too. Her long hair  makes dressing her difficult though.
Like all girls I have with tigher skirts (Elsa, Mulan) she is unable to stand by herself.

I think it is largely the skirts fault. When I redressed her, she managed to stand but wasn't really stable, beeing top-heavy as she has (like Belle) a long mass of hair.
As Belles blue townoutfit is closest to an outfit Ariel wears in her movie (namely her own blue kingdom tour outfit) I borrowed it from Belle. While redressing her it turned out she has golden painted on underwear.

She looks lovely in Belles dress. But I almost broke her while I was trying to put her back into her mermaid outfit. The mermaid tail is extremely difficult to put back, at least for me.

I'm really happy I added this little mermaid to my collection, although I wouldn't give her to younger children, she is small and comes with even smaller parts and is easy to break.
I hope to have a complete princess line-up plus Elsa and Anna and the Little Kingdom Princesses have the most hope of becoming a complete set.
This little mermaids name is Beatrix but she is often called just Trixie. The next and last (at least for now) Little Kingdom princess will be Tiana! I'm excited since this is the very first and so far only representation of Tiana I own.

Hasbro Little Kingdom - Rapunzel review

"This do I swear, I will be there" 

from the musical The Count of Monte Cristo by Frank Wildhorn

Yes, Raps is still here. She looks as if she was just purchased and not almost five months ago. It's been so long since I did a real post! So here is Hasbro Little Kingdom Rapunzel review for you!

She looks like a cheerful little girl who loves company so let's free her.

She has this paper with the warnings but no cathalog. She has a really pretty background that shows the royal palace. The front is, as usal decorated with a nice little picture of the princess in the box.

The colors in this picture are more like the 2012 Disney Store Classic Rapunzel dolls dress, you can check it out on Beastbelle' blog, this picture is from her 2016 Rapunzel doll review.

As you can see, the 2012 doll is the only one with darkpurple top. (I'm nut sure about the 2017 doll but I think that one has a darker top as well) Luckily this is only true for the artwork, the colors of the actual Little Kingdon Rapunzel are more movie accurate.
Here is Rapunzel with all her stuff.

She has three snap-ins, yes, everything she brings along are snap-ins. The paint and brush and the famous frying pan are packed separately while the duckling comes attached to her dress and secured with an extra elastic. I did not notice this and tried to make Raps sit down and she didn't want to. Than I found out about that extra elastic.

She wears her hair in a braid. It has nice moulded details. She doesn't have any flowers but Mulan will surely lend hers.

Sorry, the flash...

She's finally free! Green eyes, pink lips, a thick blonde braid and a firendly smile - that's Rapunzel!

Oh, a paintbrush and paint, let's make some art, I'm sure there is room somewhere. Looks like she is an artist, just like her movie counterpart. And full of energy!

Let's try the ballerina style.

Hmm, it doesn't look as good as I expected. Perhaps it's the color, gold doesn't strike me as Rapunzels color but if I think a little, I remember the flower and I say of course, that's a logical choice. But I still think it's not the best idea to combine it with pink and purple. Maybe Belle could wear it?
As you can see, she can stand beautifully on her own, with or without additional support from her long skirt.
Her top and her short skirt have lots of painted and moulded details, like the pattern on her sleeve, the corset and a ribbon.

The long part of her sikert has lots of moulded details as well, I think it's really pretty and is very recogniseable as Rapunzels skirt.
Sitting is no trouble for this little lady, either. In certain positions, her braid supports her as well.

Huh, she looks somewhat angry

She has a purple painted on bodysuit or swimming suit :) It looks pink on some pictures but it is actually her signature purple color, almost like the frying pan snap-in. The same goes for her painted on slippers.

Talking about swimsuits on this picture she does look like as if she was on the beach taking a sunbath.
When she got everything back on her, I wanted to try how she looked with her original background. She's the first one of my princesses who has a background that can be actually used as a backdrop. I think it's perfect.

And she can hold her little frying pan beautifully! We also get to see her cute face with her broad friendly smile.

The other princesses welcome the new girl to the group. Her name is Phoebe and I already added her picture on the Little Kingdom Introduction site.
The next Little Kingdom Princess will be... Ariel!

Hasbro Little Kingdom - Elsa review

"Together we'll be the greatest team/ There's ever been"

from the musical Wicked by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, song: Defying gravity

So this little beauty is a gift from a very dear friend :) It was not a surprise but only because she knew I would have bought her myself to give Anna aka Dori a sister. Thank you very much!

 As she is not from my country, not even from the continent where I live, so her packing is a little different, we will have a look at that.

She has of course the artwork at the front and the warnings as well. The upper left corner always has a picture or two form the movie of the character but I never really paid attention to it since I could not get pictures of those really small figures in the pictures.

Elsa and Anna are a bit bigger, since it is not a full body picture of them. The picture is from the end of the movie, right before Elsa gives Anna her skates.

The background is simple and icy.

The back of the box shows how the snap ins and the mix and match works and a much bigger picure of the character than the earlier boxes I have. It even looks a bit different from the actual Elsa, look at the face.

And look at the arms and the star shaped snowflake. Not matching at all but that does not bother me one bit. Maybe they photograped some prototypes and used those photos? I don't know.

Let's free Elsa. She has two ties across her insted of only one, like the others had. She doesn't come with an extra warning paper or that catalog showing the available sets.

I'm free!

Elsa is even worse at standing than Mulan and she is bad enough. It is hard to get this young lady standing, well she is a queen... She comes with a lightblue icicle (I think) headpiece, two white flowerlike snap ins and a star shaped snowflake, they used the same blue tone for it they used for the headpiece. Elsas top has the same blue shade as well.

Her arms are painted white to mark the sheer sleeves of her ice-dress. The skirt is a different blue, it is a pretty skyblue and it is decorated with lots of moulded snowflakes that go all around her skirt.

Elsa is shy and the skirt is, just like Mulans, super hard to get off, so I'll leave it on her. Maybe she does not want us to notice that wears tights - her legs are painted skyblue, like her skirt, her bodysuit has the other bluetone that is used for her top. She wears white slippers. As soon as she rises her arms, her top goes off. Said top has some pretty icy details it's really pretty and tries to be as movie accurate as possible.

Her face is really sweet, she wears her hair in a braid with lots of moulded details.

The colors are better on this pic but the other one is sharper

I really like how the locks are done on these dollies.
Now, it's time Marina meets her sister Dori.

For the first time in forever

They are really happy to have each other. :)

They inspect the picture on the back of the box as well.

So Marine over there is...

And have lots of things to talk about so we will just leave them now. Dori shows Marina around a bit. I'm so happy I got Elsa to go with Anna only I could not decide which one to choose so it was done for me. My little kingdom gets bigger and bigger and now it has a queen!