Sneak peek at new goodies

I just got what I oreded for Christmas and here is a sneak peak for you:

Rapunzel is for my sister and  her name is goin to be Horatia, after a character in a book she is going to be made to look like. I got another Merida because the other one, Mireben, moved out with my sister - I bought that one as a hristmas present for her as well. :)

New Merida going to be called Samantha, Sam for short for now. I'll explain sometime where I got that name for her :)

This lady will have the name Laura. No particular reason, I just liked that name for her. She needs a new dress badly.
There are more girls but I don't want to show everything :) But I'll give a hint: now my princess collection will be complete.

A quick look at my Disney dolls from 2015 - part 1

"I alone can tell now

what the end will be"

from Miss Saigon by Boublil and Schönberg, Finale

First things first: these are not the newest dolls. They came out in 2015.
So these 2015 Disney dolls weren't originally ordered for me, but as I mentioned in the 2017 Belle review, things happened and they ended up staying with me. It's been three years and now I call these poor little dollies mine and take all of them out of their boxes. Rapunzel and Beast had been taken out before the rest of the gang - the original to-be-owner of the dolls asked me to do it.
It's not a proper review although it'll be mostly just deboxing pictures with comments from me and my two Deboxing Experts, Kiki and Dolly. They'll come in the order I deboxed them.
First look at them, still in the shipping box:

More dolls hiding under them. Eric, for example.

And of course Ariel, his princess.

And Flynn, so Rapunzel wasn't lonely.

And the Beast. 

His box is bigger than the other prince boxes.

He was the first I deboxed, in early 2016.

My two little helpers were there to start. Oh, you are really big, Beast, Dolly thinks.

She examines him closely. Nice clothes, I like especially that blue coat.

There is no deboxing without sitting on the box first. Dolly is busy telling something important to Beast. Possibly telling him her opinion of the movie.

Or simply beeing naughty. She claims she just tested something.

Tested how Beast reacts to beeing turned upside down. Now this is not how you welcome new dolls. 

He has the headache. This'll make him feel better.

Enough chit-chat, let's get to work. 

Tons of ties to remove.

This is the best picture of Beast you'll see. His clothes are nice and the head sculpt is really good but I'm not fond of the construction of the doll - big head on a normal neck. It looks odd and he's very top-heavy. And giving him the right bodysize with a stuffed coat doesn't really work well either. I think he is good enough as a display doll but for play he is not that suitable. I'd prefer the prince doll, (but they are not making him now) he'd have no such issues :)

No worries, it'll take just a minute to get you out there.

Thank you for getting me out, ladies.

That neckcloth is really interesting. It is called neckcloth yet it is plastic. Dolly thinks this is not how it should be. 

Next is Hannah Rapunzel. 

She wishes to be free.

You have long hair. 

And you're so pretty. Look at all the details on her dress. She has the sheer part of her sleeves, the middle section of her skirt and many little decorative jewels on her dress.

A quick look at the back of the box, it has the stock photo of the doll.

Such beautiful hair!

We have to get you out.

Those ties around the waist are a pain.

Rapunzel waits patiently.

Meanwhile, Dolly found Rapunzels name at yet another spot on the box. Just so we know this is Rapunzel. In case we didn't know.

Step by step, she's freed. As you can see, she comes barfoot.

Another look at her pretty face, this time without the plastic.

So many ties! Are they all so necessary?

The hands are free!

I'm putting this this tie aside for your hair. I think you'll need it.

Hannah Rapunzel is free, She, too is puzzled by that necktie.

And her hair is a mess. I heard previous Rapunzels had thicker hair. For comparison, please see this post by Beastsbelle. It is a review of the Rapunzel doll that came out a year later than this one but it has all the Rapunzel dolls hair compared.

She's a dreamer.

I combed it a little and put it quickly in a braid.

Sometime between Rapunzel and Ariel, I deboxed Flynn. My sister and I agreed that his design is great. But I don't have deboxing photos of him so I'll share what I have.

The first picture I took of him, I think. It looks like he uses lipstick in this picture, on the real doll it's less noticable.

At the Party with Aurenna Aurora. He has a nice, detailed outfit although his satchel is nothing but a piece of leather as decoration. But his boots have many nice moulded and painted details.

Another picture for Valentine's Day - he looks like he's not in a good mood.

This one is better.

He looks much friendlier. His outfit is made of two pices, top and bottom, there is no separate west and shirt.

Next is Ariel Susanne. I deboxed her much later, two years after I got Rapunzel and Beast out of their boxes.

A closer look at her lovely face. I think this is a really good Ariel, I only wish I had Flounder, too. :)

This one is the same as above, only it looks like Ursula is taking her voice.

*insert Ariels singing here*

 Some box details.

 And the back of the box.

It has the stock photo of the doll, like Rapunzels box. It's nice but I prefer to see the animated characters picture.

Her hair curls around her arm and that section is stiff with hairproduct. Her bangs are also quite hard. 

I think her tail is nice enough but the fins collect a lot of dust so she was turned into a human I mean she got a skirt for now.

These girls all have pointy feet fit for heels, rubber legs with klick knees and articulation at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists and hips. The standard Disney Store Princess joints for the classic dolls.

Part two will have the rest of the guys, Eric and Aladdin and the last lady, Jasmine. Mainly Jasmine.

Frozen girls made for the new short, Olaf's Frozen Adventure - part 3 - Elsa and her clothes

"Wenn ich tanzen will, dann tanz ich so, wie es mir gefällt"

Literally: If I want to dance, I do it the way I want to do it

From the musical Elisabeth by Lévay & Kunze, song: Wenn ich tanzen will, it's sung by Elisabeth and Death

The final part of this review, presenting Elsa. She was already partly deboxed but there were some more ties and elastics.

The ties in her head were not as bad as Annas but there was an extra one in her braid. Deboxing is fun except when it's not. :)

Elsa hold by her cape so it looks like it's floating behind her

But I finally won the battle and Elsa is free!

Her cape was much like the piece of paper tucked normally under the girls skirt to look nice and full.

I tried to straighten it out a bit but it didn't help much. In the middle part, where that big snowflakepattern is placed, it felt like they used a different material for the cape than for the original Snowqueenoutfits cape. It feels a bit like a raincoat that's not made of fabric. But it's just the print. Where there is no print or almost no print on the cape, it feels very similar to the original cape. I think it is a bit thicker though. Maybe this material holds up a bit better to play but I won't test that.

Both capes are amazing for sure. I just watched a mini video telling that the snowflake on this new cape is inspired by Elsas signature snowflake but at the same time it is made to represent a christmastree as well. (You can watch it here, if you have Faceebook, as I found the video there: https://www.facebook.com/DisneyAnimation/videos/1962587857091506/ )

Elsas footwear is kind of a mix between heels and flats, it has very low heels and Elsa has the flat feet klick knee combination, just like her sister.

The shoes themselves are a nice icy blue matching her dress. I wouldn't call them flats but they are closer to flats than to heels in my opinion.

Under her skirt she has lots of tissuepaper but that stays there as she is going to travel to a friend. :) Her dress has lots of details almost as many as the limited edition version of the dress.

At the bottom there is silver snowflake pattern, just like at the back of the dress.

Her sleeves have some nice details as well.

Her bodice is sprinkled with silver diamonds. They kind of flow down her dress, just like the pattern on the Frozen Fever Elsa dress. That was part of the reason I expected the dress to be visibly one piece. It is one piece but it is also visible that there is a bodice and a skirt part that are sewn together.

Just under the furcollar in the front there is another snowflakelike ornament on her bodice. Her sleeves are not made of a sheer material this time but are made of the same material as the bodice and the skirt part and as you see, have some silver colored decoration on them.

The dress closes at the back with velcro like most dresses. And look, there are some of these silver diamond shaped decorations as well around her waist even on the backside.
At the top, around the neck, the dress is trimmed with white fur and decorated with tiny red beads to look just like Elsas dress in the short.

This collar (well, kind of) sure feels nice but it collects dust and everything small enough to get stuck there. I think if there will be a newer version of this set, the fur will be changed (like on winter Annas hat) so it doesn't collect literally everything. But this is just my opinion, just like this whole review. :) Elsa has, just like Anna, a headpiece in her hair. It is painted nicely and it has lots of little details.

with and withouth flash

 Beautiful!

fist attempt

Elsa has a new facemold as well, so let's compare them.

second attempt

New Elsa has smaller eyes and a less purplish skintone with a bit more blush. My sister said she looks more natural but she couldn't choose between them.

My older Elsa has a wilder look because of her bangs that refuse to be tamed and I like it this way. The later snowqueen Elsa dolls had flatter bangs, pressed more to their heads (see here), although not as much as Chritmas Elsas hair.

Snowqueen Elsa has more sections at the top as well as a lighter blonde haircolor, christmas Elsas hair is a bit more golden. I like both colors. Both Elsas bangs are hard because of the amount of hairproduct that holds the curls in place.

Christmas Elsas braid is shorter which is more movie accurate. The end of her braid isn't one big curl, either but is just as hard as her bangs and that's new to me.

Stiff end and stiff stray curl in her face

Victoria, my older Elsa doll, has a very nice and soft braid, including that curly end.
We can finally have a look at the background without the sisters. I think it is similar to the background the Limited Edition dolls have.

This picture actaully belongs more to the first part as there are all the photos about the box but Elsa only left the box now so I add it to Elsas part. It is a nice snowy picture of Arendelle.
As I had trouble with dressing and redressing my dolls last time I decided to do a sister switch this time, just for fun.

Now, this is not my sister, is it?

Based on the outfit, the girl on the left is Anna, but the girl on the right is Anna as well. Where is Elsa?

Ah yes, here is the Snowqueen. A redhead snowqueen. Interesting. And the gorgeous blue flats of the real  Snowqueen. :)

"You are me and I am you"

I'm confused. Who is wo? :D
Naughty girls taking each others clothes :) But Christmas is coming you should be good.

Anna tried on the Mattel Frozen Fever dress as well. (Dolly came in that dress but it is worn by a half done custom doll now)

I thought Anna wore the snowqueen dress. Where is Anna? Hint: you can see her bun un the bottom right corner.

That's how a group photo shouldn't look like, everyone is staring in a different direction

Everyone is back in her original dress now, except Margaret, I can't get her hand back into one of  the sleeves and would be really thankful for any tips. Can these hands be popped off like Ever After High and Descendants doll hands? I don't want to ruin Anna or her outfit but I would be really happy to have her back in her outfit properly.
A quick summary of my opinion and my experiences with this set: I love these new dolls, they are beautiful and detailed I can only recommand them, although it took me a while to get used to their new faces. Especially with Anna. But I'm really happy I got them although Elsa is leaving sometime in January if everything goes as I planned it. Anna, whom I'm going to name Margaret, Meg for short is going to stay here with Dolly Kiki, Hannah, Valancy and the others (If you are confused who is who, you can check it here) I think they are more suitable for collectors as changing clothes may be an issue for children.
And that was my review, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it.