2017. december 23., szombat

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.



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  1. Aw, I LOVED the mini photostory at the end! That was cute and funny.:) It's really cool to see the differences in the Elsas' faces. Christmas-special-Elsa looks like maybe she's spent a bit of time outside finally.;) She looks a bit less pale, but still her usual fair-skinned self. If that makes sense. (Maybe she got sunburned and it went away and that is as tan as Elsa will get. Good grief, I am making myself giggle now...:P)
    ANYWAYS. Great pictures and I really enjoyed reading/looking at them:)

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    1. Wait until you see how the story continues ;)
      Thank you very much!

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