Disney Store Singing Frozen 2 Anna doll review

"How to rise from the floor?
But it's not you I'm rising for"

From Frozen 2, song: The nex right thing

This doll was the one I was most excited for from my Christmas haul. I wanted to rebody her and be my ultimate poseable doll since I loved her face so much. I gave up on that plan because the body I found for her is... well, not suitable at all. :(
But enough of the sadness, let's have a look at this lovely-lovely Anna. I hoped for a simple classic doll sold by itself but I gave up on waiting and snatched her since her outfit is a must have and yeah, I wanted to rebody her anyway.

She has a simple Frozen themed box with forest decoration and a picture of the sisters.

She has a hole in the clear plastic part of the box, so you can test her and listen to her singing. The fores theme goes all around the box, both the left and the right side of the box has the forest as decoration.

The right side has a bi of clear plastic as well so we get a glimpse of Anna.

At her hand, to be precise, the hand that makes the singing mechanism work.

The backside has some holes so we can hear her singing even when she's still in the box also the Frozen II logo, warnings and a pricetag.

The top matches the sides and gives us another glimpse at Anna. Now it's time to debox.

My alltime helper, Dolly, (Frozen Fever classic Anna doll) will assisst with deboxing.

No worries, Anna, she's an experienced deboxer.

The clear part is gone so we can take a look at her lovely face. Look at that lock sticking out, I guess she travelled upside down since she arrived like that. She has blue eyes with just a hint of green, light freckles and a natural looking face - no dramatic eyeshadow or lipcolor and just a bit of blush on her cheeks.

She has the forest even as her background in the box and I think it compliments her hair and outfit nicely.

Those ties though!

Even over her boots. Love those colors in the background, reminds me of a sunset. There are also little plastic tiesin he outfit, holding the cape down and holding the two sides of the skirt together.

Almost free!

Almost but not quite.

Let me help you. Rise your arm a little so those clear plastic pieces and rubberbands can be removed.
As you can see the older Anna has a lighter haircolor but that might be due to aging - I've had her for more than five years. The bangs are a real improvement but I love Dolly as she is. I'll do a proper comparison post later and Christmas Anna with her big smile will also join. And Anna with a a bun - isn't it funny that there are three classic Annas who have their hair in a bun and each one of them has a different one? I'll compare those as well.
Let's have a closer look at her clothes.

Her cape is removeable and has lots of details.

It's purple on the outside and has a black collar. There are also two metallic looking buttons on the shoulder but they are just for decoration.

There is also a black pattern at the bottom, the kind that's typical for Anna and Arendelle. On the inside it has some unfinished edges so I'd be careful with that. Not that suitable for young children, I think.
The cape iself has three section and the section in the middle is the same purple on the inside than the whole cape on the outside.

The two sidepanels are a reddish-pinkish color. Both those colors remind me of the cape she had in the first movie.
Under the cape she has a black dress with golden decorations. Under the dress she wears a yellow-orange blouse but we only get the top part of it, it's not a separate piece.

It's a really sunny color that suits Anna's sunny personality. It has a golden brosch, similar to the one she had in Frozen Fever at the neck. The black dress has gold trimming around the neckline and all arpund the edges on the skirt.

Some nordic patterns on the skirt and the chest and a line running down on the sleeves to the cuffs that are brown and also decorated but with a diamond shaped pattern that's more Elsas style in my opinion.

She just has to have a little bit of her sister in her outfit, right?
She also has a leather belt but it doesn't go all the way around and is made of the same fabric as the rest of the dress.

It is all one piece and closes with velcro at the back.
She wears boots similar to those she wore in the first movie but these new ones follow the shape of her legs more closely. Also the patterns match the ones on her dress.

I guess it's not easy to remove it and put it back, I had trouble with the blue boots of the Anna from Olaf's Frozen Adventure.

She has painted on pants that I don't really like, they could have just left her legs unpainted under her dress like they did with the JCPenney version, noone would really see and notice it. Her pants doesn't seem that tight in the movie so I don't understand why she has painted on pants while Elsa has real pants.
Here is a promo picture to compare it to the dolls outfit:

Some details are missing like those small tassels or whatever on the golden line that's on the sleeve of the black dress but it's a fairly accurate outfit.
She doesn't wear her hair in two braids all the time anymore (only for the night) she has her hair down or in an updo depending on the occasion. While travelling she has her hair down, just a small section is braided on both sides and tied together at the back. Well this doll doesn't have a real braid but it works. Her hair is nice and soft on the top of her head and the rest of her hair doesn't have much hairproduct either.

 She has her hair in some slightly wavy locks, like her movie counterpart. She has such a lovely red mane.
Since she is a singing doll her body is a bit different from normal classic dolls but she still has the click knees I dislike. One of her arms, the left one (but it's the one ont right if the doll is facing towards you) has no articulation at the elbow, because that's her singing arm, the one that starts the singing mechanism. You have to turn her hand just a little and she sings this section of her song, The next right thing:

Just do the next right thing
Take a step, step again
It is all that I can to do
The next right thing

Her singing is nice and clear and is not acapella like the singing of dolls when the first movie came out. I don't have experience with singing dolls, she and Elsa are the first ones I go and the only reason I go the singing ones because the non-singing ones weren't available by themselves where I live.

Her speaker is on her backside and is heart shaped. Right under the speaker there is screw that holds the panel covering up the batteries in place. So if she needs new batteries, just remove the screw and that panel carefully, replace the batteries and back it goes. You can also see in the picture that she has a switch on her side - that is mostly for parents and to turn off the singing of the doll. She has a rubber band right under the switch so she can't be turned off at the store.
 She and Elsaa both sing for the same amount of time but Anna is noticably louder. 

Now back to her hair. It's one of the main reasons I wanted her so badly (The other is her outfit. I just love it.). The moment I saw her locks and her lovely face I knew she'll be perfect for a project I've had in mind. It doesn't include any customizing like repainting or rerooting - I can't do either of these - and even if the eyecolor does not match, in every other aspect she is the perfect candidate so that sealed her fate. Also my wallet's.

I've introduced a while ago some webtoons  and comics I'm reading and those locks just happen to look the same the main character has in my favourite one.
Yep, it's Seol Hong from Cheese in the trap, your average hard working university student at first glance. There is more to the story and if you like an unusal romance that is more like a drama with psychological aspects than her story is just the thing for you to read. (You can read the English translation here if you'd like to, the original is Korean and there is a Chineese and an Indonesian translation that I know of and are easily available if you understand one of those languages.) Now her hair. She gets the nickname Dogfur because of her hair - you get the idea why I chose Anna with her lovely mane for her right? I just love this story so much that I had to create something to represent it for me in physical form.
The most logical choice to look for clothes for her is Barbie - there are tons of outfits and they fit these dolls perfectly so I thought it'll be an easy thing. I was wrong. As Seol prefers comfy wear it was quite hard to find something in the glamurous wardrobe of Barbie so I decided to make a pair of jeans shorts and a grey T-shirt for her myself.

Take a look, the original is on the right to compare her to the doll version. The edges were finished with a sewing machine in the jeans' case but the rest is handsewn.
I'm looking for a suitable doll to be her companion, you can take a look at him and write a suggestion if you'd like to here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Mse7VHTKx/


I'm sure it's very clear how much I love this doll despite the few drawbacks she has, I'm so happy I added her to my collection. She has no name of her own as she is Seol or Yuki-chan as she's called in the japanese translation.

Next time, there is singing Elsa, Animator Anna and the set I managed to get also a big comparsion post of the Elsa and Anna faces. Stay tuned!

Late Christmas goodies

Since I couldn't do my yearly Christmas Disney shopping before Christmas I postponed it to January and this week my order finally arrived! Lots of new stuff to review, yay!
My order included mostly Frozen dolls - singing, classic, animator, everythign I could get my hands on. I got the newest Elsa  and Anna dollset with their final looks, the singing Elsa and Anna dolls, a classic Elsa and an animator Anna. There is also a beautiful Beauty and the Beast mug, a special gift for mother, chosen by herself. Shealready carried it off by the time I took the photos sh I'll add a picture later. (It is this Beauty and the Beast mug)

Here a few not so good pictures of my new treasures:

Those two decided to be upside down, so I let them.:)

Singing Anna is so adorable! And she is perfect for the project I purchased her for. I hope I can rebody her without damaging her.

Elsa and Elsa, with different faces. I plan to do a review where all three Elsa faces will be compared. Same for Anna.

And last but not least, Animator Anna, since my Animator Elsa was lonely without her little sister so I got her one. :)
They all look like there are a dozen Ursulas around and they are taking the voices of all Annas and Elsas.

Just a quick heads up about the Frozen 2 merch that came out today

As the title says, it's just a quick post to show some of the merch that came out today (4th october 2019)
I'm always most excited  for dolls so I'll focus on those and mention whatever Frozen 2 stuff I've also seen. Hasbro is releasing so many different sets, the girls in different outfits, Anna with Kristoff, the girls together, singing dolls, a big fashion sets with both Elsa and anna and their outfits from the first movie and of course dolls of all the new characters, even a set with Elsa with Nokk and a family set with little Elsa and Anna and their parents. I'm really happy they release so many dolls but I'm also sad since some of those are TARGET EXCLUSIVES, including the family set I wanted most. I don't have a Target in my country so I only have expensive possibilities to get them. Here is their stock photo, arent the little ones adorable, And they did a good job with the parents, too, in my opinion.

Hasbro also did smaller figures and such.
These dolls are available in most stores that sett toys, EXCEPT those that are marked as exclusives to a certain store, for example as I mentioned the family pack is Target exclusive so it'll be available in Target shops. As for Europe, I'm not sure if we get them, I haven't found any of the comfy princesses her so I have no high hopes but since it's Frozen, I do have a little hope that we will at least see some of it.

Disneystore made singing dolls for Elsa and Anna in their adventure outfits and a twopack with their outfits they wear at the beginning of the movie according to a rumor, some kind of harvest festival I think the rumor said.
The singing dolls:

Elsa sings a part of her song, Into the Unknown. She is available at the disneystores and in the online stores

Anna sings a part of  her song, The Next Right Thing
Singing dolls usually have less articulation in their arms than classic dolls likely due to the singing mechanism.
The twopack:

If I get this set, I'll do a review with comparing them to the Olaf's Frozen Adventure set and the earlier classic dolls.
There is also a cute little advent calendar with two little animator dolls and lots of stuff hidden for them in the calender like clothes, their dolls and more.
There is also a new Kristoff doll, well, judging from the picture only his outfit is new.

And if the talk is about Frozen and dolls, limited edition dolls are not to be forgotten, right?

I'm pulling these from the disney pin forum, those pictures were posted there by Awesomedude32456
He also posted rumored info about edition size and release date:

Anna LE 6300
Elsa LE 6800
rumored release day Nov 23
     
There is also a rumor that the Sakks LE dolls will be the sisters in their dresses from the beginning of the movie.
It's not Frozen but there is a very adorable old-new classic doll available at the disneystore: Charlotte from The Princess and the Frog, since the movie is celebrating its 10th anniversary:

Her bangs are different from her older doll's bangs but I think she's really adorable.
Back to Frozen 2.
Of course all kinds of usual stuff is also released, clothes with pictures on them, costumes, wigs, cups and mugs, makeup cases and just about everything that can have a picture, from backpacks to towels.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NAxxwjpLc/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NBC8Dgr9t/

And books, with spoilers in them so be careful with them.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3MzyKWgANe/

There is also some Japan exclusive stuff like cute little dolls of Elsa and Anna
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3HQ8Z7nhI6/

Those pictures are of course not mine, they belong to their owners, I'M just giving you the links so you can take a peak. :)
I feel like the Frozen craze is about to start again.

Snowy photoshoot with some Frozen girls

"Like an angel passing through my room"

from the song of the same name by Abba

Let's start the new week with some snow!
Last week we finally got some so I took out some of my girls for a few pictures. Here are some of the ones I like most:

The usual let it go pose... I didn't have any better ideas.

Anna Margaret is making a snowangel.

Some mor pictures of the girls checking out the snow and having fun.

Snow. It had to be snow.