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.
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/
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.
from an opening song of Detective Conan aka Case Closed, because this is my mini Elena dolls favouirte song and it's cheerful
Another quick post, I found an old Barbie outfit from my childhood and immediately thought that this dress is made for Elena, I mean my Elena doll, Valancy. Here are some photos for you to enjoy with Elena wearing that colorful dress. I dont have the shoues that went with these originally (they were spimple purple high heels) but Elenas shoes are perfect, I think.
It actually looks a tiny bit a dress she wears in the show. Or maybe it's just me thinking that colorful dresses suit her. Not everybody can pull that off. :)
Full body.
With belt.
With the top part.
Top part tied.
Top part tucked in.
Valancy Elena.
Bonus picture with her in that famous blue dress. :)
First of all I'm sorrry I didn't post anything lattely. School takes up more time than I thoguht. :(
Meanwhile here is a quick music post, I'll add lyrics translation later. The daughter tells her father that she had a dream and she saw him dead and asks him to seek peace. He replies it is too late now to want peace. After that his "enemy" appears and offers him the throne but he refuses, saying again it's to late to want peace now. They are fighting who should inherit the throne the oldest son of the former ruler or the oldet member of the family. It's from that part of hungarian history that these things were about to change.
And if you like rock music, you'll likely like his voice. :)
Enjoy!
SInce the video I linked earlier is no longer available, here is another version:
Edit: Here are the lyrics, original forst then translated with some notes:
RÉKA:
Jó atyám, álmodtam
múlt éjszakán:
Fenn láttalak a négy
legnagyobb vár fokán,
Az ég elborult és
árván maradt sok leány.
Kard által vész mind,
ki kardot ragad.
Légy bölcs vezér és
űzd el az ős átkokat,
Békét keress, hisz
volt már elég áldozat!
KOPPÁNY:
Nincs visszaút, hisz
István már a harcra készül,
Idegeneket hív
magyarok ellen segítségül.
Pogánynak tartanak,
pedig Bizánc jelét
magamra vettem,
Csak az volt a cél,
hogy szabadságunk megőrizzem.
Pogánynak tartanak,
mert nem tűröm
a papok hatalmát.
Bűnt kiáltanak, hol
szabadságát védi az ország.
Pogánynak tartanak,
mert szembeszállok a hódítókkal
Pogány itt mindenki,
ha velem van, és nem Istvánnal
Késő most már mindezt
újra átgondolni,
Elkésett a békevágy.
Késő már a múltat
újra értelmezni,
Kényszerpályán a
világ.
ISTVÁN:
Koppány vezér! Ne
hidd, hogy én nem szeretlek!
Tiéd a trón, ha
vállalod, mit meg kell tenned.
Kezünkben van egy nép
és az ország sorsa;
Rómába vezet minden
út, vagy a pusztulásba.
KOPPÁNY: Pogánynak
tartanak, mert nem tűröm a papok hatalmát.
ISTVÁN: Fogadd el
Rómát, és holnap már tiéd az ország.
KOPPÁNY: Pogánynak
tartanak, mert szembeszállok a hódítókkal.
ISTVÁN: A békét
hoztam el, mert az országnak béke kell.
KOPPÁNY:
Késő most már mindezt
újra átgondolni,
Elkésett a békevágy.
Késő már a múltat
újra értelmezni,
Kényszerpályán a
világ.
English:
RÉKA:
My dear Father, I saw
a dream last night:
I saw you up on the
four biggest castles, (This was a really gruesome
tradition, they cut the body of the fallen enemy in four pices and display them
at some visible points of four important castles, to frighten any other
possible enemies)
The sky became dark and
many girls ended alone. (Husbands brothers lovers fell in the battle)
Sword kills those,
who take a sword.
be a wise leader and
chase away the old curses,
Seek peace, there were
so many sacrifices already!
KOPPÁNY:
There is no way back,
István is already preparing for the battle,
He seeks the help of
foreigners against the Hungarians.
They call me a pagan,
although I took the Byzantine Empire’s sign,
My only goal was to
keep our freedom.
They call me a pagan
because I don’t tolerae that priests have the
power!
They cry Evil!, when
the land only protects its freedom!
They call me a pagan because
I fight against conquers!
Everybody is branded
as a pagan if he is with me and not with István!
It’s to late to think
it over,
Longing for peace is
late.
It’s to late to think
over the past,
What’s going to
happen is bound to happen.
ISTVÁN:
Chief Koppány! Don’t
think that I hate you!
The throne is yours, if
you accept and do what you have to do.
The fate of the
people and the land lies in our hands;
Every road leads
either to Romeo or to ruin.
KOPPÁNY: They call me
a pagan because I don’t tolerate that priests have the power.
ISTVÁN: Accept Rome
and starting tomorrow, the land is yours.
KOPPÁNY: They call me
a pagan because I fight against conquers.
ISTVÁN: I’ve broght
Peace, because the land needs peace.
Literally: Take our offering,/you give what we ask for / we fear and respect you/ receive our homage (the shaman is talking to some ancient gods that were worshipped that time)
From the Hungarian rockopera King Stephen, from the Shamans song by Bródy János and Szörényi Levente
Today, the postman brought a mysterious pink little package. :)
Pink chessboard!
A good fairy, a really generous friend sent me this.
She had two of a certain dress, and gave me one of them! And she didn't only send a dress, she put some really cute stickers and a very sweet note into the package! I can't thank you enough! Here are the stickers:
So very cute! And the dress is...
...Annas coronation dress! Off went Dollys hommemade little dress and she put on this the dress from the package. It's so beautiful and detailed! And the skirt is so nice and wide, I didn't know it was so pretty! She looks so gorgeous in it! And she looks almost like a different doll dressesd up like that, I had no idea a dress could make such a big difference. At least for me it seesms like a big difference. That dress is really magical!
I'm plotting an "evil" scheme for her - I'm going to send her on a dance date with the only Prince Charming around here. No I'm wrong, there is a Prince Eric doll, namely Charles around, so the only Prince Charming Villain. No worries, this one is a nice guy. :) The other girls are cheering, too.
I'm so happy, thank you so much!
from Dance of the Vampires by Jim Steinman & Michael Kunze, Krolock welcomes his guests to his ball
So
we thought Dolly would love to hear what was the party like. But who
was to tell and what to tell? Everybody had something personal to share.
And we
agreed she'd be happiest if everybody told her own story about the
ball. But so many guest would be a bit to much, especially when
everybody is excited to tell about what happened and and talks at the
same time. So we decided that we all post about it and she can read
everything. The boys weren't interested in writing so it's just the
ladies, but each and every girl will write a post about the ball. As for
the order, we threw some pieces of paper with numbers on them in a bag
and everybody drew one. We thought we may need them again so we kept
them. And all of us listed the party, evening activity that she thinks perfect. We are gathering ideas. ;) This
little intro will be posted before everybodys post about the ball, so
feel free to skip it if you've already read it and know what's going on.
We wrote this one together, all of us who are going to tell about the
dance.
3.
Margaret Anna - umm... simply a party? Maybe a birthday party? With chocolate :)
The
girls were really sweet and
Brother, too. He didn't even mind my
being very bad at the dancefloor. I stepped quite a few times on his
boots to be honest. And not only while we were learning it. But after a while - it must have been a miracle, I thought first - it didn't happen anymore, well, only very rarely. It turned out he memorized my mistakes and took care not to put his boots in the way of my boots. :) I did not dare to dance with anybody else for fear of being laughed at or worse, pitied. Brother handled the whole thing as if it was a completely natural thing. Sadly, I was really nervous all the same. Then I realised that he was talking to me.
'Just don't think about it.' 'Huh?' 'Too much thinking. Let it go. Sister says so, too.' 'I'm trying.. oops, sorry... I'm concentrating but... sorry...' 'Told you you think too much about your feet. Don't.' I did my best to appear happy but apparently my best afforts were not enough because a little later, he spoke again. 'You know what. Need a new sister.' 'Oh, I'm perfectly fine. Sis is well too. She befriended some other Elsa dolls.' 'Lots of girls here. Pick one.' he insisted. 'It doesn't really work like that. They are nice and all but not my sisters.' 'Can't help if you refuse to be helped.' 'Elsa is so special. I do not know, why but it's a huge difference if Elsa and Anna dolls are sisters or Belle and Mulan dolls.' 'Wouldn't think they look like sisters.' 'Oh, then Aurora and Rapunzel. Elsa and Anna simply work as sisters. Like they have some special sister magic.' 'There is an Elsa in the house.' he pointed out. 'Rrrriiiight. But she already has a sister.'
'Picky about the numbers?' he wasn't annoyed, he simply wanted to know if that was the problem. 'It's not that' I sighed 'It's that, Dolly... Dolly is... you know.' I could'n say that aloud... I can't even write it down. :( Maybe I'm jelaous. Meanwhile he thought the whole thing over.
'Ask Meritre to get another Elsa.' he suggested 'It'll take a while. But she'll get you one.' he smiled encouragingly. 'Thank you.' I smiled back. I wanted to sit down and think, but alone so I picked some other corner, not Sorghoktanis bench. Daphne wondered for sure what I was doing there, I noticed she kept looking at me. But I had to think it over. Get a new sister? Treat them like a toothbrush, old one's not here, let's get a new one? That just doesn't work like that! But the more I thought the worse it seemed. Left all alone... no Meg, don't think like that. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts. Maybe this unknown Elsa wouldn't like to have a sister. But maybe she would love to have one. By the time Vester turned up again I felt that maybe asking Meritre a few careful questions can't hurt. But it turned out I didn't need to ask.
'Meritre would love to add a coronation Elsa to her collection.' Vester told me. He didn't tell me though where he picked up that information and I just assumed he talked directly to Meritre. Just like him, trying everything to make others around him happy. After that I felt like walking on clouds. Or more like dancing on clouds.
'Told you it'd be better if you don't think about it.'
He was right, I did much better during this dance round. He didn't mention the sister thing after that but I couldn't get the idea out of my had. After all, Victoria is not Dollys first sister, either and she's from a set, too. (Meritre: for details, see Sister story) And who knows, dolls change, maybe... maybe... I mean, miracles do happen, don't they?
Well, one miracle did happen. Mireben's moving out and she gave me the little bearbrother she came with. Not the miracle I was hoping for but he's definetely cute and keeps me busy.
from Dance of the Vampires by Jim Steinman & Michael Kunze, Krolock welcomes his guests to his ball
So
we thought Dolly would love to hear what the party was like. But who
was to tell and what to tell? Everybody had something personal to share.
And we
agreed she'd be happiest if everybody told her own story about the
ball. But so many guest would be a bit to much, especially when
everybody is excited to tell about what happened and and talks at the
same time. So we decided that we all post about it and she can read
everything. The boys weren't interested in writing so it's just the
ladies, but each and every girl will write a post about the ball. As for
the order, we threw some pieces of paper with numbers on them in a bag
and everybody drew one. We thought we may need them again so we kept
them. And all of us listed the party, evening activity that she thinks perfect. We are gathering ideas. ;) This
little intro will be posted before everybodys post about the ball, so
feel free to skip it if you've already read it and know what's going on.
We wrote this one together, all of us who are going to tell about the
dance. 2. Daphne Belle - a grill-party in the garden with friends.
Take it with a pinch of salt - there is a portion of sarcasm in it here and there. ;) A good example that we are not exactly like our movie counterparts. :)
The ball was great fun but so was planning and organizing it. The idea came from Dolly and she couldn't come, poor girl. You'd think we are or at least are modelled after princesses and special people and can dance like we can sing. Yes, singing is as natural to us as walking. As none of us could dance, we were given a dancing lesson and Valancy just brought the news that Dolly won’t come just before it was to start. This of course had to be discussed quite loud. Judging by the look on his face, Vester heard that, too. He wasn’t too enthusiastic to start with and getting such “great” news didn’t do anything to improve it.
I think he planned to ask Dolly to help demonstrate how it is done. It is sure a joy to teach a hoard of girls elegant moves. He managed pretty well alone but didn't smile although we girls weren't... ehm, very good at dancing. It must have been a funny sight. Kuei-Lan almost automatically reached for my arm whenever I was about to fall, at the same time she kept looking at her neighbours, Susanne and Valancy. Sue could walk well enough by now but this was a real challenge for her feet. Well, if dolls with feet from the start have difficulties, what do you expect from a mermaid?
Well, kind of, her feet were tied together by that fin imitating piece so no wonder she needed help. I wondered how Kuei-Lan managed to look out for both her and me. Well she herself kept tripping over her skirt, just like I did (And mine is shorter than hers) I felt as graceful as a seasick camel walking around. Our dance teacher was patient nevertheless and didn't let his annoyance show. Neither when he was teaching, nor at the ball. He took a turn with each one of us. Must have been fun, judging by the amount of footprints on his boots. No wonder poor Prince Charming was still quite unhappy. He wanted his princess :)(Dolly:What is that supposed to mean,
Daphne!?)
Aurenna and Valancy did pretty well, they learned the steps quickly and had a natural talent for dancing. They both dance as a princess should. (I have to admit, I regretted a bit that I turned down his offer to teach me a few weeks ago - but our goal was to force him to ask Dolly. It did not help but that's another story.) But he encouraged all of us with telling that we just needed a little practice. Well, with patience, even a parrot can be taught to speak and even a doll can be taught to dance. And if Vester is anything, he's patient. He turned us all into decent dancers until it was time for the last preparations. (He spent the whole morning and a decent portion of the afternoon with us) The dancefloor was made up of beautiful blue pieces of carpet. We borrowed the big table from the Minis to use as a bench, so those who wanted to rest and Sorghoktani had a place to sit down. It had to be placed out of the way but still so that the doctor could watch us. I thought she could at least have fun seeing our funny movements. But it worked out better than I thought, at least for me.
The music adds so much to it, it's easier to do the steps correctly. The unfortunate thing was that I knew absolutely nothing about my parter, Charles, as he was deboxed just a day before the party. I had no idea what to say. So it was mostly polite conversation about the weather and such. I told him that there is a nice garden with lots of trees and other interesting things to explore. 'Well, uhm, unfortunately, I'm uhm... not really good at climbing trees.' Great, Daphne, I told myself, just the thing for him. 'But we can do anything we like' I said, hoping to save the situation. He forced a smile.
'I beg your pardon, Mademoiselle.' It took me a while to realise why he was behaving so odd but after a while it became clear to me that he probably hurt himself somehow and had considerable pain in one of his arms. He reluctantly admitted it but didn't want to ruin the ball. So I pretended to be tired and whispered to him that he should go to the girl sitting on the other side of the dancefloor. He didn't really understand why I wanted that but he obeyed. I watched the others and took part in some of the girl group dances while he was gone. When he came back later on, he seemed much happier. Margaret, unknowingly, created another spectacle. She only dared to dance with Vester since she knew that she simply couldn't move without stepping on her partners feet. But that wasn't a problem for Vester. Somehow he always knew, when she was about to step on his feet and kept them beautifully out of her way. Now, that was a sight. Well, he's an expert.
I'm worried a bit, thought, brother or not brother, she seems to like him a bit too much. A broken heart is just what she needs now, missing her big sister and all. I wonder if I could take the role of a big sister?
Later I saw her sitting in a dark corner by herself and she didn't look too happy. I wanted to go and sit with her after my turn with partner was over but by that time Vester took care of her and danced another round with her. And she was so much better, with a cheerful smile on her face.
So it was actually a happy evening for everybody. We were all exhaustedI'm looking forward to the next one.
from Dance of the Vampires by Jim Steinman & Michael Kunze, Krolock welcomes his guests to his ball
So we thought Dolly would love to hear what was the party like. But who was to tell and what to tell? Everybody had something personal to share. And we
agreed she'd be happiest if everybody told her own story about the
ball. But so many guest would be a bit to much, especially when
everybody is excited to tell about what happened and and talks at the
same time. So we decided that we all post about it and she can read
everything. The boys weren't interested in writing so it's just the
ladies, but each and every girl will write a post about the ball. As for
the order, we threw some pieces of paper with numbers on them in a bag and everybody drew one. We thought we may need them again so we kept them. And all of us listed the party, evening activity that she thinks perfect. We are gathering ideas. ;) This little intro will be posted before everybodys post about the ball, so feel free to skip it if you've already read it and know what's going on. We wrote this one together, all of us who are going to tell about the dance.
1.
Aurenna Aurora - an elegant tea-party with friends
Good
Morning. The party was really nice. I wasn't really part of the preparations, since
I joined in when everything was already planned and everybody knew what preparations she was to make. We all attended dance classes. Sadly, princess or not princess - none of us could dance. It is different with singing of course. I was one of the lucky ones who got a parter at the very beginning.
It couldn't be helped that there were three times as many ladies as gentleman. They say, an uneven number at a party brings bad luck. But we all had a lovely time and the ones who didn't get a partner were dancing by themselves or in a group of four. There was something similar in Pocahontas 2, the ladies dancing together. They all had partners but those partners were ignored and we just imitated the four ladies. There were other dancing games we enjoyed very much while we were waiting for our valts turns. I love this dance, it's really graceful and elegant although some described it as twirling around the room as if they were insane. And the steps are not very difficult, they can be easily performed while talking. And we talked a lot. And Mr. Eugene Edward was really polite, too. He doesn't talk very much but he is an excellent dancer. He seemed a little uneasy in the beginning but by the time we had to part the frown disappeared and he smiled. A real smile.
I'm looking forward to other events like this and it would be lovely to be able to help more next time.
from the song I have a dream by ABBA. I guess it could be called a song from the
musical Mamma Mia as well.
Remember my post called Waiting? It is over.
Look who just arrived? She spent four weeks at the customs. But today mylady thought it's time to grace her new home with her presence.
Just that you remember, there are unbelievely kind and generous people. She is proof.
That is why the middle name of my new girl is going to be Faith. So I can remember that as well. Thank you. Thank you so much!
So here is the first look look I had at her.
