Mattel has been thoroughly disgusting for a long while now but I guess they don’t particularly care. As long as grandma buys whatever doll is on the shelf for her grandkids.
I knew they were going to be cheap from the start. Mattel is super cheap nowadays, I think they don't care about dolls anymore. Decent looking dolls are super expensive and hard to afford, especially for collectors who live in small countries where it's hard and even more expensive to get them - like I do. When I was a kid playline dolls had good quality. Molded on clothes didn't even exist. This is so sad. The fact that it's for kids is not an excuse. Kids deserve some quality too. They made Disney Princesses look like their disgusting Barbie Dreamtopia dolls. I wish Jakks took the rights. Their Encanto dolls look pretty good.
Same, I also wanted Jakks to have the rights to produce the Disney Princess dolls. They did a great job with Toy Story 4 and Encanto. Even better than Disney Store.
Omg ikr! They never even sold monster high dolls where I live so I had to settle for bootlegs (that are actually better than their horrible 2015 reboot dolls)
The Barbie accessories alone proves that. Mattel has been disrespectful in that way. With other competitors like RH, you can see better quality for around similar price points. Mattel, do better!
yeah it sucks, especially since the new monster high reboot looks a lot like cave club. i think they were trying to do what mga is doing but they cut some corners. it really does suck since the haunt couture line looks so well made but its so expensive and rh is doing that level of quality at like 30 bucks
@@KittiesGalore Same, They can def give mh a whole new makeover if Mattel sold the rights to them. They way there doing LOL and RH so good there set for life.
Overall toys these days are cheap, goofy looking, boring and tacky. I feel so bad for kids these days, cause everything is basically sh1t - toys, cartoons, etc :/
I'm honestly not surprised. Mattel pretty much started from where they left off. I knew it would be bad to let Mattel take over the Disney dolls again after what they did to the line before they lost the rights.
@@maomaomi5434I would honestly love to see MGA's take on these ladies. They give their dolls the cutest faces and clothes and I would like to see how their versions of the princesses would sell.
Mattel used to make beautiful, high quality Disney dolls back in the 90s. This really is no different to what they do with the Dreamtopia line. No thanks.
They did but sometimes they looked too much like Barbie cosplaying/wearing a Disney Princess costume! I mean Barbie and the Disney Princesses are totally different characters they should not look so much alike! However if the doll is lets say Barbie as Sleeping Beauty than that's fine, they are not trying to well trick us into buying something else!
Yep. These are NOT dolls. They are essentially large “action figures,” with all the the molded on “clothes.” Everything is disappointing about this line-from the quality to the face sculpts to the materials to the molded on clothes to the lack of articulation. These toys really limit kids’ range of play with them.
I’m so disappointed. I hate the plastic clothing so much! The Disney dolls I had as a kid had fully fabric outfits and I loved putting the gowns on my other dolls
I’m so disappointed at Mattel, I thought I was expecting them to bring back the 2000s magic in them not that Hasbro esque ish. And I was expecting them to be like that. The faces are pixelated.
I'm glad I grew up in a time where doll princess dresses were beautiful & highly detailed. I don't even recognize these ones as princess dresses. More like a rain cape for the legs.
What you said at 9:13 is the reason these dolls aren't better. Disney wants to always have the highest quality in their own stores, and contracts out other companies to make the "budget" versions. Sad but true. It would be nice to see the Mattel versions of the Style Series dolls.
MGA is one of the companies that actually put good quality into toys like ''LOL Surprise!'' or ''Rainbow High'' which can be pleasing if they made the Disney dolls.
I wish. Disney would never go with MGA dolls... they are so strict on being kids friendly and MGA hasn't been known for that (stocking/lingerie on LOL baby dolls and such). Such a shame...
I think alot of this has to do with mattel being publicly owned, but i also think the disney and barbie brands thrived when we had a female CEO at mattel Jill Barad and Carol Spencer and Kitty Black Perkins as designers. They just understood what was appealing, quality, and good marketing
Not at all. I’m just going off of our doll historical trends at Mattel. The CEO I mentioned was just that of the Barbie Boom era as an example. But i think there are several men out there that understand the dynamics of marketing and good womens quality and with the exceptions of Robert Best and Bob Mackie, I haven’t really seen any others come to the forefront. They also keep leaving Angel Kent in the shadows and he is one very talented artist. My point is that the dolls are lack luster not that men are incapable. Mattel could do better in general.
At this point I wonder if Disney is telling Mattel/Hasbro "Make a doll cheaper than our Disney Store line" leaving them scraping the barrel for doll design.
I would love to see a collector's edition of Disney Princess dolls, silkstone vinyl and vintage face mold, maybe, with couture-like dress design. People would go crazy imo
Are you surprised? I’m not! Mattel has been going down in quality for years, I’ve been collecting dolls since 1995 and recently started selling most of my collection as I don’t recognize what I loved in the first place. Just the fact that collector dolls age limit guidance has gone from 14 to 6 says a lot.
@@l0rs9537 As good as IT would be, I think the point a lot of us are making is that playline dolls should have a reasonable quality like they did in the 90s and early 2000s. A basic Barbie doll in the 90s would usually have a mini-dress or bikini along with high quality brushable hair and a TnT body. We're lucky if tops aren't sculpted on these days, they're basically statuettes with wigs. Even then hair can sometimes be sculpted on!
@@BunnyTsukino1999 I grew up in those years so I'm aware. My point is that, as an adult today, I would be interested more in collectibles than a playline, so it would be nice to see something money-worth for more, let's say, mature audence. The fact the playline dolls should improve in quality is implicitly obvious.
When I was a child I always hated the dolls who had painted or molded on clothes or gadgets because it looked stupid and got in the way of my clothing collection for them, the only exception being fairy dolls because I loved the wings. But compared to what Im used to from my childhood this is shockingly bad quality... I feel so bad for the children of today
The New Mattel dolls appear to be a *Downgrade* from the current Hasbro dolls as the New Mattel heads appear to not have a ball joint, meaning that the new Mattel heads will only move from side to side, but wont move up or down. The heads will also not be able to tilt. 😞Oh, and it seems like they are following the Disney Stores Flat Feet trend. 🤢
I was waiting to hear your opinion on this and... my thoughts exactly. They're basically the same as the Hasbro dolls with slightly better proportions. Such a shame, because Mattel used to make great Disney dolls in the 90s and early 2000s...
I completely agree! This is so upsetting! 😭 I have some high hopes for frozen because the olaf and bruni set looks pretty good! It's just upsetting because mattel even stated that we would like them more than hasbro which I do but it's just sad because they literally copied hasbro! And they aren't even proportioned right anymore! And it's so sad that their faces are pixelated like the barbies! And I'm very upset that they aren't proportioned right and they have big feet! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! It also sucks that disney store's quality for their classic dolls aren't even that good anymore! WHY?!!!!!!! 😭😭😭
I kinda wish Mattel would give us dolls with remember the bend and snap knees. Like if they can’t give us dolls that can only move their arms up and down they could at least allow them to sit properly. When I was little at least the band and snap knees made it easier to make the dolls sit and I kinda wish they gave us that not just the basic five points of articulation.
The 1959 Barbie's articulation is better than a lot of the cheap dolls now, because she COULD sit. It's a shame because even the cheap 80s dolls with the straight arms had swivel heads, could move their arms up and down, sit nicely, bend their legs & twist their waist! I would rather pay more for fewer dolls of quality and be able to enjoy them.
They just made the same Hasbro was doing. So what's the point of changing? Yes, Mattel facesculpts are better and more proportionate but that's all. Everything else is just the same, even the face painting is very similar to Hasbro's. Some of them are even worse than 2014 Mattel dolls.
Kids rarely play with dolls anymore. They just want videogames... I have a 5 year old with 3 shelves full of Barbies and rainbow High , yet she's obsessed with Roblox
@@tuttifrutti1458 Genuine question here, but do you think it has anything to do with not being inspired by the dolls to be creative? Video games like Roblox give kids an active and social way to use their creativity and thinking skills, whereas I don't feel like a lot of modern dolls really encourage that sort of thinking. I'm not sure if that's just me though.
Mattel lost their rights because they did Ever After High and Disney was not happy, and they did EAH because they wanted a 'good' series to their Monster High
When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought they were indeed from Hasbro because of the design they used on them.. So when I first heard that Mattel will produced this series next, I was actually expecting more like those Disney Princess' line quality from 2000s but oh well.
Jakks Pacific has done a great job with their Disney licenses, such as with the playline Encanto dolls and the ILY 4Ever line. I'd love to see them take over the Princess license for fashion dolls.
Well they did do the Disney Fairies and the Princess Toddler Dolls (the ones where the princesses are babies/toddlers) but I really don't like what they did to Winx Club and Star Darlings (that was a very short lived/*unwell-known unless you read the books* Disney doll line!)
It's disappointing but they deserve a lil bit of creds to the designers that were over worked because the were given the license a couple of months ago and are already planned to be release in like 3 months
Ugh yeah I absolutely HATE molded on clothing, especially since I do custom doll repainting as an art hobby, and molded on clothes usually render a doll nearly USELESS for repaints! >:(
They look like crap! I wish that they were like the 90s and early 2000s dolls that I grew up with. They had higher quality than the current Disney dolls that are out now from Hasbro. I'm now nervous about what they are going to do for the live action Disney dolls.
I had high hopes for the new dolls too, and these are disappointing. I do think the faces are quite nice for the most part, but the fabrics (or lack thereof) and bodies are bad. We'll see if I end up buying any. I hope they make a non-ballerina version of Tiana.
I feel like the ShopDisney dolls are exactly why these ones are so disappointing - if Disney can sell a higher quality doll and not share the profits with another company like Hasbro, Mattel, or the stores selling them, why wouldn't they? These dolls are the budget ones for people who either can't figure out ShopDisney or don't care enough to try. Fans will buy ShopDisney dolls, parents will buy these. Hopefully the items that won't compete directly with ShopDisney, like the live action line or more unique collector's editions, will be higher quality. We know Mattel can do it, the new Monster High line is looking great and Barbie has been slowly improving over the last couple of years
There are people who would gladly buy ShopDisney dolls, but the issue is, that shop isn't available in their countries or any other isn't shipping to their countries. That's the case with me, I live in Croatia and I'd gladly buy Disney's dolls, but I'm not able to because not a single one ShopDisney ships here. I'd have to get them from a third party which would be super expensive for me and standard in my country is sadly very low...
The thing that gets me is that they aren't even that different in price. The disney store dolls are 20 dollars at the moment. I'm sure Mattel will ask for 15 for these hunks of plastic. -_-"
@@Moonlitwatersofaqua That's the other benefit for Disney selling better dolls themselves. When they're manufacture and distribute themselves, they don't have to share profit with anyone so they can keep the price down. These dolls need to make a profit for Disney, Mattel, and whatever store is selling them like Amazon or Target, so they need to be more expensive so everyone gets something. Hopefully these will be more in line with Hasbro's current budget-doll pricing of 10.99, but even then, you'll always get a better quality product for a better price buying direct from Disney
It's so sad that they keep having these painted on tops. Even as a kid I'd hate that :S One of the best things about dolls was that you could change their clothes
I feel betrayed from Mattel. I was expecting Mattel to make higher quality of Disney Princesses(+ Elsa). They CAN. Like Barbie Extra, Made to move, they can do it. But WHY. New dolls sucks.
Oh, believe me... ever since they released the Monster High Haunt Conture they gave us a big slap in the face for many, especially for those who are not from the United States, including many teenagers who grew up with the brand and did not have the opportunity to have one because of its "high exclusivity" (a Rainbow High doll beats them by a lot)... this is no longer surprising. Nothing is going to happen to Mattel if something really bad happens to them and I hope happens to them, they deserve it. They want to ruin MGA so much but they themselves don't propose it, maybe if Disney punishes them by taking away their license again It won't change anything, that's for sure.
Mattel did admit there customers are going to buy whatever they put hence why they don't care about high quality products smh, and where is Snow white and Pocahontas
I remember when you announced Mattel got the contract with Disney and you were so happy about it and I thought that was odd because their quality has been lacking
Rapunzel doesn't even look like herself, the hair is too short the dress is too plain the face is ugly, I wish I can go back where Mattel use to create beautiful Disney princesses dolls
If my 5 year old sees those ballerina dolls, I might have to get him one. He'll go wild for them. He's already got the ballerina Barbie. My son does ballet at his own insistence, and is in love with Princesses and Barbie.
Hopefully now that Mattel will be getting more money again they can up the quality in all their brands and everything will be like the 2010 era ish at least again
Honestly I’m wondering if this is a similar situation to the WINX dolls, Where the creators really liked one companies dolls and let the other borrow sculpts, concepts, ect because these are freakishly similar, so I feel Disney or someone in the production side wanted them to be similar on purpose
Ariel is my favorite but I’m seriously confused as to why they made so many of her, but none of some other characters-Snow White, Jasmine, Raya, etc. it seems like a poor choice from my perspective
Honestly, the worst part of Hasbro (and presumably Mattel's upcoming ones) dolls is how expensive the dolls are for what you get. In Australia, they're $16-$20ish which is more expensive than a Fashionista is and you get significantly less for your value. If these dolls are $5 then fine, whatever, but it's insulting knowing this low quality products are being charged at a premium.
The only Mattel Dolls I've been excited about have been Cave Club Dolls and The Extra Barbie dolls, Extra Fancy, and Extra Mini dolls, and the Rewind Dolls. 😊 The Disney Dolls by Mattel and Hasboro have always looked cheap. You know?
LOL not you guys all excepting 90s quality Disney dolls from Mattel right out the gate. Knowing Disney and Mattel, I'm sure a very pricey collectors line is in the works RN.
and they wonder why kids get so bored with toys nowadays..its because most toys are so uninspired and bland what child is gonna wanna play with a hunk of plastic that you can’t do much with? I think the fun that comes with dolls is changing their clothes brushing their hair and posing them… if you can’t do that then what’s the point of having a doll
And also admire their beauty and quality, kids want dolls because they like it at first sight, maybe they don't know why exactly they like a specific doll but the designers should know what appeals to kids and it's not that different to what appeals us adult collectors. Who's gonna like a doll that looks like a stiff piece of plastic with a stiff skirt that looks like shower cap material and is not even puffy or elegant? They look like garbage, kids won't care for them.
I totally agree with everything you said in this video. I’m disappointed as well. I have liked the Disney princess dolls for a long time. My favourites are the ones from the 90s. I did enjoy the Style Series from Hasbro. I won’t be buying any of the ones you talked about in the video.
It is so disappointing that currently this company is not careful, they are lazy and abusive. They don't even care about fashion, they just copy and paste from other companies... they should definitely fire almost everyone and put in new more passionate and serious people, including the CEO. This is so disappointing.
That really is a disappointing doll line. Looks like they’re squarely aiming at the toddler market. And maybe the body swap doll collectors, who just want the head to put on a made-to-move body.
The fact they don't include Jasmine in this set has me worried about her inclusion. Maybe in a future set? I hope the dolls get better in quality but I doubt it...
I knew they would be like that I didn't have high expectations on quality, but I had expectations on face and clothing designs, I hoped they were accurate to the movies The faces are pretty accurate, but the clothes are bad, not only because it's all molded and with cheap skirts, but they're not movie-accurate at all! But I'll still buy my two favorite princesses, Ariel and Cinderella, because they're pretty I like Ariel's new face, sweet but also a little mature, but I HATE the mermaid version, why Mattel is obsessed with making Ariel’s tail with frills, swirls and weird fins? Plus the color change effect is BORING! They should make an Ariel swimming with the same design of the movie Cinderella is ok, cute face but disappointed that she doesn't have her iconic 50s fringe (I'm resigned by now, they will never make an accurate doll with strawberry blonde hair and silver dress) Now I understand a couple of things: These dolls are meant to be the cheap alternative to ShopDisney dolls, so Disney specifically told Mattel to make them like this, to encourage us collectors to buy ShopDisney dolls that are now the best on the market. And now it is clear that Mattel did not lose the license because the latest dolls were of low quality, but ONLY because of the Ever After High, which was an obvious competition for Disney Princess. So Disney is fine with these cheap dolls, as long as they're the only fairytale dolls on the market So I doubt that this playline dolls will improve and I strongly doubt that Mattel will make collector dolls, because they would be a dangerous rival for the ShopDisney limited edition dolls
I'm really confused by these dolls, I think I also had really high expectations which was silly because it's Mattel. Like you mentioned in the video I'm interested in seeing whether or not they bring out a style series or even a collector's series. Even then I don't have much hope, I collect the signature dolls so I have all the £100-£125 dolls that's have come out in the past 2 years and they are still really, really bad in terms of quality imo with the exception of the first two pink collection dolls. We shall see.
I love your videos and I know its sad they are so bad quality we need quality dolls like the good old days when mattel was so good with there dolls why did Mattel get so low quality
At first I thought that Mattel after receiving the Disney princess license would do things right but I was wrong, because these dolls disappointed me and I think Disney should have given the license to MGA instead of returning it to Mattel in the first place and second is that surely the dolls of the Disney princesses will not last long in stores as happened to other more recent lines of dolls from mattel such as dc superhero girls wild hearts crew, cave club or creatible world
Oh, love your new hair color! Suits you so well. Totally agree with you about the new Disney dolls, they look so similar to the Hasbro dolls that I did a double take. I'm sad.
There are some nice things like the faces that are really nice about them, but they are quite different than some other Mattel dolls like monster high dolls, that have more articulation
Doll lines like Rainbow High or OMG have layered, detailed, all fabric dresses. Mattel choses plastic tops and printed details on cheap material. Come on, just give us MGA quality with the Disney license and a more realistic, less cartoonish aesthetic.
I agree with you 100%!!! I've so been looking forward to seeing these new dolls and I was very disappointed. The faces are cute but I really wish they'd stop with the plastic clothes already!!!! I mean come on... I get that the dolls are mostly directed towards the kids, but we as doll collectors are still kids at heart lol. And you're right about the dolls looking like toddlers.... I really miss the more mature looking Disney dolls. 💕 Idk...just really, really sad... 🥺
Mattel needs to look back at their 90s Disney dolls as inspiration. Those were hands down the best Disney dolls! Especially the Pocahontas ones. Very film accurate and boxes that matched the film’s font and theme!
I was glad to hear that Mattel would be making the Disney dolls again. I don't like the Hasbro ones at all. But I was out of dolls for a while, so I didn't realize how bad the last Mattel Disney dolls were... and it's so depressing that they seemingly didn't improve them at all. I guess if I want a Disney doll, I'll go straight to the source and get them from the Disney Store. And the whole trend of sculpting/painting on clothes needs to stop. It only makes sense on dolls meant for water play, and even then that's unnecessary because A) the paint will eventually come off and B) fabric swimsuits for the dolls exist. Whoever thought that up needs to be strangled.
I admire your honesty. I have never gotten the impression you want to be negative about any doll, but I respect and agree with your criticism that Mattel is doing a horrible job with some of their doll line's, specifically the Disney princess dolls. Thanks for being honest and as usual, great review!
It's an absolute shame. With the quality they've brought to the 2022 MH reboot(Regardless of how you feel about the designs, the articulation is pretty good and they have fabric clothing, which is, for some reason a high standard these days), I thought maybe we'd have dolls instead of statues with skirts. The heads are pretty good, but the plastic torsos will do terribly for consumers and the environment. On the other hand, ShopDisney's obsession with glitter isn't much better.
I was hoping they wouldn’t copy hasbro but the faces look very very similar :( I honestly liked the 2010s faces :/ And Idk they look really different to me but the more I look at them the more I can see a difference? I think i can live with them tho 😂
I totally agree!!! When is Mattel going to listen to consumers and make better quality dolls!?!? Just very sad that a beloved company is producing such poor quality.....
Even the collector ones are cheap looking it's like they don't care since most collectors keep the dolls in the boxes anyways. That's why is good that TH-cam channels like this one actually open the boxes to see what the dolls really looks like.
I was also expecting a lot more since I thought losing the license might have been a wake-up call. One thing I was thinking was that it's such a shame the clothes are molded to the doll because kids love to dress up their dolls and switch clothes but they can't do that with these.
I feel like the only mainstream(American) doll company that’s been putting out consistently good quality dolls has been MGA. Sure some of the Bratz re-releases have been hit or miss, but they’ve been killing it with Rainbow High
while looking at these dolls, all I can see is just nice face sculpts that I want to remove and put on articulated bodies... nothing really interesting other than the beautiful faces
I think the reason why they did this was maybe so they could release some collector frozen dolls and disney princess dolls which are obviously gonna be better, so maybe they did that so when they release collector dolls they'll be nicer
I thought the dolls they were putting out before they lost the license to Hasbro were bad. Mattel, we KNOW you can make nice dolls! and we know they don't cost $60 to produce. Come on now...
JUST GIVE THE LICENSE TO MGA FFS!!! Diseny should have done there research on best company, skipped Mattel & move onto MGA & given them the license. MGA litteraly are the best company right now & personally, I would've liked to see how they use the license. Mattel's new dolls are LITTERALY the same as 2014 with only difference is the faces. I'm sorry ( not) but I want the style series to be the basic budget line quality & I don't think Diseny should stand for anything else.
Something that has always sat on my mind- if Disney didn't like the falling quality, they can say something about the product being created. What if they want these dolls to be incredibly basic and appeal to 2-5 year olds so that their own in house classic line is the better option?
That's why we complain. Disney Store should be making better dolls and let Mattel or whatever brand they chose make at least their current level of quality, which isn't that high... Why limit the others so their own cheap products stand out 🙄
@@TheStOne1 I think Disney Store dolls are great versions of a playline princess. Also keep in mind- their dolls aren't for collectors either. They're for 7 year olds so they're not going to be intricately designed. However I do agree that if they are asking Mattel to lower the quality or make a doll fit for a 3 year old, then they should also have the option to do something nicer? Then again- who knows what else Mattel has coming down the pipe?
Dude I don't blame you with this topic. Disney princess dolls are small and has painted on blouses and top I stick with the 1980s and 1990s Dolls and design my own princess dress for them
The reason I think Mattel lost the licence to the Disney Princess brand is because Disney was unhappy that their brand was having to compete with Ever after high. Now that Mattel is no longer pushing the Ever after high brand I think Disney is okay letting Mattel have the licence.
Mattel keeps getting extra chances to redeem themselves, then turn around and give us THIS. I’d take ‘00s McDonald’s toys over these any day.
Same this is awful.
Mattel needs to give the early Barbie movies the same Mattel Signature treatment that they’re doing with Masters of the Universe right now.
Mattel has been thoroughly disgusting for a long while now but I guess they don’t particularly care. As long as grandma buys whatever doll is on the shelf for her grandkids.
I knew they were going to be cheap from the start. Mattel is super cheap nowadays, I think they don't care about dolls anymore. Decent looking dolls are super expensive and hard to afford, especially for collectors who live in small countries where it's hard and even more expensive to get them - like I do. When I was a kid playline dolls had good quality. Molded on clothes didn't even exist. This is so sad. The fact that it's for kids is not an excuse. Kids deserve some quality too.
They made Disney Princesses look like their disgusting Barbie Dreamtopia dolls. I wish Jakks took the rights. Their Encanto dolls look pretty good.
Same, I also wanted Jakks to have the rights to produce the Disney Princess dolls. They did a great job with Toy Story 4 and Encanto. Even better than Disney Store.
@@oh.6879 yaaay. I’m glad. 😁
Totally agree!!
Omg ikr! They never even sold monster high dolls where I live so I had to settle for bootlegs (that are actually better than their horrible 2015 reboot dolls)
The Barbie accessories alone proves that. Mattel has been disrespectful in that way. With other competitors like RH, you can see better quality for around similar price points. Mattel, do better!
I don't know why anyone is surprised...Mattel has been cheaping out on its fashion dolls for years. It's why MGA is killing them with LOL and RH.
yeah it sucks, especially since the new monster high reboot looks a lot like cave club. i think they were trying to do what mga is doing but they cut some corners. it really does suck since the haunt couture line looks so well made but its so expensive and rh is doing that level of quality at like 30 bucks
I can totally see MGA buying out and absorbing Mattel in the near future
@@galaxy_space3421 woah, cave club dolls look good. Thanks for mentioning that, now I want one.
@@KittiesGalore Same, They can def give mh a whole new makeover if Mattel sold the rights to them. They way there doing LOL and RH so good there set for life.
Also Bratz. They had a comeback and their re-release dolls are very well done!
They feel so corporate and so... sterile and inoffensive. I really do not know how Mattel still gets their product bought of the shelves💀
Children. Just children. Take a look at Baby Shark
@@maomaomi5434 DONT BLAME IT ON ME
Overall toys these days are cheap, goofy looking, boring and tacky. I feel so bad for kids these days, cause everything is basically sh1t - toys, cartoons, etc :/
I'm honestly not surprised. Mattel pretty much started from where they left off. I knew it would be bad to let Mattel take over the Disney dolls again after what they did to the line before they lost the rights.
Imagine Disney pulls the ultimate power move and partners up with MGA instead?
@@maomaomi5434 I wonder why they won’t?
Hopefully will never happen…I think MGA is waaay to cool for „Disney princess dolls“
@@maomaomi5434I would honestly love to see MGA's take on these ladies. They give their dolls the cutest faces and clothes and I would like to see how their versions of the princesses would sell.
Mattel used to make beautiful, high quality Disney dolls back in the 90s. This really is no different to what they do with the Dreamtopia line. No thanks.
Barbie quality dropped after my scene.
Mattel would rather invest in lawsuits than quality or good design
They did but sometimes they looked too much like Barbie cosplaying/wearing a Disney Princess costume! I mean Barbie and the Disney Princesses are totally different characters they should not look so much alike! However if the doll is lets say Barbie as Sleeping Beauty than that's fine, they are not trying to well trick us into buying something else!
@@somethingclever8916 Really even with Monster High and Ever After High? Now those were amazing doll lines!
They really decided to give us NOTHING 🤡 They literally look like McDonald’s toys 💀
Yep. These are NOT dolls. They are essentially large “action figures,” with all the the molded on “clothes.” Everything is disappointing about this line-from the quality to the face sculpts to the materials to the molded on clothes to the lack of articulation. These toys really limit kids’ range of play with them.
Agree with you
My fave britney song is slave 4 u what's yours?
@@y2kwannabe437 boostups aren't it
@@y2kwannabe437 taste! Slave is my fav as well 😮💨🤌🏻
I’m so disappointed. I hate the plastic clothing so much! The Disney dolls I had as a kid had fully fabric outfits and I loved putting the gowns on my other dolls
I’m so disappointed at Mattel, I thought I was expecting them to bring back the 2000s magic in them not that Hasbro esque ish. And I was expecting them to be like that. The faces are pixelated.
Better off buying the 90s ones if they aren't too expensive.
The pixelated face screening is so offensive
I’m really disappointed because I thought Mattel would have learned, especially since losing the Disney license costs them so much :/
I'm glad I grew up in a time where doll princess dresses were beautiful & highly detailed. I don't even recognize these ones as princess dresses. More like a rain cape for the legs.
What you said at 9:13 is the reason these dolls aren't better. Disney wants to always have the highest quality in their own stores, and contracts out other companies to make the "budget" versions. Sad but true. It would be nice to see the Mattel versions of the Style Series dolls.
MGA deserves the license for Disney Princesses dolls!!
Just imagine the quality ✨
MGA is one of the companies that actually put good quality into toys like ''LOL Surprise!'' or ''Rainbow High'' which can be pleasing if they made the Disney dolls.
I wish. Disney would never go with MGA dolls... they are so strict on being kids friendly and MGA hasn't been known for that (stocking/lingerie on LOL baby dolls and such). Such a shame...
I think alot of this has to do with mattel being publicly owned, but i also think the disney and barbie brands thrived when we had a female CEO at mattel Jill Barad and Carol Spencer and Kitty Black Perkins as designers. They just understood what was appealing, quality, and good marketing
Are you saying men don’t understand what good dolls are?
Not at all. I’m just going off of our doll historical trends at Mattel. The CEO I mentioned was just that of the Barbie Boom era as an example. But i think there are several men out there that understand the dynamics of marketing and good womens quality and with the exceptions of Robert Best and Bob Mackie, I haven’t really seen any others come to the forefront. They also keep leaving Angel Kent in the shadows and he is one very talented artist. My point is that the dolls are lack luster not that men are incapable. Mattel could do better in general.
At this point I wonder if Disney is telling Mattel/Hasbro "Make a doll cheaper than our Disney Store line" leaving them scraping the barrel for doll design.
I think so too... It's a shame, they should make their own product better not "boycott" Mattel.
I would love to see a collector's edition of Disney Princess dolls, silkstone vinyl and vintage face mold, maybe, with couture-like dress design. People would go crazy imo
Highly agree
Yeah and then the price would be 1000 dollars or something like that
Are you surprised? I’m not! Mattel has been going down in quality for years, I’ve been collecting dolls since 1995 and recently started selling most of my collection as I don’t recognize what I loved in the first place. Just the fact that collector dolls age limit guidance has gone from 14 to 6 says a lot.
The new monster high dolls look good.
Well, so far. But yes I agree I don’t collect anything Mattel even MH.
Imagine if MGA got the license. You know the quality would be amazing
Or Integrity Toys. They even produced fairytale-based doll collection some years ago, if memory serves me correctly
@@l0rs9537 As good as IT would be, I think the point a lot of us are making is that playline dolls should have a reasonable quality like they did in the 90s and early 2000s. A basic Barbie doll in the 90s would usually have a mini-dress or bikini along with high quality brushable hair and a TnT body. We're lucky if tops aren't sculpted on these days, they're basically statuettes with wigs. Even then hair can sometimes be sculpted on!
@@BunnyTsukino1999 I grew up in those years so I'm aware. My point is that, as an adult today, I would be interested more in collectibles than a playline, so it would be nice to see something money-worth for more, let's say, mature audence. The fact the playline dolls should improve in quality is implicitly obvious.
I think Jakks Pacific would do better.
@@l0rs9537 Look at MGA's rainbow high or OMG line. They are high quality and appeal to both kids and collectors
When I was a child I always hated the dolls who had painted or molded on clothes or gadgets because it looked stupid and got in the way of my clothing collection for them, the only exception being fairy dolls because I loved the wings. But compared to what Im used to from my childhood this is shockingly bad quality... I feel so bad for the children of today
Idk how Mattel manages to ruin every doll line they’ve had. It’s like they’re doing it on purpose 🧍🏽
The New Mattel dolls appear to be a *Downgrade* from the current Hasbro dolls as the New Mattel heads appear to not have a ball joint, meaning that the new Mattel heads will only move from side to side, but wont move up or down. The heads will also not be able to tilt. 😞Oh, and it seems like they are following the Disney Stores Flat Feet trend. 🤢
Dolls aren't as beautiful as they used to be in general for me 🥺 Now they all have super sized heads and weird robotic features!
I was waiting to hear your opinion on this and... my thoughts exactly. They're basically the same as the Hasbro dolls with slightly better proportions. Such a shame, because Mattel used to make great Disney dolls in the 90s and early 2000s...
I completely agree! This is so upsetting! 😭 I have some high hopes for frozen because the olaf and bruni set looks pretty good! It's just upsetting because mattel even stated that we would like them more than hasbro which I do but it's just sad because they literally copied hasbro! And they aren't even proportioned right anymore! And it's so sad that their faces are pixelated like the barbies! And I'm very upset that they aren't proportioned right and they have big feet! NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! It also sucks that disney store's quality for their classic dolls aren't even that good anymore! WHY?!!!!!!! 😭😭😭
Is there a link to a picture of the Olaf and Bruni set? I can’t find it and want to have a nosey 👀😂
@@alice_barker_official yes, it looks good, but the new disney frozen dolls by mattel were leaked and this is why I don't get my hopes up
@@spectra_vonhauntington but where did you see the leaked picture? I can’t find it anywhere online.
I kinda wish Mattel would give us dolls with remember the bend and snap knees. Like if they can’t give us dolls that can only move their arms up and down they could at least allow them to sit properly. When I was little at least the band and snap knees made it easier to make the dolls sit and I kinda wish they gave us that not just the basic five points of articulation.
The 1959 Barbie's articulation is better than a lot of the cheap dolls now, because she COULD sit. It's a shame because even the cheap 80s dolls with the straight arms had swivel heads, could move their arms up and down, sit nicely, bend their legs & twist their waist! I would rather pay more for fewer dolls of quality and be able to enjoy them.
You can get the doll you want, there are various Barbie series, so it's not the company's fault, you bought the wrong one!
@@SitiAisyah-jr4mi The company is at fault for making cheap garbage and selling it under the famous name of what used to be quality.
I learned never to expect top quality designs and material from Mattel for a reasonable price.
Omg, and I had such high hopes. How can they make this mistake with the first line since getting the license back?
They just made the same Hasbro was doing. So what's the point of changing? Yes, Mattel facesculpts are better and more proportionate but that's all. Everything else is just the same, even the face painting is very similar to Hasbro's. Some of them are even worse than 2014 Mattel dolls.
Trust me, I KNOW they are bad. They just don't make them like they used to. Which is why I am saving mine in boxes for my future kids/grandkids.
Not even kids are gonna like this, Mattel could've done better. But they just didn't care about their quality which is sad.
Kids rarely play with dolls anymore. They just want videogames... I have a 5 year old with 3 shelves full of Barbies and rainbow High , yet she's obsessed with Roblox
@@tuttifrutti1458 Genuine question here, but do you think it has anything to do with not being inspired by the dolls to be creative? Video games like Roblox give kids an active and social way to use their creativity and thinking skills, whereas I don't feel like a lot of modern dolls really encourage that sort of thinking. I'm not sure if that's just me though.
Mattel lost their rights because they did Ever After High and Disney was not happy, and they did EAH because they wanted a 'good' series to their Monster High
Ugh the EAH dolls were so beautiful too:(
When I first saw the thumbnail, I thought they were indeed from Hasbro because of the design they used on them..
So when I first heard that Mattel will produced this series next, I was actually expecting more like those Disney Princess' line quality from 2000s but oh well.
Jakks Pacific has done a great job with their Disney licenses, such as with the playline Encanto dolls and the ILY 4Ever line. I'd love to see them take over the Princess license for fashion dolls.
Well they did do the Disney Fairies and the Princess Toddler Dolls (the ones where the princesses are babies/toddlers) but I really don't like what they did to Winx Club and Star Darlings (that was a very short lived/*unwell-known unless you read the books* Disney doll line!)
It's disappointing but they deserve a lil bit of creds to the designers that were over worked because the were given the license a couple of months ago and are already planned to be release in like 3 months
Ugh yeah I absolutely HATE molded on clothing, especially since I do custom doll repainting as an art hobby, and molded on clothes usually render a doll nearly USELESS for repaints! >:(
They look like crap! I wish that they were like the 90s and early 2000s dolls that I grew up with. They had higher quality than the current Disney dolls that are out now from Hasbro. I'm now nervous about what they are going to do for the live action Disney dolls.
As soon as I saw them on reddit my heart just sank, and my only solace was that I would get to hear you roast them
The Eric and Flynn dolls are my sleep paralysis demons 💀💀💀
Idc What anyone says MGA needs to SNATCH the license, and we know their quality is UNMATCHED!!
I had high hopes for the new dolls too, and these are disappointing. I do think the faces are quite nice for the most part, but the fabrics (or lack thereof) and bodies are bad. We'll see if I end up buying any. I hope they make a non-ballerina version of Tiana.
I'm obsessed with Rapunzel's frying pan doubling as a hair brush. Now that's the kind of creativity I miss.
I feel like the ShopDisney dolls are exactly why these ones are so disappointing - if Disney can sell a higher quality doll and not share the profits with another company like Hasbro, Mattel, or the stores selling them, why wouldn't they? These dolls are the budget ones for people who either can't figure out ShopDisney or don't care enough to try. Fans will buy ShopDisney dolls, parents will buy these. Hopefully the items that won't compete directly with ShopDisney, like the live action line or more unique collector's editions, will be higher quality. We know Mattel can do it, the new Monster High line is looking great and Barbie has been slowly improving over the last couple of years
There are people who would gladly buy ShopDisney dolls, but the issue is, that shop isn't available in their countries or any other isn't shipping to their countries. That's the case with me, I live in Croatia and I'd gladly buy Disney's dolls, but I'm not able to because not a single one ShopDisney ships here. I'd have to get them from a third party which would be super expensive for me and standard in my country is sadly very low...
The thing that gets me is that they aren't even that different in price. The disney store dolls are 20 dollars at the moment. I'm sure Mattel will ask for 15 for these hunks of plastic. -_-"
@@Moonlitwatersofaqua That's the other benefit for Disney selling better dolls themselves. When they're manufacture and distribute themselves, they don't have to share profit with anyone so they can keep the price down. These dolls need to make a profit for Disney, Mattel, and whatever store is selling them like Amazon or Target, so they need to be more expensive so everyone gets something. Hopefully these will be more in line with Hasbro's current budget-doll pricing of 10.99, but even then, you'll always get a better quality product for a better price buying direct from Disney
It's so sad that they keep having these painted on tops. Even as a kid I'd hate that :S One of the best things about dolls was that you could change their clothes
I feel betrayed from Mattel. I was expecting Mattel to make higher quality of Disney Princesses(+ Elsa). They CAN. Like Barbie Extra, Made to move, they can do it. But WHY. New dolls sucks.
Oh, believe me... ever since they released the Monster High Haunt Conture they gave us a big slap in the face for many, especially for those who are not from the United States, including many teenagers who grew up with the brand and did not have the opportunity to have one because of its "high exclusivity" (a Rainbow High doll beats them by a lot)... this is no longer surprising. Nothing is going to happen to Mattel if something really bad happens to them and I hope happens to them, they deserve it. They want to ruin MGA so much but they themselves don't propose it, maybe if Disney punishes them by taking away their license again It won't change anything, that's for sure.
Mattel did admit there customers are going to buy whatever they put hence why they don't care about high quality products smh, and where is Snow white and Pocahontas
I remember when you announced Mattel got the contract with Disney and you were so happy about it and I thought that was odd because their quality has been lacking
Rapunzel doesn't even look like herself, the hair is too short the dress is too plain the face is ugly, I wish I can go back where Mattel use to create beautiful Disney princesses dolls
If my 5 year old sees those ballerina dolls, I might have to get him one. He'll go wild for them. He's already got the ballerina Barbie. My son does ballet at his own insistence, and is in love with Princesses and Barbie.
Hopefully now that Mattel will be getting more money again they can up the quality in all their brands and everything will be like the 2010 era ish at least again
Honestly I’m wondering if this is a similar situation to the WINX dolls, Where the creators really liked one companies dolls and let the other borrow sculpts, concepts, ect because these are freakishly similar, so I feel Disney or someone in the production side wanted them to be similar on purpose
Ariel is my favorite but I’m seriously confused as to why they made so many of her, but none of some other characters-Snow White, Jasmine, Raya, etc. it seems like a poor choice from my perspective
Honestly, the worst part of Hasbro (and presumably Mattel's upcoming ones) dolls is how expensive the dolls are for what you get. In Australia, they're $16-$20ish which is more expensive than a Fashionista is and you get significantly less for your value. If these dolls are $5 then fine, whatever, but it's insulting knowing this low quality products are being charged at a premium.
They didn't even include a Jasmine doll. You remember Jasmine right? Where is Jasmine?
hopefully these will be around $8 i think! That's the starting price for most of these basic looking dolls
I can understand making Ariel's clothes and tail plastic for waterplay (like in the bath or pool), but the other princesses don't make sense.
The only Mattel Dolls I've been excited about have been Cave Club Dolls and The Extra Barbie dolls, Extra Fancy, and Extra Mini dolls, and the Rewind Dolls. 😊 The Disney Dolls by Mattel and Hasboro have always looked cheap. You know?
I do love the color change Ariel though.
LOL not you guys all excepting 90s quality Disney dolls from Mattel right out the gate. Knowing Disney and Mattel, I'm sure a very pricey collectors line is in the works RN.
This is why I try not to put my hopes up 😭 I miss the good ol’ days…
and they wonder why kids get so bored with toys nowadays..its because most toys are so uninspired and bland what child is gonna wanna play with a hunk of plastic that you can’t do much with? I think the fun that comes with dolls is changing their clothes brushing their hair and posing them… if you can’t do that then what’s the point of having a doll
And also admire their beauty and quality, kids want dolls because they like it at first sight, maybe they don't know why exactly they like a specific doll but the designers should know what appeals to kids and it's not that different to what appeals us adult collectors.
Who's gonna like a doll that looks like a stiff piece of plastic with a stiff skirt that looks like shower cap material and is not even puffy or elegant? They look like garbage, kids won't care for them.
I totally agree with everything you said in this video. I’m disappointed as well. I have liked the Disney princess dolls for a long time. My favourites are the ones from the 90s. I did enjoy the Style Series from Hasbro. I won’t be buying any of the ones you talked about in the video.
Mattel no longer cares, they have literally said the people will buy anything and so they’re shipping out anything.
It is so disappointing that currently this company is not careful, they are lazy and abusive. They don't even care about fashion, they just copy and paste from other companies... they should definitely fire almost everyone and put in new more passionate and serious people, including the CEO. This is so disappointing.
That really is a disappointing doll line. Looks like they’re squarely aiming at the toddler market. And maybe the body swap doll collectors, who just want the head to put on a made-to-move body.
The fact they don't include Jasmine in this set has me worried about her inclusion. Maybe in a future set? I hope the dolls get better in quality but I doubt it...
I knew they would be like that
I didn't have high expectations on quality, but I had expectations on face and clothing designs, I hoped they were accurate to the movies
The faces are pretty accurate, but the clothes are bad, not only because it's all molded and with cheap skirts, but they're not movie-accurate at all!
But I'll still buy my two favorite princesses, Ariel and Cinderella, because they're pretty
I like Ariel's new face, sweet but also a little mature, but I HATE the mermaid version, why Mattel is obsessed with making Ariel’s tail with frills, swirls and weird fins?
Plus the color change effect is BORING! They should make an Ariel swimming with the same design of the movie
Cinderella is ok, cute face but disappointed that she doesn't have her iconic 50s fringe (I'm resigned by now, they will never make an accurate doll with strawberry blonde hair and silver dress)
Now I understand a couple of things:
These dolls are meant to be the cheap alternative to ShopDisney dolls, so Disney specifically told Mattel to make them like this, to encourage us collectors to buy ShopDisney dolls that are now the best on the market.
And now it is clear that Mattel did not lose the license because the latest dolls were of low quality, but ONLY because of the Ever After High, which was an obvious competition for Disney Princess.
So Disney is fine with these cheap dolls, as long as they're the only fairytale dolls on the market
So I doubt that this playline dolls will improve and I strongly doubt that Mattel will make collector dolls, because they would be a dangerous rival for the ShopDisney limited edition dolls
It’s so sad that these dolls have to be some of the cheapest ones on the market. I mean they’re the Disney princesses for goodness’ sake!
I'm really confused by these dolls, I think I also had really high expectations which was silly because it's Mattel. Like you mentioned in the video I'm interested in seeing whether or not they bring out a style series or even a collector's series. Even then I don't have much hope, I collect the signature dolls so I have all the £100-£125 dolls that's have come out in the past 2 years and they are still really, really bad in terms of quality imo with the exception of the first two pink collection dolls. We shall see.
it's sad how doll customaisers make so stunning disney dolls and mattel doesn't even try
I love your videos and I know its sad they are so bad quality we need quality dolls like the good old days when mattel was so good with there dolls why did Mattel get so low quality
At first I thought that Mattel after receiving the Disney princess license would do things right but I was wrong, because these dolls disappointed me and I think Disney should have given the license to MGA instead of returning it to Mattel in the first place and second is that surely the dolls of the Disney princesses will not last long in stores as happened to other more recent lines of dolls from mattel such as dc superhero girls wild hearts crew, cave club or creatible world
I feel like they should give the rights to MGA cause lines from MGA are really good quality for example bratz, rainbow high
Honestly, yeah. MGA is for the most part the only ones making good quality dolls right now.
Oh, love your new hair color! Suits you so well. Totally agree with you about the new Disney dolls, they look so similar to the Hasbro dolls that I did a double take. I'm sad.
There are some nice things like the faces that are really nice about them, but they are quite different than some other Mattel dolls like monster high dolls, that have more articulation
Doll lines like Rainbow High or OMG have layered, detailed, all fabric dresses. Mattel choses plastic tops and printed details on cheap material. Come on, just give us MGA quality with the Disney license and a more realistic, less cartoonish aesthetic.
I agree with you 100%!!! I've so been looking forward to seeing these new dolls and I was very disappointed. The faces are cute but I really wish they'd stop with the plastic clothes already!!!! I mean come on... I get that the dolls are mostly directed towards the kids, but we as doll collectors are still kids at heart lol. And you're right about the dolls looking like toddlers.... I really miss the more mature looking Disney dolls. 💕 Idk...just really, really sad... 🥺
Mattel needs to look back at their 90s Disney dolls as inspiration. Those were hands down the best Disney dolls! Especially the Pocahontas ones. Very film accurate and boxes that matched the film’s font and theme!
I was glad to hear that Mattel would be making the Disney dolls again. I don't like the Hasbro ones at all. But I was out of dolls for a while, so I didn't realize how bad the last Mattel Disney dolls were... and it's so depressing that they seemingly didn't improve them at all. I guess if I want a Disney doll, I'll go straight to the source and get them from the Disney Store. And the whole trend of sculpting/painting on clothes needs to stop. It only makes sense on dolls meant for water play, and even then that's unnecessary because A) the paint will eventually come off and B) fabric swimsuits for the dolls exist. Whoever thought that up needs to be strangled.
I agree with your evaluation of Mattel. Their quality has gone down through these years.
I admire your honesty. I have never gotten the impression you want to be negative about any doll, but I respect and agree with your criticism that Mattel is doing a horrible job with some of their doll line's, specifically the Disney princess dolls.
Thanks for being honest and as usual, great review!
It's an absolute shame. With the quality they've brought to the 2022 MH reboot(Regardless of how you feel about the designs, the articulation is pretty good and they have fabric clothing, which is, for some reason a high standard these days), I thought maybe we'd have dolls instead of statues with skirts. The heads are pretty good, but the plastic torsos will do terribly for consumers and the environment. On the other hand, ShopDisney's obsession with glitter isn't much better.
I was hoping they wouldn’t copy hasbro but the faces look very very similar :(
I honestly liked the 2010s faces :/
And Idk they look really different to me but the more I look at them the more I can see a difference? I think i can live with them tho 😂
I totally agree!!! When is Mattel going to listen to consumers and make better quality dolls!?!? Just very sad that a beloved company is producing such poor quality.....
Even the collector ones are cheap looking it's like they don't care since most collectors keep the dolls in the boxes anyways. That's why is good that TH-cam channels like this one actually open the boxes to see what the dolls really looks like.
I was also expecting a lot more since I thought losing the license might have been a wake-up call. One thing I was thinking was that it's such a shame the clothes are molded to the doll because kids love to dress up their dolls and switch clothes but they can't do that with these.
I feel like the only mainstream(American) doll company that’s been putting out consistently good quality dolls has been MGA. Sure some of the Bratz re-releases have been hit or miss, but they’ve been killing it with Rainbow High
while looking at these dolls, all I can see is just nice face sculpts that I want to remove and put on articulated bodies... nothing really interesting other than the beautiful faces
I don't know why anyone is surprised. I never understood the excitement about the license going back to Mattel.
I think the reason why they did this was maybe so they could release some collector frozen dolls and disney princess dolls which are obviously gonna be better, so maybe they did that so when they release collector dolls they'll be nicer
Please ignore my room
The room: literally cleaner than mine has ever been
I thought the dolls they were putting out before they lost the license to Hasbro were bad. Mattel, we KNOW you can make nice dolls! and we know they don't cost $60 to produce. Come on now...
I think I am more excited for the Ariel doll, she comes with a dinglehopper 😂
I don't get the poor quality and design, considering that this dolls pay themselves in the sense that this are DISNEY PRINCESSES
JUST GIVE THE LICENSE TO MGA FFS!!! Diseny should have done there research on best company, skipped Mattel & move onto MGA & given them the license. MGA litteraly are the best company right now & personally, I would've liked to see how they use the license. Mattel's new dolls are LITTERALY the same as 2014 with only difference is the faces. I'm sorry ( not) but I want the style series to be the basic budget line quality & I don't think Diseny should stand for anything else.
go mattel give us nothing!
maybe Disney is telling the other companies to make their dolls low quality so people buy more the Disney store dolls
Something that has always sat on my mind- if Disney didn't like the falling quality, they can say something about the product being created. What if they want these dolls to be incredibly basic and appeal to 2-5 year olds so that their own in house classic line is the better option?
That's why we complain. Disney Store should be making better dolls and let Mattel or whatever brand they chose make at least their current level of quality, which isn't that high... Why limit the others so their own cheap products stand out 🙄
@@TheStOne1 I think Disney Store dolls are great versions of a playline princess. Also keep in mind- their dolls aren't for collectors either. They're for 7 year olds so they're not going to be intricately designed. However I do agree that if they are asking Mattel to lower the quality or make a doll fit for a 3 year old, then they should also have the option to do something nicer? Then again- who knows what else Mattel has coming down the pipe?
Thanks for this news! Wow I can’t remember how long it was since the Glitter Princess Disney Mattel dolls
Dude I don't blame you with this topic. Disney princess dolls are small and has painted on blouses and top I stick with the 1980s and 1990s Dolls and design my own princess dress for them
I guess this is why I only collect and reroot the late 90s and early 2000s Mattel Disney dolls :B
Rapunzel's face to me just looks like white Moana...
I know how you feel I also hate molded on tops it really just ruins the doll
The reason I think Mattel lost the licence to the Disney Princess brand is because Disney was unhappy that their brand was having to compete with Ever after high. Now that Mattel is no longer pushing the Ever after high brand I think Disney is okay letting Mattel have the licence.
I'm not disappointed, I already saw it coming, it was obvious that Mattel would give us something like this worse or equal to Hasbro