Disney Fairy Tale Designer Doll Collection (Wave 2) - Mulan and Li Shang

Another special review for you all! Continuing on with wave 2 of the couples sets, the most recent to be released in stores is Mulan and Li Shang. 

So far I have been impressed with the dolls themselves, although I feel that some of these dolls were a bit rushed (as you will see later on in this post). For example, Tiana's set is missing rhinestones on her belt (the indentations for the rhinestones are present but empty). 

We'll begin with the doll box with its slip cover. The art for these sets are very beautiful, and I also purchased the limited edition lithographs to display in my room. 

The back of the box. Standard as is all the dolls of this series, it features detailed descriptions of the doll's clothing and accessories.
Note: This is were the single flaw of this doll set lies. Upon reading the description, I noticed a typo.
"Beautiful lotus flower elegantly adorns her long black."

The sentence stops at "black" to which I assume they meant to put "black hair". A bit disappointing, but not a big loss.

The set without its slip cover. The dolls stand in a standard designer doll display box, with name plate and plastic base.

Close up of the name plate. 

Upon closer inspection, you can see right away that the colours of this set were chosen well as everything looks great together and not out of place. Her outfit in contrast to the other dolls' ballgowns is instead an Asian inspired dress with ornate embroidery. The sleeves are very long and reach far beyond the floor. She also has a long purple shawl. Shang's outfit is very standard for his character; his military uniform. His cape is made of velvet and his overall outfit is in shades of black, grey and gold.

A close up of her face. She has a face that is very unique to her character, with light make up and rooted lashes. 

Another view of her face. There is a good amount of product in her hair in order to keep her bangs shaped and swooped correctly.

View of her bangs; shaped. 

She also wears a comb in her hair much like the one seen in her movie. This is a really nice touch that was added to the doll in terms of sentimentality as well as additional detail. The small comb features a lotus design.

Close up of Mulan's outfit. The colours are very beautiful and work well together. 

You can see the embroidery of the top half of her dress. Very detailed, and she even has a ruffled collar and pink sash.

The bottom half of her dress features the same embroidery. Her hands are also visible through the thin fabric of her sleeves.

Close up on the pattern on the most bottom of her dress.

Angled view of her dress.

Her dress is also very long and extends all around the floor of the case. 

Like the other dolls of this series, she wears flats in red to match her dress. 

Side view 1

Side view 2

Shang's face is standard but very unique to his character. Like the other male dolls in this line his hair is sculpted instead of rooted. Personally, I prefer this sculpted look; although it may look cheaper, with male hair being usually short, it is usually harder to style and thus the potential for it to look "bad" is high. 

His hair is sculpted into a low ponytail and tied with a sculpted red tie.

His outfit is quite standard as well. It is simplistic but very notably distinct to his character. The red velvet cape is very soft and a nice touch to his doll.

He also wears black boots with gold accents.

This set's symbol is a fan.

The certificate of authenticity.

Filtered for an easier read: This set is number 1530 of 6000

Overall this set is very beautiful and very accurate from art to doll. The dolls were displayed nicely and I'm glad the doll artists learned from their Rapunzel set last year - placing the male doll in a way that he is sill visible and not hidden behind his princess. 

[4 Doll Review] Limited Edition 17" Pink Aurora, Blue Aurora, and Fairy tale collection Cinderella and Pocahontas

Woke up super early today to pick up and attempt to get a few new dolls! This will be a lengthy review, but I hope it proves helpful!

Up first is limited edition 17" Aurora in her signature pink dress.

Here she is in the box. 

Pink Aurora is a limited edition number of 5000.

Side of her box.

Back of her box.

Without the front cover. 

Out of the box.

Her dress is a very bright shade of pink, a bit darker on the bottom and lighter on the top. Her dress has roses incorporated throughout.

Close up of the pattern on her dress.

Close up on the top portion of her dress.

She wears a gold belt in the shape of a rose; it matches the rest of her outfit.

There are numerous details on this doll especially with the embroidery. Not only does she have intricate patterns embroidered onto the top of her dress, she also has embroidery on the cuff of her arm...

As well as down the long part of her sleeves.

A close up of her face. Her hair is blonde with golden tinsel. A great part of this doll is the fact that they styled her bangs correctly.

A close up of her crown. It is gold with rhinestones.

Her matching necklace

Side view of her hair

Aurora wears pink flats.

Pink Aurora's background is blue with her castle.

This Aurora is number 405 of 5000

In comparison, blue Aurora is very similar.

Blue Aurora inside her box. She is a limited edition of 4000. 1000 less than her pink variant. 

Blue Aurora shares the same box design as her pink counterpart, with the exception of the doll's description on the back of the box. Each doll's colours match their respective boxes. 

Out of the box

A close up on her outfit. She shares the same dress as her pink version; but in a different colour. The accessories are the same as well.

As far as make up goes, both dolls share the same face and paint job. However, the eyes of this Aurora are looking in the opposite direction of her pink version.

This Aurora has blue shoes to match her blue dress.

Unlike the pink version, the blue version has a castle on a pink background.

This Aurora is number 32 of 4000.

A side by side comparison.

After acquiring these Auroras, I proceeded to try my luck at the raffle for Cinderella and Prince Charming.

After winning a set, I was extremely pleased with the outcome of this doll upon inspection.

Like all the other designer couples, this set comes with a name plate and the same golden border.

The back of the box detailing the parts of the dolls.

Without the slipcover. Out of all the couple sets, this is by far one of my favourites. 

She wears a light blue ballgown with some layering in the back. her hair is done in copious amounts of curls.

The layering on the back of the dress, accurate to her box art.

She also wears gloves to match her outfit.

A nice bit of detail on this set is the tiny bit of lace lining the open back of her dress. 

Close up of her gloves.

Close up of their faces. This Cinderella has one of the sweetest faces I've ever seen on a designer doll. Like all the dolls, she has rooted lashes and matching make up.

A better view of her face. She also wears a black choker.

Close up of Prince Charming's face. Although he does look quite generic, his outfit greatly makes up for it.

The top part of his outfit is adorned with little details. 

A functional belt

Embroidered cuffs

Lined pants

Detailed shoulder pads

Cinderella also comes with quite a bit of detail as well. She wears a double headband that almost resembles a crown in silver with rhinestones.

Her hair in the back is done in neat, tight, curls.

Her glass slippers! A very nice touch and accurate to the character.

The symbol in the corner of this set is Cinderella's pumpkin carriage.

This doll is number 1235 of 6000

The box art. Once again, one of my favourite dolls of this wave of couples. 

Prior to attaining Cinderella, I had purchased Pocahontas' couple set at the Disney store as well. Definitely one of the least popular sets, she is still available for purchase at various store locations.

Her box art is lovely, though. 

Inside their box. What I like about this set is that they did their best to keep her in her original movie outfit instead of a ballgown like the other girls in this wave.

She has various accessories such as a golden headpiece with feathers around it.

Her face is just as sweet as the other girls'. She wears her outfit accurate to the one she wears in her movie however with more beading and fringes as well as a belt and embroidery.

She has a brown cape with a leaf pattern.

Her tattoo was a nice touch; very movie accurate.

Her necklace

The charms on her belt.

With flash, you can see that her hair contains a few braided sections of hair. 

As for John Smith, he is quite accurate to his box art in terms of outfit.

A simple vest, pants, white dress shirt and a brown satchel bag.

He also wears boots.

This set has the symbol of a leaf.

This set is number 4903 of 6000.

View of their box art.

Overall these dolls are extremely beautiful, and I am glad I didn't second guess purchasing blue Aurora. The outfits for future couples could improve, but they appear to be on the right track in terms of keeping accurate to the characters' respective movies.