Disney Animators' Collection Kristoff Doll - Frozen - 16'' - US Disney Store Purchase - First Look - Deboxed - Free Standing - Closeup Right Side View
My new Kristoff Animators' doll has been fully deboxed. He is posed free standing. Photographed under natural lighting. Following is my personal review of the doll.
Review of Kristoff Animators' Doll
Kristoff is the first male character in the Disney Animators' Collection. The It's a small world England doll is also a boy, but he doesn't count in my book because he has the same face mold and hairdo as the other small world dolls, so looks like a girl to me, and also because he was never a character in a Disney movie. Kristoff has molded hair, versus the rooted hair of all of the other Animators' dolls. I don't mind that so much, as it permits the hair to be styled and yet avoid excessive hair product to maintain the look. His appearance and outfit are very accurate representations of the character as a toddler as shown in the early scenes of the movie Frozen. He joins the other main characters of the cast, Anna and Elsa, as toddler dolls, although the girls are not yet part of the Animators' Collection.
He stands 16 1/4'' H, about 1/2'' taller than the regular Animators' dolls, for instance Elsa, who is 15 3/4'' H. He as the same body as Elsa, but his head is much larger, which accounts for the height difference. Anna has arms and legs that are 1/2'' shorter, which accounts for her to be 1/2'' shorter than Elsa, so 1'' shorter than Kristoff. Since he has the Animators' doll body, he has ball jointed neck and shoulders, and swivel hips. His head rotates 360 degrees, and can tilt 30 degrees up and 10 degrees down. His arms rotate 360 degress around, and can swing out about 30 degrees. His hips are angled about 45 degrees from the vertical, so it forces his legs to be splayed out towards the sides when he sits down, and are actually 120 degrees apart when he sits down all the way. My Kristoff has a rather wobbly head, which I haven't experienced with any of my other Animators' dolls. It may be due to the size and weight of his head versus the other dolls.
His head is very large and round, topped by a mass of golden blonde molded hair. Most of his forehead is covered by his front bangs. He has large round dark brown close set eyes that are looking to right. He has no eyelashes, and long thick dark brown eyebrows. He has a big broad nose, and a small mouth with very thin salmon colored lips that are just slightly curved upwards, so it isn't quite a smile, but isn't a frown either. He has pink blush over most of cheeks (representing his exposure to cold weather). He has pale brown freckles over his cheeks and nose, and even a couple on his left ear. He has puffy cheeks, a weak chin and big round ears. His skin is a moderate tan tone in his face, with a much paler body, and less pinkish than other Animators' dolls (such as Ariel).
His outfit consists of a combo tunic and shirt, pants, gloves and boots. The tunic is dark gray faux suede with fur trim, a red satin belt and a long Velcro closure in the back. He has a half shirt of dark blue green faux fleece, consisting of long sleeves and false front, that is sewn to the inside of his tunic. His dark blue green faux fleece pants have an elastic waistband, and extend to about an inch short of his feet. He has dark gray faux leather mittens with an additional dark blue green fleece piece over the fingers, fur trim and faux dark brown suede straps. His boots are dark gray plastic with leather look, has artificial wear and curved pointy toes, and a slit in the back for ease of putting on and taking off the boots. This outfit is very close in look to the one worn by the Classic Kristoff doll.
First look at the Animators' Kristoff Doll. I will photograph boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also pose him with comparable dolls.
Box Notes:
Celebrate the heritage of Disney Animation with the Disney Animators' Collection. Created under the guidance of Disney's most renowned animators, these young renditions of your favorite characters are brought to life with creativity and imagination.
Supervising animator for Disney's Frozen, Tony Smeed is an accomplished animator with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and Chicken Little. Smeed grew up with a passion for drawing and stop-motion, but his excitement grew when he discovered computer animation, which allowed him to bring characters to life in a whole new way.
Character design supervisor for Disney's Frozen, Bill Schwab is an award-winning character designer credited on many Disney hits including Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph. Schwab began drawing at an early age and was further inspired by a Disney animation book he received on his 15th birthday.
Integral in bringing the Frozen characters to life on the big screen, Jin Kim is an accomplished character designer with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and the Princess and the Frog. Beginning his illustration career in Korea, Kim joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1995.
Disney Animators' Collection Kristoff Doll - Frozen - 16''
US Disney Store
Release online January 6, 2014
Purchased in store January 10, 2014
$24.95
Item No. 6070040580982P
Cool dude
Frozen production artists Tony Sweed, Bill Schwab, and Jin Kim reimagine mountaineer Kristoff as a bold little boy facing a life of adventure and excitement, for this striking doll in the Disney Animators' Collection.
Magic in the details...
Celebrating the heritage of classic Disney animation, our young renditions of your favorite Disney characters were originally created under the guidance of the Walt Disney Animation Studio's most renowned talents, bringing their unique personalities to life in the most creative and authentic way possible.
• Kristoff is outfitted in a faux suede tunic with matching pants
• Faux fur trims
• Embroidered collar
• Satin sash
• Faux leather gloves with soft fabric trim and faux suede ties
• Molded hair
• Sculptured leather-look boots
• Inspired by Disney's Frozen
• Comes in collector's display box featuring character sketches by the animators
• Part of the Disney Animators' Collection, each doll sold separately
The bare necessities
• Ages 3+
• Plastic / polyester
• 16'' H
• Imported
Safety
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Disney Animators' Collection Kristoff Doll - Frozen - 16'' - US Disney Store Purchase - First Look - Deboxed - Free Standing - Closeup Right Side View
My new Kristoff Animators' doll has been fully deboxed. He is posed free standing. Photographed under natural lighting. Following is my personal review of the doll.
Review of Kristoff Animators' Doll
Kristoff is the first male character in the Disney Animators' Collection. The It's a small world England doll is also a boy, but he doesn't count in my book because he has the same face mold and hairdo as the other small world dolls, so looks like a girl to me, and also because he was never a character in a Disney movie. Kristoff has molded hair, versus the rooted hair of all of the other Animators' dolls. I don't mind that so much, as it permits the hair to be styled and yet avoid excessive hair product to maintain the look. His appearance and outfit are very accurate representations of the character as a toddler as shown in the early scenes of the movie Frozen. He joins the other main characters of the cast, Anna and Elsa, as toddler dolls, although the girls are not yet part of the Animators' Collection.
He stands 16 1/4'' H, about 1/2'' taller than the regular Animators' dolls, for instance Elsa, who is 15 3/4'' H. He as the same body as Elsa, but his head is much larger, which accounts for the height difference. Anna has arms and legs that are 1/2'' shorter, which accounts for her to be 1/2'' shorter than Elsa, so 1'' shorter than Kristoff. Since he has the Animators' doll body, he has ball jointed neck and shoulders, and swivel hips. His head rotates 360 degrees, and can tilt 30 degrees up and 10 degrees down. His arms rotate 360 degress around, and can swing out about 30 degrees. His hips are angled about 45 degrees from the vertical, so it forces his legs to be splayed out towards the sides when he sits down, and are actually 120 degrees apart when he sits down all the way. My Kristoff has a rather wobbly head, which I haven't experienced with any of my other Animators' dolls. It may be due to the size and weight of his head versus the other dolls.
His head is very large and round, topped by a mass of golden blonde molded hair. Most of his forehead is covered by his front bangs. He has large round dark brown close set eyes that are looking to right. He has no eyelashes, and long thick dark brown eyebrows. He has a big broad nose, and a small mouth with very thin salmon colored lips that are just slightly curved upwards, so it isn't quite a smile, but isn't a frown either. He has pink blush over most of cheeks (representing his exposure to cold weather). He has pale brown freckles over his cheeks and nose, and even a couple on his left ear. He has puffy cheeks, a weak chin and big round ears. His skin is a moderate tan tone in his face, with a much paler body, and less pinkish than other Animators' dolls (such as Ariel).
His outfit consists of a combo tunic and shirt, pants, gloves and boots. The tunic is dark gray faux suede with fur trim, a red satin belt and a long Velcro closure in the back. He has a half shirt of dark blue green faux fleece, consisting of long sleeves and false front, that is sewn to the inside of his tunic. His dark blue green faux fleece pants have an elastic waistband, and extend to about an inch short of his feet. He has dark gray faux leather mittens with an additional dark blue green fleece piece over the fingers, fur trim and faux dark brown suede straps. His boots are dark gray plastic with leather look, has artificial wear and curved pointy toes, and a slit in the back for ease of putting on and taking off the boots. This outfit is very close in look to the one worn by the Classic Kristoff doll.
First look at the Animators' Kristoff Doll. I will photograph boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also pose him with comparable dolls.
Box Notes:
Celebrate the heritage of Disney Animation with the Disney Animators' Collection. Created under the guidance of Disney's most renowned animators, these young renditions of your favorite characters are brought to life with creativity and imagination.
Supervising animator for Disney's Frozen, Tony Smeed is an accomplished animator with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and Chicken Little. Smeed grew up with a passion for drawing and stop-motion, but his excitement grew when he discovered computer animation, which allowed him to bring characters to life in a whole new way.
Character design supervisor for Disney's Frozen, Bill Schwab is an award-winning character designer credited on many Disney hits including Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph. Schwab began drawing at an early age and was further inspired by a Disney animation book he received on his 15th birthday.
Integral in bringing the Frozen characters to life on the big screen, Jin Kim is an accomplished character designer with credits including Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, and the Princess and the Frog. Beginning his illustration career in Korea, Kim joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1995.
Disney Animators' Collection Kristoff Doll - Frozen - 16''
US Disney Store
Release online January 6, 2014
Purchased in store January 10, 2014
$24.95
Item No. 6070040580982P
Cool dude
Frozen production artists Tony Sweed, Bill Schwab, and Jin Kim reimagine mountaineer Kristoff as a bold little boy facing a life of adventure and excitement, for this striking doll in the Disney Animators' Collection.
Magic in the details...
Celebrating the heritage of classic Disney animation, our young renditions of your favorite Disney characters were originally created under the guidance of the Walt Disney Animation Studio's most renowned talents, bringing their unique personalities to life in the most creative and authentic way possible.
• Kristoff is outfitted in a faux suede tunic with matching pants
• Faux fur trims
• Embroidered collar
• Satin sash
• Faux leather gloves with soft fabric trim and faux suede ties
• Molded hair
• Sculptured leather-look boots
• Inspired by Disney's Frozen
• Comes in collector's display box featuring character sketches by the animators
• Part of the Disney Animators' Collection, each doll sold separately
The bare necessities
• Ages 3+
• Plastic / polyester
• 16'' H
• Imported
Safety
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.