2012-2014 Rapunzel 12'' Dolls by the Disney Store - Side by Side Comparison - Full Front View
Comparing four 12'' Rapunzel play dolls by the Disney Store, released from 2012 through 2014. From left to right are the 2012 and 2013 Classic Rapunzel dolls, the 2013 Singing Rapunzel Doll, and finally the 2014 Rapunzel Classic 12'' Doll.
The best outfit by far is the 2014 one, which is more detailed and movie accurate than any of the others. It approaches the detail and accuracy of the original 2010 Rapunzel doll, or the current Parks doll. Although the 2012 doll has a fuller skirt, it doesn't keep its shape very well, and lacks the decoration and center panel of the other dolls, and the colors are all wrong. The 2013 doll has a similar outfit to the 2014, but lacks various details, such as the long sleeves, the floral decorations on center panel and the border of the outer skirt, and the deeper purple color of the skirt. The singing doll has both the wrong colors and is the bodice is the most simplified of all these four dolls.
All these dolls share that same face sculpt, but the face paint has been progressively improved over the years. The 2014 doll has a much warmer and prettier face than the others. The 2013 dolls have almost identical faces, except for pinker lips on the singing doll. The 2012 doll had a very awkward looking face, with eyes that looked to both glancing to her upper right, and staring straight ahead at the same time. Her lips formed a very unnatural looking smirk.
All the dolls have very long blonde hair that is straight and smooth, with a sideways bang over her forehead. However the 2012 had the longest hair, at about 12 inches, the other three dolls had 11 inch hair that didn't quite reach the floor. The swoosh bang was too severe in the 2013 dolls; it looks better in the 2012 and 2014 dolls. The 2012 and 2013 Classic dolls have excellent hair that was straight and smooth right out of the box, with very little combing needed to straighten out some strays. The 2013 singing doll and 2014 classic doll have hair that isn't quite so shiny and neat. The 2014 doll's hair got a little frizzy when I combed out the tangles. From the front, I think the 2014 doll has the best looking hair, as the the bang doesn't hide her face at all, and isn't too hardened by hair product. The 2014 doll has hair that is a littler darker in color than the other three dolls.
The 2013 and 2014 dolls have the same body, with fully articulated arms, but rubber legs and fixed angled feet. The 2012 doll has the problematic hard plastic legs with external knee joints and ball jointed ankles. She comes with flat soled purple shoes. The other dolls are barefoot, as was the movie character.
Here is my ranking of these four Rapunzel dolls, with their best features mentioned:
1. 2014 Classic Rapunzel. Best outfit by far and prettiest face, big overall improvement over 2013 dolls.
2. 2013 Classic Rapunzel. Very nice hair, big overall improvement over 2012 doll.
3. 2013 Singing Rapunzel. Very nice hair, but plain outfit.
4. 2012 Classic Rapunzel. Longest and most manageable hair, fullest skirt, but needs a petticoat to keep it full.
2012-2014 Rapunzel 12'' Dolls by the Disney Store - Side by Side Comparison - Full Front View
Comparing four 12'' Rapunzel play dolls by the Disney Store, released from 2012 through 2014. From left to right are the 2012 and 2013 Classic Rapunzel dolls, the 2013 Singing Rapunzel Doll, and finally the 2014 Rapunzel Classic 12'' Doll.
The best outfit by far is the 2014 one, which is more detailed and movie accurate than any of the others. It approaches the detail and accuracy of the original 2010 Rapunzel doll, or the current Parks doll. Although the 2012 doll has a fuller skirt, it doesn't keep its shape very well, and lacks the decoration and center panel of the other dolls, and the colors are all wrong. The 2013 doll has a similar outfit to the 2014, but lacks various details, such as the long sleeves, the floral decorations on center panel and the border of the outer skirt, and the deeper purple color of the skirt. The singing doll has both the wrong colors and is the bodice is the most simplified of all these four dolls.
All these dolls share that same face sculpt, but the face paint has been progressively improved over the years. The 2014 doll has a much warmer and prettier face than the others. The 2013 dolls have almost identical faces, except for pinker lips on the singing doll. The 2012 doll had a very awkward looking face, with eyes that looked to both glancing to her upper right, and staring straight ahead at the same time. Her lips formed a very unnatural looking smirk.
All the dolls have very long blonde hair that is straight and smooth, with a sideways bang over her forehead. However the 2012 had the longest hair, at about 12 inches, the other three dolls had 11 inch hair that didn't quite reach the floor. The swoosh bang was too severe in the 2013 dolls; it looks better in the 2012 and 2014 dolls. The 2012 and 2013 Classic dolls have excellent hair that was straight and smooth right out of the box, with very little combing needed to straighten out some strays. The 2013 singing doll and 2014 classic doll have hair that isn't quite so shiny and neat. The 2014 doll's hair got a little frizzy when I combed out the tangles. From the front, I think the 2014 doll has the best looking hair, as the the bang doesn't hide her face at all, and isn't too hardened by hair product. The 2014 doll has hair that is a littler darker in color than the other three dolls.
The 2013 and 2014 dolls have the same body, with fully articulated arms, but rubber legs and fixed angled feet. The 2012 doll has the problematic hard plastic legs with external knee joints and ball jointed ankles. She comes with flat soled purple shoes. The other dolls are barefoot, as was the movie character.
Here is my ranking of these four Rapunzel dolls, with their best features mentioned:
1. 2014 Classic Rapunzel. Best outfit by far and prettiest face, big overall improvement over 2013 dolls.
2. 2013 Classic Rapunzel. Very nice hair, big overall improvement over 2012 doll.
3. 2013 Singing Rapunzel. Very nice hair, but plain outfit.
4. 2012 Classic Rapunzel. Longest and most manageable hair, fullest skirt, but needs a petticoat to keep it full.