2017 Belle Limited Edition 17'' Doll - Live Action Film - US Disney Store Purchase - Deboxed - Standing - Full Front View
LE Belle is deboxed, and is standing, supported by the included display stand.
Detailed photos and review of my Limited Edition Belle 17 Inch Doll, from the Live Action Beauty and the Beast movie. I got her today in store on release day, Friday March 17, 2017, which is also the opening day of the movie. She is #0477 of 5500. The following review of the doll includes what I discovered after deboxing her.
The doll is a great improvement over the 12 inch Disney Film Collection doll, although her face and outfit are basically the same design. The big difference is that her hair is rooted on a one piece vinyl head, as opposed to the two piece head of the 12 inch doll, where the hair was on a separate piece, and the face was much harder than the scalp. Her face also has a matte finish, as opposed to the shiny face of the 12 inch, and her freckles are not as prominent. Her expression is also gentler, with a slight smile. She is side glancing as opposed to looking straight ahead, and she has short rooted lashes, all of which makes for a more pleasant face. Her skin tone is much healthier looking than the sickly complexion of the DFC doll, and she also has a nicely applied rouge on her cheeks. She is actually quite pretty, more so from certain angles. I also think that she has a good resemblance to Emma Watson.
Her outfit has the same design as the 12 inch doll. Her bodice is separate from her skirt, and in many of the dolls that I've seen, there is a unsightly gap between bodice and the skirt (e.g. in the stock box image). Her skirt is very full, and looks squished in the box. Her skirt has yellow jewels and gold embroidery instead of the glitter on the 12 inch doll. In fact, the LE doll has no glitter at all. The skirt has three layers of golden yellow chiffon over skirts with pleats in the front, that have a shiny front surface, unlike the dull surface of the corresponding layers of the 12 inch doll's skirt. It looks like there is extremely fine golden metallic threads in the chiffon, which has a similar effect as fine glitter, but without the possibility of shedding, and without making the material stiff. The top chiffon layer is actually fully lined with another layer of chiffon, to hide the underside of the embroidery. Below the overskirt is a full skirt of the same chiffon material. Below that is a bright yellow satin underskirt, and below that is a full length white tulle petticoat. The petticoat actually has two additional short layers around the waist, that keeps the skirt poofy and full above the knee. Behind the skirt is a tail of scalloped of the same material as the overskirts, and long streamers of yellow chiffon and white tulle. The tail and streamers are tacked to the back of the skirt, and I decided to leave that alone rather than free the tail, as well as the streamers, to keep them neat. The skirts are a full 360 degrees in width, so when Belle sits down with her legs straight out, the skirts form a full circle around her.
She has a necklace with the pendant tacked to the neckline of the bodice. I decided to leave that alone to keep it neat looking. There is an ear cuff type earring on her left ear (to our right). On the 12 inch doll the ear cuff was painted on, whereas on the LE doll, it is a separate piece. She has a golden wreath type hairband around her bun. Both the hairband and earring are painted gold that simulates real gold very well, so it looks like real jewelry. She also has a painted on ring on her right pinky, as does the 12 inch doll. She has larger versions of the golden heels of the 12 inch doll.
Her bun is an intricate design that very neatly done, and is a larger version of the one on the 12 inch doll. Her dark brown hair goes down to her waist, and is stiff with hair product in the back, to keep its gently curly style, so I left it as is after deboxing. It was not separated into two sections, as is the case with a lot of Disney Store dolls (such as the 12 inch DFC Belle). There are two medium length side curls, as in the 12 inch doll, which I tucked behind her shoulders to get them out of the way of her face.
Belle Limited Edition Doll - Live Action Film - 17''
US Disney Store
Released Online and In Stores 2017-03-17
$129.95
Item No. 6003040900251P
2017 Belle Limited Edition 17'' Doll - Live Action Film - US Disney Store Purchase - Deboxed - Standing - Full Front View
LE Belle is deboxed, and is standing, supported by the included display stand.
Detailed photos and review of my Limited Edition Belle 17 Inch Doll, from the Live Action Beauty and the Beast movie. I got her today in store on release day, Friday March 17, 2017, which is also the opening day of the movie. She is #0477 of 5500. The following review of the doll includes what I discovered after deboxing her.
The doll is a great improvement over the 12 inch Disney Film Collection doll, although her face and outfit are basically the same design. The big difference is that her hair is rooted on a one piece vinyl head, as opposed to the two piece head of the 12 inch doll, where the hair was on a separate piece, and the face was much harder than the scalp. Her face also has a matte finish, as opposed to the shiny face of the 12 inch, and her freckles are not as prominent. Her expression is also gentler, with a slight smile. She is side glancing as opposed to looking straight ahead, and she has short rooted lashes, all of which makes for a more pleasant face. Her skin tone is much healthier looking than the sickly complexion of the DFC doll, and she also has a nicely applied rouge on her cheeks. She is actually quite pretty, more so from certain angles. I also think that she has a good resemblance to Emma Watson.
Her outfit has the same design as the 12 inch doll. Her bodice is separate from her skirt, and in many of the dolls that I've seen, there is a unsightly gap between bodice and the skirt (e.g. in the stock box image). Her skirt is very full, and looks squished in the box. Her skirt has yellow jewels and gold embroidery instead of the glitter on the 12 inch doll. In fact, the LE doll has no glitter at all. The skirt has three layers of golden yellow chiffon over skirts with pleats in the front, that have a shiny front surface, unlike the dull surface of the corresponding layers of the 12 inch doll's skirt. It looks like there is extremely fine golden metallic threads in the chiffon, which has a similar effect as fine glitter, but without the possibility of shedding, and without making the material stiff. The top chiffon layer is actually fully lined with another layer of chiffon, to hide the underside of the embroidery. Below the overskirt is a full skirt of the same chiffon material. Below that is a bright yellow satin underskirt, and below that is a full length white tulle petticoat. The petticoat actually has two additional short layers around the waist, that keeps the skirt poofy and full above the knee. Behind the skirt is a tail of scalloped of the same material as the overskirts, and long streamers of yellow chiffon and white tulle. The tail and streamers are tacked to the back of the skirt, and I decided to leave that alone rather than free the tail, as well as the streamers, to keep them neat. The skirts are a full 360 degrees in width, so when Belle sits down with her legs straight out, the skirts form a full circle around her.
She has a necklace with the pendant tacked to the neckline of the bodice. I decided to leave that alone to keep it neat looking. There is an ear cuff type earring on her left ear (to our right). On the 12 inch doll the ear cuff was painted on, whereas on the LE doll, it is a separate piece. She has a golden wreath type hairband around her bun. Both the hairband and earring are painted gold that simulates real gold very well, so it looks like real jewelry. She also has a painted on ring on her right pinky, as does the 12 inch doll. She has larger versions of the golden heels of the 12 inch doll.
Her bun is an intricate design that very neatly done, and is a larger version of the one on the 12 inch doll. Her dark brown hair goes down to her waist, and is stiff with hair product in the back, to keep its gently curly style, so I left it as is after deboxing. It was not separated into two sections, as is the case with a lot of Disney Store dolls (such as the 12 inch DFC Belle). There are two medium length side curls, as in the 12 inch doll, which I tucked behind her shoulders to get them out of the way of her face.
Belle Limited Edition Doll - Live Action Film - 17''
US Disney Store
Released Online and In Stores 2017-03-17
$129.95
Item No. 6003040900251P