So @gayfergus sent me these amazing pictures of two rare Disney Dolls that came out in the 90s of a couple of Mermaid girls meant to be Ariel's friends
Kayla:
And Shelly:
Don't know why her box art tail and shell colors are different then the dolls but gotta say I adore how she has a underwater Walkman xD
Nothing says 90s Teen like a Walkman! Even if its under the sea and before the invention of electronic x)
I dunno the 'Swimman” probably works with magic or 'eel-lectricity' or something xD
Looking up these two led me to find Ariel’s other “Cool Teen” friend (my gosh that’s so ‘Hello fellow kids’):
Pearl!
Who apparently has a “Shell-o-phone” (can’t be a Shellphone cuz it has a seaweed cord I love it xD)
Also Cool Teen Ariel apparently came with under water Pizza xD
But I love that this adds to Ariel have more friends/peers and that so many of them are POC!
So here’s a little doodle of them all, including Urchin and Gabriella from the tv show
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Ranis Hideaway Cove ~ 🌊🫧🐠
i don’t normally post my own content but might start cause i thought this photo i took looked cute ~
had this play set as a kid and remembered it feeling so much bigger 😅 can’t believe this was released like 18 years ago now!! it’s a shame they didn’t make a vidia doll in this style too 🥹 her rani and beck are my faves 💙
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Reminder for USA: Select D23 exclusives will be available on Disney Store’s website tomorrow at 8 am PST including Designer Aladdin and Jasmine and Anastasia and Drizella!
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"Oh, we walked together, and talked together, and just before we say goodbye, he takes me in his arms, and then... I wake up."
Because there's no Princess Aurora, without Briar Rose! 🌹
She was another kind of challenge, but a challenge nonetheless 👀 This time I wanted to stray from the usual sweet expression, and went more with a "bratty" one 😁
Problem is, when trying to achieve it, it's so easy to actually step into "evil smile" territory 🤣
This repaint was actually my second attempt, after the first one I decided to take a day or two to really study her mold, and finally get what wasn't working...In the end, I went the hard way, and partially resculpted her face, while afraid to ruin a LE head, I knew I wouldn't have been satisfied otherwise, go big or go home basically 😅
For the dress, I've mostly kept the original concept in mind, with the same colors I remember from the VHS (the palette of the outfit on the restored version is too gray for my taste, give me the cream, the turtle dove, the beige, the maroon!!), saving the tiny spinning wheel embroidery on the corset...it seems like this doll has been one big experiment from start to finish 👀
In the end, I love how she turned out, and most of all I'm glad I didn't give up on the expression, I really hate to take the easy way, I know it would have frustrated me too much to leave untouched 😵💫
Better make that kind of decision at the start of the process than at the end 🫠
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