Review of Disney FROZEN Snow Glow Elsa

PRODUCT DETAILS

Box Contents:  1 14 1/2" Doll with a tiara, dress, shoes, a 6 1/2" Olaf figure, and instructions in both English and Spanish.

Recommended Age:  3+

Requires 3 AAA (LR)3) 1.5 V Batteries (included).

Doll has 15 phrases and sings "Let It Go".  She can speak the phrases and sing in both English and Spanish.

Manufactured by and date:  Jakks Pacific, Inc. in 2014

UPC:  678352310582

Website:  www.jakks.com;  www.disney.com/Frozen

Written on back of box:  Fearless optimist Anna sets off on an epic adventure--teaming up with rugged mountain man Kristoff and his loyal reindeer Sven, to find her sister Elsa when the kingdom of Arendelle is trapped in an eternal winter.  Encountering Everest-like conditions and a hilarious snowman named Olaf, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom.

Still in Production:  No.

Price:  I don't remember the original price.  Now, in box, the cheapest price I've seen is $35.

Where to buy:  Places like Ebay and Amazon--or any website where individual sellers can sell stock that has been discontinued by manufacturer.

Doll Hair Color:  Bleach Blonde

Nationality:  Caucasian

Eye Color:  Blue

Doll Movement:  Typical baby doll movement.  Left arm restricted because doll will sing every time you lift it.

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I bought this doll when it was released in 2014.  I don't know if I bought it from Target or the Disney Store.  I can't even remember how much I paid for it.  I hadn't watched the movie, but Frozen was big--and so I planned to review the doll.  However, at the time I either was sick or backed up with reviews, so I put the doll away.  I thought I put it away in my closet.  When I opened a box that I thought she was in, I found a Maleficent doll instead.  I couldn't remember where Elsa was.  It isn't that my house is that big or that full of stuff.  I just assumed I had given it to my mom to put away.  Four years later, I'm doing a major clean.  I'm opening boxes to check the contents stored inside of them.  Lo and behold, I found Elsa--put into a box that I thought held something else.  Thankfully, her batteries hadn't corroded--she even still worked.

Elsa comes with everything shown here.

For a Disney doll, she was not hard to get out of the box.  She is a cute little dolly.  Her bleach blonde hair is styled in a long braid down here back--it is butt length.  It is nice and silky.  An ice blue tiara is attached by a rubber band and plastic tie you will have to cut.

The doll's eyes don't close and hasvepainted eye lashes.  The eyes are reflective.  Normally, I'm not fond of the "large goo-goo eye" look in dolls, where the eyes are made abnormally large, usually for toddler dolls.  It is supposed to be cute, I suppose.  The doll has an open mouth, toothy smile--but it is attractive.  Showing teeth on a doll is as risky as having freckles.

The necklace is not removable.  The dress is removable, but when you put it back on you have to take care to slip it under the necklace.  When you press the jewel on the pendant, Elsa says 15 phrases--in English or Spanish, depending on which language you choose.  The phrases are spoken in a child's voice.  Some of them I thought were a little creepy--the type of thing dolls always say in horror stories right before they massacre an entire family.  I don't know whether the Spanish version is a translation of the English sayings, or whether the Spanish has its own sayings.  I found the Spanish translations harder to hear, but then again I don't have an ear for Spanish.

These shoes do not want to stay on Elsa's feet.

On Elsa's back, there are three numbers 0, 1, and 2.  0 is play mode.  1 is Try Me mode, which is the mode the doll will be set on when you first get her.  2 is where you select the language you want.

To Set the Language:

1.  Switch the button to 2.

2.  Press the necklace to make sure the language you want is playing.

3.  Put the switch back to 0.

4.  If you want to switch back to the other language, just repeat steps 1-2.

The dress has a VELCRO closure.  To hear Elsa sing her famous song "Let it Go" (English) or "Libre Soy" (Spanish), lift up her left arm.  After the doll finishes singing, put the arm down again to reset.  What is annoying is that you cannot ever lift the left arm in regular play without the doll singing.  If Elsa wants to hail a taxi, she will need to use her right arm if she doesn't want to break out into song.  Or you can remove her batteries, which are located on her back.  The song is sung in an adult voice.

Elsa comes with a 6 1/2" Olaf.

Speaking of Elsa's famous song--if you are wondering why people don't demonstrate the doll's singing abilities on YouTube, it is because the company that owns the rights to the song are big on enforcing their copyright.  I hadn't had my video up for more than three minutes when I got a notification that a company was saying my video had copyrighted content.  It turns out I wasn't in trouble, and I was allowed to keep the video up.  However, I can't get revenue for ads.  Any money I make goes to the company.  For this reason, I suppose many Youtubers edit out the song so they can earn revenue.  In my case, I chose to keep the songs in and just give up revenue.  Fortunately, this type of thing doesn't happen regularly, so I didn't think it was a big lost.  It sucks, though, because of course any doll collector or parent is going to want a full demonstration of the doll's abilities.

The dress is removable, but you have to be certain to slip it under the necklace, which isn't removable.

I was wondering why Elsa had a white plastic cord coming out of her butt.  It is attached to the battery compartment.  I realized later that this cord is what makes the dress light up whenever Elsa speaks or sings (it has to be plugged into the battery compartment, though).  If you want to remove the dress, you can unplug the cord--though you have to remove it from the battery compartment first.  The battery compartment is on Elsa's back.  The speaker is on the front on her belly.

Elsa has flesh colored plastic underwear.

On the back are settings for play mode, try me, and language selections--as well as the battery compartment and the cord that lights up the dress.

I thought Cinderella had a lousy choice in shoe wear, but I think Elsa has beaten her for the title of "Poor Choices in Shoes".  Elsa has what I suppose is supposed to be ice slippers.  It is a good thing the cold doesn't bother her.  Anyone else would lose toes to hypothermia.  Still, I wonder if Elsa was accident prone--as you would think she would slip easily.

When Elsa sings, dress and jewel in pendant light up.  Dress also lights up (though necklace doesn't) when Elsa says her catch phrases.

The shoes on the doll, of course, are not ice but plastic.  However, they are annoying in that they constantly fall off.

Elsa takes 3 AAA batteries.  Notice the cord that is plugged into the battery pack--this is responsible for lighting up the dress.

If you want to remove the dress, you need to unplug the cord.  However, the dress won't light up if you unplug it.

The doll has typical baby doll movements.  It is not articulated in the elbows, hands, knees, torso, or ankles.  Doll can sit.  She can stand up with more difficulty.  She is easily unbalanced due to the fact she has tiny little feet and a very big head.

The Olaf figure doesn't do anything except look cute.  In the box, he looked awkward.  His expression looked like the look pubescent boys get when something embarrassing happens.  Out of box, though, his expression didn't look like that.  He looked adoring, like he thought everything was magical--which I imagine is the look they were trying to depict.