The Evolution Of The Little Mermaid Ariel Doll! 1989 To 2023!

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[aesthetic_prince]

I would love to see you do a whole evolution series of the rest of the Disney Princesses ❤

[MarMai]

Ariel always had the BEST dolls! I had the very first one with the little blue dress and I still love her! I do remember how her hair was the wrong color. It's super interesting to know the full story!!

[KassandraQuiseng]

Ariel has never been my favorite princess doll, but Halle’s Ariel is so pretty. I love the warm tropical vibe I get from her doll.

I usually think the live action doll are so awkward, but her dolls are just so cute. Best Disney live action doll!

[memorian]

I miss when Disney dolls weren't afraid to take artistic liberties when it came to their outfits. Instead of only sticking to their in universe canon garments, they only get creative if it's something collectible. Whereas we were able to get creative interesting clothing in a playline set back in the 90s. Kids literally did not care, we were just like "yay, more clothes!!"

I really did LOVE the Mattel face sculpts they would use for the Disney princesses in the 90s

[SP-nypk]

I’ve heard that Ariel has read hair because 1.- splash had just come out and the mermaid there was blonde 2.- they didn’t want another blonde princess after Cinderella and aurora 3.- red would pop better with the blues of the sea 4.- it reflected Ariel’s personality

[sunnyquinn]

I had an Ariel doll as a child. Her face looked exactly like it does in the movie. She had the bright red hair. She had a plastic purple shell bra and a blueish green fabric tail that you could remove. She had legs but eventually they both broke off at the hip joints.

[MistressTomoe]

Let's be honest guys XD 90s Tyco Ariel, 90s to Early 2000s Mattel Ariel, and 2011~2016 Disney Store were definitely the Solid Golden Age of History of Ariel dolls! Super Accurate to the movie and lovely design!

[YgorCortes]

I the Live Action Deluxe Mattel doll. She's my first "Barbie" doll ever and I can't with how absolutely stunning she is!

[katiemcollects]

FINALLY saw the film today, it gave me goosebumps! So, so good!!
She’s always been one of my favorite princesses!

[AnzuMiruku]

The only Little Mermaid doll I owned as a child was the “Swimming Ariel” doll. I was obsessed with the commercial. My sweet mom took note and gifted her to me for my 4th birthday. I still remember the first time I entered the tub with my new fancy swimming doll only for her to flop around like a dying fish and crash into the side of the tub repeatedly. 😂 I still loved her, but she definitely worked best in a pool like the commercial. To be fair, I don’t think she was advertised as or considered a bath toy. She needed some assisted thrust through deep and wide water in order to swim gracefully. I did eventually take her to a public pool and she was so beautiful in the water! Watching that magical and colorful commercial brings back all those memories. I didn’t have the pretty fake coral to accompany her, but my imagination made up for that. 🥰 I wish I still had her.

[alienovel]

The early 00’s disney store ariels were hands down my favorites

[centurycountess]

i learned a fun fact about Ariel's pink dress and why we don't see it anymore. an Article and even a youtuber explained it was paying tribute to the past disney princess movies. the little tear drop printed upper puffs sleeves were for snow white, the color pink aurora, and the poofy skirt with the shorter upper layer was Cinderella. it sorta explains why we don't see future dolls in this dress these days possibly because it was an iconic tribute, and now with the later princesses the dress would of been outdated that and i guess they also wanted to give Ariel her own personal gown to represent her instead of a variety of other princesses. it's also said in the sequel Ariel's purple dress pays tribute yet again to two later princesses after her first film was made these princesses were, belle, and jasmine, and i think if i remember right a jewel on her dress or an accessory of some sort was Pocahontas.. it was a fascinating explanation, that, and it would probably be hard yet interesting to see at what type of monstrosity of a dress they could create with all the present princesses if they kept up paying tribute to them in other princess dresses.

[albertohurtado]

I remember when Tyco redesigned Ariel in 1991 she was so popular she would sell out everywhere. Disneyland tried to bank on her success and made their own Tyco sized Ariel only sold in park.

[clos]

My FAVORITE Little Mermaid dolls are from the 1997 rerelease. Both Ariel and Eric were great. I also liked the later Tyco dolls and of course the Disney Store dolls. 😊

[terrysilva]

I had no idea half of these dolls existed. I love Ariel as well. Still need to buy the Halle Ariel

[LaBellesGrace]

I still have two Simba Ariel dolls - a hair play with King Triton's crown, and the singing one that transformed from mermaid to the green dress. Both no longer have their fabric tails and are just nude in storage (besides one shell bra lolol). The only other Disney Princess doll I had, and was interested in having, was a Mattel Rapunzel and a Simba Snow White. Ariel means so much for my childhood self so I *had* to have two ❤

[EmperorPiplup]

I have never bought any dolls in my life but the new LA movie got me into collecting Halle's dolls lol, I got almost all of them and love them sm!

[KimotJJ]

I have that first bright red haired Ariel doll as well :D I used to have ALOT of Barbies but I stopped playing with them at some point so my parents wanted to get rid of them and, by chance, I saw Ariel sticking out of the bag and I went "NO!!!! NOT ARIEL!!!" so to this day, I still have her. Together with my Pocahontas doll (Who I also had to save from the trash bag).

[katwitanruna]

Red hair doesn’t sell???? Both myself and my kids gravitate to the ones with red hair.

[Man-wolf-]

Actually ariel’s tail going left to right instead of up and down is much more accratue to how fishes actually swim-i kinda like it for that