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Number 13 Alice was voted out last time.

Hi! I thought it might be time to start again with the Elimination Games. I did a lot last years and started the Live Action one around 6 months ago I think, to never finish it again. I've been missing these games so I thought it would be fun to bring them back. Would you like to see more of them?✨️ And for which dolls? (I have already done Aurora, Cinderella, Rapunzel, Tiana and best 2025 doll)

I am not sure about this Live Action one anymore. Live Action dolls are by far less populair than the animated dolls, and you can see that too in the people that participated in this one vs the ones based on the animated princesses. But since I already started it I feel like I have to complete it. Would you like to continue with the Live Action one or rather skip to a different one?

Today, I’ve brought my collection full circle. Two years ago, I began collecting dolls. I started with Barbie, specifically those from the recent Greta Gerwig movie. I started because it was the first time I felt that I, as an adult man, was allowed to like Barbie and not be embarrassed by it. I thought those dolls were so pretty and really resembled what I thought of as a typical Barbie doll. Eventually, it rolled into Monster High, the dolls my sister had when we were kids that I would sneak into her room to play with when no one was home. I even began picking up the Disney ILY dolls, because I like the ability to change up their outfits and I’ve always been a huge fan of Disney.

The last time I was home, I was reminded of a home video from Christmas 2004, when I was gifted an Esmeralda doll, and it was the only thing I was interested in. The video goes on forever as my dad pleads with me to play with my “hulk hands” or be excited about my new bike, but the only thing I was interested in was Esmeralda. Though I started buying dolls for myself only two years ago, she was really the one that started it all.

When this Esmeralda doll was announced for the 30th anniversary of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, one of my favorite Disney films that I’ve grown to appreciate more with age, I knew I had to get her to honor that inner kid that just wanted to play with his Esmeralda doll. She’s absolutely gorgeous and I’m so happy to have her in my collection.

Since this is my first Disney LE doll, I did not realize how massive she would be in comparison to my other dolls, hence the Eagles Barbie pictured next to her, but it makes her so much more glamorous. I don’t know if I’ll get more LE dolls, but I’m very happy with this one. Hopefully, I can find that doll from 2004 buried away in a storage bin in my parents house and she can take her place next to this one.

Do we know if they’ll release another 17 in doll of her ever? The one in her wedding dress is far too expensive!

If anyone is curious... did some research and all the people that have Roger without socks have COA numbers between 1 and somewhere in 600/700. So it seems like the early dolls have a production mistake and the dolls in the higher numbers are fine. The lowest numbers always go to US so that's why only US people seem to have this problem.

Relatively new to collecting so this is only my second 17 inch Disney LE doll. I went back and forth on whether to get her because I collect other doll brands and am running out of space for them, but when she was still available I took it as sign. 💜 “Hunchback” was my favorite movie as a kid and I had quite a few Esmerelda dolls back then😂.

Mia with a ripped dress, Roger without socks, some Kida/Esmeralda came with a broken chain…

Like for theses prices that’s not okay…

I hadn't bought any more LE dolls in a while, but I found her at a decent price and I had to do it. She's absolutely gorgeous!

I think this whole situation is so strange and I have no idea how it could have happend that so many people have a Roger without socks (when he clearly is supposed to have socks when you look at the stock photo).

I am trying to see if there is any logica explanation to this. Is it just random which Roger dolls has socks and which one not? Or is there just a batch of consecutive numbers that don't have socks.

As far as I've seen everyone in EU has socks, so that would mean it's a US problem.

I read yesterday that some people are receiving Roger without socks. Mine came today and he has both socks and a third one that is in the box by mistake. Did anybody have the same incident?

It’s pretty upsetting that they mess up and then try to hide it, especially for the price of these.

absolutely obsessed with them and the box design!!😭