Every FIRST Disney Princess Doll! From Snow White To Encanto! 

I remember my grandma talking about sneaking out of her house to Snow White at the cinema. She really loved that movie because it was the first one she ever saw at a movie theater.

The first Snow White doll is made of composition, which is a mixture of sawdust and glue mainly. Her hair isn't plastic; that kind of plastic didn't really exist in toys, yet at that time. It's just sculpted as part of her head from the composition material and painted. I like her face and I find it indicative of the kind of stylized cartoon and doll faces of the era which had a certain babiness to them even in older characters, think Betty Boop, which I find cute.

I will say though as someone who loves antique dolls, Snow White's first doll looks so stunning! But funny enough, she looks more accurate to the movie poster than the film 🤭

i'm pretty sure belle's dress is meant to be gold, too!! and i do know that cinderella's dress in the film is supposed to be silver. restorations to the movie over the years + merchandising decisions have since turned the dress blue. as you'd said about aurora, and her dress being changed to pink over time, i think it's the same case for cinderella and belle; having one simple colour to represent those princesses/set them apart would make branding a LOT easier, lol. loved this video so much!!

FunFact when the directors of the little mermaid announced that Ariel was going to have red hair the toy company Tyco producing the dolls were so upset because according to the research red haireddolls did not sell so that first release Ariel has strawberry blonde hair

Belle's dress is 100% supposed to be gold instead of yellow. If you look at the cover of the soundtrack, her dress is shaded to be very shiny and metallic. Also, if you look at the animation cels, the coloration of her dress was much more muted (closer to Aurora's hair color in the film than Aurora's hair color in modern marketing, if that makes sense). Plus, here's a quote from the Wikipedia article about Belle's dress: "Art director Brian McEntee wanted the dress to be gold so light could capture as many of her movements as possible, despite the color being difficult to animate at the time." That's not talking about golden yellow. All the evidence points to it being gold.

The idea of children playing with dolls modeled after adult woman was odd back in the days so it makes sense.

I actually screamed when I saw the proportions they chose for the Moana and Mirabel. It's so fantastic that they have more realistic bodies

I know about Madame Alexander because of the McDonald's Happy Meal toys they used to do. Honestly, I think the face style suits the mini dolls better than the large ones.

Have you seen the super early Ariel doll made by Applause? Ariel is my favorite princess, and I had one of these. It was the first Ariel doll available, right after the movie came out. She didn’t come in a box, but instead she was perched on a plastic rock. She had a realistic red hair color, rather than the crayon red she has in the movie. She had a stuffed fin, with a wire in it so she can be posed, but no articulation in the arms. A neat doll, and I didn’t see them around for long. I had several Ariel dolls over the years, but that first one was pretty special. 💗

Pocahontas is such a beautiful character. i wish her existence wasn’t so problematic.

Yes! Belle's dress is meant to be gold! And Cinderella's, silver.

Dolls way were more expensive to produce back in 30s, 40s, 50s... + it was extremely rare to own a doll based upon a character from the film. Also baby/children dolls were the only ones on the market, thats one of the main reasons why Ruth Handler invented Barbie. Thats why Snow, Cindy & Aurora look so different. When it comes to 90s, dolls were made with great quality cuz they were still sold as unique/separate characters, they were merchandise for the the films, not one single unity called Disney Princesses which came out in 2000s. Nonetheless, of all 90s ones, Belle was the worst. I remember as a kid (since she was my fave) I never saw connection between animated Belle & Mattel versions of her. And they never did her right until like 2008-09 I think PS I can't believe you were born in 92!!! I thought you were like 24 old, not 30.... I mean bravoooo cuz you look sooo young & sweet

I know she's not a princess but the "gypsy dancing Esmeralda" from Mattel was my favorite doll as a kid!💃 I'm also born in 92 ✌

I don't know about the other "artistic liberties", but Snow White wore brown/orange and yellow in the first products released because that was the original color of her dress. Disney decided to change everything at the last minute. The head bow that was blue became red and the bodice that was orange became blue with red accents! Much better I have to say.

god that mattel rapunzel with the hair extensions is GORGEOUS! i still think companies struggle to produce a movie-accurate face mold without her looking like this 😳 in the eyes lol, but wow i love that they made it almost more barbie like! its so cute

I love that in recent years they've started making the dolls genuinely look like the characters rather than just dressing a very Barbie like character up as the princesses

Princess and the frog came out in 2009! As a black girl born in 2007, she was the first movie I ever saw, and the only princess doll I had.

I adore the older Disney dolls and I love the Madame Alexander Cinderella and I think that the prince looks very sweet. . My late Grandad actually saw Snow White in the Cinema as a young child. I adore the history of dolls in general.

I enjoy when brands had liberties on styling the characters. I enjoy seeing historical or fun interpretations

18:41 her skin in the movie has a purplish blue tint to it so it is accurate and her hair is accurate and more accurate then most recent elsa dolls

When it comes to sleeping beauty, I believe that blue color of her dress is caused by the thing that pink became "women" colour around fifties. Before the blue one was more commonly described as a "girly" colour, was considered as delicate and symbolised purity, while pink was considered as different tone of red, so power, "menly" stuffs etc. c;

I love how the first Ariel doll looks more like Jodi Benson (the voice of Ariel)

1:10 This doll is so cute though! They don't make her chubby anymore now :/ 5:22 This doll doesn't look like Aurora _at all_ but I think she's absolutely stunning. Beautiful dress.

It’s very interesting to see how the dolls have changed over time! I wonder if Disney will ever remake the older dolls (such as the ones from the 1950’s-1960’s) and sell them as collectors items! Similar to how Barbie would remake older dolls as collector items.

I have the Jasmine second hand out of box. I absolutely love the fabric of her outfits, so soft. What’s fun is the “beach” version of her has Purple earring instead of gold!

now that the rights return to Mattel I don't expect so much from the play line editions but I do expect a lot from the collector's editions, I just hope they don't disappoint me 🤨

The first Snow White doll is so cute, in a classic sort of way! Cinderella too, her dress is beautiful. I wish we could still get antique dolls of the Disney Princesses, maybe as high quality collector’s items?

Omg nostalgia lane. I had all these starting with Ariel ♥️ still have them! The Poca sun color changing outfits.. I have the whole cast!

I always loved the original Disney Store Anna and Elsa dolls, mainly because their eyes were painted so that they are looking at each other when together.

Honestly I rarely like dolls that aren't Disney store made... I bought the hasbro Moana at some point just because I couldn't afford the Disney store one at the time and repainted her face, it turned out ok, but the outfit and lack of articulation just kept bothering me until I bought the Disney store one.

I still have that Belle doll. Yours is in much better condition, but agree completely with her design. Always loved the little sparkle they put in their eyes.

I think it's a little unfair to complain that the Madame Alexander dolls don't look like the princesses. If I remember correctly, Madame Alexander had a certain number of face molds and would always use the descriptor "as" rather than naming the doll directly. For example, you would have Madame Alexander as "Cinderella" or Madame Alexander as "Dorothy" (Wizard of Oz) so it was more that they were dressing a doll up like another character rather than that doll actually "being" the character. I never collected Madame Alexander though, so I could be wrong.

In case some of you are wondering why Snow whites dresses are different colors than the film it’s because before the movie was released they repainted her dress out of preference even though merchandise for the film was already set.

The reason the original Tyco Ariel doll had strawberry blonde hair was because at the time of its release, Disney was told that children don’t like red headed dolls and they wouldn’t sell. It was soon changed to Ariel’s signature bright red hair.

This is so nostalgic, my fav doll as a kid was the Hercules Megara doll in a short blue/green dress. She was everything I wanted to be growing up and so different to other Disney females. Pocahontas was also a fav. I remember my Ariel doll, was so sad when the Sebastian and flounder print on her tail started to peel. I loved changing her into her pink dress. I believe there was an Esmeralda doll also, absolutely stunning.

I didn't even think about how snow white and cinderella dolls looked back in the day, this was a really cool video :)

I simply loved the dolls of the classic movies!! Snow White's dress is not that bizarre, it actually looks like the first dress she wears on the movie.

Joey, i must praise you for all the research and effort you put on your work ❤️

Oh wow, those Tyco Ariel dolls are giving me so much nostalgia! I was born in 1989 and The Little Mermaid was my favourite film for a long time, so I had a load of Ariel dolls with different outfits and tail patterns and things, including the giant one that sang. I loved them! I had Pocahontas too. I swear, if I had the space and money for a proper doll collection, I'd buy so many of those Disney Store ones. I love the Merida.

My sister (funnily enough you two are the same age) and I had those Pocahontas and Mulan matchmaker dolls-we adored them! This was a really informative video. Have you considered doing a similar video for non-Princess Disney heroines: Wendy, Alice, Megara, etc?

I agree completely with you about Pocahontas. I had her as a child, and she’s still one of my favorites. The body shape is perfect for her

Such a cool idea for the video! Also, Sleeping Beauty does have a cape for the portion of the movie when the faries are leading her to the palace. Different colour than the one on a doll and with a hood. Mattel Jasmine and Pocahontas are stunning!

I had the Jasmine doll when I was really little, it was one of my favorite toys until her head came off due to a factory defect. When I was a teen I discovered that my dad still had the head and put it on the end of a pencil, and had been using it for years as a decoration on his office desk.

I love the history lesson! I am senior, I bought my first Barbie in about 1961 for $3.00 at a local five and dime store. 😀

I had most of these later Disney Princess dolls from Mattel! 🥰 However, the Frozen dolls, I definitely bought the Disney Store ones there! :)

Madame Alexander Mcdonald’s dolls were my childhood.

From what I understand of Disney early merchandise they were either made to promote it or very after the movie prove to be success. So for Snow I wouldn’t be surprise if they just work off some of her early art work.

The Mattel Disney Princess dolls from the 90s are still some of the best. I still have mine. The original Jasmine doll is one of my favorites. ❤

I love the 90’s dolls 😊 I recently purchased the 2021 Holiday Rapunzel from the Disney store and the quality is amazing! I love her so much 💕 She was on sale for around $20.

I used to think my Ariel doll was so gorgeous and now it looks so childish, but all in all, I will always be fascinated by that red hair. Iconic.

I’ve always thought my rapunzel looked a lot different from the ones I’ve seen now, but you’ve pointed out that I’ve apparently got the original Mattel doll. I think the hair extensions and shoes have been lost to the ages, the dressed is ripped at the inner skirt, and I’ve had to take care of her hair a lot, but she’s apparently the original Rapunzel Mattel.

Omg I had the Disney store tiana when I was younger, I was so happy to have a black Disney Princess she was always my fav

I had that Ariel doll as a kid! The only thing that remains from her is that sleeping bag tail of hers. I remember trying to have my Barbies wear it, but their legs were too long.

Sleeping beauty was originally marketed in blue because before they started mass producing dolls Cinderella was marketed as wearing a silvery white dress. However when they started mass making dolls later on they changed Cinderella's marketing to a blue dress so as to not make it resemble a wedding dress. Due to this change they ended up changing Sleeping Beauty's dress to pink to distinguish her from Cinderella

I actually really like the original Snow White doll, the younger face sculpt and style suits her as she is supposed to be very young as a character.

I had the Pocahontas doll, and absolutely LOVED her hair. Most of the time playing with that doll was just making her flip her hair in other doll's faces.

Fascinating seeing how much better the Disney Store dolls are compared to the other versions. Aww you didn't include some of my favs Jane, Esmeralda and Megara. I guess your video would have been ridiculously long though.

I also think that Pocahontas (Mattel) is the most beautiful one. High quality and gorgeous face. Esmeralda from Mattel (no princess) is gorgeous as well, probably my second favorite

the raya disney store version is so stunning omg

If I remember right Snow White was meant to look younger then she does in original film so maybe that why the dolls look younger

Merida is so underrated. I love the Disney store doll!

Thank you for this video ! The first Mattel dolls are so good, I really miss this era. I've had Mulan when I was a child. Thanks for the momories ^^

The Mattel Rapunzel doll is what made me start collecting the princess dolls (besides the ones I played with as a kid). I then started getting Disney Store dolls.

I’m really new to doll content but I’m glad I found your channel! It reminds me so much of my childhood and I love seeing how doll lines have evolved! ❤️

Oh I had that Pocahontas doll with the sun color change! So beautiful!

This was a wonderful idea for a video! Great job on this :)

So fun fact actually when making Pocahontas Dolls Mattel would reuse some Head Molds from one of the older Princess Jasmine Dolls and make the Pocahontas accessories and clothes and take pictures with the Jasmine doll as Prototype Dolls so in some of the Older Pocahontas Catalogs you can see some of the Pocahontas dolls might have a Jasmine head mold that had been alter a bit for the prototype, I think they did it for her friend Nakoma too cuz they made a doll of her too but yeah In the prototype time you can kinda see it.

I absolutely love this video, It was made on my Bday!!! I'm a huge Disney fan and loved the Mattel Dolls

Your video was very enlightening and obviously put together with a lot of care. I'm very interested in this topic so I'm very happy you chose to make a video on it!

I never knew the difference between Disney store dolls and regular shop dolls because I didn’t go to a Disney store until 2010 when one opened in Dublin. Unfortunately by that point I didn’t have any dolls anymore and wasn’t really interested. One of my first Disney dolls would have been mulan, and I would have gotten it around the late 90s. I don’t think it was the same as the one shown in this video, but it was similar.

Oooo I love that Snow White doll with the cape and oh my goodness, I had that Belle doll - I adored her

I was lucky enough to have the original Ariel (resculpted face), Belle, Jasmine and Aladdin dolls. I wore those out and my daughter now plays with the clothes for her Barbies. Thanks for the trek down memory lane.

My sisters and I had the Original Pocahontas Doll at home, I think! Such a Nostalgia Flashback, no idea were she is :( Such toy stuff was usually shared in the wider family

That was the 90s Pocahontas and Mulan dolls as a kid they were my sisters and my favorites.

I had that 2nd release Tyco Ariel doll and the Jasmine doll you showed. I remember loving Jasmine’s outfits and her hair. My mother hated Jasmine’s outfit and kept making me put Barbie sweaters on her to “cover her up”. Now I kinda want to buy a 90s Jasmine doll just to display her on a shelf in her teal green outfit.

I had the Mulan matchmaker doll when I was a kid

oh wow, I had both the disney store and mattel versions of anna and elsa as a child (I think I played with anna a lot more though, because I specifically remember her) and even I thought the disney store versions were a lot cooler. mattel was easier for play, but I loved the clothes on the disney ones. super nostalgic.

I love antique dolls and Disney so thank you for this

I work on that Jakks team! so cool to hear you talk about us c:

this nostalgic omg i am about to cry. I used to had the ariel, the jasmin and the pocahontas doll

I had the Pocahontas doll, the leaves really did appear in the sun .Loved that one

I had one of the first Marida doll! Her dress was really soft!!(the one with the gems)

Such a cool video idea, I would have never thought of this!

To me the older Pocahontas dolls had darker skin but maybe it’d the lighting lol

I also had Sun Colors Pocahontas too loved her so much as well

Madame Alexander Co. never tried to replicate the Disney characters. They did their own designs with their own face and body sculpts. They did hundreds of fairy tale, storybook, historical, and fantasy dolls with exquisite costumes. Very high quality dolls!

It’s awesome that you had dolls growing up ❤️ I grew up in a low income household, and I had very few dolls. I was still grateful for them, but now that I have a job I want to grow my doll collection 💛💛💛

2:49 Saw that evil queen (still in box) at a local antique store. I really liked her (and quite a few other dolls the store had) but I couldn't afford her. It was still cool to see her though.

ahhh the nostalgia seeing the hasbro rapunzel doll again. miss it now :(

I had the Tiana doll at 13:51 and the Merida doll at 17:28 as a kid (I'm 16 now and no longer have them or any of my other dolls, but I love seeing the ones I had as a kid in the late 2000s/early 2010s and getting that rush of nostalgia. Wish I had been around in the 90s when the Disney dolls were at their prime tho) The ones that I did have tho, I loved. They included, if I remember correctly: 1. A Snow White Mattel doll from the 2000s, with a sparkly dress that included an ombre skirt, as well as a gold colored tiara with a red jewel. I think she might've also come with a ring for kids to wear but I might be making that up. She also for some reason had a gold ribbon choker that was impossible to remove? 2. A Cinderella doll, idk when she was made. 90s or 2000s? Pretty sure she was from Mattel but gave off Simba vibes. Had a white dress with blue sparkles similar to her wedding dress. Hair was platinum blonde, almost gray 3. Another Mattel Cinderella doll from the 2000s, when the franchise started deepening the blue on the dress. Had a silver plastic crown with a blue heart gem. Also had a blue choker, but unlike Snow White (and Ariel as you'll later see), this detail actually made sense 4. An Aurora doll from the 2000s, made by Mattel. All I remember about her is that her head came off once. Don't remember anything about the specifics of the outfit, other than the dress obviously being pink. She might've had a ring like the Snow White doll, but again, I could be going crazy 5. An Ariel doll made by Mattel in the 2000s, got her as a present in 2009. She was wearing a short-sleeved pink dress with silver sequin details, a pink choker, and a silver tiara with seashell detailing 6. A Belle doll made by Mattel in the 2000s, with (gasp) a painted on top, covered in glitter, and a slide-on skirt. Hair was the most matted I'd ever seen. Her head was super wobbly from the start but didn't pop off until just before I would've donated her anyway. Quickly threw her out when that happened 7. Another Belle doll from around the same time. Much better hair, a fully removable dress with a little pink plastic rose on the neckline, and a pink tiara 8. A hand-me-down 90s Jasmine doll from my aunt (looking back on it now, I get the hype). She didn't wear anything that looked like anything from the movie. She had this yellow strapless bikini top with an orange jewel in the middle, and matching yellow sparkly pants, a veil with a gold crown that featured an orange jewel, plus a gold fabric necklace, spiral-looking orange bracelet, and orange shoes 9. That exact Tiana doll 10. A Rapunzel wedding doll from the early 2010s, but with long blonde hair that quickly got messy 11. That exact Merida Doll

This is a really good video idea! And I just looove that Belle doll

Just loved your video...I also collect Disney dolls and it was so amazing to see all of them. Xoxo from a big fan of yours

A 22 min video on doll history told by Joey?!? Heckkkk ya

You should do a video based on all the Princess 91 dolls because they are *chefs kiss

Credit where credit is due. The early snow white composition doll got the hair way closer than the more modern ones you showed.

The Snow White doll looks a lot like the Patsy doll by Effanbee! It's the 30s hair and the proportions, of course, but also the face and the arms, one of which is straight and one, at an angle.

Thank you!! This video was sooo interesting 😍

The first sleeping beauty looks like those angels you would put on a Xmas tree

Love your video! It's so interesting how the dolls have changed through the years. Mattel was, is, and always will be my favorite as I grew up with those dolls throughout the 90s. I'm currently trying to re-collect some of the Jasmine dolls I had as a kid just because of how much those doll meant to me.