https://www.change.org/p/the-walt-d...o-120-to-expand-le-dolls-for-other-characters
It's a petition to Disney about the drastic raising in price of the Wedding Dress Cinderella LE, as well as how all the other characters in the Disney family are being excluded from the LE line. I've all ready gone ahead and signed it.
1. Cinderella is $10 more expensive due to royalty fees.
2. Cinderella LE500 does not have a description or any info. Why not wait until Disney releases more info before we judge them on the price. I mean, it is hard to believe that it'll be worth it, but still, we should wait to see why Disney thinks this doll is special.
3. These dolls are not going to get more expensive! Yes, they may release more embellished versions of them and sell them at higher prices like Harrods, but the prices will remain $120. Have you looked at the recent release of Frozen dolls? Sheesh! Let's not jump to conclusions. Disney is smart. They are a company. They know that if they suddenly raise all the prices their customers will not be happy and they have learnt from Wedding Rapunzel and the designer villains fiasco. High Prices + Edition numbers do not sell.
4. SO WHAT IF DISNEY RELEASES MORE AND MORE LE FROZEN DOLLS?! I am so sick of reading comments about people and the Frozen dolls. These dolls have nothing to do with the release schedule, in fact, yall should be glad because Disney now knows that there is demand for the line. Compare the line up to what it used to be before Frozen. We barely got any dolls back then, and now they are releasing dolls. The scheduling did not change. It's always been the system for them to release dolls in the spring and in the fall, with the later being the heavy season. Spring usually 1 or 2 dolls, usually related to movie releases. Fall gets the other bunch. Big Hero 6 didn't get any dolls because Disney didn't want to release them. End of discussion. Stop complaining about Frozen taking over spots. It's just getting annoying.
5. POC characters just don't sell. Sadly. And Disney will not make dolls that won't sell. They've already learned their lesson. Look at how the designer fairytale dolls ended up. The white princesses sold out instantly. The POC princesses can still be found in stores! They won't release them, even if they decided to lower the edition size. Think of all the costs associated with that.
6. Which brings me to my next point... Have you seen some of the reviews on the dolls on youtube? A lot of people are saying that some of these dolls are worth more than $100, I am certainly one of them. Have you looked at the Coronation Anna and Snow Gear Anna dolls? These things are so intricately made and that takes a lot of effort. First you have the designers who have to design them, then you have the research done on the material, the many experimentation, then the whole production line. Creating new face molds sometimes, rooted eyelashes, embroidery, stitching.... Then let's move on to the boxes! And finally, it is not cheap shipping these dolls from China, to the US warehouse, and then from the US warehouse to the store. Then you have Error pieces. Hair styling... The utility costs associated with making these dolls. Oh, and don't forget the quality inspection people. So creating these dolls is certainly not cheap as they go through many employees who need to be paid. And I don't think that Disney wants "Labor abuse" to be planted against their name. Lastly, you are also paying for the edition size. Edition Sizes bring in value, Lady Tremaine, the cheapest on eBay is $300, do you think she's worth that? She lacks every shred of detail, but her price point is high because she is one of 1500. Yes, $120 is a lot of money, but this is the nature of the hobby. Being a collector is a miserable job, but you know what you're getting into before hand.
Sorry, I just had to talk about this because it's been bothering me. This forum used to be a nice place to talk about these products and to discuss what we like about don't like about them in a constructive manner. We used to say what we liked about them, joke and stuff. Now it's all about how the prices are too high or the Frozen obsession is high. I want to go back to the good days. Not the cynical thread that is the LE 17" Doll thread.
Enough complaining, more discussing.
