Today is the day I learned that collecting Disney Limited Edition Dolls is a stressful hobby indeed LOL. I just read the posts about the possible price increase on the 17 inch dolls and the possible release dates for the Designer dolls. Should these rumors be true, I am going to be very stressed. I really want the Cinderella/Charming and the Mulan/Shang Designer sets and, while I do not really want Aurora, I do want Maleficent (yeah it hasn't been confirmed but it would be kind of silly for Disney not to release a 17 inch doll of her). $100 is already a lot as it is, and if you combine that price with the prices of the Designer dolls, it means we will have to be paying a lot in just a matter of months. Hopefully this information isn't entirely true. Better get to saving up I suppose just in case!
Unfortunately that is what you should expect with collecting these dolls. The frustrating thing is that it all happens around the same time of the year too, they clump all the releases together in that Aug-Nov period.
It is scary how much I spent on collecting these dolls last year as we had the following dolls released in the second half of the year, so Jul-Nov, note all prices exclude taxes.
- Ariel 17" LE doll $99.95
- Designer Fairytale Doll Collection $649.75
- Designer Fairytale D23 Snow Exclusive $129.95
- Eric 18" LE doll $99.95
- Ursula 17" LE doll $99.95
- Frozen 17" Doll set exclusive to Harrods around USD$850
- Coronation Anna 17" LE doll $99.95
- Snow Queen Elsa 17" LE doll $99.95
So overall that comes to about USD$2,129.45 in total and that excludes shipping costs and taxes. So please be aware that if you do plan on collecting these dolls that it will not be cheap! LOL
Just to put it in perspective this is what you should be expecting to spend during doll season this year
- Aurora 17" LE doll $119.95
- Designer Fairytale Collection Part 2 $649.75
- Maleficent 17" doll $119.95
- Possible Philip doll $119.95
- Possible Big Hero 6 doll $119.95
So hoping that there will not be another exclusive Harrods set or something ridiculous this year you should be expecting to spend at the very least $1,129.55 excluding taxes. Also that excludes any of the releases prior to Jul 2014 so the Snow Gear Anna, Coronation Elsa, Tinker Bell and Zarina dolls. It really is scary when you quantify it all like that....