Official Moana Merchandise!
I saw the singing doll in stores today and, while I love it and plan to have both in my collection, IF I were to choose one, it would be the classic doll (which I already have). I like the details of the classic doll's outfit (it's simplified quite a bit in the deluxe set) and she's more iconic in that outfit, and I love her pose, the way she's holding the oar. Oh, and I like the price!
I'm not really understanding yet why Heihei looks so sinister in the deluxe set. He looks evil on the back art, too, so it's not a manufacturing flaw.I I'm sure I need to see the movie to understand why he doesn't look as "dumb" as he usually does. So, yeah, love them both. Want them both. Would choose classic over singing if I had to.
I also hope her LE comes in the classic outfit. I don't want her to be holding her headdress. I'd rather she hold her oar. Or... better yet, I'd rather she wear a beautiful gown we haven't seen in clips yet. She's a gorgeous doll. I can't wait to see her LE!
That stinks to hear that its simplified a bit. I was gonna put her in that outfit if I got the singing doll so that's a little disappointing.
But to answer your question about Hei Hei, its because his entire character was kind of changed at the last minute. He was supposed to be really stubborn and mean in the original film, but they rewrote him several times to try and figure out how to get him to work. His final version is what you see in the trailer, where he is more comical. Disney probably already had stock art of him done (that is how he was revealed at D23 as well), so they didn't want it to go to waste.