Doll-A-Day 2017 #141: Grow and Style Rapunzel and Her Friend Classic Rapunzel

  Today's doll from the (Goodwill) haul is Grow and Style Rapunzel.

She's from 2007.

She's smallish doll. She seems smaller than her 11".

She's smaller than her 'twin', the Disney Store Classic Rapunzel,which I got at the same time.

Disney Store girl was naked, so she's being a little shy. She could do a Lady Godiva with all that hair.

I like the faces on all the Rapunzel dolls. they're all pretty. But I prefer the  more cartoony big eyed and freckled version.
The Disney Store Classic Rapunzel has the graceful articulated Disney Store arms. 

Unfortunately she also has those lame,rubbery Disney Store legs.

Grow and Style Rapunzel has her original dress and shoes,which got a bit dirty when I posed her in the dry dirt and leaves.
 

 The dust even staticked to her legs.

The fact the she comes wearing shoes is different from the character in the movie,who was always barefoot.
 She gets her name from the piece of 'growing' hair in the top of her head.

It grows and retracts like the cord on my mother's old vacuum cleaner.When it's pulled out it grows,and to retract it you pull it out more and let go.

 It's such a miniscule amount compared to the total hair she has, there's kind of not much point.

Tomorrow we'll look at another couple of Haul dolls.

Doll-A-Day 134: Rapunzel in Barbie's Raincoat

  Sometimes May Showers too! The rain that it's been looking like we were going to have for the last week has finally come all in one day. It's a good excuse to show you this cute Barbie raincoat and umbrella. Rapunzel, who joined us only Monday, kindly volunteered to model it for us. (Not least of all because she was naked without it...)

"Is it raining?"

"Better take an umbrella."

I'm not sure which edition of Rapunzel she is. She's more recent, because she doesn't have freckles, and doesn't have such a big head and big eyes.

 She's a little smaller than a Barbie, but the coat fits her pretty well.

I seem to be amassing Rapunzels. It has to stop. I'm getting too many. But they're all so cute...

"I think the rain is stopping."

 She borrowed the boots from vintage Skipper.

As you can see, the lilacs are dropping and nearly finished. They aren't around nearly long enough!

Rapunzel takes a nice stroll through the lilacs on the wet sidewalk.

"I think it's starting to rain again".

"I don't care..."

This edition of Rapunzel looks alot less like the movie version and a lot more like a standard 'pretty girl'. I actually prefer the freckles big eyed version, even though this one is so pretty.

"I love the rain!"

  That's the doll today. See you tomorrow.