D-Tech Disney Princess Figures

[Patricia Melton]

Meh, I've always had a bad taste in my mouth when it came to Catholic or private schools. I attended a private school when I was younger and the teachers would take away my juice boxes because it advertised Harry Potter (it was just beginning to rise in popularity in the US at the time), and when my older sister was in school they permanently confiscated her copy of Song of the South, so this somehow doesn't surprise me. Good for you! It sounded like they needed some sense knocked into them!

I will admit, I've never heard of King Ludwig's tale or his influence on the iconic architecture in all of the parks. It's quite an interesting story that I'll definitely have to research further into, and it'd make for a great animated film!

I sure do hope so, Patricia. When the day does come that this animated feature is released, you can bet all the money in the world that I'll be there during the premiere, as it'd likely be a very important day in cinematic history. Hopefully you'll be watching the premiere, too.

If I'm not around by then, you make sure you see it for me and for everyone else out there who is waiting to see the first LGBTQAI Disney prince or princess. I've been a PFLAG mom for 20 years now and I would love nothing more than to see this one day.

There are some great books on King Ludwig. In addition to the castles, he built a lot of model trains, had a peacock throne that DIsney based Queen Grimhilde's throne on in Snow White, he had the first electric lights in Europe built for a boat ride through a grotto in his Linderhof castle that was like a primitive Disney-esque dark ride, and was a patron of people who built fanciful and elaborate mechanical clocks.

A fun character to learn about who had a tragic life and went from being a gorgeous young king (think Matt Bomer dressed up as a prince) to ending up a bloated, Orson Welles-esque figure in a bowler hat who drowned in the lake behind one of his castles just as Kaiser Wilhelm was solidifying all the little kingdoms of Germany into the German Empire at the turn of the 19th Century.

Very interesting story that could form the basis of a future animated film.

 

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If I'm not around by then, you make sure you see it for me and for everyone else out there who is waiting to see the first LGBTQAI Disney prince or princess. I've been a PFLAG mom for 20 years now and I would love nothing more than to see this one day.


There are some great books on King Ludwig. In addition to the castles, he built a lot of model
trains, had a peacock throne that DIsney based
Queen Grimhilde's throne on in Snow White, he
had the first electric lights in Europe built for a
boat ride through a grotto in his Linderhof castle
that was like a primitive Disney-esque dark ride,
and was a patron of people who built fanciful
and elaborate mechanical clocks.


A fun character to learn about who had a tragic
life and went from being a gorgeous young king
(think Matt Bomer dressed up as a prince) to
ending up a bloated, Orson Welles-esque figure
in a bowler hat who drowned in the lake behind
one of his castles just as Kaiser Wilhelm was
solidifying all the little kingdoms of Germany
into the German Empire at the turn of the 19th
Century.

Very interesting story that could form the basis of a future animated film.

This is very interesting stuff, and tragic. By it's very nature, I'd hesitate in wanting Disney to interpret this into film, especially animated. It would get sanitized into something completely unrecognizable. A story like this needs a respect and true passion for the original source material. A live action, period piece directed/produced by those who are willing to take risk would probably do justice to his story. Just my take on it, but thanks for sharing this info. I'll have to do a little reading on this individual.

 

[ChrisM]

My son is gay and he got into trouble his senior year in Catholic school by doing his senior thesis report on King Ludwig of Bavaria. The teacher didn't like that he talked about Ludwig being gay in the report.

Meh, I've always had a bad taste in my mouth when it came to Catholic or private schools. I attended a private school when I was younger and the teachers would take away my juice boxes because it advertised Harry Potter (it was just beginning to rise in popularity in the US at the time), and when my older sister was in school they permanently confiscated her copy of Song of the South, so this somehow doesn't surprise me.

That surprises the hell out of me.

I spent 16 years attending Catholic schools and never saw anything like this. In fact, I had an openly gay theology professor at the university level.

I'm sorry both of you had such poor experiences.

 

[Patricia Melton]

That surprises the hell out of me.

I spent 16 years attending Catholic schools and never saw anything like this. In fact, I had an openly gay theology professor at the university level.

I'm sorry both of you had such poor experiences.

My son's school was great and the only problem he ever had was in his senior year, with this one thesis essay project, and this one teacher. My son came out to me at 16 and never had a pretend girlfriend or anything but he did not take a boy to prom or homecoming or anything else "scandalous" for the time (we're talking 1995 or 1996 or so). I don't think the teacher ever even realized that Robby was gay...I think he just didn't like Robby writing about gay King Ludwig in his thesis paper.

I have to admit I really had fun going down there and reading that man the riot act for hassling my son. I spent two days preparing for that meeting. I had all the "course expectation" sheets that this teacher handed out at the start of the year and the materials he gave describing the thesis project. My son followed all the rules for the assignment to a "t" and it was extremely well-written and expertly sourced. The real kicker to me was that this teacher approved Robby's thesis subject and thesis statement at the beginning of the project...and the rules for the project said that the thesis paper could be a biographical study of a historical figure...and Robby chose King Ludwig. I think it was because his grandparents had taken him to Europe that previous summer on a castle tour and he learned a lot of things about Ludwig there.

I really enjoyed watching the principal squirm and try to explain what Robby did wrong. After about an hour, it was such a farce that the principal and vice principal took a private chat for a few minutes and came back and told me that Robby's grade would be reviewed and that I'd hear from him the next day. My son got an A+ on the thesis project instead of the D that the teacher originally gave him. It was the last year that teacher taught at that school, too.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

Back on the topic... Since it sounds relatively permanent (unlike Carbon Freeze Me) I wonder if this will move once the new Princess Meet area (formerly SWSA) opens. I could see this being a big seller over there as little girls make their way out from meeting them all and maybe picking a new favorite (or solidifying a preexisting one).

 

[MansionGoer13z]

Make your own "Avatar" is coming next.

Though I hate Avatar that would be neat to see if its done properly.

 

[YunaB17]

Posted a comment on the Disney Parks blog asking why there was only 7 of the 10 princesses because I would've loved to get a Mulan one and am dissapointed that I can't. It didn't go through so I'm going to try again untill it does, but I have a feeling it never will.

 

[awhit066]

Thanks for this!

Not sure how they can make Anna a "princess"...she looks like a peasant girl. Maybe after defeating the current Snow Queen she becomes a Snow Princess?

Cinderella anyone?

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'm guessing that between the facial scan technology and the "different type of touch" technology that has popped up on this site in the last 48 hours someone is working on a new line of lifelike adult toys.

 

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I'm guessing that between the facial scan technology and the "different type of touch" technology that has popped up on this site in the last 48 hours someone is working on a new line of lifelike adult toys.

Just a matter of time.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

I'm guessing that between the facial scan technology and the "different type of touch" technology that has popped up on this site in the last 48 hours someone is working on a new line of lifelike adult toys.

 

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I'm guessing that between the facial scan technology and the "different type of touch" technology that has popped up on this site in the last 48 hours someone is working on a new line of lifelike adult toys.

Even beyond that, what about the possibilities of celebrity look-a-like "dolls" (Marilyn Monroe, Angelina Jolie etc) or even more bizarre, recently or long deceased family members? I'm starting to creep myself out, but someone, somewhere is considering ALL the angles. Will celebrities or their estates liscense their likeness? How about studios selling a touch/voice activated character from any movie?

I can see an entire family "cloned/replicated" onto the touch sensitive bodies of The Seven Dwarfs.

 

[BrightImagine]

I hadn't seen that link about Frozen before. What story is this? Where are Gerda and Kai? The Snow Queen is my favorite Andersen story, and ever since childhood I wanted to see it as a traditionally animated Disney movie. Before now I could always hold out hope. Now I feel crushed.

 

[Chrononymous]

I actually think they are kinda cool...it's just that so many of the examples show how many children smile in pictures...which always looks a little wacky. I would hope that they would take a few, and choose the best one...otherwise you are stuck with an expensive figurine of your kid making "that face."

I think another reason they look so creepy is because they deliberately chose kids that don't really look like the princesses they are portraying, which is ...just...odd and disconcerting to me. The different hair colors and all...but then I really don't know what's up with that snow white...she looks like she's 40.

 

[Patricia Melton]

Cinderella anyone?

Cinderella married a prince and became a princess. There does not seem to be a prince in this and it looks like Anna the peasant girl ends up with the mountaineer guy, who is not a prince.

So it's not like Cinderella at all.

 

[Patricia Melton]

I actually think they are kinda cool...it's just that so many of the examples show how many children smile in pictures...which always looks a little wacky. I would hope that they would take a few, and choose the best one...otherwise you are stuck with an expensive figurine of your kid making "that face."

I think another reason they look so creepy is because they deliberately chose kids that don't really look like the princesses they are portraying, which is ...just...odd and disconcerting to me. The different hair colors and all...but then I really don't know what's up with that snow white...she looks like she's 40.

The girl they chose to play Rapunzel has an odd face. The one playing Belle is a very nice choice. I think the Snow White one is an older woman, like a mom.

I think the point of choosing girls who look nothing like the characters is:

1. To appease the PC-police who constantly hope to have something to attack Disney with each day, so they can shout the advertising is not diverse enough or whatever...or wail because a black girl was chosen to play Tiana and someone would say that was wrong because Disney was not letting the black girl play Ariel the mermaid. So we end up with a little blonde girl playing Tiana and a little black girl playing Ariel. You can decide for yourselves if that's an odd decision for the photography of this but I think I can see clearly why they did it as it's hard for the PC-police to cry and wail about anything in the picture.

2. To show that even if you look nothing at all remotely like one of the characters you can still get a figure made of your face on your favorite character's body.

I know they are restricting these to ages under 12, I believe, but I wonder if they will exclusively limit it to girls or if boys who cross-dress are allowed to do it too. Not that there are many of them, but I doubt Disney will turn a boy away who wants to do this. Not sure why they don't let adults do it but maybe it's because they don't want grown men who do drag to get their faces on the princess bodies.

 

[Patricia Melton]

I hadn't seen that link about Frozen before. What story is this? Where are Gerda and Kai? The Snow Queen is my favorite Andersen story, and ever since childhood I wanted to see it as a traditionally animated Disney movie. Before now I could always hold out hope. Now I feel crushed.

I tried reading the Snow Queen story once but it was a little too odd for me. The version I read had the Devil in it and he sent demons with a mirror up to Heaven to try to turn God to stone by showing him a mirror, but Angels sneezed at the demons and the mirror fell and broke into millions of shards of glass and some of the glass blew into people's eyes and cut them. The cuts allowed them to have visions and see things that other people couldn't. That's as far as I got reading the story because it must have lost something in the translation I was reading.

I've never even been able to remotely imagine what Disney would do to the story to make it into an animated film. But I do see the limitless potential for Disney to create lots of winter animal characters as sidekicks and to do a lot of beautiful snow imagery that will translate perfectly to Disney on Ice and also the winter decorations in the parks.

 

[ExtinctJenn]

Wait I'm confused... these aren't people "playing" anyone... these are dolls that can be made using your own child's face... aren't they? The link is just examples. You don't buy those exact ones... right?

 

[Patricia Melton]

Posted a comment on the Disney Parks blog asking why there was only 7 of the 10 princesses because I would've loved to get a Mulan one and am dissapointed that I can't. It didn't go through so I'm going to try again untill it does, but I have a feeling it never will.

Why don't you write Disney and tell them this?

Write an actual, physical letter that you mail with a stamp.

 

[awhit066]

Cinderella married a prince and became a princess. There does not seem to be a prince in this and it looks like Anna the peasant girl ends up with the mountaineer guy, who is not a prince.

So it's not like Cinderella at all.

Fair enough, I just couldn't help but point out the obvious. Who knows what may happen in a Disney-fied version though, it's not like they haven't tweaked a story before.