2016 Singing Belle 16 Inch Doll - US Disney Store Purchase - Boxed - Full Right Side Front View

Photos of Singing Belle in her original packaging.

I got the new Singing Belle 16 inch doll from my local Disney Store on Thursday August 4, 2016. She is also available online from the US Disney Store website.

She is a very pretty doll and has a nice outfit, but has a rather silly feature of a spinning and light up skirt. The Mrs. Potts figure sings 25 seconds of 'Beauty and the Beast' (10 seconds in Try Me mode). The two features are linked together. You press a button at the top of Mrs. Potts' lid, and brush her against the lower arm of Belle. That starts both the singing by Mrs. Potts and the spinning and light show of Belle's skirt. The skirt is permanently attached to a rotating ring at Belle's waist. The ring is flush with the waist of the doll, so it doesn't protrude and is not noticeable under her outfit when at rest. She has fully articulated legs (including ankle joints, a first for a 16 inch Disney Store singing doll), and fully articulated arms (except that her right arm doesn't have an elbow joint), and ball jointed neck. She has nicely styled hair, a prominent widow's peak and top bun. Her dress is decorated with gold glitter, which does shed quite a bit. Her skirt is separate from her bodice. The bodice is removable, but not the skirt. The skirt, since it rotates 360 degrees, is fully decorated all around, which is a first for a singing Belle doll. She is wearing yellow flats, as is usual. There is a half height stand in the box, which can be used as a makeshift stand after deboxing her. But she isn't too stable in it unless you tie her legs to the top of the stand as she was when packaged. Her skirt is very stiff and floor length, so she can actually free stand, but is a bit wobbly as her leg joints aren't that stiff.

There are Try Me wires that go from the hinge of the box to Mrs. Potts and Belle. The singing and spinning features are activated for about 10 seconds in Try Me mode if you open the front lid far enough. The outer box opens on the side to expose the wires, which can be disconnected from the box. Then they also have to be unplugged from Mrs. Potts and Belle to enable the full length singing and twirling. I was disappointed that the feature stops after only 25 seconds, which is about the length of the songs of the 11'' singing dolls. I would have liked it to last 45 seconds, as with the Singing Rapunzel 16 inch doll.

Belle Deluxe Interactive Doll with Singing Mrs. Potts Figure - 16''
$49.95
Item No. 6002040901450P
US Disney Store
Purchased in store 2016-08-04

Taken on: August 4, 2016

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Beauty and the Beast

Singing

16 Inch

16''

Lightup

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