Doll-A-Day 2023 #40: Film Collection Belle

  Sorry some of these pictures aren't focused properly. I swear my camera hasn't worked right since the fire. It was on the landing, and found on the floor afterward. When I cleaned the soot off and tried it out, the flash and the door for the memory card were stuck shut. Who knows what is going on inside it.   Today we're having a look at Belle, from the live action Beauty and the Beast movie.

  She's another of Emma's dolls. (This one is actually from her collection, and not one she's selling.) This particular Belle is from the 2017 Film Collection series, from the Disney Store. She's very much like the Enchanting Ball Gown Belle doll, but this one's dress is a little more detailed. 

  The doll's face is based on actress Emma Watson, who played Belle in the movie. You might know her better as Harry Potter's friend Hermione Granger.

They definitely made her too ugly.

  You might say the likeness is terrible. And in some ways it it. But it's not the sculpt, but the paint job that makes it that way. I have seen artists repaints of this doll that look very much like Emma Watson. As for this paint job, I don't remember Emma Watson ever having this many freckles.

  Just a note here. I bought the first Harry Potter book for the family the Christmas of 1999, and started reading it to the kids after Christmas. Emma was a huge Potter fan as a kid. When the announcement  was made that there was going to be a movie made, kids were invited to send audition tapes in. Emma actually filmed one and we sent it in. She was upset plus when she found out that another Emma got the part of Hermione, a character she felt was exactly like her. (And pretty much was, only with added know-it-allness.)

 This doll has a beautiful ball gown. (Not 'enchanting', I guess. That goes to the other doll. :) ) There's lots of sparkly gold decoration around the skirt.

  The difference between this dress and the 'Enchanting Ball Gown' is the two prominent strips of fabric down either side of the bodice, to the waist, that form a V shape. 

The back of the dress closes with Velcro.

There are long ribbons down the back of the skirt.

There is an underskirt and a layer of tulle to make the skirt puffy.

It's supposed to hang like this.

Belle has a necklace too. It's sewn to the bodice of her dress, which makes it hard to see.

  There's a pinky ring painted on her right hand.

  She has some very ornate gold shoes.

Her hair is long, with part of it pulled up into a braid around the top of her head.

The bun has a gold wreath of leaves around it.

She has a long piece of hair at her temples that hangs down either side of her face.

  Since she's a Disney Store doll she has that articulation, including jointed elbows and wrists that allow her graceful arms to be posed so expressively...

...and legs that are rubbery and totally ridiculous looking!

  The Disney Store dolls have the worst legs ever! They are jointed at the hips, knees, and ankles, but it's totally not worth it! The legs are always bowed, and the ankles are so loose that her feet are turning around backwards.

But even with her feet straightened up, her legs sill look like this anyway, and she can't stand up on them.

 She can sit, but it looks like this!

    I posted the regular, (non Disney Store), version of the Village Dress Belle from the live action movie way back when. You can see that doll, who has a different Emma Watson head sculpt, HERE.

  That's today's doll. See you tomorrow for another one.