2017 Designer Collection Release

The Disney Designer Collection for 2017 is scheduled to be available with some minor release date changes. The online and in-store release dates will be the same. Cruella 9/19, Rapunzel 10/03, Robin Hood 10/17, Moana 10/31, Ariel 11/14. The whole set is still available for pre-order online selling at $649.75 and limited to one full set of 5 per customer.

2017 Disney Designer Collection Announced

The Disney Designer collection for 2017 has official been announced, and it's taking on a much bigger and broader theme this time around with new characters we haven't seen before!

The news comes directly from the D23 Website which explains the theme of the new series:

Disney Designer Collection: Formerly known as the Disney Fairytale Designer Collection, the Disney Designer Collection takes the classic assortment beyond the fairytale to tell the iconic stories of Disney’s legacy of film history and introduces three series: Fairytale Series, Folktale Series, and Pixar Animation Studios Series.

Three of the new Limited Edition dolls will be available for purchase at D23:
Fairytale Series: Pinocchio (Limited Edition of 1,023)
Folktale Series: Mulan (Limited Edition of 523)
Pixar Animation Studios Series: The Incredibles (Limited Edition of 1,023)

D23 Expo attendees can also preview and pre-purchase a set of the five limited edition dolls releasing at Disney Store locations and DisneyStore.com from September–November (each limited to an edition size of 6,000):
Fairytale Series: The Little Mermaid, Tangled, Robin Hood
Folktale Series: Moana, One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Disney Descendants On The Disney Channel

The new Disney Channel movie, Disney Descendants, has had some major reveals lately. Kristin Chenoweth plays the mistress of all evil, Maleficent. Kathy Najimy is the living incarnation of the Evil Queen. While this might not seem like an accurate casting decision, this new take on the Disney Villains and Heroes will focus more on their children. However, their choice for a tagline is quite interesting...

Disney Villains Designer Collection - dollMAGEDDON Part 2

The sky - she darkens. The wind grows angry

The end is nigh

Either that or it's just dollMAGEDDON - PART 2 !

Okay, so we didn't get Jessica Rabbit this year - but, I was at least right that Disney was not going to pass up the opportunity for another go at the Designer Collection line, even after last years near collapse of their website due to the Princess series released. Take a good, long look at the Cruella doll, and tell me they are not even considering making a Jessica Designer doll.