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

Now Available - Birthstone Series

The new Disney Girls birthday pins are now available in the Shop Disney Parks app. January - Snow White will show up at a later date #disney #disneypin #disneypins #tiana #sleepingbeauty #rapunzel #jessicarabbit #anna #elsa #cinderella #ariel #jasmine #belle #marypoppins #disneyprincess #shopdisneyparksapp

A photo posted by Corinne Andersson (@disneylifestylers) on Jan 26, 2016 at 10:26am PST

A new series of Birthstone pins was released on January 21, 2016 in Walt Disney World parks. It features Disney Princesses, and some Leading Ladies, with a birthstone for the corresponding month. The characters are:

January - Snow White - Apple - Red - Garnet
Feburary - Rapunzel - Pascal - Pink - Amethyst
March - Cinderella - Glass Slipper - Light Blue - Aquamarine
April - Mary Poppins - Butterfly - Silver - Diamond
May - Ariel - Shell - Green - Emerald
June - Jasmine - Magic Lamp - Light Purple - Pearl
July - Jessica Rabbit - Heart - Red - Ruby
August - Tiana - Frog - Light Green - Peridot
September - Anna - Flower - Dark Blue - Sapphire
October - Aurora - Crown - Pink - Opal
November - Belle - Rose - Gold - Topaz
December - Elsa - Snowflake - Light Blue - Zircon

Each pin comes in a gift box style package with a pink ribbon. The pins are sculpted metal, with a glitter fill background in an oval frame. Each character has a different icon, color, gem and month. They are $11.99 each and are an Open Edition. It's worth mentioning that the pin for Jessica shown in the preview image has been drastically changed. You can see new image of the pin released (left) and how different it is from the one above.

Pin Release - Seasons Greetings 2015 Mystery Set

The Seasons Greetings 2015 Mystery Set was released on November 19th, 2015 in Disney Parks. The set feature Disney Princesses Elsa, Anna, Belle, Jasmine, Tiana, Ariel, Jasmine, Rapunzel, but also includes Alice and Jessica Rabbit which are most likely the chaser pins. All the pins are shaped like a different snowflake, each filled with a different shiny color (not glitter filled as previous suspected). Jessica's border is pink with silver heart shapes. She is in a silver bordered oval in the center. The pose seems to be similar to her Valentine's Day 2005 pin. This is an Open Edition set hat includes two mystery pins and sells for $16.96 each.

Pin Release - Drawn To Disney Annual Passholder Set

The Disneyland Resort has released their 2015 Annual Passholder Pin Set, Drawn To Disney, featuring six characters drawing at an animator's desk. Minnie is drawing Mickey, Donald is drawing a superhero version of himself, Stitch is drawing Lilo, Rapunzel is drawing Flynn, Olaf is drawing himself in a Mickey Ear hat, and Roger Rabbit is drawing Jessica holding carrot cake. The character drawings are printed in blue on the pin. The set is only available to Annual Passholders and sells for $29.95. Thanks to José for the photos and info.

Disney Designer Fairytale Collection Revealed

For Disney Fairytale Designer Collection #2 CLICK HERE.

It is the most anticipated doll release of the year. The Designer Collection series revitalized Disney's Princesses and people hoped more characters would eventually be included as each years new series was announced. However, this time around it started off with a lot of mixed feelings. Heavy speculation (and high hopes) were put into a possible Leading Ladies or Heroines series for the next Designer set of dolls. New characters like Merida and others like Tink, Sally, Alice or even Jessica could have been stunningly recreated in Disney Designer glory. Rumors began to swirl around the internet back in March with Designer Doll artist, Steven Thompson, hinting on his site that there was something in the works for this year, especially with the D23 convention happening. Then came rumor from sources that unnamed CastMembers found out the new series would be Designer Couples. This rumor turned out to be true.