COSPLAY UPDATE

Popping in for a brief update!

There’s not a whole lot that’s been going on here – my job’s health insurance is all kinds of terrible and I now have back payments cutting into my paychecks, so my fun budget is being reallocated to meet, y’know, actual obligations. Anna and Elsa only made their way here because I was purposely holding back funds for them, and any other new dolls are entirely out of the question at the moment.

I’ve been doing bits and pieces of cosplay work – only bits and pieces, sadly. Like my money, my time is being eaten up as well – I’m in the process of searching for a new new job (my issues with the health insurance are only the tip of the iceberg here) and if I’m not actively working on that, I’m facedown asleep by 9:00 from the stress of it all.

But you don’t come here to hear me whine, you come for amusement!

I’ve been working on two costumes simultaneously – a Fem!Doctor Who and Elsa’s Coronation gown. I do have a post in the works about my Doctor Who costume, so I’m going to talk about Elsa today!

Disney Store's Frozen Dolls: Anna and Elsa

I was in a Disney Store before Christmas, picking up a few present items, when I saw the Frozen display. Spurred on by reviews from fellow bloggers, I picked up the Anna doll. I normally don’t buy movie merchandise before seeing the movie, but the doll was so cute and detailed, with such a lively expression on her face, that I figured she’d be worth it even if I ended up hating the movie. I looked at the Elsa doll, but wasn’t as taken with her design, and the picture on the box made her look smug and smirky. So I left her on the shelf.

Then, of course, I saw Frozen like everyone else in America, and spent the movie thinking “Curses. I bought the wrong doll.” Because yes, Anna was the cute, spunky heroine, but Elsa was the awesome one with a strong character arc and the showstopping ballad and yes, sweet icebending powers. Again, like everyone else in America, I promptly ran back to the Disney Store to pick up the Elsa doll (and let’s be real, just about any other Elsa merch I could find).

And, like everyone else in America, I sat there staring at empty shelves and a bare website. For three months, I stalked the Disney Store website, checking every morning to see if there’d been a restock. Spurred on by Facebook chatter, I doubled my stalking as the DVD/Blu-ray release date drew near, and my patience finally paid off. On the Monday morning before the release date, Disney Store finally restocked their Frozen section, and I was able to get the Elsa doll for my daughter (the pre-Christmas Anna had already found its way to her), and an additional Anna & Elsa for myself.

And a good thing, too, because they were sold back out of nearly everything by Tuesday evening.

(For this review, boxed!Anna and Elsa will be played by my set, and unboxed!Anna and Elsa will be played by my daughter’s set.)

My sisters, in their boxes. I do like how their side-glancing eyes make them look at each other when side by side.

Frozen Blog Party!

So, Belle over at Never Grow Up is holding a Frozen blog party this week, in honor of the DVD/Blu-ray release. Since a) Belle is an awesome person, b) I like talking about Disney movies, and c) I have an interview for a new job tomorrow and I am looking to distract myself from the ball of anxiety in my lower abdomen, here I am with some answers to her questions!