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Getting a Rapunzel LE Doll in the US (or other Tangled LE stuff)

If you don’t regularly get limited edition Disney items, you probably aren’t tuned in to how the LE buying system works through Shop Disney right now. Or about some of the issues! Neither am I, but one of my friends collects a ton of LE dolls and gave me the scoop on what’s been going on.

In my friend’s words, “it’s a bloodbath. I would go to the store if at all possible.”

“People are really freaked over this doll, so I would definitely show a little early... Literally nobody in Europe got her and there’s at least 500 in Shanghai... and then 1000 in Europe. That leaves less than 3000 on the website if every normal store gets her.”

Another problem is that the Disney Castle Collection for Tangled will be releasing at the same time! So you have collectors for something else in addition to the doll collectors, and everyone will be trying to get in.

There also aren’t as many Rapunzel dolls available compared to other releases. For comparison, there are 5,500 Rapunzels worldwide vs. 8,000 Queen Annas and 8,500 Snow Queen Elsas from 2019. However, 5,500 is about equivalent to the Midnight Masquerade 12" dolls from 2019, if that gives anyone a sense of numbers. I think Rapunzel will be more in demand as a 17" doll with a popular new face mold. And she's an anniversary doll.

For tips, read more below!

Website:

Shop Disney’s site currently operates on a waiting room system. People wait in a virtual room and then will randomly be let in to buy the items. It’s not first come, first serve- it literally is random when you get out of the room.

It’s worth noting that resellers target the LE doll releases. Shop Disney UK has had a looot of issues lately with bots buying up all the dolls to try to resell for ridiculous prices, which was why so few European collectors were able to get the doll. Bots specifically don’t target the US system, per my friend, but general resellers do.

So, here are my friend’s tips!

- Don’t even bother trying to open it more than 10 minutes prior to the item release. But starting 10 minutes prior, jump on.

- Use, in her words, “every computer in the house” to pull up the waiting room on each device- think 6:50, 6:51, 6:52, etc. you’re jumping on (if you’re on PST and are aiming for that 7 am PST release time). If you have friends or family willing to give it a shot, get them to try too.

- Then you just have to wait and see when you get let in on a device and hope the item hasn’t sold out yet.

- Shop Disney typically does not allow LE item sales on their app, but she says it’s always worth checking just to see.

In Person:

- If possible, call your local Disney store tonight to see if they expect the particular item in, how many, and if people line up beforehand. The employee at my store told me they had 8 dolls and he recommended I get there early.

- Not all Disney Stores receive the LE releases, just the “main” ones. If your store has before, it probably will be getting some again. She said “if it has any kind of statues or fancy entrances, it’s a main store.” By that, I think she means one of the newer remodeled stores, like this:

- Check your mall hours and also check to see if they open the interior of the mall early for mall walkers, which would mean people could line up inside the mall (they may not because of COVID). Figure out the best place to enter and make your plan.

- Because I’m on EST and the store opens at the same time the doll is released online... I’m going to try the store, based on my friend’s recommendation. I live close enough that I can do other errands or just stop by every half hour or so, starting at 7 (so 3 hours before release). She said if I see cars in the parking lot by that entrance and/or people lining up, then I should stay- but otherwise I can head back out and come back in another half hour or so lol. 

- You can only buy one of a particular item. However, if you bring another person, that person can buy one, too. So if you’re hoping to buy multiples at all, you need to plan to wait with a friend.

I hope this helps some of the other Tangled fans out there, and good luck!

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eugene’s pure, unfiltered “no offense, varian” on the Through It All soundtrack version, rb if u agree

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when you get Edmund and Eugene content for the third time this season

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gothel @ cass

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Dear Tangled fans: take care of yourselves!

As someone who got a cold and then a sinus infection from the September DuckTales bomb... Get your sleep and take your vitamin C. It's exhausting to keep up with the episodes and analyze them with your friends on top of normal life activities. So don't forget to eat your veggies and get your rest!

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can we talk MORE about how eugene fitzherbert’s new outfit is even THOTTIER than i expected????

this fucking gold chain????!? UM?? SIR???? it makes the deep cut even sluttier and i cannot with this man!!!!!

i thought eugene had already hit peak thot and i was wrong. i was so wrong.