Where's The Ariel's Beginning Merchandise?

[tnadav1]

There's nothing beside the books?.

[Prince Eric]

there were dolls and plushes and small figures that came out last year at the disney store..they went under the name "ariel and her sisters".i am a affraid thats all :(

[tnadav1]

I know about those merchandise (Also Princess Of The Sea said it will be back in UK for Ariel's Beginning and they"re planning a promotion as big as TinkerBell's promotion) and I whould like to see more of it but that's all? I thought Disney will do something special,it's the last sequel! ,they"re just lazy lately and it's also seems that they"re more promoting things like High School Musical,Hannah Montana,Camp Rock and the Fairies then the Princesses which annoys me a lot .
At least Simba Toys made those little Ariel and sisters dolls.

[Jasmine]

I was thinking the same thing. I was hoping there would be merchandise for Ariel's Beginning, but other annoying Disney movies are being promoted.

[Princess Of The Sea]

Obviously, there is still a wait here in the UK before the film comes out, so they still have time to put out AB products. BUT when I was in the Disney Store, Ariel was by far and away the biggest Princess character in the store. She was EVERYWHERE ! It was lovely to see lots of children stopping in their tracks to watch Ariel's Beginning clips showing on the big screens. It was both boys and girls getting excited about it, thus proving us all right about the little mermaid fan's genders, and Disney wrong.

[Rena Bam Bena x3]

Is there going to be a soundtrack? I've been trying to look for one

[tnadav1]

Aug 27, 2008 19:11:02 GMT -5 Princess Of The Sea said:

Obviously, there is still a wait here in the UK before the film comes out, so they still have time to put out AB products. BUT when I was in the Disney Store, Ariel was by far and away the biggest Princess character in the store. She was EVERYWHERE ! It was lovely to see lots of children stopping in their tracks to watch Ariel's Beginning clips showing on the big screens. It was both boys and girls getting excited about it, thus proving us all right about the little mermaid fan's genders, and Disney wrong.

But there will be anything new for Ariel's Beginning?.
Hear something else that bothers me-After the Little Mermaid II re-release then Ariel will keep getting marchandise like after her Platinum Edition was released or once The Little Mermaid will be back to the vault with Return To The Sea and Ariel's Beginning she"ll lose her spotlight? I know for exmaple that Cinderella is the icon of the line but she didn't got any new merchandise since Cinderella II re-release.
And before the PE she only get things for summer (Like swimsuites) and after the PE was released I think she's the most popular Princess.
About the genders thing-We already know it,Disney just think that because Ariel is a female then only little girls likes her,and she and the Princesses aren't alone-They also do it for TinkerBell,Marie,Hannah Montana,Alice and more,looks at the WALL-E marketing-They"re pomoting WALL-E for little boys and EVE for little girls because he's a male and she's a female,and before the Platinum Edition came I also hoped that Ariel will get kicked out of the Princess line but now I understand it doesn't matter and it's actually much better that she's a Princess.
I like the Fairies but it annoys me to see Hannah Montana or Camp Rock more promoted then the Princesses.
I don't think there will be a soundtrack.

[Prince Eric]

i dont think there will be a soundtrack either...u see TLM2 was kinda lucky to get one and it only 4 songs from the movie and the rest was just a mixture of old ariel cds....do i doubt they will do one for TLM3 that only has 3 songs i guess in the movie..cinderella 3 had a couple of songs but they never made her a soundtrack....

[Random Prince]

I'm pretty sure there won't be a soundtrack album. Athena's Song and I Remember were good, but it wouldn't be worth releasing a CD. I'm glad they did for TLM2 - those songs were great.

Maybe the songs from TLM3 will turn up on a new TLM compilation CD someday.

[tnadav1]

It whould be bad if there won't be a Ariel's Beginning soundtrack,the songs in Ariel's Beginning were MUCH better then the songs in Little Mermaid II.
I"m very worried that Ariel will lose her spotlight once The Little Mermaid will be back to the Vault with Return To The Sea and Ariel's Beginning,I hope she"ll keep getting the spotlight she got after the PE was released,before the PE she only had summer merchandise.
But I think she's the most popular Princess so I believe she won't lose her spotlight.
We already know that Aurora will get spolight when the Sleeping Beauty PE will be released and Tiana will get spotlight when The Princess And The Frog will be released in theater and then Snow White and Belle will get their spotlights when Snow White and Beauty And The Beast will be re-released on DVD and Blu-Ray.

[miklc]

I was really hoping there would be some cool Ariel's Beginning merchandise, such as a figure set, plushies and prehaps stattionary among other things, even if it was Disney Store exculsive I don't understand why Disney don't. However I'm sure I read somewhere that they "Ariel and Her Sisters" Merchandise that you lucky Americans got in your Disney Stores last year was going to be released in UK Disney Stores sometime, does anyone have any info on this or know if it's true because I would be completely over the moon if it was!!!

[Princess Of The Sea]

Don't worry about Ariel, Ariel's Prince. She will in no way loose her spotlight. She is too much of a beloved character at Disney. And far too popular to be forgotten.

I don't think Cinderella is the icon of the Princesses either. I for one am sick at the sight of her sadly; Disney has over promoted her recently, and she used to be permanently around from her PE and III DVD's. And her merchandise recently has completley remodled her face and she looked AWFUL. I really don't want to see Cinderella stuff again for a while. It's Aurora's turn now anyway

[tnadav1]

I"m glad to hear that,thanks,Princess Of The Sea .
Because I think that before her film's Platinum Edition it was Belle and Snow White and maybe Cinderella too that got the spotlight but I think that now they realized that Ariel is the most popular Princess so she won't lose her spotlight even when Snow White,Belle,Tiana and Aurora will get their own spotlights when their films will be released and re-released.
Well,when they want to use one Princess to present the line it's usually Cinderella and she got her attention ever since her film's PE was released.
Yeah,Cinderella should took a break,they use her too much,even Ariel isn't used that much,it seems that Aurora is now trying to replace her (And I"m glad she is,I love Cinderella too but Aurora and Giselle are the Princesses I love the most beside Ariel and Cinderella comes after them),but I whould love to see Jasmine,Pocahontas,Mulan and Giselle too insted of Cindy,Aurora and Belle all the time.

[Princess Of The Sea]

Well, I just got back from The Disney Store, and characters that had the biggest presence in the store were Tinker Bell, Aurora, and Ariel !

That made me very happy to see

Aurora's stuff is a bit too violently pink though, for my liking ....

[Kat]

Aug 29, 2008 2:35:07 GMT -5 Princess Of The Sea said:

I don't think Cinderella is the icon of the Princesses either.

Er...well, she kind of is. Its her castle at Walt Disney World, and while she wasn't the original princess, for some reason she has taken over as the leader of all the Princesses. I think because Walt had a very soft spot for her. She's the one who dominates most of the merchandise. She has her own dinners at the parks. (Two, for that matter.) The majority of little girls coming to the parks as dressed as her.

So I think we can safely say she is indeed the Princess Icon. Sure, the others are loved, maybe even more than Cinderella. But its hard to despute the fact that she is the 'face' of the Disney Princess.

[tnadav1]

Sept 13, 2008 11:01:10 GMT -5 Princess Of The Sea said:

Well, I just got back from The Disney Store, and characters that had the biggest presence in the store were Tinker Bell, Aurora, and Ariel !

That made me very happy to see

Aurora's stuff is a bit too violently pink though, for my liking ....

Oh,it's Ariel's Beginning merchandise or the merchandise from the Disney Store UK website? and Aurora's stuff are new or from the same website? this website:
disneystore-shopping.disney.co.uk/charactercatproducts/148/12/1210,1230,1240,1250,1290,1291,/Stationery-and-Books.aspx
I"m glad to hear that Aurora is getting her attention .
The TinkerBell stuff are new?.
Kat-Yeah,that's also why I think she's the icon of the line,it's all started since her film's Platinum Edition was released and she also got a lot of attention when Cinderella III was released and a little more when Cindy II was re-released,after Enchanted Tales it seems that Aurora is now trying to replace her and I guess that next year Snow White will also try to be the icon and Cinderella will be back when Cinderella will be released on DVD (Again,or it will come out when the DVD wil die) and Blu-Ray.
I wonder if they"ll release the series on DVD and maybe the Ariel And Her Sisters line will be back.

[josh89]

they should do a porcelain doll of ariels mother and her sisters and toy figures..cause tlm3 was a big moviie 2 us at least

[Ariel The Little Mermaid]

Sept 14, 2008 7:40:49 GMT -5 Kat said:

Aug 29, 2008 2:35:07 GMT -5 Princess Of The Sea said:

I don't think Cinderella is the icon of the Princesses either.

Er...well, she kind of is. Its her castle at Walt Disney World, and while she wasn't the original princess, for some reason she has taken over as the leader of all the Princesses. I think because Walt had a very soft spot for her. She's the one who dominates most of the merchandise. She has her own dinners at the parks. (Two, for that matter.) The majority of little girls coming to the parks as dressed as her.

So I think we can safely say she is indeed the Princess Icon. Sure, the others are loved, maybe even more than Cinderella. But its hard to despute the fact that she is the 'face' of the Disney Princess.

I think they use Cinderella so much is because for the simple fact that the story it's self is something we all want which is something better in this world. Even though it irritates me because we all know Ariel is everybody's favorite princess, I still like Cinderella but I think it's time that they but Ariel as one of the main Princesses because that's another story that everyone can relate to knowing that there is so much better out there for us and sometimes not everyone understands and doesn't want you to fall your dream. So I think they really need to take out Belle she's my second favorite but come on she is no Ariel and Ariel's story is way more touching then Belles.

[Random Prince]

I haven't seen any TLM3 merchandise myself, but my parents went to a Disney store a couple of weeks ago and they said there was a lot of new Ariel stuff. Apparently it was very cheap and tacky looking though. Can't say I'm surprised.

[tnadav1]

Sept 19, 2008 2:14:41 GMT -5 Ariel The Little Mermaid said:

Sept 14, 2008 7:40:49 GMT -5 Kat said:

Er...well, she kind of is. Its her castle at Walt Disney World, and while she wasn't the original princess, for some reason she has taken over as the leader of all the Princesses. I think because Walt had a very soft spot for her. She's the one who dominates most of the merchandise. She has her own dinners at the parks. (Two, for that matter.) The majority of little girls coming to the parks as dressed as her.

So I think we can safely say she is indeed the Princess Icon. Sure, the others are loved, maybe even more than Cinderella. But its hard to despute the fact that she is the 'face' of the Disney Princess.

I think they use Cinderella so much is because for the simple fact that the story it's self is something we all want which is something better in this world. Even though it irritates me because we all know Ariel is everybody's favorite princess, I still like Cinderella but I think it's time that they but Ariel as one of the main Princesses because that's another story that everyone can relate to knowing that there is so much better out there for us and sometimes not everyone understands and doesn't want you to fall your dream. So I think they really need to take out Belle she's my second favorite but come on she is no Ariel and Ariel's story is way more touching then Belles.

I don't think it's that,she seems to be the leader because her story is the magical one and really fits the franchise (She turned from a maid into a princess and in a magical way-She just tried a shoe on and it fitted her) but now it's Aurora who's trying to be the icon since Enchanted Tales was released and then it will be Snow White I guess.
Random Prince-Have you seen anything?.