My little figurine collection: 5. Princess Aurora

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I have been collecting figurines of cartoon, movie and promotional characters for years. The obsession started when I was about 6 years old. I have always had a love for anything miniature and the first figurines I fell in love with were the Muppet Babies figurines released in Australia by McDonald's in about 1986. For some reason they were some of my favourite toys. As I grew up and started discarding my toys, I always held on to them and started buying more. 24 years later I have hundreds of figurines and I cannot help but buy more whenever I see them. I have a few general rules for the types of figurines in my collection - they must be coloured, made of PVC or hard rubber, be about 5-10cm tall, be solid rather than hollow, have no moveable or articulated parts, not be bendable and have no separate stand. There are the odd exceptions in my collection. I decided to start this blog to catalogue the collection (for my own benefit and anyone else who is interested) and give some background as to who the characters are and where they came from.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

5. Princess Aurora

Name: Princess Aurora. Also known as Briar-Rose

From: The film Sleeping Beauty produced by Walt Disney and distributed by Buena Vista Films

Height:

Made by: Not known

Where/when did I get her: Princess Aurora is part of a 7 piece Sleeping Beauty playset purchased from the Disney Store in Chester, England in March 2009.

Markings:
(c) Disney
China

History: Sleeping Beauty was released by Walt Disney in 1959 and is based on the French fairytale "La Belle au bois dormant" by Charles Perrault.

The Disney Store's playset figurines are a bit disappointing in their quality and are nothing like the quality of the figurines that they sold in the 1990s and early 2000s. The type of plastic used is more flimsy and bendable. The paintwork is average and the skin tones are wrong. I used to love going to the Disney Store and buying the figurines that they sold singularly. They don't sell them like that anymore and the only ones you can get are in the playsets. They are not individually hallmarked or date-stamped, which makes them seem even cheaper and less collectable. I don't think I will be buying any more of the Disney Store playsets.