Mattel For the new line of Disney princess dolls, Mattel experimented with facial design. Designers digitally sculpted features and hand-painted faces on prototypes that were based on the characters' appearance in films. They incorporated new knitted fibers for a more diverse array of hair types.

Mattel had been the Disney dollmaker since the 1990s but it lost the franchise after developing its own line of dolls that saw an overlap with Disney's characters. The company had a relationship with the House of Mouse for 70 years starting out with The Mickey Mouse Club TV in the 1950s.

Mattel unveiled a new and re-imagined line of Disney Princess and Disney Frozen dolls. From beloved Princess characters such as Rapunzel and Jasmine to Frozen characters Anna and Elsa, the new line of dolls celebrates the magical stories of Disney with unrelenting attention to detail and best-in-class design features.

Mattel owned the license to produce Disney Princess dolls and toys until 2016, but Hasbro has owned the rights since then.

The first princess doll was made in the late 1930's shortly after Disney's first princess movie, Snow White, came out but Disney did not start manufacturing Princess dolls until the late 1990's. The traditional Disney princess dolls are thin, have their hair and makeup done and all wearing dresses.

It is known that toy dolls as such existed in ancient Egypt and Greece, where examples have been found in archaeological excavations. Before the Civil War, most American dolls were made at home, and the practice continued much later, in many cases.

In 2014, Mattel lost the Disney princess contract shortly after launching a toy line called Ever After High, which included public-domain versions of princess dolls that overlapped with Disney's characters, including Cinderella and Snow White. Hasbro started selling Disney's princess dolls in 2016.

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Her head is made from a vinyl compound, her arms from EVA (ethylene-vinyl acentate), her torso from an engineering thermoplastics polymer called ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) and her legs from polypropylene and PVC - a safer kind from the early models.

the Walt Disney Company Disney Princess, also called the Princess Line, is a media franchise and toy line owned by the Walt Disney Company. Created by Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney, the franchise features a lineup of female protagonists who have appeared in various Disney franchises.

Archaeological evidence places dolls as the foremost candidate for the oldest known toy. Wooden paddle dolls have been found in Egyptian tombs dating to as early as the 21st century BC. Dolls with movable limbs and removable clothing date back to at least 200 BC.

The first plastic dolls were made at the end of the 19th century. Celluloid, which was economical, easy to produce and process, began to supplant traditional materials. This compound will be ousted in the mid-1950s with the development of new plastics.