Once Upon A Zombie Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty - Review and Zombie Prom Story!

Meet my new friends! They're zombie princesses~

^ Once Upon A Zombie: Sleeping Beauty (left) and Rapunzel (right). 

(cr: Tsuki Henshin@youtube)

^Once Upon a Zombie Soundtrack^

In the box (sorry about the glare). The boxes have a cool tombstone shape but are a bit of a nightmare to open:

This is how it looks once the back is pulled off. At least you know the dolls are packaged extra securely I guess ^^

I did notice that Rapunzel had plastic around her legs and that Sleeping Beauty did not.

Both dolls come with a heart shaped brush and a matching doll stand. The brush has molded stitches. Cute!

Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty is the doll I opened first!

Her eyes are very detailed and captivating... I love her makeup as well (It's looks very similar to a look I wore in a much older post).

One of the reasons I just had to have her is her blue dress. She has a skull adorning it! 

Her skirt is tattered looking with scraggly lace peeking out underneath. Love it.

She has silky hair that seems very easy to brush.

Stitching detail on her arms.

Zombie modeling! These dolls don't take bad photos... EVER!

Rapunzel

Rapunzel is dressed in a purple and black dress with gold detailing.

I'm unsure as to how manageable her hair is because I didn't want to take it down, but it looks quite luxurious directly out of the box.

Like Sleeping Beauty, her dress is tattered and actually has some tears in the skirt. Very zombie appropriate!

Her eyes and makeup are stunning and festively creepy. Her mouth stitches remind me of Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas.

All in all, I really have no complaints about these two aside from the struggle of getting them out of their box. One of their best features is how awesomely photogenic they are, which can be seen in the following photographic story:

Zombie Prom

 (Featuring Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel)

Once upon a time, Sleeping Beauty dreamt...

..of pleasant things such as floating on a cloud of blue feathers without a care in the world.

Unfortunately, on this day, Zombie Rapunzel was on her way to wake Sleeping Beauty.

"Sleeping beauuuuuty! It's time to go!" Rapunzel called out.

"Go?.. Go where?" asked Sleeping Beauty.

"To set up for prom!" Rapunzel reminded her.

Sleeping Beauty slowly got out of bed and started for the stairs. She let out a prolonged yawn.

"Prom?.. I thought prom was next week," she said.

Rapunzel sighed, "Well, you sort of slept through last week. Today's the day! We've got to get going! We can talk about it on the way!"

"We have to be quick! We only have a couple of hours to decorate an entire ballroom!"

3 hours later...

"This is starting to look pretty nice! It' wasn't as much trouble to decorate as I thought it would be!" Rapunzel mused.

"Yeah it's unbelievable... I think we're pretty much done here! Hey, can you get the lights while I turn on the music?!"

"Whoa!" they both exclaimed in awe. 

"Just wait till everyone else arrives! This is magical!"

"I know, it's just like a dream! I wish it were like this always," Sleeping beauty said while closing her eyes and gliding along with the music.

Just as the girls had hoped, everyone loved the decorations and it truly was a perfect evening. Rapunzel and Sleeping Beauty danced the night away and as they headed back to their castle, they dreaded taking the seemingly magical decorations down on the following day. It would be a sad occasion indeed...

~Two Days later~

*knock knock knock*

"Sleeping Beauuuty?!" a familiar voice called out. 

Sleeping Beauty opened her eyes, "Whawhat?!"

"All of the boxes of decorations from the dance have disappeared!! I think we've been robbed!!!!" Rapunzel said with a gasp.

*yawn*

"No, we have not been robbed," Sleeping Beauty said with a laugh, "I moved the boxes last night because I found somewhere better to keep them until next year."

Standing in Sleeping Beauty's doorway, Rapunzel also gave out a slight laugh as relief washed over her, "Great! Well, sorry for waking you from your nap."

Just as Rapunzel was about to turn and shut the door, she hesitated. 

 She curiously leaned in the room and flipped on the light switch...

"Aha!!" Rapunzel cried, "Gotcha!"

"..WHAT?!" Sleeping Beauty giggled, "... I'll get the music!"

And they both danced happily ever after, for they could now enjoy the magical feeling of that night whenever they pleased.

~FIN~

Happy Memorial Day Y'all!

Playmobil Princess Fantasy Castle! Construction and Review! (Lots of photos)

Hello and WELCOME TO MY CASTLE!

The Playmobil Princess Fantasy Castle that is! You know, the one from my Valentine's haul that I swore I'd review?! Well, here it finally is!

A note about spoilers: If you're like me and would rather discover all the cool little features on your own, you may want to skip this post. 

As pictured on the front and back of the box.

Once opened, you can expect to find:

Numerous intimidating piles and bags of parts! Now when I say "numerous" bags, I mean at least 50... but don't worry, the instructions are sure to clear up any confusion!

Let's begin, page one:

Excellent~ there are no silly words to confuse us with explanations or clear directions.  These instructions remind me of something from Ikea. They are strictly the "look at picture, MAKE HAPPEN!" type of instructions.

I'm up for the challenge.

Honestly, the hardest part was making sure the stickers were not off center.

Next~

Compared to something like Legos, I definitely think these directions go FAST!

Still managing to keep up!

Only a few pages in and already close to the halfway point!

Boom! On with the next section~

This was slightly more dificult because the photos on the box show more corner pieces with column detail than you actually get, so a choice had to be made (where to put the ugly column) u.u

Next the tower is under way.

Then the stairs and finishing touches.

I love the stairs O.O

stairs...

Cool feature: behind the window is a storage container for small pieces (such as jewels/treasure).

The ornate railings may be my favorite feature of all.

But did I mention the stairs? So fancy O.O

Regal!

Cool feature: Working dance floor.

Look at all the bows!

I can imagine a black and white movie playing out here...

Front view

Cool feature alert! That door really locks! *dies*

Behold the finished castle's magnificence!

The back... could use more furnishings... but all in a day's work. 

Looks like a piece of cake right? I admit that it did take me over the estimated construction time, 2 hours, to finish because I took a break to cook dinner inbetween sections. By the way, the little tool they give you really started to hurt my fingers after a while.

You have to use this to insert hundreds of little red rectangles and yellow cylinders to connect the walls/floors/roof/everything. 

Also, much time goes into the tiniest of details, like assembling flowers, and placing tiny little stickers.

Being that the flowers are so small, they do included extras! They also included a pack of jewels... FOR A TIARA, bracelet, and ring set! 8D

Which I, of course, wore while decorating, furnishing, and opening the rest of the Playmobil haul!

There are more photos of the castle to come later in this post. However it's time to set the fairies, dragons, princes, and others free.

(why is my hand's shadow so creepy)

Mystery figure! I hope it's the Native American! D:

*violently rips package apart*

Womp womp woooomp. 

A tennis player?...

ok.

Next:

The dragon.

It has wing-arms!!!

A sack of fairies and unicorns!

Mmm... resealable to keep them fresh and crisp! n.n

more bags.

and instructions...

easy task after assembling the castle.

Healer fairy! I chose her because she's blue.

A Ghost knight!

Cool effect: Glows in the dark:

I plan for him to live in the tower.

He sneaks out at night. Chaos ensues.

Vampire couple!

They have fun accessories.

I escourted the tennis player out for her own safety (vampires, ghost knights, dragons).

Some of the figures came with interesting little books featuring other Playmobil products:

This item is coming up in another post. I completely customized my dollhouse though, so it looks nothing like that photo.

I wanted to get this too but I'm out of space. Castles take up a lot of room you know.

Anyhow, I'd like to show a little more of the castle! Did you know it has a pond?

That's an orange frog.

It's a popular attraction for butterflies as well.

Notice the elegant swan crest above the double doors.

Feature: this room includes a locking glass cabinet. All furniture and accessories pictured come with the castle (excluding the grandfather clock and rug).

Princess and dragon fly are included too!

As are the prince and the two KITTENS! :3

Welcome to the kitchen/royal dining room. Healer fairy is preparing treats.

The dishes on the shelves are included with the castle. The gold book and the basket came with the blue fairy.

Cool feature: Soaring vaulted ceilings!

Vamps and dragon making themselves at home. None of this furniture is included except for the blue and yellow flowers in a pot.

Due to the size of the castle, it took me a while to find a place for it. Eventually I sacrificed the top of my armoire to give it a permanent home. I landscaped the surface accordingly:

Oddly enough, I like the way my Halloween tree looks with it.

It gives it a more magical, whimsical feeling.

Cool feature: Hiding place under the stairs.

I also incorporated some Ever After High box backgrounds into the scene. I really think Ashlynn and Hunter's box makes a nice backdrop.

This is, truthfully, the most photos I have ever used in one post. Did anyone make it to the end? The reason I put this post off for so long was due to the overwhelming amount of photos I had to sift through, and it took a couple of hours to narrow it to a mere 67. My customized Grand Mansion should be easier, it doesn't have as much going on at all. 

Lastly, if anyone is interested in this castle, or any other Playmobil items, I suggest this website: ReallyGreatToys.com 

I got a pretty decent discount on this castle as well as the figures I ordered (and I received a free mystery figure for spending over $40). Also, my purchase earned enough points that I got a substantial discount on the furniture sets I ordered for the Grand Mansion later. I hope they don't mind me mentioning their website on my eternally weird blog, but I thought other Playmobil aficionados may benefit from a good deal.

Well... I am exhausted. Until next time~~~