Ok real question, why do you think they suddenly decided to release the third haunted mansion doll this year? (Pls read desc)
I’m not complaining at all about the release of the werecat lady doll at all. I think she’s an extremely underrated character as a haunted mansion fan and I am happy she’s getting a doll in general.
That being said I have been very confused about why they decided to bring her out this year since…well, since they announced the haunted mansion was getting a new doll at all in 2026.
I say this because normally there has to be some kind of special event to justify an LE release, especially for such a niche character. Constance was released for the premiere of the 2023 movie, and Sally was released in 2024 for the ride’s 55 anniversary. But the haunted mansion doesn’t have its next milestone anniversary until 2029. It doesn’t have anything particularly special this year, so this drop seems very random to me, as excited as I am for it. And no, the Halloween season by itself isn’t a special event. They do haunted mansion merch for Halloween annually but limited or special stuff like the dolls are typically saved for actual events.
The most I can think about is the anniversary of the ride’s opening in Magic Kingdom (magic kingdom in general is turning 55 years old this year), which probably explains why Magic Kingdom got her before disneyland(??), but that seems so random because they don’t usually celebrate second copies of rides with stuff like this. Anniversaries are usually especially for the original first ever version of a ride. So what gives?
Are they just deciding that HM is successful enough as an IP that they don’t need anniversary-based justifications to release more LE dolls and products, especially because their first two HM dolls were very successful? Because if thats the case, this potentially throws out their rules for just about any successful franchise they make LE dolls for.