>>5377090Op said mermaid dolls. As in, dolls that have mermaid tails instead of legs, being as that's what the entire discussion is about. The doll in the middle is human Ariel, not a mermaid, and therefore is not being counted. You're going out of your way to not understand simple English. You're the only one being snarky, other anon is actually being very straightforward and polite.
And honestly being as there's only those examples out, I don't think we can go ahead and call that all future Ariel mermaids will be bath dolls/molded, since we don't have enough evidence on that yet. I do agree with you that her face is weird and pinched looking, though I think her hair looks to be a fine length, the out of box doll has waist length hair even with it being curled, which probably translates to it being below her hip when straight. The bath doll on the left probably has hair about the same length but they pulled it into twintails for some reason which does look weird. The one on the right definitely has at least hip length if not longer, its been layered which is what is looking 'short' at the top, but look behind her waist and you can see hair reaching well down to where her tail starts.
Also, and this is personal/parental taste, super long hair on a bath doll gets really really gross fast. Its a pain in the ass to dry out between baths and if left in the toy bin its prone to hiding moisture and soap and will turn into a slimy mildew mess. Super long hair is all fine and good on a collector's shelf doll but for a doll intended for very small children, waist length is probably the max most parents will want to deal with.
