New Moana Doll At Target

Was at Target the other day (although, to be honest, when am I not?), and I took a stroll down the toy aisle just for kicks.

And guess what? The new Moana merchandise is out! (Yes, even before the film is released.) So if you know someone who's going to want Moana merchandise, get it now before the actual release of the film. 

Not the point. The point is that the Moana doll, much like her character looks so much different than a "traditional" kid's doll. 

Here she is next to Barbie:

Look at the differences in height (Barbie is considerably taller), face shape, neck length, bust and leg size. Sure, Moana's eyes are unrealistically large, but hey. That's animation these days. Overall, she's more built more "realistically" and her legs don't look as if you could snap them like matchsticks.

For comparison, here she is next to Pocahontas (who is actually the only other Disney princess whose legs you can see in the box):

To be fair, Pocahontas has some fairly well-defined legs (for a doll), but she does run around the woods barefoot a lot so....

Is this progress for Disney & Hasbro? Have we finally moved past the princesses whose waists were as thin as their necks?