But images of the original Merida will also be available on consumer products. Times reports - and IGN has independently confirmed - that 'according to a Disney representative on Wednesday, the image of Merida that sparked this maelstrom is part of a limited run of products including backpacks and pajamas. Add to Favorites Disney Princess Little Kingdom MagiClip Dolls 4pc Lot Ariel Belle Merida Tangled (135) 29.95.

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The studio insists the Merida images used on the Princess site have always been of the movie's Merida and not the redesign so you can't switch back to something that was never changed to begin with. Disney never updated their Princess Collection site with the new look to begin with. Editorial: Not So Brave DisneyThe only problem is. The sites' reasoning for this claim? Because the Disney Princess Collection site was now showing the 'old' Merida look rather than the new Princess redesign. Big Shiny Robot initially claimed (followed by Deadline and THR) that Disney had capitulated to an online petition (with now over 205,000 signatures and counting) demanding Disney change Merida back to her original, less vamped up big screen look. She is also the first female protagonist in a Pixar feature film. For the record, Disney isn't bowing to pressure to change Merida back to her Pixar look. Princess Merida is the main protagonist of Pixars 13th full-length animated feature film Brave. There's been some back and forth in the online press over whether Disney caved to the backlash to their controversial redesign of Brave's Merida for her induction into the Disney Princess collection.

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