I just want to kindly point out that Lucianne Walkowicz, the astronomer whose likeness and career story was used by AG without their permission, is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.
@gabrielahamilton1066
Ай бұрын
LMFAOOO
@muckpuppy
27 күн бұрын
@@gabrielahamilton1066 what are we laughing at, gabriela 🤨?
@gabrielahamilton1066
27 күн бұрын
@@muckpuppy you
@oswaldovillavicencio9471
22 күн бұрын
And .... how is this relevant with what this yound woman is talking about the dolls? Take your unicorns and mermaids away. Yes., I said that. Is not necesary to mixed that non sense of the unexistent pronouns here. Get out.
@lurji
8 күн бұрын
@@gabrielahamilton1066i agree
@Lizandjinx
10 ай бұрын
Felicity is the McRib of the American girl doll world. She is always popping back up right when you start to forget about her. Then retired again.
@justpeachysoup
11 ай бұрын
if i had a nickel for every over an hour long history of american girl dolls video i'd only have two nickels but it's weird that its happened twice
@imaginefun13
11 ай бұрын
Right? I was like, sure I've already watched one just a few months ago, but why not another? And I did end up learning some new things, so it was totally worth it!
@vvorms
11 ай бұрын
yas fellow ashley norton fan slay
@noneofyourbeezwax7284
10 ай бұрын
Same
@user-uj2ji2cu9x
10 ай бұрын
Wait what’s the other one
@wonderlucky1912
10 ай бұрын
@@user-uj2ji2cu9xHi, the KZitemr Ashley Norton made also a Deep Dive Video on American Girl Dolls. Check it out if you can!
@noneofyourbeezwax7284
10 ай бұрын
The range in struggle is uh… well… Addy: escapes slavery, Blair: Lactose intolerant
@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327
10 ай бұрын
Right? And all McKenna did was break her ankle and have a friend who didn’t want to do gymnastics anymore over Kirsten immigrating to a new foreign country and losing her best friend because she died.
@irliiMicrophone
10 ай бұрын
I mean those aren't really comparable plus they're from two entirely different lines /LH /NM
@dollahlah-54321
9 ай бұрын
well, I think all the historical dolls faced significant challenges and overcame obstacles. They serve as role models, IMO. The GOTY, well....most of them lead quite privileged lives with more routine issues. Bullying was the worst thing endured.
@phi1105
9 ай бұрын
@@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327 KIRSTEN WATCHED HER BEST FRIEND DIE OF CHOLERA FFS
@neb.9489
Ай бұрын
@@dollahlah-54321Agreed. The goty line is meant to reflect modern girls and modern struggles.
@ashleynorton
11 ай бұрын
The felicity movie also had a random shot where the slaves of felicitys grandfather are mourning from a distance presumably because they are not allowed to attend the grandfathers funeral. Like you said, on one hand bold and valid not to censor that part of history. But also so wild to include it and totally gloss over it in felicity’s story
@sarah_serif
11 ай бұрын
oof I want to talk about the movies but I’m waiting until the sag strike is over, I don’t think I’ve seen the Felicity one yet (also hi!!)
@vanyadolly
9 ай бұрын
Honestly, ignoring it or outright erasing it is so much worse. More mourning from a distance, please! It's completely historically accurate that it wouldn't even cross many characters' minds to think about slavery, but it should still exist in the world they live in.
@gabriella9897
6 ай бұрын
@@vanyadollybut isn’t it wild that they’re portraying these enslaved people as mourning their master in the first place? Like yeah, definitely let’s not gloss over their existence but there’s something to be said by their depiction. Idk I haven’t read/seen these books and movies but there tended to be this trend back in the day where the relationship between slaves and master was depicted as amicable mainly to paint the white people as kind even though they owned humans. lol this was a lot of words but it’s pretty interesting that that’s how the slaves are shown
@vanyadolly
6 ай бұрын
@@gabriella9897It's a complex issue that can't be summed up as easily as saying all slaves felt entirely negatively about their owners either. Besides, mourning is a public performance in many ways, and a slave-owner's death would bring on other concerns like, is the next one going to be worse, or are they going to start selling people off and separating them from their families? Considering how slavery is handled in both in the books and the movie, this was like the least offensive bit 😂
@nicloren2220
Ай бұрын
@@gabriella9897maybe he was nice to them ? I don't think they were slaves , just workers on the plantation .
@sleepyghostgirl
11 ай бұрын
I completely agree about the newer face molds!! I feel like they're just slimming down their faces (especially their jaws), painting their lips and giving them bigger eyes to make them appeal more to modern beauty standards (they remind me a bit of the instagram face. it really looks like they put them through photoshop or a snapchat filter). they also remind me more of modern fashion dolls and animated characters. the molds aren't ugly but they just...don't look like American girl dolls anymore?? lol
@fullmetalfroge
10 ай бұрын
i don't like the newer face molds either-i don't collect anymore but my mom and sister do and the faces of the newer dolls look closer to my anime figures than to my older historical dolls. it's really a shame, i think that look on an 18 inch doll is creepy
@kayleehenderson9059
9 ай бұрын
this is so true--nanea's doll was honestly a jumpscare for me lmao😭
@fawn2199
9 ай бұрын
I got the Corinne doll (the only other dolls I have are Lanie and Molly) and I was so shocked when I saw her eyelashes are... painted on. It looks so bad, especially when her eyes are closed. I love the look of the dolls with no painted on makeup, they look cuter and more their age to me.
@auntiecharbo5877
11 ай бұрын
I love how helpful your parents are
@sarah_serif
11 ай бұрын
they are the best
@eerielakeerie
11 ай бұрын
i dont know how to describe my relationship with AG as a kid, but it was probably my first ever special interest. i am far too passionate about the decline in quality of this children’s toy brand than i, a 23 y/o with no kids, has any right to be. this video is everything i desired in an AG history. thank you!!
@TheChibiTina
11 ай бұрын
I can see how you can see them as toddler, but it's strange to me because I had an American Girl Today doll that looked like me and I named Rose. I thought of her as the same age as me (I was in middle school) and would bring home extra homework for her and made her little schoolbooks. It was pretty cool to know what's become of American Girl though.
@ALT-vz3jn
11 ай бұрын
They don’t look like toddlers to me either. Maybe it’s the boomers that see them as toddlers
@TheChibiTina
11 ай бұрын
I don't think that's what's going on because if Sarah's first doll was later than my first doll I have a feeling she's younger than me so I doubt it's an age thing. It likely has to do with the dolls they were made from were originally used for dolls designed to be younger, but they tried their best to make them feel older and other than new face molds the dolls have changed very little.
@-VoDkAsVengeance-
11 ай бұрын
They've always looked like baby dolls which are designed to stand up and are styled as if they're normal, more Barbie-esque dolls (but for like, modest rich white families.) Their hands are pudgy and their buck teeth are reminicent of newly grown-in baby teeth. I think the dolls are intended to be wishy-washy on what age they are because the original idea for them was spawned from the gap between "pretend you're my mom" dolls and "pretend you're me" dolls, so they can either be projected onto or treated like a little sister.
@AmericanGirlBigFan
10 ай бұрын
They literally aren't toddlers. To me they look like 12. Maybe she is utilizing hyperbole. The toddlers are the Bitty Twins... or, they WERE...
@dollahlah-54321
10 ай бұрын
@@ALT-vz3jnSarah isn't a boomer! She's not in her 50's!
@dazanii
10 ай бұрын
My family was lower middle class to lower class so we could never afford an American Girl doll. I loaned the books from the library and got the catalogue to pour over the dolls and the accessories and items that came from the stories I was reading. My aunt and uncle paid for an American Girl magazine subscription, and it came with a paper doll insert based on the family history of a real girl chosen from among their readers who applied. I kept those for years and had them stored so they would stay nice, but they disappeared in the 20+ years since! I wish I had them still, they were so cool.
@hopetikvah4906
11 ай бұрын
A Colonial Williamsburg doll wasn't one of the first characters, even though she was the first one thought of, because the company couldn't afford to make bangless wigs at first, and bangs would have been really innacurate for an 18th century girl
@leifmeadows3782
10 ай бұрын
I'm petty sure they were also inaccurate for Kirsten too...
@hopetikvah4906
10 ай бұрын
@@leifmeadows3782 They were, but it was a little bit more plausible and wasn't going to be noticed by most people who didn't have a lot of knowledge about different decades of the Victorian era, whereas people would have known instinctively that they looked wrong on a Colonial doll
@ALT-vz3jn
9 ай бұрын
@@hopetikvah4906nope, that’s a bunch of BS lol. As if ‘everyone’ is going to know that bangs are fine on Kirsten but not on Felicity. Thanks for the laugh 😅
@hopetikvah4906
9 ай бұрын
@@ALT-vz3jn Well sure, not everyone, I never said that, but most people have seen paintings of Colonial women and none of them have bangs, whereas some late Victorian women do in photos. Therefore, people are a lot more likely to pick up on them looking 'wrong' on someone with Colonial attire, whereas most people aren't going to be able to distinguish 1850s fashion from 1880s. Kirsten having bangs is only off by a couple of decades, Felicity is like a hundred years too early for them, so that's obviously going to make it a more obvious historical inaccuracy to more people.
@Cajalco
11 ай бұрын
Me and my mom always joked about watching When Calls the Heart to see what new clothes Kohls was selling. Great video!
@sarah_serif
11 ай бұрын
Lol I love that
@delilahandaria6198
11 ай бұрын
It's wild seeing all the stock photos of the girls in their meet outfits, because when I was little I got a big bag of old AG clothes from a teenage friend, so when I see some of the early 2000s dolls I'm like "Oh!!! I have those pants!!"
@jacquelinealbin7712
11 ай бұрын
Marisol's outfit is the most 2004 thing I've ever seen
@leighwolf5349
11 ай бұрын
Kaya's books were my very first "American Girl" encounter ❤ (thank you Schoolastic Book Fair)
@lauramathews3151
11 ай бұрын
Yes please book follow up...please do 2 parts so you can cover the 8 or nine principal historical characters 6 of whom have 6 books, but a minimum of 3...
@CeciliaReads
11 ай бұрын
I loved American Girl as a kid. I owned 4 dolls (found 3 for very cheap at an estate sale and got a just like me doll for my 10th birthday). Only one of them was white. I was allowed to pick what dolls I wanted and actively chose the nonwhite dolls. Maybe I wanted to see myself in the dolls idk. But I remember feeling disappointed when all the girl of the year dolls that came out when I was a child we’re all white. It made me disinterested in the line as a whole.
@NtheleVincent
9 ай бұрын
I love how helpful your parents are. I've never met someone who had an actual Grandmary. I'm in awe.
@ursaursae9848
10 ай бұрын
I was obsessed with Samantha! I never had the doll but had the books and would get the catalog. I would just stttttare at her items and pictures. I believe she started my obsession with the Victorian Era. Including The Little Princess and The Secret Garden.
@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327
10 ай бұрын
I want Lila so bad. She’s the 2024 GOTY. I just hope this isn’t another repeat of not getting Grace. I was sixteen and didn’t have a job back then, but I still wanted her. I don’t have a job, and I’m trying to look for one, so hopefully after I buy my piercings, I’m buying more dolls. Fingers crossed. I also want to get Courtney, Maryellen and Grace (from EBay. They are new ones there). Everything has to work out or I will get very upset. I’ll editing this again and update y’all, maybe even make a video. Some time after:
@eastgermanhattrick3330
9 ай бұрын
The pictures of the early catalog pages reminded me of things I desperately wanted, but had long since forgotten. I am old enough to remember when Addy was released.
@Sylvelourie
7 ай бұрын
The 90s section is bringing back sooooo many childhood memories. I've seen all these catalogs. I've admired all these doll outfits and accessories. The grin pins, the clothing line, the books... Wow, talk about nostalgia. For a long time I was obsessed with saving my money to get an American Girl of Today and all her accessories. I never got that far, though :)
@madistell8807
Ай бұрын
Your parents were correct, that vine is incredible!
@e.8730
3 ай бұрын
i got an american girl doll when i was little. a kaya doll, santa brought her for me with a teepee, her books, and her little dog. i was ecstatic, it was exactly what i had wished for. later on i learned my mom had found her as a great deal on facebook marketplace. knowing that made me cherish that i got to give a doll a new home ❤ in addition to that, my kaya doll, as long as i had had her, had very wobbly legs, so we sent her to the doll hospital. they sent her back with a note from the doctor that said the issues with her legs was a problem with them and we would not have to pay for the service; they tightened her strings and braided her hair all pretty and gave her a cute little hospital gown and bracelet. sometimes i wonder if they just sent a new doll, but i’ll just pretend it’s always been my kaya. american girl really made my childhood extra special
@rosiel.8026
10 ай бұрын
I had the jess doll, it was the best christmas present i ever got as a kid i was so excited to have her. I loved her tropical themes I thought she was so cool wish she got a movie.
@juliagross3136
10 ай бұрын
She had the BEST flash game too. Definitely deserved a movie!
@From_flower_and_fable
11 ай бұрын
Can we take a moment to applause the Josefina mold, like girl was putting in the WORK with these goty dolls!
@FunandFragrance
10 ай бұрын
This is making my brain tingle in the best way ever. Thanks so much for the video
@coolkidmae
9 ай бұрын
I used to work at the American Girl place in DC last year, and some of the dolls had songs that came out with them that they would play nonstop in the stores. I remember Courtney and Claudie specifically had songs that would play at least 20 times a day.
@Shamwren
11 ай бұрын
did not know i needed this video, but it is everything
@jvluv3322
11 ай бұрын
omg yesss! I knew after the tinkerbell video that I should subscibe to you!!
@shanah9559
9 ай бұрын
Im surprised they haven’t done that many stem centered dolls for doll of the year
@amazzonkane
9 ай бұрын
I loved your video. My favorites as a kid were Samantha, Josephine and Kaya since I loved their stories and thought they were so pretty. But I definitely would have loved Rebecca too.
@therobotdevil2284
8 ай бұрын
I actually learned to read using Pleasant's "letter books" in kindergarten and they were genuinely great - when I brought them home and my mom made the connection, the prospects of filling the books out became 10x more exciting to 6 year old me lol
@kvicks9146
10 ай бұрын
Great job! This was an awesome run-down of AG. I knew very little, but now I feel thoroughly versed. 😂 Thank you 😊
@Hm-fb4lt
10 ай бұрын
Also this is going to sound controversial but the dolls of color they do have are always mixed with a white father that way we get an ethnic character with a cool ethnic name but a white sounding last name for appeal. I’m not saying mixed people shouldn’t be represented but it feel like a compromise, like “here! Here’s your representation! Damn!”
@theoriginalbunnygirl
10 ай бұрын
YES. Like I was upset that they made Jess half Japanese instead of full!!!
@em84c
Ай бұрын
I love the Namea mould. I collect dolls but don't have any AG. I am thinking of buying Namea or Maritza. They are so pretty to me.
@lindsayschmidt2177
3 ай бұрын
Lindsey was always my favorite girl of the year, I had no idea she sold so poorly. It certainly helped that we have the same name, just one letter off, lol
@neurotypixel
2 ай бұрын
amazing content love what you’re doing good job
@BoothBrennanLovers
2 ай бұрын
I can't understand why i willingly watch an hour and 30 minutea long video of the history of the American dolls when i don't have one. But i will do it again
@flip1sba
8 ай бұрын
I discovered these American Girl dolls during one of my visits to The US and bought our daughter one of those Truly Me series. But if there is one thing I like about American Girl is the character concept from every era within US History such Addy, Felicity, etc.
@lauramathews3151
11 ай бұрын
Not to be an ass. Slavery was and is an atrocity. Felicity lived in VA. It was a slave state. The one boasting many prominent historical figures including but not limited to Washington, Jefferson, Madison. Monroe, the confederate General Robert E Lee etc most of whom were slavers, so I guess the scandal threw me because it's supposed to be a historical series, and inherently the colonies were problematic by existing bc Colonialism but also like half were slave states on top of that...and she was from VA the most powerful southern one...I always thought it was a deliberate choice to acknowledge the proximity to all of this and to showcase where this country came from warts and all. So I thought it was odd to drop her her from the line up... American history is problematic since the beginning let's not sweep it under the rug or do revisionist history... I think that's worse for Youth and posterity...
@denimdevotionsme
10 ай бұрын
Throughout my childhood I read the books and magazines. Was never able to get a doll. Over a decade ago, I got to visit the store in NYC at Christmas time. Could have bought one, but so much sweeter as a childhood memory than actually having a doll.
@cj222100
9 ай бұрын
I'm 42, so I grew up with the original catalogs & dolls. I had Samantha, Felicity, & an Our New Baby. I was obsessed with Felicity's outfits, my favorite was a special edition type hunter green wool riding outfit with a tri corner hat. Despite it having a full skirt, it still had a kind of menswear-y, military vibe. It's interesting to see how the brand evolved & changed over the years
@tiffanypena2880
9 ай бұрын
I grew up having Samantha, Molly and Josefina. I even named my daughter Samantha after my favorite doll. When I lived in NYC in 2010 my mom and I went to the AG store and purchased Rebecca.
@bratzcandy123
10 ай бұрын
I think it's really messed up that one of the FEW POC girl of the year dolls had her year cut short for ANOTHER white gymnast doll. Ik now GOTY dolls are sold after their year but it puts a bad taste in my mouth
@raincoatwithfrogsinthepock499
11 ай бұрын
Your parents are so supportive and I love them
@Mark_R_Tho
10 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this!!!!
@LAngel2REAL
2 ай бұрын
Loved this video. I think American Girl was where I first really learned about racism and compassion for others. Like I'd always been a very empathetic kid. But I was a bit of a jerk. So reading these books forever changed my world view
@skinni_the_P00hBear
10 ай бұрын
GIRL! Those flash games were everything 💛😭
@bekind433
10 ай бұрын
Great video!
@mckenziemitchelloats
11 ай бұрын
i watched this entire thing by the way! awesome video and very informative!:)
@CraftyMagicDollz
8 ай бұрын
You know it's funny that some people felt that the '80s clothing for Courtney is like a cartoon depiction because I literally lived in 1986 and I can tell you first hand that that's exactly how every elementary school girl was dressed. Neon everything. Fancy meant a big like news anchor style Blazer with shoulder pads. The workout gear. All of it. I think they could have done another like kind of madonna-esque dress with a bunch of layers that would have been a really big hit for her .. But my fingers are crossed that we're still going to get new pieces for her collection.
@sillygoofy1893
10 ай бұрын
i would have given anything as a kid to have more than one american girl doll. our family was too poor so my aunt bought me one😂 but i remember reading about all of the other dolls when i was little. i’m so happy this vid got recommended to me😌
@melaniem5971
11 ай бұрын
I watched your WHOLE video..Good research, very interesting . Tank you!
@nbunnysnowboard
10 ай бұрын
I got Kirsten first and then I got Kit when she came out, I loved Kirsten because my family is Swedish and she came with such beautiful Swedish clothes and I loved reading her stories since I also loved Little House on the Prairie but it was even cooler because she was Swedish like me. I loved Kit because she was a tomboy like I had become around the time that she came out when I was about 10 or so. My favorite part about Christmas was getting to circle the things I wanted from the catalog and using a one, two, or three star system depending on how badly I wanted each item and my nana would pick a few items and get them for me. Those were always my favorite gifts because I liked changing their clothes. I especially loved the shoes! My favorite set is Kirsten’s winter outfit since my ancestors would have worn something similar, even though they came to America later than Kirsten’s family, in the early 1900s, they would have been wearing something like this in Sweden during the time period that she and her family emigrated. It always made me feel really connected to her especially because it made me feel connected to my heritage and I could imagine what it was like for my ancestors during that time and what they had to do to survive. I loved Kirsten’s books, I had the whole set! And her snowshoes are so cute!
@gazebogirl
5 ай бұрын
Thank You, For making this very interesting, and helpful video, I enjoyed it alot Thank You!!!
@simplyreid
Ай бұрын
i had the og rebecca doll (the better meet outfit in my opinion) and even though i was more of a monster high/ever after high doll girl i always found the non-white dolls more pretty and having better outfits. but i was poor and couldn't get anything besides the one doll which i still have somewhere in my house
@risbliss3600
9 ай бұрын
OoooOOHHhhh the ✨nostalgia✨!😍 My Samantha is still safe at my parents’ home🤍 I forgot how much I loved all things American Girl🤯 I got SO hype with each thing u brought up that I remember😃😂 thank you for this🥹
@madisonharrill1935
10 ай бұрын
Growing up in the prime of AG was so special lol
@ripley4884
9 ай бұрын
i had a just like you doll, a felicity doll, and a josefina doll! my favorite was josefina ♥️
@AshtonGarland
10 ай бұрын
Whenever you say “meet outfit” my brain automatically changes it to “meat outfit” I expect all these girls to show up in full lady Gaga meat dress
@Razzberry_dollz
5 ай бұрын
Honestly the Twins should been like 1996 and been about niki mourning the death of Kurt Cobain and Isabel not understanding why she’s so upset
@cambriakingdouglass2120
8 ай бұрын
I wish your mom would have bought you the books!! They are so good- especially the early ones. I passed them to my daughter ❤️
@cloudfaulk4640
8 ай бұрын
I had a Kirsten when I was a kid, and watching this video it looks like they inadvertently made a doll of ME as a kid in the “Stephanie” 1986 doll. 😅
@manoelaserroxavier3454
10 ай бұрын
I would like you to read the books in the historical line, because I saw some things on TikTok that left me a little shocked and as I live in Brazil I didn't grow up playing with these dolls, but I think they're adorable.
@fawn2199
9 ай бұрын
I was literally in 4th grade when the Beforever line rebranded and I remember being PISSED because I had read most of the historical books at my school's library. It just looked so off to me, even as a little kid.
@morgionnamay8111
2 ай бұрын
Funny thing, MY Mom bought me one american girls doll (Molly) and went AFTER the books since I HATED reading (dyslexic meets autism) so when I got into the books she went harder and she burned me out on those books! Lmao
@dontmindme.imjustafraidofe9327
10 ай бұрын
Honestly, I really don’t like the face molds today. They just went way downhill after Joss. I wish they’d stayed the same. It looks creepy, and it’s one of the reasons why I didn’t get some of the GOTY dolls these past couple years, but I do want Lila because I like her face mold. It looks gooder.
@carolouu
4 ай бұрын
I needed this
@CloudLoud
11 ай бұрын
Great video! I would love to see more videos covering American girl.
@atkatjamaj
8 ай бұрын
i love your videos so much! it would be so cool if you talked about littlest pet shop sometime😊😊
@Zarsla
9 ай бұрын
Fun fact Mckenna Brooks appears in the 2024 girl of the year books as the coach for that girl.
@cooldollstuff
11 ай бұрын
I loved the history mysteries but wish ag would bring them back with dolls ❤
@marieazrak1951
11 ай бұрын
I currently have Samantha Parkington right now for his Darko and my girl the year that I bought is Keira Bailey
@67luis64
10 ай бұрын
I already wrote a lot of comments about these wonderful dolls, so I avoid to repeat what already said; I only add that, as a european collector of them, I don't like the Truly me very much: yes, they are very cute and well made, but the missing of a real counterpart takes off a lot of their charme and meaning; my preferred ones are instead the historical characters: Samantha and Molly (I have their Pleasant's release) are my favorite ones and I keep them as a treasure. I even love my Rebecca and going to have Nanea soon. I'd liked have Sonali, of which I see a sort of my "alter ego", but unfortunately is unfindable: if one day she had to be released in the Beforever line, surely will be my next A.G. doll, no doubt about it.
@ParasonicxLove
Ай бұрын
Loved this video! I never had any of the historical dolls, but I had a look-alike doll in 2003! (I had 2 outfits for her, including the swan lake ballet fit which was my fave!) Looking at the overall history, it looks like the "truly me" custom doll outfits decreased in creativity/quality over time... Plain cotton dresses and leggings are so boring! In general you can tell they tried to save money by lowering the quality of the clothes and accessories over the years. I also feel that the "girl of the year" was very basic/uncreative throughout. They all like to dance/bake/sew & other basic girl things. Don't get me wrong, I think that needs to be included! But does it need to be repeatedly their only characteristics (Minus Luciana, which they didn't even come up with on their own!)?? Make me question the folks making these decisions!
@maxwell4778
7 ай бұрын
ok, its weird - most of the dolls i remember most clearly were released when i was like negative 2 yo through like 5 yo and like, i never had an american girl doll, but i remember getting the magazines delivered every year and reading and poring over them for ages - but i got these magazines when i could read?? which was definitely like at the youngest 6.5 years old. like, the years i read the yearly magazines is like 5 years after the magazines were released?? which is so weird! also, i remember the label "just like you" but again, that name was retired before i started seeing it. im losing my mind.
@joey4grande
9 ай бұрын
omg I like ur videos could u make one about the history of winx club
@Quinhala11
10 ай бұрын
1:08:14 I hate saying this but it feels like people were looking for something to complain about with this
@pinkosmondfan
10 ай бұрын
I don't think the dolls look like toddlers. I think they look like the age they are in the books.
@Razzberry_dollz
5 ай бұрын
I think a historical doll from Texas while it was it’s own country would be really interesting after it’s separated from Mexico before it joins the US
@girlc7nt
10 ай бұрын
ur dad buying u all the books is so sweet aw
@kelthulhu
11 ай бұрын
The way they almost had a Black GOTY and then takes-backsies-ed it at the last minute for another light-haired light-eyed doll never fails to make me boil with rage! Also, Maryellen's childhood polio makes her the first doll with a physical disability, as she's described in the books as being overall weaker, especially in one leg, and having residual breathing issues. You'll often see collectors making little duct tape braces for her and such. It's all very cute.
@leifmeadows3782
10 ай бұрын
YES! That "here's the only black GOTY we are ever going to offer but lol jk here's the REAL goty" really upset me. Like COME ON people!
@starynightasmr2760
8 ай бұрын
Along with Maryellen’s polio her doll apparently has a slight leg height difference, I cannot verify tho because I’m broke lol
@abbey2cold
5 ай бұрын
Then we have Claudie, first Black historical character since Melody, then BOOM! The two White twins.
@hello-ef4bn
2 ай бұрын
The racism your showing is scary… the skin color of dolls should not make you so angry. Everyone’s story is valuable doesn’t matter what color.
@neb.9489
Ай бұрын
@@hello-ef4bnThat’s not racism. Wanting a doll of color is not being racist. In the twenty three years since the goty line started, we had only a handful of dolls of color. We can count on our fingers how many poc goty dolls we had. In 2025, we still won’t be getting a doll of color.
@luxluther436
10 ай бұрын
I had Kaya and ALL her books, as a native I *LIVED* for the representation that showed both the good and bad side of Native Americans
@thhkdi
3 ай бұрын
i'm not even native and kaya was my favorite. i loved her so much
@drinkswateristhirsty
11 ай бұрын
30:25 I was convinced you called Coconut a “little white CRUSTY dog” and had to keep rewinding to catch “Westy” 😂
@sarah_serif
11 ай бұрын
I would NEVER disrespect coconut like that lol
@dominique8655
11 ай бұрын
if AG were to continue the trend of releasing historical girl dolls from more recent eras, it would be very interesting to see a 2000’s Arab-American doll dealing with the islamophobia after the 9/11 attacks. i think a doll like that would need to be released at least ten years down the line (and i can’t even imagine the conservative outrage). it’ll probably never happen bc of politics but i’d be really excited to see some west asian representation in the doll line
@1enica
5 ай бұрын
thats such a good idea though
@kateorgera5907
4 ай бұрын
Would have been more interesting than the 1999 Y2K twins
@inhobiswinecellar9571
3 ай бұрын
As someone who’s frequented the ag online forums since 2012 (since I was 9), you’d be surprised by how they actually do listen to suggestions online..people had been wanting a disabled girl of the year for a while, which they did. Same with boy dolls and more stem dolls. I’d say anything is possible.
@brigc7755
11 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the POC dolls DO sell better. Marisol saved the GOTY line (before her their sales were SHIT) and Corrine's release saw the only profitable quarter for the company in several years. They're just run by a bunch of old farts who don't want to put in any effort to make diverse & accurate dolls. Currently AG is such a mess that I feel like we're on the brink of another massive overhaul, and honestly I hope so 😭
@dollahlah-54321
10 ай бұрын
At Costco right now there are many dolls of color from the "Donut Dreams" collection left on the shelf, but not a single one of the Blonde dolls.
@suhocidal
10 ай бұрын
@@dollahlah-54321personally I’d pin that on the area the store is located at, and it isn’t really common to purchase toys at a big box store in my opinion
@dollahlah-54321
10 ай бұрын
@@suhocidal maybe not, but Costco sells them every year
@planetaryray7119
9 ай бұрын
marisol was my first american girl doll and my favorite!! i loved her dancer outfits. i later ended up also getting samantha, but i have a soft spot for marisol
@ALT-vz3jn
9 ай бұрын
Can you provide sources for your assertions? Because your comment is giving huge ‘trust me bro’ not-credible vibes. I’m all for POC dolls and I have a great many of them in my AG collection, but the fact is they do not sell as well as the white dolls. It’s been that way ever since American Girl’s existence. Look at the ‘World by Us’ collection. Absolutely stunning POC dolls, I have them all. But they didn’t sell well, and that’s why they’re retiring the whole line instead of adding to it like they were supposed to. Facts don’t care about your feefees, I’m afraid.
@Eeppydeepy
11 ай бұрын
They will release another blonde/ strawberry blonde white girl interested in horses/dance/gymnastics/music before releasing a black girl (with the addy mold)
@JKXYGolden
11 ай бұрын
Very fascinating to watch the transition into and then out of the period I remembered and got the catalog for... definitely reinforced your point about the hobbies for Girl of the Year not being repetitive from a customer base perspective, since though I was definitely thinking "wow, another horse girl?" watching the video, as a kid I always thought the girls of the year were very unique.
@phoenixfritzinger9185
11 ай бұрын
“At least the Penny I have for my Felicity won’t be lonely…” I literally had an entire stable worth of the American Girl Horses, yes I got a Steps High and a Sparks flying too, I had so many of those horses
@THATGuy5654
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for specifying what a "meet" outfit is. I imagine you understood that most of us were thinking of Lady Gaga when you said it.
@roasty-toasty-19
10 ай бұрын
I was thinking Scout dressed as the ham from To Kill a Mockingbird
@annakellyvee
4 ай бұрын
So I worked at an AG store in Kansas from 2012-1019. Here's my insight into the sales part of it: - Julie was the most popular doll, followed by Kit. Kaya's doll and accessories basically collected dust (except her horse, people loved her horse). Josephina was stuck in the Bitty Baby section. Poor Cecile almost never sold as well. - The movies played on rotation on a TV and for the most part I found them adorable. I genuinely recommend the Kit and Molly movies, which in theory are on DVD somewhere. - Gabriella was doll #46 with a hairband. Which is why doll #46 was "retired" - We were taught that "retired" dolls and accessories went away forever, but "archived" dolls were dolls that were temporarily taken off the shelves. Not that it matters - AG will pitch new versions of formerly popular lines whenever they feel like it. - Some of the larger play sets were super fun to clean up/reorganize. Luciana's Mars station was very cute and interactive. Ditto for the incredible French bakery set. And the Wellwishers playhouse. But to be fair we did notice a drop-off in the quality of materials and construction over the years. - Our peak year was probably 2016. That was the last year when I remember Black Friday being amazingly busy. For Blair, the 2019 doll, January 1st was very lackluster in comparison. I think 2016 or 2017 was the last year the store had an event before the Girl of the Year movie debut. - In 2017 there was some kind of hold-up from the Chinese factories that produced the Bitty Baby line, so we had tons of baby stuff out of stock for months (then they changed the design of the toys anyway SO take this with a grain of salt). - We got a girl-sized ear-piercing booth in 2018. It was mostly successful. There was one incident where a very cute, VERY young girl got upset because (I assume) the piercing was too painful. - Most of the books are really good. Some read like well-done, kid-friendly self-insert fanfic. Kaya's books are great. Kit is super boring. Tenney is basically a Taylor Swift riff. The quality of the Girly of the Year books is decent. - I acquired a few accessories and dolls that I'm trying to sell off, hit me up if anyone wants a discontinued table & chairs or an unopened Logan doll (guitar sold separately).
@faithcamire8713
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this valuable information 🙏
@justsewingly
2 ай бұрын
Good points! I was at the AG boston store from 2014-2016 and would like to add: - I'd say our most popular dolls were the Girl of the Year, followed by "Truly Me/My American Girl" dolls (our store had a 2nd floor and most people would head right up the escalator to the modern dolls and accessories), then historical characters, then Bitty Baby. I was always so sad to see everyone bypass the dolls that were the original foundation of the company. - Our best selling historical girls were probably Julie, Kit, Caroline, and Samantha. Poor Addy, Kaya, and Josefina 's cases almost never changed. - Girl of the Year launches (prior to the GMA announcements of course) were about as big as black friday. My first GOTY launch, people lined up just inside the mall and wrapped around the corner, halfway past an anchor store. - I also enjoyed setting up the displays and cleaning up in the morning before the store opened. Lots of the little pieces always went missing from the bigger sets (Mary Ellen's diner, Grace's bakery, the cast and crutches kit). Putting together displays with the dolls and their accessories behind glass was super fun, although historical girls collections couldn't mix and match (sorry Sam, egg chairs don't exist in the edwardian era). I'm very sorry they had to close our store, but at least we can drive a bit to NYC.
@THATGuy5654
11 ай бұрын
If I had worked at American Girl, I'd have given myself room to do one "future" doll, who's gimmick is that she's a time traveler from a distant tomorrow. Tarla46. She makes historical crossovers viable. "Meet Tarla46" "Tarla46 Causes a Paradox" "Tarla46 Discovers the Multiverse" (This one can even enable crossovers with other Mattel Properties.) I'm why most toy company headquarters have a sniper positioned on the roof.
@stagewrong6492
11 ай бұрын
I doubt they'd ever do that... but holy shit, I really want them to. I haven't bought an American Girl Doll since I was a little kid, but if they did a future doll that time travelled and caused time paradoxes, I'd buy her entire collection in encouragement.
@skinni_the_P00hBear
10 ай бұрын
That would've been a cool idea for them to do right before the new millennium. The y2k thing was so futuristic
@meggomyeggo431
10 ай бұрын
Why is this the funniest YT comment I’ve ever read
@emilydonley8487
2 ай бұрын
Get past the sniper somehow, we gotta get this one released
@cartoonsandcoffee9733
10 ай бұрын
Me shoving my list of everything I wanted from the American girl doll catalog to my parents being totally oblivious to the recession 😂
@wren8423
9 ай бұрын
lmao ikr, i would circle like half the items in a catalogue with no concept of just how much money AG toys cost and hand it to my mom with pure obliviousness in my eyes
@casuallyceltic
8 ай бұрын
No but actually I was big mad like "what do you mean you won't shell out $150 for a bed for my doll? 😤" I was always obsessed with the furniture and accessories; rarely did the clothes interest me lol
@prismcure8213
11 ай бұрын
Two minutes in and I’m giggling at how much of a kindred spirit u are, as someone who spends way too much of their personal time buying dolls and restoring them it really is so much fun seeing the payoff of a good wash and re style lol. I’m not much into AG but I live for your sense of humor and anecdotes, and it was so much fun watching this video and learning more about a doll brand I’ve never put much thought into. Ver excited for your future content, keep up the good work!
@dollsareageekbestfriend1777
11 ай бұрын
I feel so bad for the downgrade of the line, they were an expensive detailed line and now it's all tucky
@claire8762
11 ай бұрын
I never had an American Girl doll despite somehow being subscribed to the catalog, and I always wanted a Samantha doll so bad, her outfits were adorable!! She was too expensive though, lol. Side note: you briefly mentioned Angelina Ballerina, were you ever into the series? I had a VHS tape growing up and loved it, would love for you to do a deep dive on that sometime!
@gwenmloveskpopandmore
10 ай бұрын
Yes unfortunately not everyone can afford them (I had a my life as doll from Walmart for my 1st 18 inch doll about 15-20$) that’s why some people when they’re adults save up for them I’ve seen plenty of people do that
@wordydird
9 ай бұрын
@@gwenmloveskpopandmorei had the magazine too. Probably specifically cause we couldn't afford an actual doll. Maybe I should get one sometime
@gwenmloveskpopandmore
9 ай бұрын
@@wordydird yes you should
@gwenmloveskpopandmore
9 ай бұрын
@@wordydird especially if u always had one
@SAVYWRITESBOOKS
11 ай бұрын
I've never met someone who had an actual Grandmary. I'm in awe
@soap_soap
11 ай бұрын
1:17:04 the joss mold looks very uncanny in the stock photos but also VERY different than the dolls actual release. The mold is very gorgeous in person and it feels like a blend between Josefina and Marie-Grace
@15Akiza
11 ай бұрын
It wasnt mentioned, but I only had 2 Dolls Felicity in 2006, and Nicki from 2007, but current dolls are also a lot thinner then their older counter parts. It isnt just the faces, but their physical bodies too. If you get a modern outfit and put it on a doll from the mid to late 2000s it doesnt really fit because of the shrinking waist of the dolls and AG has been cutting the clothing patterns to fit the smaller size. You can even notice this on clothing from 2015ish
@crys_cornflakez
11 ай бұрын
Is that maybe to do with costs? Are they vertically smaller too? Maybe material costs or the old dolls swell because of material???
@wren8423
9 ай бұрын
@@crys_cornflakez i dont know anything for sure, but im gonna guess probably not. the main AG doll line’s thing was that they were 18 inches tall so i doubt theyve made them shorter. idk about materials, but im gonna guess honestly the changes are because of beauty standards :(
@eekabee
11 ай бұрын
I'm super hyped for the books video. I was never able to get a doll but I had all the books including the craft and paper doll books.
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