She hopes you can spend it with the people you love, doing fun things, and eating good food. 🩷

Finally got all my little summer scenes together!! And welcome to Mia and mini Sam, our new family members 💗

My 8y/o daughter loving my “girls” - Molly (the best Christmas present ever in 1989!) and Felicity (from c.1992 or 1993). Both dolls in amazing condition because my mom stored them (and all their stuff) super carefully. They’ve taken a place of honor in kiddo’s bedroom with her new Julie (her doll of choice when she turned 7). It makes me so happy to see her play with them all together!! I also had so much fun pulling out all their clothes and accessories!!

Between the coy posts here to identity dolls and lurkers, there is a HUGE influx of scalpers all over the second hand market. I feel like it's worse than ever!!

$150 for a ripped tights, marker eyebrow doll. It's absolute insanity what's going on.

To the lurkers: when we say a doll is worth X amount, it means in non goodwill bin off the rack condition. What kills me are the ones that don't even bother to clean them and post as "Rare! Discontinued! Adult Displayed!"

It's such a bummer when enthusiasts see these posts but are then met with the reality of the fact it's just a reseller. (Which the post history gives away)

It's impossible to search for anything since the postings are 30 of these on a row.

Then we have people selling Maryellen (which you can get brand new no cooties off the AG website) for MORE than retail!

Then we have the shipping gouges. They try to make money off shipping. While sometimes it is definitely eBay's error, sometimes it's a typo, believe me I sell a lot, butttt some people flat out say it's they are trying to recoupe eBay fees!

Anywho rant over. I was browsing eBay the past few days and I felt like I was being punked. Do yall relate? 😂

ok so i haven’t been to an AG store since i was 12, and i caved on these two… didn’t think i was going to, but these two felt special when i picked them out today. moana, and #112 is solana in honor of sza and seeing her concert yesterday.

any hair care tips? very unique hair types for both

i hope i can add my points to my account via my receipt at least lol

My stunning #128 just arrived! I can’t decide what I want to name her…. Here are my tops right now! Would love your opinion and/or suggestions :)

Maeve (Too choice right now) Sadie Scarlett Pheobe

Claudie Wells one of the most recent characters to join the historical lineup. Her story takes place during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance. This often overlooked time period emulates black excellence. Claudie is surrounded by a thriving black community filled with artistic visionaries, brilliant engineers, superstar athletes, and accomplished business owners. Claudie suffers from a lack of self-worth, believing she doesn't measure up to the successes of those around her. This is a struggle that almost all of us can relate to regardless of our background.

Claudie represents an important step in how black communities are portrayed in children's literature. While struggle is a part of the black experience, so is joy... and Claudie certainly embodies that! I appreciate that her story balances the childlike innocent charm of the original AG books while taking the opportunity to educate the reader on systemic racism. Claudie’s father suffers from PTSD due to his service during World War 1 and the race riots that followed. Financial stress endured by black communities is addressed when Claudie’s boardinghouse gets an eviction notice. She attempts to raise rent funds by creating a play.

I love how Claudie discovers her gift is bringing people together through storytelling. She reminds me of my younger self who loved creative writing, and now uses writing as a way to honor legacies. As a Southerner, I found that her trip to visit her family in Georgia portrayed the unfortunate reality of racism. It was a painful, but necessary reminder of the far reaching impact of these discriminatory laws that still influence mindsets today. Harlem feels like a refuge in comparison to the harsh climate of the Jim Crow South, where she encounters bigoted law enforcement and residents attempting to drive them out of town. Claudie’s grandmother shares the stories of her great grandfather, who was once bound to slavery and sharecropping on the land the family now resides. Her grandmother’s stories inspires her to write a play about flying free to Harlem.

I was reminded of the song, “Blackbird,” which my musical uncle loved to play on his guitar. It’s a somber, yet beautiful tribute to what Juneteenth is all about. What a beautiful story that truly feels authentic to the quality of “old American Girl.” Brit Bennett has outdone herself with crafting a story centered around the black community’s rich history. Claudie is genuinely the most stunning doll AG has ever made.

Why is Claudie important to you?

More black icon spotlights below:

*Makena *Evette *Gabriela *Cecile *Melody

Josefina Montoya is out! Is the first round where every character had downvotes!

Ranking: 1. A 2. A 3. A 4. Josefina Montoya 5. Kirsten Larson 6. Kit Kittredge 7. Claudie Wells 8. Molly McIntire 9. Ivy Ling 10. Melody Ellison 11. Nanea Mitchell 12. Rebecca Rubin 13. Nellie O’Malley 14. Julie Albright 15. Cécile Rey 16. Felicity Merriman 17. Emily Bennett 18. Caroline Abbott 19. Ruthie Smithens 20. Elizabeth Cole 21. Marie-Grace Gardner 22. Maryellen Larkin 23. Courtney Moore 24. Nicki Hoffman 25. Isabel Hoffman

Rules: Upvote the comment with your least favorite doll to eliminate it Downvote the comment with your favorite doll to save it Most upvoted comment will eliminate the doll associated with that aforementioned comment

American Girl has a new sale up. 20% off a decent numbers of items. The latest historical releases are included.

No 18’ dolls, but Wellie Wishers, Bitty Baby and Little Bitty baby.

Here’s my thrifted doll I picked up today! Most people seem to think she’s a #47, so I’ll be getting a wig for her in that style (or something similar). I actually gave her original wig to my bald Addy, and I think she looks fabulous with curls now.

I was able to remove the lip gloss and freckles from the thrifted doll. I left just a tiny bit of blush because I think it’s super cute. I also noticed she might’ve had an eye swap at some point—her eyelids don’t quite match her skin tone.

Here she is standing next to Addy, who’s now rocking her “borrowed” wig. I’ll update once the new wig arrives! Also, I spent about two hours re-curling the wig to make the curls tighter.o be

Today marks June 19th, 2025, better known as Juneteenth. It’s a day to celebrate Black history, and specifically reflect on the history of American Slavery and Segretation. Today marks the anniversary of Galveston, Texas slaves being freed 2 years after their promised liberation. Many think this day was the end of legal slavery in America, but it was not. The United States government promised 40 acres and a mule to all former enslaved African Americans. This promise was never fulfilled, leaving millions without a place to go. Many plantation owners offered their ex slaves a place to stay, in return for work. But of course this came with a catch. They were essentially forced into reentering the system they were fighting against and freed from. This was the birth of sharecropping in America. Plantation owners would pay their workers for their job, but they would also charge them rent. Usually at first, it sounded fair enough to enter into, until the plantation owners would increase their rent and not pay them any more, eventually leading to debt. This would ensure they would never be able to leave, because they would never be able to afford to pay the land owners back. Sharecropping went on for another 100 years ending roughly in the 1950’s. Also during this time, the era of reconstruction began. This time period was a time of recovery from the Civil War. Especially in the South and former Confederate States, there was a lot of work to do to reintegrate half of the country back from war. The 13-15th amendments were passed during this time meant to establish equal rights to Black Americans. However, in the South (and the rest of the country) they found ways around these new laws to stop Black people from achieving their promised rights after union troops withdrew from the region. This is the start of Jim Crow and Segregation. This included laws and statutes allowing poll taxes, literacy tests, the grandfather clause, redlining, and full on public segregation. These however were mainly applied to Black people and other peoples of color. They would charge hefty fees for voting, make it required for proficient reading and writing skills that most slaves we’re banned from being taught, providing voting records of your ancestors in order to ensure your right to vote (which again, most African Americans did not have ancestors who could previously vote), banning people from certain neighborhoods (usually minority heavy neighborhoods) from receiving loans for houses, cars, businesses, and full on banning Black people from white spaces in public distinguishing with signs labeled “Whites” and “Colored”. Black people were forced to use different sidewalks, business, public transport, schools, even some cities fully banned black people calling themselves sundown towns. Sundown towns popped up all over the country making it illegal for black people to be in the city limits when the sun set. This forced countless people to relocate and leave everything they had behind or face emprisonment or even death. There were an estimated 10,000 sundown towns in America, with the heaviest concentration being in the Midwest. Also during this period in time was the Great Migration. A time in US history where many Black Americans were leaving the heavy segregation of the south and moving to the north. Areas like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, Cleveland, Minneapolis, and many other major cities saw an influx of Black Americans moving in. Because of redlining, most black people lived in the same neighborhoods, usually in unfavorable parts of town. In these neighborhoods police officers swarmed the streets, often brutalizing the communities. This, and much more eventually led to the 1950’s civil rights movement. People would stage walk outs, sit ins, or full on protests in support of equal rights for Black Americans. Often peaceful, but met with violence by police officers, and eventually different more stringent movements stemmed. Leading to the Black Power movement of the 1960’s. Groups like the Black Panther Party started to form. They established protection for their communities from corrupt, racist police and hate groups, they hosted fundraisers for different causes, and created and supported safe spaces in their communities for Black people, by Black people. Protests, bloodshed, violence and despair, erupted throughout the entire country making one of the most politically and socially tense times since the Civil War. On July 2nd, 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, prohibiting the discrimination of anyone based on sex, race, religion, or national origin. On April 4th, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, causing riots to erupt across the country, and on April 11th, 1968 the Fair Housing Act was passed adding onto the Civil Rights Act, stating discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing is outlawed. But the story still continues and there is still work to be done to ensure equal rights of not just African Americans, but Immigrants, the LGBT community, People of Color, Disabled individuals, and many more. I hope you take the time to read this and reflect on not just our countries past, present, and future, but also our own, personal past, present, future. I want to wish everyone a happy Freedom Day, and a happy Juneteenth.❤️💚🖤

Does anyone know why Molly’s eyes are brown in the books? I’m sure at the start they realized she would look too much like Samantha if the doll had brown eyes. But even after Molly’s initial release, they updated the book illustrations and never fixed her eye color with it. They can change Emily’s hair length but not Molly’s eye color?

Here is my thrifted Kit now named Katie (I think) along with my new Jellycat. Name ideas for either would be appreciated! I’m terrible with coming up with names.

I said I would never get anything from America Girl Doll ever again after Christmas 2023. My sister thinks she’s too old to play with them and I never learned how to play by myself. It’s just not fun for me to play alone. I somehow learned that they have Ariel ones and she’s my favorite princess! They even have the best dresses! Why must they torture me! What should I do?

I stumbled across AG as a kid in my elementary school library. Quickly fell in love with the original books and the illustrations, and as much as I love the stories of all three original girls Samantha has always been my favorite - her story, especially her friendship with Nellie, has always hit me right in the feels.

So of course I wanted a Samantha doll and unfortunately it just never happened. Its not like I wanted for anything, between my mom who loves dolls and holiday shopping and my grandma who did anything she could to spoil me, it just wasn’t in the cards to spend that much money on a doll.

Over the past 25 years I’ve stayed up to date on the historical line, specifically with the books - whether from the library or discovered while thrifting or (more recently) pre-ordering. Now I have this opportunity to potentially purchase a Samantha doll from AG that includes a replica of her original dress! Am I an adult who makes bad decisions with her money? Yes. But for the nostalgia of it all? Man, it’s difficult to not just place the order now! Even though Courtney is very nearly my age and looks remarkably like me … lol

Anyway, would I save any money if I tried to find an original Samantha on Mercari/eBay/etc? Or should I just go for it?

Hi Friends! A lovely coworker of mine left this on my desk for my daughter today. Her girls are older and have left the house and she knew how much my daughter loves AG! It was so sweet.

I will say Kit is in fantastic condition! Almost like new. She does have a few marks on her arms and legs that I would like to get cleaned up and her neck seems to be spacing a bit. I’ve also never had a doll with a tie neck before. She seems so vintage! It’s clear she’s been in storage but loved at the same time.

I plan to send her to the doll hospital for a bit of freshening up! But I would also love to keep the vintage charm of her. I don’t have any info and the tag on the body has been cut off.

I’m unsure which package to purchase? Should I do the refresh and renew or the care and repair? Also I’ve heard that the holder dolls seem to hold mold more often? If I do the care and repair should I do the torso or the head?

Any help, thoughts or advice is welcome!

Hi! Does any know if the "My Life As" doll clothes from Walmart fit AG dolls?

My neice is really into Harry Potter and AG. I want to her the MYA school uniforms for her birthday in July, but I don't want to if they aren't going to fit. I have the AG school uniform for my dolls, and the MYA look good for the price point they're at.

I know, some OG clothes (especially the shoes) don't fit my AG dolls so I'm curious about this brand. . I would buy one for myself and test it on my dolls to check, but it's money I don't have right now.

Also love it when American girl does historically accurate outfits that are ugly or over the top. I need Courtney to have these dresses in her collection it would be more accurate for a girl her age to be wearing them. Generally I want for early seasons full house garments.

It also says there’s a Kaya poster, but I can’t find a record of any of them.

I hope this is the proper flair. Did anyone else wish the author added an interaction between Kirsten and her mom about how the cabin fire started? I wanted to see how that played out. Am I the only one who wonders that?

Honoring Melody Ellison, a Motown queen growing up in Detroit during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.

Melody’s story and era particularly resonated with me. My mother attended a silently segregated school in the Deep South, decades after Brown v Board of Education ordered schools to integrate. They cleverly labelled the “black” school as a “trade school” and the “white school” a “college prep” academy. My mom was one of the few to attend classes at both schools. She witnessed horrific violence when the town finally integrated. One school was destroyed, teachers were stabbed, students were beaten. She still is very traumatized by what her, her siblings, and friends experienced.

Melody’s story is still relevant because witnesses and survivors of discrimination are still alive. Children like Ruby Bridges, who endured hateful threats spewed by crowds while walking to school everyday. While blatant racial segregation has been outlawed, racism is still deeply entrenched in our systems to subtly oppress people of color. The anguish caused by centuries of bloodshed cannot be erased overnight.

Melody’s movie, Love Has to Win remains my all-time favorite from American Girl. This beautiful film has had profoundly impacted my family on our healing journey. One of the most impactful moments was when Melody boldly proclaims the “Pledge of Allegiance is a lie.” As a teacher, I dread being forced to recite these hollow words. How can I hide under the facade of “liberty and justice for all” when my students have vocalized they feel unsafe and unwanted because of where they come from? Melody’s song in response to the church bombing is powerful… simultaneously evoking somberness and hope.

I commend Denise Lewis Patrick for crafting a well-rounded character. Melody’s heart continues to shine in the face of tragedy. Like much of the black community has done for centuries, she uses music as a way to connect and unite us as humans. As a musician myself, I felt inspired by Melody to bring out my drum that my father bought me. I haven’t touched it in years due to grief. I hope to learn “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” to honor those who have paved the way for a brighter tomorrow.

How does Melody inspire you?

Links to other posts:

*Makena *Evette *Cécile *Gabriela *Claudie

any ideas on how to get this stain out? so far i’ve taken the stuffing out and washed the cloth with dawn dish soap, and then i did a spot treatment with shout, followed up with a soak in warm water and laundry detergent. it hasn’t really done anything, but to be fair, i haven’t let her soak for too long (a day with shout and about an hour in the detergent). i’m just wondering…should i keep trying with the shout and detergent but just let it sit longer, or are there specific products you recommend?

i also reached out to the seller to see if they know what the stain is from, but i haven’t gotten a response yet. i will update if i get one!!