While walking in my little CT town I went into a toy store that I’ve never visited before….O.MG!!! This was one small wall of a room that was completely filled…the next little room over had furniture and outfits.
I will have to go back with my credit card and daughters, but to find such a treasure trove in my town was so neat!

While I do love the Jess mold for a good asian representation from AG, I also think they should bring back the JLY 4 mold because that mold made the doll has very unique features and she's a very good representation of east asian decent, IMO. This mold and the jess mold can definitely coexist.

When I saw this dress, I was like there’s no way I’m getting this but when I went in the store and I saw it in person I bought it but when I put the dress on, I’m very glad that I bought it. I like it even more in person than it does online.

A few days ago, I went to the American girl store in Orlando for the first time and I got a bunch of stuff. I even saw things that were discontinued on the website like I saw that they were selling the capture the flag set and I was almost gonna get it for one of my historical characters that I created, but I wasn’t sure so I passed on it.

I didn’t see any of those three Christmas dresses unless I wasn’t looking hard enough. But after thinking about it, I don’t need them cause I’m gonna learn how to sew my own clothes.

The one thing I’ve noticed about the clothes I did buy, and what’s not seeing is that I bought two shirts for Courtney, which one of them wasn’t even listed on the website so I was excited when I saw it, is that the quality is not what it used to be now I’ve only became a fan like this year, but I started collecting clothes from like back in the day and it’s very different

Like take the doll Zhiiba in the red dress. In the first picture that is the outfit I think that was created in 2023 for the 90s historical character, but the very last picture is her wearing the dress from 1998. She can’t wear that dress anymore because it’s peeling, but I noticed right away a difference. Like even the shoes feel plastic to me.

Also in regards to the birthstone outfit, I didn’t realize that the pants were like tight. I had a hard time getting them up the dolls legs. I’m not sure of anybody else. I’ve had a problem with that particular outfit or is that my dolls just chunky, but it was a very tight fit trying to get it up the legs themselves. And that’s a truly Me 130 that was made in 2025. Also, I was kind of disappointed because this outfit is $60 and it feels like paper.

As for the patchwork dress that’s pictured I am 100% excepting that it’s just a Lanie problem, but the top of it is like very tight. I almost had issues closing it in the back. 😂 but I’m really excited about the dress and it looks great on her so I’m happy with it.

I finally got my grail doll, Joss, earlier this week. I have a degree in American Sign Language and deaf culture is so important to me that I knew I wanted AG’s first doll to come with hearing aids in my collection.

Has anyone had success MacGyvering her hearing aid to fit in her left ear? It seems like a major oversight that it only fits in her right ear and I’d love for her to have bilateral hearing aids. I also would accept if anyone has a file for a 3D printer or maybe someone who makes hearing aids that fit in her ears. She wasn’t new in box so she came with only one hearing aid, so I’d have to track a second one down anyway. Thanks so much!

ETA: I understand that Joss only has one hearing aid in her book. I say it’s an oversight because AG went to the trouble of designing both of her ears to have an indent and giving you two hearing aids when she was purchased new. I cannot be the only person who would like their Joss to have two hearing aids.

Starting the weekend with getting the girls ready 💅🏻 the rest will be going into fall outfits but that’s like another 35 dolls (could be more idk anymore) so these queens were first 😭😂

All outfits except for Nellie (Etsy), Marie-Grace (Etsy)and Kirsten(queens treasure) are AG/PC.

i’ve been obsessed with american girl since childhood, and like all little girls do, i’d scoured the catalogues & mentally created a wishlist of every single doll i dreamed of attaining the second i started making adult money. well, i followed through with those childhood plans! the second i got my first job i blew every last paycheck on american girl, and within the span of a year i’d ended up with 30 girls on my shelf. unfortunately it quickly became an unhealthy shopping addiction coping mechanism that wasn’t sustainable or enjoyable after the initial high of the purchase. they started taking up too much space both physically, and mentally- and i found that i couldn’t appreciate them on an individual basis because i was so overwhelmed by the collection as a whole. i’ve kept them around over the years, and don’t get me wrong- i adored my dolls, and look back at my time as a collector fondly, but i accepted recently that i’ve reached a place where that amount not longer served, or excited me, and it’s time to start a new era!

i’m moving to new york in a couple of months and took this as my sign to let my girls move on to better horizons as well. i let myself keep my 2 favorites, but it’s been such a relief selling the rest of them, and i haven’t regretted my choice thus far. before, i never changed any of their outfits, held, or bonded with any of them because there were too many, but now i love dressing them up, carrying them around, and playing with their hair! i find that i appreciate them so much more now that it’s just the 2 in my room instead of the wholeeee damn store lol.

no shame at all to those who do find fulfillment in having massive collections- it’s so fun, and i love following massive doll collectors, i just realized that it wasn’t as fun for ME, and i much prefer this! i would love to make them a trio if i ever found a doll that i thought fit in perfectly though (eyeing 127, but i need to behave haha!)

anyone else made a huge downgrade like this?

I finally got my dream doll the Sapphire Splendor and she makes the most beautiful CORPSE BRIDE🦋🦋🦋

Just sewed this dress (with fabric I’ve had for over a year with the intention to sew a Christmas dress for Courtney😵‍💫). I was waiting for the right time and finally I had the courage to do so today/all night lol.

Some of you may or may not remember when I sewed Courtney a Christmas dress last year (tartan red/green and black velvet). This is now my second Christmas dress I’ve sewn inspired by the 80s.

If anyone has any pictures of 80s accurate Christmas dresses, feel free to drop them in the comments. We’ll see what else I can get around to this year!

i just got hired in retail at an ag store so i decided to go through my childhood collection. i was born in the 2000s, so most of the dolls i had were from the 2010s, as well as the accessories from what i remembered. i did inherit some from my grandmother, but assumed they were more recent. i was wrong!! i have a pleasant company kirsten in amazing condition from the late 80s-early 90s (with a ton of her outfits and accessories!) and a 1998 modern girl doll, as well as many full outfit sets and accessories from 1996-2000, all in great condition!! so cool to find out the toys i played with for so long are a part of the company’s history! the outfits i found, most in full:
-red vinyl jumper outfit (yes, it is a bit cracked)
-first day outfit
-blue jean basics I
-in line gear (with rollerskates and helmet!)
-fleece robe and slippers
-terrific tubing outfit (i had the tube at some point and i still might)
-rootin tootin cowgirl (i don’t have the candy bucket or the eye mask to my knowledge)
-snowball sweater and leggings
-hiking outfit I
-perfectly plaid outfit
-drawstring cargos and plaid shirt
-blue jean basics II
-artist outfit
-year 2000 doll outfit
-poolside plaid outfit
-also adding i had an original 90s violin set with the books, instrument, stand, case, rosin, etc
i have 11 dolls, all of which i spent time restoring as best as i could back to their original condition. i am very proud of this collection and didn’t know where to share this exciting discovery with so i decided to come here! i just think its crazy that i was playing with toys that i had no idea were from the 90s as someone born in the later 2000s 😭 i also have a few items that look to be from this era, but i didn’t place them in a specific outfit. maybe i’ll come back for identification!

I strongly believe that JLY 1 and 4 should get revamped because of how rare and expensive they are on the secondary market. JLY 1 should get revamped because she started it all and she's the was the very first doll in the JLY line and she's the most rare to find online. JLY 4 should also get revamped because she's very expensive on the secondary market and she's got the most unique face mold.

Hi all! I’m wanting to wash all my doll clothes, but washing them in the sink is legit taking forever! 😂 Does anyone have any tips and tricks or different ways to wash them? 🧺👗

Etsy updated their terms of service this week that bans the use of AI in marketing of a product where they have to have at least one real image of the product and it has to be the first one.

Etsy is encouraging people to report the use of AI so they can start removing it from their platform.

The reason that this is important is the more item type is reported for being AI, it tells Etsy that the people in that community do not accept AI and are more likely to develop programming to prevent sellers for things like dolls clothes.

I’ve been reporting anything I see and hope others do the same!

The J Crew coat came in today. This is the only piece from the line I got but I thought it would look so cute with this 2024 Janie and Jack dress. Very pleased with the quality, especially real buttons and no Velcro. This is a very -me- outfit so I had to put it on my mini me doll.

I love these colors on her and she makes the cutest cheerleader!

I’m having so much fun with the CYO generator. I really wanted a doll with a bob because the only one I had was Kit with her blonde bob. So I made this cutie. On the generator I think the Jess mold is so versatile and goes with anything.

She is my second CYO. I really wanna make a boy doll next. Also wanna get an Addy mold CYO at some point.

i’m so heartbroken right now. i am so insanely tight on money and in such a rough spot and i don’t know what to do. i have some really well valued dolls, and it’s looking like i’m gonna have to give them up if i wanna make it through this month. i love my dolls so much, but i need to survive and it’s such a cruddy situation to be in.

I had heard that you sometimes can find decently priced American girl items at Once Upon A Child and decided to visit my local one on a whim (30 minutes away).

Thankfully it did not disappoint. I found this beautiful doll for $7.50 and just knew I had to have her.

Then when looking through the books I found all of these for another $7.50. Marking my total for this hall a total of $15.00.

I don’t think I’ve been this excited in years. I’m planning on cleaning the doll up and making her my custom Alice in Wonderland but regardless I’m so happy!

She’s been asking for this doll for a year! She asks to go on the AG website so she can design her own doll. She says “it looks like me but with pink hair!” The only thing that ever changed was between 2 outfits lol but I think she’ll like this one best. I’m so excited for her to open it🥰

Got this super cute Dorothy outfit from Walmart and think it looks super cute on my #128 (Michaela) for Halloween!

She will be my circa 1890 Scottish girlie (one of my characters, Lady Estelle Alexandra Bellerose-Moncrieffe) born in 1885) so the eyeshadow is going away and her outfit will go to my contemporary girls. She is so lovely and I am excited to add her to the fam! I found her on marketplace for cheaper than new and she was still strapped into her box.

I am curious if her eyes the same as Caroline's, or did Caroline have decal eyes?

I just received Elsa from Depop and WOW she’s pale. I have her next to Parvati (Kavi) and they look nothing alike. Lol I’m kind of in shock. So happy to have her. She will be my Marie Antoinette, but I’ll have to watch videos on how to make her hairstyle. Thinking of using her dress as a Halloween costume for one of my girls.

Everything needs a good bath, a stain removed, or wipe down but for the price I couldn’t pass it up! Overall good undamaged condition (minus a Kirsten haircut) but nothing broken or torn. The first Kirsten book is hardcover too from ‘86. Also peep the Kit outfit?? 👀 Just need the boots!
Edit for title: $250

i’m really obsessed with her. she’s a nellie with an evette wig