For those of us who spend lots of $$ or time looking with our girls through the frequent catalogs or in the flagship stores, move over girls, make room for Logan!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/business/american-girls-new-doll-its-a-boy.html?emc=edit_nn_20170215
My girls and I have been teasing this morning that we are going to buy one for S’s 25 birthday this year so he doesn’t have to miss out on the “experience” !!! 
I think it’s great! My mom bought my son a boy doll when he was little. It was a handmade one…with some clothes. DS played and played with it…and that doll got a LOT of Tonka Truck rides!
We still have it.
I say good for this company!
I agree! I just have to laugh at all the little boys who may have been dragged through the store over the years thinking it had very little they would be interested in having! I sort of wonder what took so long!
I love it!
Why wouldn’t girls want a boy doll? I had both Ken and Barbie growing up - and that was in a different century.
^^Absolutely!
But you have to admit that the marketing for American Girl was pretty much all “girl”. From the dolls to matching girl clothing, accessories, print/media focus on visiting the store as a “girl” experience (mom and daughter).
I say give Logan a couple of male friends as well!
I’m not convinced that the reason boys don’t want dolls is because dolls have been marketed to girls. There are plenty of boys whose parents do give them dolls, and they simply aren’t interested. That said, my son and his friends played a lot more with my daughter’s Barbie house than she did. They just played differently, using the elevator to haul up their matchbox cars and driving them off the roof.
Our S mostly played with stuffed animals, as did D. Neither was very interested in any dolls. S was having tea 
parties with the stuffed animals from age 2!
interesting, because isn’t there a movie out right now called “Logan” but the character from the title is a girl/wolverine?
IIRC the bitty babies had boy or girl accessory options, although ours was a girl…
My sons were not interested in dolls, even though they had boy cabbage patch dolls. Only one was interested in stuffed animals. I remember going to Build a Bear with him and he enjoyed picking out the bear and the clothes. I certainly think the marketing to girls discourages boys from wanting dolls, especially once they get to preschool, but agree that many are just not interested, even if given the opportunity.
Our kids (S &D) were interested in stuffed and plastic animals as well as Lego. They both liked wooden trains and blocks as well as cars and trucks. Both also LOVED books. D was also into my little pony and Polly pocket. Neither had much interest in or use for any other dolls.
No. I don’t want to share this very much “girl thing” with stupid boys. 
I’ll have to say that unless “Logan” comes with cars and trucks and stuff to build then he wouldn’t get far in our house.
I always thought the main point of “American Girl” was to celebrate GIRLS! Their stories, their accomplishments etc.
I’m not against Logan but it seems to be a diluting of the brand. Maybe the brand is ending.
The American Girl brand changed dramatically from when it was the Pleasant Company to after the sale to Mattel. The historic dolls and books were different from the “girls of today” that seem to be more like other dolls.
I don’t think having a boy doll will change things that much. As others have said, the boys are still going to be more interested in the brio trains than lunching at the AG store.
I think the new doll is intended for girls who may want to include a boy character in their pretend play. And I can see that. For girls who have brothers or who play with boys, having a female-only doll world is just weird.
One question, though: Is Logan anatomically correct?
Marian–it’ll probably be an “added” feature that costs extra. Pick it up in the accessory department.
I am NOT a doll person. Dolls creep me out and I didn’t even like them as a kid.
That said, I think this is great and long overdue.
American girl always made boy baby dolls
I love that they introduced Logan. If I was still an 8 year old girl, I definitely would’ve wanted Logan to accompany my other dolls more than another girl one.
I was obsessed with American Girl stuff when I was younger. I look at their products now and feel like they’re selling out (they’re constantly retiring historical characters and adding “just like you” dolls and “girls of the year” who all seem to have the same suburban story), but I guess it wasn’t much better when I was little. It’s telling that the boy is not a historical character.
The torsos are stuffed and featureless.