<p>Thanks for the link. I’m going to send it to DD. She has a doll trunk in our side attic with either two or three AG dolls, one Samantha and one Molly, for sure, and many accessories. Although she loved them when she got them years ago, I don’t know how much of an attachment she feels to them now. If she wanted to sell them, I would completely support that. If she wants to continue hanging on to them, I would support that, too. I’m one of those people who could live the life of a minimalist. “Things” don’t mean so much to me, though I do admit that my grandmother’s china is probably the first thing I would grab if the house caught fire (after ensuring DH and the dog were safe). The dolls belong to DD and I would want her to make the decision 100% without input from me.</p>
<p>My D had Felicity, which she chose because I used to live in Williamsburg where Felicity lived. I was so proud to be able to give her that doll for Christmas! She got several outfits and some of the accessories for Christmas and birthday gifts, but she didn’t play with the doll much. She liked the Felicity books and loved the Addie series.</p>
<p>I packed it all away for her, and then her beloved former babysitter came to visit from another state with her own little girl, aged six. We talked about dolls and the babysitter said she would love to have my D’s doll and clothing if my D didn’t want it. I asked D, and she said to give it to our friend’s little girl. I washed all the clothes and packed everything nicely and mailed it off to her in another state. We were happy to give the doll to this family because they have a very limited income and wouldn’t be able to afford to buy one. I kept one of the accessories, the little green chest, as a memento.</p>
<p>Bookie mom…wow! You made me tear up. Dolls are meant to be loved and played with. What a sweet D you have, and what a lucky young lady to receive such a wonderful gift!</p>
<p>Know D will sell her Samantha and Abby if it means $$.
Nearly 2 year old grandson is in love with S’s extensive collection of Thomas.
I recently bought 2 new Thomas train engines on Amazon as he needed to take one home and have one here and the originals are too valuable. The replacements are not the same but then he is not quite two. That said, his dad was obsessed with Thomas and his boy is following.
Are people buying these dolls with their hair brushed?
The stuff is in absolute perfect condition but not boxes.</p>
<p>My oldest has a Kirsten doll and her sister had a bitty baby & the american girl dolly you could choose skin tone etc. ( so basically the Kirsten Doll)
My favorite baby dolls, were the ones that looked lifelike, not only expressions but they looked more like the children who were playing with them.
[Berenguer Classic Expression Dolls](<a href=“http://www.berenguerdolls.net/c=SsKGtn9iIs3NGS8DeRscziCgR/category/berenguer_dolls.classic_expressions_berenguer_dolls/”>Loading...)
Although once, we startled a group of elderly women at the mall, when I had stuck the baby doll in the mesh bag hanging off the umbrellas stroller and when my D jumped out it fell over.
They were horrified I was chasing D, and not paying attention to the doll. 
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<p>I thought this was a nice story.</p>
<p>[Girl</a>, 10, donates her American Girl doll to raise money for troops - TODAY.com](<a href=“http://t.today.com/news/girl-10-donates-her-american-girl-doll-raise-money-troops-2D11624330]Girl”>Girl, 10, donates her American Girl doll to raise money for troops)</p>
<p>My D has Samantha but I bought all the cheap Target brand accessories for her because I was pretty miserably broke back then. I was actually kind of upset when my D was exposed to this phenomena by her brownie troop. We went on a mother-daughter trip to Chicago and all the other moms HAD to go to the AG store. We had never heard of it. I about fell over when I saw how much they were… then she asked for one from Santa. So she got the main doll from Santa and all the accessories were bought cheaply from Target.</p>
<p>I wish I had thought to do what a friend is doing with her younger kids at Christmas.
She is having the really spectacular presents come from her & her husband.
I always had the longed for gift come from Santa, while I gave practical stuff.</p>
<p>Funny doll story…when I was about 8-9, there was an antique show at our local mall. I was there with my parents, shopping for back to school clothes when I saw her, and fell in love. She was beautifully imperfect, with a china head, and a stuffed body. Her right foot had obviously been broken and badly repaired. I sat at the booth for an hour or so, cradling that precious dolly. Alas, the price (50.00!) was out of our budget, especially since I needed new school shoes and supplies. I cried all the way home. Fast forward to Christmas, and guess what was under the tree? It was the BEST surprise ever. I carried that doll everywhere, and when she was swaddled in blankets, she looked very much like a real baby. So much so, that when we traveled to Germany the following spring, I had a fun time trying to fool people in the airports and on the plane into thinking she was real. When I fell sleep on the plane, dolly cradled in my arms, my dad gently picked her up, and ceremoniously deposited her in the overhead bin. I’ve been told that the gasps from those seated around us were quite funny ;-)</p>
<p>Sweet story, bookiemom! D still has three dolls, Felicity, Kirsten, and Samantha. They are sitting on a shelf in her old room, the one she sleeps in about five nights every year. I doubt she would be willing to part with them, even for a lot of money… The Breyer horses are in the basement. I wonder if she’d ever miss those.</p>
<p>My daughter has two Samantha dolls. She didn’t want her to be w/o a sister, so they are “twins”. The granddaughter met one over Christmas, so daughter wants to keep them for her when she visits.</p>
<p>My parents bought D American Girl dolls for several years - Felicity, Kit and one of the “custom” ones known forever as “GT16D” or something like that. She bore an unfortunate resemblance to Monica Lewinsky (this was at the height of the scandal). D loved those dolls but her idea of playing with them was essentially staging them with all of their props. They are in spectacular condition and I hope one day I’ll have a grandchild who wants to play with them. </p>
<p>I looked on ebay out of curiosity - do you think people are actually paying those prices?</p>
<p>Barnard, we bought some of those Target accessories too - why the heck not?!!!</p>
<p>We made an agreement with D1 that she would need to earn $$ to help pay for her “Samantha”. At that time in the catalog (I think) they actually had some type of printout that allowed you/encouraged you to “save” $$ to buy a doll - as you collected money you would mark it on the page and keep track that way. She sold stuff at our garage sale, had a lemonade stand, did extra jobs at home and for Grandma to earn her money. I think the saving also helped her earn some sort of Girl Scout badge. It was actually a pretty big day when she had enough and we planned a visit to Chicago to go to the store to buy the doll. </p>
<p>Another prized AG possession was a magazine cover she had made at the AG store. They took your photo and put it on a personalized cover of a AG magazine. She thought that was SUPER cooL!!!</p>
<p>We just passed along Kaya and a somewhat-the-worse-for-wear Bitty Baby (with massive wardrobe) to my niece’s little girls. BB did get some playtime but I have to admit that my mom and I were much more enamored with the whole AG thing than my daughter ever was. We did make one trip to AG Chicago including a tea party, which was quite an experience. We do still have Kit, who grew up in my mom’ sera and looks a lot like my daughter, but since she came along she’s just been a showpiece (usually dolled up in her riding habit) along with adorable little Coconut.</p>
<p>I am very sad to hear that AG is phasing out the American history - I think it’s what set them apart from the sea of other dolls out there.</p>
<p>Dory, The article is actually misleading. I thought the same thing, but if you read the comments posters are quite adamant the American History is not being phased out. Dolls like Addy are still sold. They simply have the new line now also which is what the author was writing about. Personally, I think their ‘stories’ are fluff in comparison, but I’m not a 4th grade girl and if they identify with these dolls and their stories then who’s to say they’re not as ‘good’.</p>
<p>Too bad. My daughter gave away her Kit doll and all the clothes several years ago. She did keep the books, though, and probably won’t part with those. And I still use the Felicity and Samantha cookbooks–lots of fun recipes in those!</p>
<p>My daughter gave away the books but kept the doll.</p>