The American Girl Theory

A year or three ago, my parents came home and presented me with a special little lady: Tenney Grant. She cost $1 and was wearing a hoodie that said "reggae" on the back and had a marijuana leaf. Why a child had a doll with that hoodie is beside the point. Her hair was the point. I do not understand how doll hair gets to that point. I put her in The Bin with the rest of my dolls.  On June 28th, I forced myself to deal with her. I forgot multiple things. One: how much hair dolls lose when you brush through it, hair that will not be growing back. Two: how long it takes to do a doll's hair. Three: how common this is. I'm not trying to get on my high horse here, but to get on my high horse: Parents get their kids the wrong dolls. They're too expensive to just be grabbing one just for funsies.  The little lady before her fixing. I started talking with other people about it, posing the question: What are the best and worst first dolls for parents' to get their kids? ...

    I have varied reactions for each of these dolls being archived. Also, I find it interesting that American Girl didn't think that AG Rewards members wouldn't tell everyone about the archiving of Z, Tenney, Logan, and Gabriela. Like shouldn't they know how we are by now?     Let's start with Gabriela; first off she wasn't that creative. They just re-used a Truly Me and since she's a Girl of the Year character she should have only lasted a year. Don't get me wrong, American Girl listened to us, but then don't re-use a doll. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the most upset, I'm only a 3 on the scale of being upset over her archival.       Next, let's do Tenney. In case you didn't know, she's not my favorite. She wasn't very popular and I understand why. Her lips are a bit too colored and I never really thought she was all that interesting. Any other doll American Girl's released I've been at least mildly excited over. American ...

First off, I believe that they were archived due to multiple reasons. One of these reasons is that Toys R' Us damaged American Girl a bit. Since Tenney and Logan were sold there and they are currently being sold at Kohl's it's bringing American Girl down. I'll go more into that in a different post. For Z a lot of people complained about her hair falling out easily, my Nanea is the same way. Tenney got backlash and I don't believe that she sold very well. Z is basically just #64 with longer hair and a beauty mark. Logan goes with Tenney and I don't think that he sold very well either. With American Girl's quality dropping, I have a lot of post ideas.  Thank you so much for reading!!! ~Ella  

I know, long title. But I've wondered this before, in fact, it was an American Girl Doll News post that made me decide to finally talk about this. Firstly, I personally feel that less 7-9 year old's go to American Girl, but more 10-16 year old's are into American Girl. It seems that American Girl is slowing starting to market towards older customers with Tenney and Z, but still not enough. In my opinion, if American Girl were to start marketing towards older customers, their sales would start to rise. Last year, I sold 2 of my dolls (#38 and #55), and a girl who was maybe anywhere from 12 to 14, bought them both. This really has made me realize the age group that purchases American Girl's products. Do you agree with this? Thanks for reading!!! ~The American Girl Theory