The American Girl Theory

      I have begun to look through the American Girl community for the first time in around 2 years, and boy oh boy have things changed! And quite honestly, I am adoring the changes! I thought I would mention some things that I have noticed, some opinions I'm having about the American Girl of the 2020s, and some updates for this blog!      Starting off, here is a consecutive list of changes I've noticed, both within the brand of American Girl and the American Girl fanbase. Within this list are my thoughts, most of which are very good! Courtney!  I was actually aware of Courtney pretty close to her release, I just didn't feel that much of an urge to post about it. I think she's super cute, but she just isn't my style! I love her arcade and Caboodle! I also loved the touch of giving her her very own American Girl doll! My only critique is that apparently her eyes have a slightly downward gaze, but it doesn't seem to be that noticeable. World By Us I am i...

     So, it's been... quite a while. Yes, I did not post in July. But, that's besides the point. I don't really know what to post on this anymore, which is why I haven't been posting. Yet, today, I do have something to post about. This part will be shorter though. So, with the end of Beforever, the historicals' clothing has been looking a lot more like it used to. Less neon and bold, more realistic. So, I'm very happy about that. Yet, I would really like them to stop cubing. Just archive dolls. Get rid of the Wellies or Bitty Baby. So, that's all I really have to say on that. Now, onto updates. -What's going to happen to this blog? It will still be up, I'll just be posting a lot less because there are no American Girl leaks anymore and I don't have a store near me. -I will be posting on my other blog ( https://thebookshelfintheforest.blogspot.com/ ) every day in October. So, if you want to go check me out there, feel free! I'll be posting...

The response I got for: "How can American Girl change?" is one that I honestly don't have a huge opinion on, but I still wanted to post on. Here's the response: American Girl needs to bring back all of the Historical Characters. Firstly, I agree. Now would be a perfect moment, since Beforever is going back to the historical line. As we all probably know by now, American Girl hasn't been doing so well. If they were to bring these all back in a month or two, that would be great. Like let's say they re-released a doll (or two for Marie-Grace and Cecile) that would be really good. They could re-open some stores. American Girl could start doing better. That's really all I have to say about that. Now if you have any ideas on how we can help American Girl, feel free to fill out this form! https://goo.gl/forms/U2r6gmOlWNdnjEHp2 Thank you so much for reading!!! ~Ella

Finally. Before you read this post I recommend you read the one from American Girl Doll News first.  https://www.americangirldollnews.com/single-post/2019/02/12/Be-Not-Forever-How-The-Historical-Dolls-Got-A-Name-Change-That-Didnt-Stick            I want to talk about this myself since 2014 is one of the years where I got the most American Girl dolls. Here's a quick timeline of what year I got each of my dolls. (Minus non-AG) 2012: -Caroline 2013: -#38 (don't have anymore) 2014: -Clara -Felicity -Rebecca 2015: -Grace -Maryellen -#55 (don't have anymore) 2016: -Lea -Kit -Melody -Sabrina (custom, originally#24) 2017: -Nanea 2018: -Luciana -Fern 2019: -Blaire       When Beforever was announced, the only thing I was excited about was that Samantha was coming back (I wanted her). Other than that, I hated every single aspect of Beforever, and it hadn't even been launched yet. Although I grew used to it, it still didn't seem ...

    So, 2 posts back I put up a Google Form in which you could answer the question: How can American Girl Change? I'll put the form at the end of this post if you want to answer, please note that I will comment on them on here. Anyways, I got a response that I have decided to comment on today. I will put numbers in some spots to section it out a bit. Soooooo here the answer is! 1) Bring back the historical lines. Rid of the bright colors and go back to the original colors. 2) No one in Kit’s day wore the bright cheesy colors now being sold. Our older Kit doll has outfits that look and feel authentic. 3) She had a friend we could buy too. 4) The historical doll line with the quality authentic-seeming clothes are unique to AG. Now, there are so few clothes and accessories for the historicals and what is there is often poorly made and cheesy. 1: I have thought this ever since Beforever was announced. The colors didn't fit the characters' time periods. 2: Going along wi...