I got my Addy doll when I was 8yrs old and I can’t find her anywhere I’ve been contemplating buying another for my daughter (to hurry before they “archive” her) as I still have all three outfits my mother bought. She drew the line at the clothes though; no furniture, no accessory kits and by the time I got interested in the clothes, I had to do chores to earn the money for them. Probably why I still have the clothes yet can’t find the doll….

I love American Girl. My daughter is 22 and as a child was in French immersion classes in Canada. Although she was a good little reader in French, when it came time to begin reading in English, she found it confusing. Then her Auntie gave her an American Girl catalogue and it inspired her that extra little bit in her English reading. Samantha was her first doll and while it was a little more expensive, Pleasant Company was a quality Company and had superb customer service and I did not begrudge any of the money I spent with them. She didn’t get all of Samantha’s doodads but enough to be happy, and all of the books, many of the other dolls too. Samantha now occupies place of honor in her University apartment and a huge place in our hearts, along with Pleasant Company.

I took my daughter in April for her B-day to The American Girl Store in NYC for her 10th b-day. We had so much fun, I bought my 2 year old daughter a Bitty Baby for her birthday which was in April as well! They love them and I do to! LOL

Are they REALLY “archiving” Samantha?? I wonder why…I had her when I was a girl in the early 90’s and now she belongs to my 3 year old daughter. I guess I should stock up on the accessories before they become even more inflated in price!

I looooved Samantha! Just like MB she and Felicity were my favorites. My mother (smartly) never took me to any of the stores, so I never had the dolls, but she was more then happy to buy me the books! I adored them and read them until I was like 13 or 14… I have them and plan on giving them to my daughter one day. They are such great stories. I will never forget how happy I was when Molly’s dad came home…

I got a Felicity! I stayed with a family in America for a summer as part of a community help thing (I’m from Belfast)and when I left they gave me a Felicity doll and her books. I was over for 6weeks and fell in love with the dolls and I was 11 at the time. I still have her and adore her, and hopefully I can pass her on some day. What made it more special for me was that the year I was over was the year they phased the Felicity dolls out. I think they are such a lovely collection of dolls, and far more appealing in my mind than some of the dolls out there these days *ahem*Bratz*ahem*

Awww! I’m sad they are archiving Samantha. She and Felicity were my favorites. My mother never let us have the dolls b/c she said it was crazy to spend that much on a toy (I think she just knew we’d want accessories too haha) but there were patterns for life size doll dresses, so my grandmother and my mom would make this for my sister and me. My favorite was Kirsten’s blue striped dress. I wore that all the time! I was less of a fan of the Molly birthday dress they made me (those sleeves are rather large!).

My daughter will be 14 on election day , and i remember when the whole AG craze started with her. It started with a bitty baby at 5, then it just got crazy after that. She still plays with the dolls at 14,I am happy for that. But not the fact that its breaking my pockets LOL. She doesn’t have her bitty baby anymore though she passed that on to a younger cousin, Now her mom knows how i feel!

What is horrible is when your daughter is into Build-A-Bear along with AG…. I sooo wish I was the person that came up with the Build-A-Bear idea. You walk into the store thinking, “oh a 12-20 dollar bear/dog whatever, that’s not bad” then walk out $75.00 to $100.00 later by the time you buy the outfit, etc….. and then they have the nerve to look at you so sweetly at the checkstand and say, “here, we’ll throw in free hairbows for your bear”….the bows are like .50 LOL….my daughter has like 6 of those creatures now…..

LOL! I don’t know these dolls (I’m not from the US), but it was the same with Barbie Dolls. I remember my father (who’s nowhere near rich) asking in complete desperation: Do you really need an entire village for that thing?
hahahaha cute story!
On a sidenote, I’d love to see Conan’s little girl more often. I wish I could see his show here, love him.