American Girl Doll News

Well, we're at about six months since Summer released, and this means we have roughly six more months until we meet our next Girl of the Year, Raquel Reyes. There are a few theories I have seen and thought of considering who our doll is - I'm not sure what one I'm 100% sold on yet, since we only know a bit about who she is - but I figured I'd list them all! This is the theory that makes the most sense to me - Raquel is from or goes to an exotic location. Every 5 years, this has happened with Girls of the Year. For example, in 2006, Jess went to Belize, in 2011, Kanani was from Hawaii, in 2016, Lea went to Brazil, in 2021, Kira went to Australia. I'm not sure exactly what location this is going to be, but there are 2 options. One is Mexico. The World Cup is going to be there (and America and Canada!) in 2026, and seeing as Raquel is Latina, it would make sense. However, this also might not happen, considering Maritza came out five years before, has the same author, and Maritza's interest was soccer. The other location I'm thinking of is Italy, where the Winter Olympics are going to be held, but that also might not happen because America is having the Summer Olympics in 2028 - and we all know AG LOVES their Summer Olympic tie ins no matter the location, but having it in America is even more special. Who knows - maybe Raquel won't be visiting a location, but will be from a location of interest. A Southwestern Truly Me outfit came out last fall, which could be a hint to where she's from - especially since several Truly Me items that came out in late 2023 and 2024 have been heavily playing into Summer's collection despite not actually being in her collection. Speaking of that, I've seen some comments on American Girl's posts of their new ballet outfit speculating we're getting another ballerina as Girl of the Year. We've had 3 dancers so far in the Girl of the Year line, but AG hasn't put a dancer as Girl of the Year since 2017, and not a ballet dancer since 2014. Considering how dancing is a popular play theme, and AG has been trying to hit more popular play themes with their GOTYs recently (like "animals", "cooking", and "gymnastics"), I wouldn't be surprised if Raquel is a dancer too. And who knows? Maybe Isabelle or Marisol can be her coach - most likely Marisol, since she was more popular, and the girls who were target age in 2005 are now having kids of their own. What do you all think?

Truly Me dolls 115 and 123 are sold out.

American Girl is having a St Patrick's Day Sale - 20% sitewide, including most dolls! In addition, these items are at a higher discount: NFL tees - 50% off Harry Potter - 38% off Jeni's Ice Cream - 50% off Juice Bar - 30% off Hit The Road Scooter - 30% off Summer's Treat Cart - 30% off Hollyhock Horse - 30% off

Is there anything missing from your collections from the Girls of the Year from two and three years ago? American Girl has everything that is still in stock from Corinne and Kavi's worlds on the Last Chance outlet!

For the rest of the month, American Girl is offering double points on books to AG Rewards members.

Marisol Luna is the Doll of the Month for March 2025! Marisol Luna is a lively 10-year-old girl who was born to dance. She's a fourth-grader who lives with her loving parents in a busy and largely Hispanic neighborhood in the heart of Chicago. Marisol goes to school (where she is a Two-Square champion) takes care of her cat, plays with the kids in her neighborhood, and takes dance lessons. Ballet folklrico (Mexican folkdance) is her favorite type of dance--and where she really shines--but she's been exposed to some jazz and a little tap. She's also taking ballet, but she's new to it and a little impatient with its rigors. Her attitude towards ballet changes only slightly when she meets a wonderful new neighbor. Miss Mendoza is a former Rockette who gently reminds Marisol that ballet is worth working hard at, because it's the basis for all serious dance. The upsetting news that her family is moving out to the suburbs is made worse when Marisol learns that the dance studio in her new neighborhood has closed. No tap, no ballet folklrico--not even ballet. She may have to take karate lessons! Instead, with the help of new friends, resourceful Marisol finds a way to keep dancing.

Just Like You 54 is back - with painted eyelashes! At least, that's what the rumors are saying. Not only are there going to be 2 new Truly Me dolls, and a new meet outfit, but a third new doll is coming, and the rumored description makes her seem a lot like Just Like You 54.

American Girl is having a sale for AG Rewards members this weekend - 10% off for silver members, 15% off for gold members, and 20% off for berry members. This applies to purchases $100 or more, and excludes dolls, Disney, Lila and Summer's collection.

The search for someone to direct the upcoming American Girl theatrical feature film, produced by Paramount Pictures and written by Lindsey Beer, is now underway. It was just reported that at the Sundance Film Festival last month, Mattel Films head Robbie Brenner was on the scene, searching for a director for the AG project. Previously, it was reported that Beer was going to direct from her own script, reportedly a cross between Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Booksmart , but it seems like that was just a misreport, and someone else will direct the project. Any hopes for this movie? My hope is a bit of a weird one, but I just want Paramount to market the movie well. Back when Transformers One, another Paramount movie based on a toy (that also happens to be one of my favorite movies), came out in September, no one went to see it because of a bad marketing campaign by Paramount. The company has had a long list of other mismarketed movies in the last few years, including Dungeons and Dragons, another toy-based movie. For the sake of AG fans everywhere, I don’t want our fandom to have to resort to TFHypeGuy tactics to even hear that AG has a movie (tldr - a Transformers fan made an entire Twitter account just to market the movie because Paramount was doing such a bad job!), so please Paramount, don’t screw this up. You can’t break my heart twice.

Here are some more pictures of the new Truly Me dolls unveiled at Toy Fair:

Several Truly Me dolls have sold out: Truly Me 103 Truly Me 104 Truly Me 106 I will let you know if they come back to stock, but if they don't come back to stock, these will be the first Truly Me dolls of the new era to retire.

Here's some store pictures for the new American Girl items that recently released!