American Girl Doll News

Hi guys! Figured I'd finally start doing Doll of the Month again. This month, I chose Makena Williams! "Makena has a passion for fashion and clothes are a way for her to connect with others — especially when she shares her OOTD (outfit of the day). But some people don't see her for who she is. They only see her as a Black girl and make unfair assumptions. When she experiences a racist incident in her own neighborhood, she decides to use fashion to speak up about injustice. She teams up with her new friends, Evette and Maritza to raise awareness about racism and other issue they care about. Can she encourage her community to look beyond color?" Makena was released in 2021 and retired in 2026.

Happy Independence Day! To celebrate, American Girl is having a 25% off sale on the usual sitewide items, plus 20% off Raquel, Summer, Lila and collector dolls.

Price increases have been noticed on American Girl's website. WellieWishers are now $75, AG Sisters are now $85, and outfits have increased in price as well. Luckily, AG dolls are not currently affected.

On AG's social media today, a new fall collection was teased! Check it out: P.S: Sorry for the silence on here AGAIN. Jeez. I keep getting hit with stuff. I got Covid from the airport when I came home from Nashville, and it kinda kept me down for a bit. But hopefully I'm back for real! Let me know what doll should be featured in July!

Last weekend, I was away in Nashville for the Protomen concerts, so of course I had to stop by American Girl! However, I did something that would have been unimaginable years ago - I took my friends, a group of adults who were also in town for the concert, to the American Girl store. The entire experience of going to the store with them was super cool. The concert was so special, but getting to embrace my love for dolls with a group of people who accept it as part of me was an incredible experience. We had a great time - and the next time our favorite band plays here, I hope we can go back! Speaking of going back... the Nashville store has been remodeled. I was so busy showing my friends around that I didn't take any pictures, but rest assured when I come back for school in August, I will lock in and show all of you guys.

2026 is almost halfway over - can't you believe it? We're getting closer to Daisy Davenport's release, and there's a ton of new things in store for the rest of AG's 40th - including the official release of the KPop Demon Hunters dolls, holiday collectibles and the release of American Girl's first ever adult fiction book! But for now, a TON of AG items are on sale for 20% off, including these dolls! WellieWishers AG Sisters Bitty Baby Glittering Gold Collectors Doll (Classic mold) Barbie Peaches And Cream Collectors Doll (Josefina mold) Cinderella Collectors doll

Today is Summer's birthday! She was born in 2015, making her 11 today.

A new name was trademarked recently for American Girl: Dylan Gold! There is speculation that she will be 2028’s Girl of the Year - we’ll have to wait and see, but my inklings are feeling that way! I’m a little sad this means that we’re most likely not getting a new Historical for the foreseeable future, but am excited to learn more about Dylan!

Hey guys! Sorry for the silence on here this week. I’ve been in Nashville for a 3-day concert by my favorite band, The Protomen, and yesterday, I gave a custom doll to the female singer in the band, Gambler Kirkdouglas! She grew up with American Girl and had a Molly growing up, so she LOVED the custom doll I made her. She posted her on Instagram too! Me and a huge group of Protomen fans also went to the American Girl store today! Stay tuned for updates from that!

Yesterday marked six years since my hour long American Girl stopmotion, Rebelle, came out! I just wanted to come on here and say thank you to the AG community for being the first ones to embrace the story of my heart. I'm working on what will hopefully be the penultimate draft of the book that it inspired right now, and I have some pretty good news in my back pocket for a real movie, so fingers crossed! But yeah. Thank you, AGDN community, for being the first to fall in love with Erika and Kierra's story. It means a lot, and I am so happy that no matter how far it may have come since then, I was able to share my story with you all first!

American Girl released 2 new Moana-inspired items today to tie-in with next month's release of the Moana live action movie - her Wayfinder Outfit (which retails for $65) and a 10'5 inch doll of Simea, Moana's 3 year old little sister (also for $65).

Today is Kirsten's birthday! She was born this day in 1845, which makes her 181 today!