American Girl Doll News

American Girl dolls are dolls. American Girl dolls are also characters in their own world with stories about each doll. Usually, these lines don't cross. But about ten years ago, they started to cross, with the introduction of the character Z Yang. Z is depicted as a 13 year old filmmaker - who specializes in stop-motion animations of American Girl dolls. In the late 2000s all the way up to the early 2020s, American Girl stopmotions were a popular way for fans to express themselves and their stories. With the prevalance of short-form video content taking over (plus the bar in American Girl stopmotions being set way too high - it's not all my fault, but I apologize for making an hour-long dystopian movie with a voice cast of popular AGTubers), the American Girl stopmotion craze eventually died out, but Z represented the community at it's height, with videos of her being released in 2015 and the doll being released in 2017. While Z was eventually retired at the end of 2018, her little-known story carried major implications for American Girl. Why, you may ask? She had a Kit doll. Then, five years after Z's introduction, it happened again. Courtney Moore released in 2020 - a girl from 1986, the year American Girl dolls were released. For Christmas, she got a Molly. The same thing happened - confirming that American Girl dolls exist as dolls in the American Girl universe. Now, we're approaching 2026. If release patterns uphold, the new Girl of the Year, rumored to be named Raquel Reyes, will be released next month. And story leaks have rumored that Raquel will be a descendant of Samantha Parkington, the most iconic American Girl doll, thus confirming that in the American Girl universe, the dolls are real women - and dolls as well. I guess in the American Girl universe, they made the dolls, but the dolls were based on real people instead of fictional characters like they are now. But how would that explain the Disney and pop culture dolls? Is Barbie a real person in the American Girl universe? Is Wednesday a real person in the American Girl universe? I don't know. Maybe I'm overthinking this. Anyways, we're about a month away from Raquel. And I am so ready.

American Girl has announced 2 activity books intended for grown-ups in 2026: The Official American Girl Cookbook, and American Girl Cross-Stitch. Both books release on April 21, 2026.

American Girl has revealed the My First Addy doll on Amazon.ca :

The cloth My First American Girl dolls that leaked a few months back are available for pre-order on Amazon Canada:

After a few days of speculation, American Girl officially launched the Frozen playline collection today. Playline Anna and Elsa are $145 each. Anna and Elsa have one extra outfit each - their outfits from Frozen 2, Elsa's Travel Outfit and Bruni and Anna's Adventure Outfit and Travel Bag. Each extra outfit is $60. An Olaf plush with summer accessories was also released for $45.

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Disney posted more pictures of Playline Anna and Elsa:

Just a few days ago, American Girl trademarked it's brand name in "entertainment services, namely, live theatrical performances, live theatrical plays, and live musical performances for children." American Girl has quite a history in this space. For the first 10 years, the American Girl stores in Chicago, New York and Los Angeles had live musicals. Since the closure of the musicals, American Girl has gone on 3 nationwide play and musical tours - an Addy play in 2007, and 2 different musicals in 2018-19 and 2023-24 respectively. However, this is the first time American Girl has been trademarked in this specific category - which means, another American Girl live musical could be happening.

Based on this image posted on AG’s Instagram; American Girl is probably going to release Anna and Elsa playline dolls soon.

The general public can now purchase the Cinderella collector doll. The doll is $310 and 6,000 were produced.

American Girl just unveiled their cover for the Ultimate Smart Girl's Guide to Being Your Best, which will release on January 6, 2026.

SeeingMount on Twitter just posted that in addition to Felicity, Josefina and Samantha, Molly, Kirsten and Addy are also rumored to get new modern items in 2026 for AG’s anniversary. These will either be dolls or fashion packs - I’ve heard both from others, so we’ll have to see!