American Girl Doll News

There is a small release on American Girl's site today: My First Ballet Recital Costume for 18-inch Dolls - $55 (This makes 117 look like Marisol :) Matching AG Grin Pins Ringer Tee Set - $35 The American Girls Collection Ringer Tee for Adults - $30

There is going to be an American Girl doll sale in the small town of Saline, Michigan (about an hour away from Detriot and a half hour away from Ann Arbor) this weekend. The sale will be on March 1st from 11 am to 12:30 pm - and tickets are only $2! Before the sale, there is going to be an American Girl and Disney themed tea party, and attendees to the tea party get free admission to the sale. The sale will be at the Saline Recreation Center - have fun to all who are going!

Claudie's Winter Coat has sold out.

"American Girl" has been trademarked in footwear - meaning that American Girl could potentially start making shoes for children. The last time American Girl sold shoes was when the WellieWishers first launched, and they had a collaboration with Nordstrom in 2017 and 2018 to sell WellieWishers themed shoes. However, AG Sisters was also trademarked in footwear, so it seems like the shoes will be for that line.

Here's Ivy's collection! Who should be Doll of the Month next month?

This weekend, American Girl is having an online flash sale on dolls! Here are the dolls that are going to be on sale: Stardust Holiday Collector dolls - $165 Ariel - $108 Cinderella - $108 Rapunzel - $108 Tiana - $108 #27 School Day to Soccer Play - $105 #67 School Day to Soccer Play - $105 WellieWishers Fairy Tale Dress Up Set - $103 Claudie - $100 Josefina - $100 Julie - $100 Makena - $100 Summer - $100 Truly Me 123 Donut Dreams Set - $120 Truly Me 67, 70, 85, 89, 90, 91, 100, 101, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129 - $92 These other items are on sale: NFL Fan Tees - $8 each Harry Potter sets - $15 Sorting Hat and Nimbus - $20 NFL Fan Outfits - $21 each Jeni's Waffle Cone Set - $27 Hogwarts Uniform - $33 Jeni's Full of Flavor Table - $33 Hogwarts Trunk - $42 Quidditch Uniforms - $45 each American Girl Juice Bar - $56 Hit The Road Scooter - $75 Summer's Treat Cart - $94 Hollyhock Horse - $98 Isabel's Bed and Floral Dreams Bedding Set - $105 Claudie's Bed - $105 RC Sports Car - $169 Full of Flavor Ice Cream Truck - $195 Coffee Shop - $196 Gourmet Kitchen - $207 Angelo's Bakery - $207 Seaside Diner - $245

I've seen some rumors online that the new American Girl line, the AG Sisters, are going to be a replacement of sorts for the WellieWishers line, and that they are retiring. To quell this rumor once and for all, here's a reprinting of the WellieWisher book A Fintastic Surprise - which is releasing on September 2. Do you think AG would be reprinting a WellieWisher book if they were retiring for good?

Here's Ivy's bio, since she is the Doll of the Month for February 2025! Where she lives: San Francisco, California Her hobbies: Gymnastics Pet: None What changes her life: Her biggest gymnastics competition is on the same day as the Ling family reunion - and she can't go to both What she discovers: You can still follow your heart and keep your family in it

It seems like a new American Girl line is starting soon - a logo for AG Sisters, which I have previously posted about, was trademarked, as well as the name Tenley. Other names that have been trademarked are Jozette, Lucita and Wesley - could these four be apart of the same line?

Today is the American Girl store in Charlotte, North Carolina's final day of operations. At 7 pm local time, the store will close permanently.

Today, I went home for the last time. I walked the aisles of the American Girl store in Charlotte for the last time. I went to the Bistro for the last time. I got my doll’s hair done at the salon for the last time. I made my last purchase - 2 Truly Me dolls, which I will make custom dolls out of this summer. And as I walked out one last time, I couldn’t help but tear up… and I sobbed when I got home. AGP Charlotte was my everything. My rock, always there for me whenever I needed a pick me up from hard times, whenever I needed to celebrate progress on my writing, whenever a new doll came out and I ran from school to pick her up. From birthday parties to random Saturdays, "just browsing" days to "new doll" days, it was there for me so much throughout these last 11 years. And though the doors will be shut, though the sign will be taken down, though the stars on the lights will be converted into a regular storefront, though more people will walk through the spot in SouthPark Mall where the hearts of girls everywhere once flourished, right across from H&M and next to American Eagle and Macy’s, my heart will still be there long after the last customer leaves tomorrow. Forever an American Girl. Thank you to every employee who worked there. Thank you to Jill and Linda, who worked Saturdays when I was in middle school and always made sure to say hi to me. Thank you to Sophia, who did my Julie’s hair today and expressed how excited everyone was that I had come out all the way from Nashville for the last weekend of operation. Thank you to Angie, our party host who I just met today - and who told me she wants to start an AG blog of her own. Thank you to everyone whose names I’m drawing a blank on, all the faces who made every Saturday from 2015 to 2023 and my various visits during college breaks so magical. And thank you, the blog readers. Thank you for enjoying every image I’ve posted from this store over the last 11 years. Thank you to all those who lost their store before I did, who embraced Charlotte as “their store” and lived new releases voraciously through my phone pictures. Thank you to the half-dozen readers who drove hours to the Charlotte store on my 18th birthday to celebrate my coming of age and had the most memorable meetup ever. And thank you to everyone who’s supported my blog throughout the years - it is your support that allowed me to visit this store hundreds of times and have this be such a special place for me. This is not the end of store coverage on AGDN, I promise. More store pictures will come from Nashville for at least the next 2 years while I’m still in college. If any character dolls come out over the summer, and when they do after I graduate, I will travel to other stores to take pictures - and since my sister lives in Nashville permanently, it won’t be too hard to get there after I graduate. And of course, you all can always email me your store pictures if for some reason I can’t get to a store! Goodbye one last time, American Girl Charlotte. Thank you for everything.

I'm going to the American Girl store in Charlotte for the last time today. I will miss it so much - but once I'm home, I will blog all about it!