American Girl Doll News

My only doll with the Sonali Mold. Until Melody. #VirtualDolls #March2016

I love Grace to the point where I have all of her collection (sans Paris Accessories). But we didn't go bankrupt! YAY! #VirtualDolls #March2016

I found this doll in the basement for Christmas 1 month early. Oops! #VirtualDolls #March2016

Katy Dickson isn't some new American Girl doll, silly! She's the new President of American Girl, who took over American Girl this year from Jean McKenzie, who also got assigned President of Fisher-Price in summer 2015 and decided to transition full time to Fisher-Price. McKenzie had been CEO of American Girl since 2012, who succeeded Ellen Brothers (2000-2012) and Pleasant Rowland (1986-2000). Let's learn about her past carreers. She started her working life in 1992, just 1 year after Felicity released. While she didn't work for any toy companies before, she did work for 23 years at the General Mills cereal company. Over her 20 years at General Mills, she got promoted to Associate Marketing Manager, Marketing Director, Vice President and Marketing Director of Betty Crocker, Vice President and Marketing Director of Pillsbury, Vice President, Marketting Excellence & Campaign Intergration and Vice President, Buisness Unit Director, Meals. For one year in 2015, she worked at NewsCorp as the Exectutive Vice President, Global Chief Marketing Officer, News America Marketing Division of NewsCorp. Sounds experienced! Maybe she will finally listen to me and make the next Girl of the Year have a disability! Or, maybe we'll get a great advertising campaign, because of her 25 years in advertising! . #March2016

OOPS! I forgot! There hasn't been many views this week, so I decided to give a shoutout to my hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina! #March2016

I actually found this photo at school. Newsela, the website that we pick our current events homework from, had a picture of Melody that was her catalog shot! YAY! (love times 10) #March2016

Dang it! There are no leaks right now. #March2016

The names of the Wellie Wishers dolls are Ashlyn, Camille, Emerson, Kendall and Willa! Now, we have 5 names to cross off of the GOTY 2017 name hunt. 5 down, 4 to go. Gabriela was just a cover up for Lea, so we have Della, Tenney Grant, Logan Everett and Barbara! #March2016

The Personal Shoppers leaving are actually just a rumor! I went on the americangirl.com website today and they had appointments for ALL stores! HOORAY! #March2016

Wellie Wishers are a new line of dolls for younger kids coming out this fall. The three books for them are written by Valerie Tripp. They are $5.95 each and have a release date of September 1, 2016. Book 1 is 96 pages, Book 2 is 88 pages and Book 3 is 96 pages. I am not looking foward to this. I think American Girl should focus more on the 18 inch dolls. They are money hogs right now because they are laying off workers. I'm going to do nothing but make eBay sellers rich! #March2016

I found SOCKS! The socks (in middle) are pictured with Melody's meet dress and Maryellen's slippers. #March2016

On eBay, I found a bunch of doll-sized American Girl flowers. They aren't released yet. I'm assuming they are for Melody (in her second book, Never Stop Singing, she starts a community garden), but who knows, they could be our first taste of GOTY 2017 (Tenney, Logan, Della or Barbara)! #March2016