The Entire History of American Girl

This video reflects on the complex and long history of the American Girl Company. Also, sorry in advance if I mispronounced anybody’s name.
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00:39 The Early Years
02:37 1990's
05:21 2000's
08:58 2010's
12:29 2020's - Today
14:00 Conclusion

[@eleegee]

It’s honestly so sad to look back at the old catalogues and see how far they’ve strayed from their original purpose..

[@amyjeffers5827]

Fr! I collect ag dolls, and I HATE the new “cartoons”. It strays from the “you can have fun without phones” sorta theme they had.

[@throwbackdolls5415]

2017 thru 2018 has got to be one of the worst eras of AG. It had the introduction of the short-lived Perma-panties, the new eyes, and the controversy behind Tenney and Gabriela's releases.

[@PorcelainJoy]

Not to mention Logan's "face off" shenanigans 😬

[@idontknowwhatmyusershouldb3512]

It was so crazy to me because Grace and Lea the pervious two years had been really successful dolls for the brand then it just went over the edge

[@67luis64]

The American Girl are and will remain a milestone in the world of the high class dolls: they really are another world than all the other brands, there is no comparison.

[@PerPerPera]

Thank you for making this video. Ive never known a thing about AG and this video helped me a lot

[@kingdomorange2]

Glad I helped!

[@marieazrak1951]

I love the boy doll ideas. Why can’t they do the siblings from the historical American girl doll line as boy dolls

[@moonbunny24]

Very funny for millenials to get mad when it's not that much of a difference from the time gap between when Julie's story takes place and when Julie was released.

[@TheVintageGuidebook]

Julie was too soon, too! It felt like an obvious money-grab instead of really taking more time to do research and make her release feel special.

[@karacoconutag]

I used to get the American Girl magazine and that Victoria Justice cover immediately ranked familiar, I had no idea at the time that it was her though!

[@maddiejoy6619]

I was a kid and a huge AG fan during the Hopscotch Hill School era. I hated those dolls. Beyond the ugly faces, their joints were weird looking and I remember not liking their names either (especially Gwen and Logan, I'm so sorry if that's anyone's name here, I was a kid and very picky). The illustrations in the books were weird too. I think the Wellie Wishers make more sense as a doll for the younger age group.

[@TheCerealluvr]

I think the franchise obviously went downhill when they started archiving the historical dolls and brought them back rebranded. Big ick! I grew up with these dolls. I looooved them and I loved their books.

[@Itsgay2read]

Just what I needed this afternoon. The concept of AG always intrigued me, but not when they changed up and didn't focus on the history aspect as much.

[@hypepixel5683]

Ahhhh missed your videos !!

[@HattieBrasseur]

This is great content. I learned a lot!

[@marieazrak1951]

Yeah that’s when my little sister and I first heard about American girl was in 1990s me and my sisters were born but 1980s

[@marieazrak1951]

Wasn’t pleasant Rowland originally a teacher

[@marieazrak1951]

That’s the one I have right now they’ll be forever Samantha and her book and her accessory’s

[@missamortem]

Love this! So nostalgic!

[@SimonsChaos]

Coluld you do a teen trends or littlest pet shop even how hasbro the blithe doll thingy and how blah they looked

[@marieazrak1951]

I love the historical movies

[@Aurora-Welch]

I Remember as a kid Watching an American Girl movie trailer. I remember me and my sister getting American Girl dolls. One was a baker and The other was a Ballerina and there were books but me and my sister didn’t really care cause we were kids. 11:00 Is it just me, But she looks like Moana.

[@teddisantos1016]

You forgot to include the AG mini rooms & the Angelina Ballerina line fyi

[@marieazrak1951]

How come Kiersten wasn’t included in the beforever line

[@kenthuang436]

My guess is that today’s kids aren’t all that interested in the pioneer lifestyle like 80s and 90s kids were. Kirsten was clearly created to profit from the little girls who loved Little House on the Prairie, which had aired its last episode a couple of years before the launch of the original American Girl collections. Even in the 90s I remember the show having reruns aired every day in the afternoon after kids got home from school.

[@mckennaxo]

it’s so weird that they named one of the newer ones makena when McKenna already exists idk if it’s pronounced the same way but it’s just odd

[@westvirginiascoolestcanadian]

my cousin and i are the same age and have been best friends our whole lives. as kids, we had molly and emily because she looked like molly and i looked like emily.

[@itslubia]

Its 2013 instead of 2023 in the thumbnail 💀

[@kingdomorange2]

Lol I just noticed it! Gotta change it when I get home lol

[@CodenameSailorEarth]

This video makes me want to buy more American Girl dolls. ❤

[@jaidonfuller9354]

you should do a video of world of winx

[@kenthuang436]

The only Historical characters I *really* have a problem with are the Twins. I’m annoyed that they are yet again blonde haired girls instead of another ethnicity. Honestly Asian could have worked so much better for the new millennium rep. The girl could have been Japanese American with one or both parents working in the technology field and the girl has an early internet website. I have nothing against girls with blue eyes and blond hair or Judaism but we have enough Historicals that are blondes. We *need* another Asian besides Ivy who was massively screwed over by AG given she literally has only two outfits and books and the books didn’t really discuss the issues Asian Americans are still facing to this day. There’s more to American history that the Chinese and other Asian cultures have contributed to other than Chinese/Lunar New Year, Chinese Restaurants, and China Town.

[@marieazrak1951]

Yeah, growing up lol I was like 12 years old or 13 I got Molly McIntyre because at the time I was learning about the holocaust in World War II in school and my little sister got Felicity Merriman I gave Molly away and now I have Samantha

[@marieazrak1951]

See $80 for a doll is more reasonable than how much they are now my first American girl doll when I was growing up was like $100 plus shipping same with my little sister and my family did not have a lotta money to spend on the dolls

[@marieazrak1951]

She is my favorite for American girl doll brand

[@TotallyLincoln-u1x]

I am a fan of American Girl.

[@marieazrak1951]

I like Molly McIntyre, new be forever outfit

[@marieazrak1951]

I love American girl and they’re best friends I don’t like the mini version of the American girl historical girls I like the WellieWishers I like BBB I like the original American girls. I like the truly me I want to get some more dolls eventually but they’re so expensive.