In 1995, Pleasant Company expanded their line to include contemporary dolls and introduced American Girl Today. They started with 20 dolls of varying skin tone, hair and eye color. The dolls came in a Starter Outfit. Coordinating accessories were available to purchase separately. In addition, there was a substantial line of American Girl Today clothes and accessories. In 2006,…
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Historical Girls – Part IV
In August 2015, Maryellen Larkin was added to the family of historical American Girls. As such, she is the newest member. Maryellen is growing up in the 1950’s in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has a huge family – 2 brothers, 3 sisters and a dog, Scooter. She loves TV and often pretends that she is in her…
Face Molds
Since American Girl dolls were first created in 1986, there have 8 face molds: Classic, Addy, American Girl of Today #4, Josefina, Kaya, Jess, Sonali and Marie-Grace. Some people feel it is time for a new face. But, all of these faces are lovely, each in their own way. The existence of so many molds, combined with…
Historical Girls – Part III
IVY LING – 1974 Ivy Ling, friend of Julie, was released in 2007 as part of Julie’s collection. (For more about Julie, see “Historical Girls – Part II”.) Ivy enjoys living in San Francisco where her grandparents own a Chinese restaurant, the Happy Panda, and she is a gymnast on the YWCA gymnastics team in…
