OKAY THE HIPPIE GIRL IS INSANELY INSANELY ADORABLE. I AM NOT GONNA LIE.... I LOVE HER OUTFITS.
Yeah I don't like the modern trend. I think they're coming out with a doll a year or something? And OMG YEAH the homeless girl doll is weird. Like the concept is fine, since American Girl is all about educating kids etc etc but the fact that NONE of the price is going toward charity for it is extremely WTF and overrides any sort of message they could've possibly been going for.
Yeah; I only just realized what had happened when I thumbed through my coworker's American Girl catalog, only to find that Samantha was missing. And replaced by about ten other girls, as well as 'friends' who apparently don't deserve their own spotlight? I will say though that the 1970s girl is absolutely adorable with her little hippie outfits, and if she'd been around when I got Samantha and my sister got Molly, my mother probably would have bought one for each of us. She's such a hippie-lover.
I've really never gotten the modern trend. Same goes for the "make a doll that looks just like you and is you; this totally isn't creepy at all, I swear" shop they set up. If I'm a little girl who's going to make up stories about a doll and play with her, I'd think that the LAST thing I want to say is "I'll be right there; I just have to dress myself up in my winter sweater. While I'm at it, let me tell you all about my doll's endearing story."
Regan, it's OKAY that they're archiving Samantha (I know about this in great detail, it is a HIDDEN SECRET PASSION, o_o, and they're just Archiving her, like Disney does with its movies, I'm sure Mattel will rake in profits from Special Edition Samantha Stuff), because THEY REPLACED HER WITH A JEWISH GIRL. Rebecca Rubin, no shit, comes from ONLY 10 years later, lives in NYC, and is Russian-Jewish, and is basically meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~
You have no idea how much I want her entire collection. It touches some sort of horrible girly thing deep down inside of me I forgot was there.
DUDE did I ever tell you about how when my boss and I went to visit Caribou Coffee and for lolz we went to the Mall of America to end up in the American Girl store? And like... it's all pink and crazy and full of these WALLLLLSSS of dolls and accessories with clerks going around like personal shopping assistants and a fucking ice cream bar? INSANEO.
Oh man you know I DID see her and figured that was why Samantha got replaced? A lot of her little outfits remind me of hers. WELL I GUESS YOU DONT NEED YOUR OWN "MAKE A DOLL WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE ME" HUH NOW DO YOU?
My mother is totally in denial that Samantha was retired. I emailed to tell her and she replied with just "no, I don't think they got rid of Samantha"
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WHAT THE HELL D:
FUCK THE NEW GIRLS, GIVE US OUR SAMANTHA BACK.
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IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE; SHE WAS STILL A TOP SELLER. PROBABLY TO MAKE ROOM FOR OTHER GIRLS FROM THE EARLY 1900 LIKE THE KIT GIRL? LIKE WTFFFFF.
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LAST I HEARD THEY WERE BRINGING IN HIPPIES AND HOMELESS GIRL DOLLS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS GIRLS CAN TOTALLY AFFORD THE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BUY THE DOLL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THEM.
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Yeah I don't like the modern trend. I think they're coming out with a doll a year or something? And OMG YEAH the homeless girl doll is weird. Like the concept is fine, since American Girl is all about educating kids etc etc but the fact that NONE of the price is going toward charity for it is extremely WTF and overrides any sort of message they could've possibly been going for.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR HALLOWEEN?
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I've really never gotten the modern trend. Same goes for the "make a doll that looks just like you and is you; this totally isn't creepy at all, I swear" shop they set up. If I'm a little girl who's going to make up stories about a doll and play with her, I'd think that the LAST thing I want to say is "I'll be right there; I just have to dress myself up in my winter sweater. While I'm at it, let me tell you all about my doll's endearing story."
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You have no idea how much I want her entire collection. It touches some sort of horrible girly thing deep down inside of me I forgot was there.
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Oh man you know I DID see her and figured that was why Samantha got replaced? A lot of her little outfits remind me of hers. WELL I GUESS YOU DONT NEED YOUR OWN "MAKE A DOLL WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE ME" HUH NOW DO YOU?
My mother is totally in denial that Samantha was retired. I emailed to tell her and she replied with just "no, I don't think they got rid of Samantha"
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