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⌈ Secret Post #6849 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

As a kid that never had American Girl toys but had rich cousins that did, for me it has always been a flashy luxury toy brand aimed at mostly white rich moms for their kids.

You got me curious so I looked it up and Mattel bought the brand in 1998. So yeah, my experience with American Doll was definitely years before that.

[(Anonymous)]

I was able to save up to get my own Magic Attic doll, because it was cheaper than American Girl back in the day.

[(Anonymous)]

I think by the time I could get jobs/money (mostly babysitting at like 12 or 13) I was over my doll phase and squarely into my "hate everything pink and 'girly'" phase XD

[(Anonymous)]

What I was coming here to comment basically this. My sister and I read all the books, and we’d get the AG doll /catalog/ to fawn over, but we could never afford anything from them. 🥲

[(Anonymous)]

I kind of agree with you and OP. I feel it's always been that type of brand, but used to have a bigger focus on history and education, and higher quality accessories for what it cost.

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I feel like the books and dolls were always very different markets. Like they are obviously tied together, but had different purposes. But maybe that's my thinking through a childhood lens where they dolls were not really in my world but the books very much were.

[(Anonymous)]

Yup. Only the rich girls had that. I had second hand barbies.

[(Anonymous)]

Pre Mattel it was more of an "heirloom" expensive, now it's a "you need the newest sparkly collectors edition every 6 months and yes all her accessories are cheap plastic but the cost sure doesn't reflect that" expensive. It was always deffo a rich kid toy but I don't remember the conspicuous consumption or aggressive, relentless hyper femininity bring the main focus back then

[(Anonymous)]

The most I engaged with the American Girls line were the books I checked out from the library. I was afraid of human-like dolls due to watching the "Child's Play" films at too young an age, but even if I had wanted one, the dolls would have been way too expensive for my parents to even consider buying for me. Not surprised I didn't know about these toys until I was well into adulthood and millennial listicles popped up everywhere