Ideas for American Girl Products

Hey everyone! Here are my ideas for American Girl Products!

- Set of books: The set would could with mini abridged books for your dolls to read.

- Set of toys: Real brand toys besides mini dolls! I really would love my dolls to have more toys besides mini dolls! Maybe some board games, card games, toys, etc...

- More sets with real brand products: Like, if it's a school set, things that come from real supplies stores, if ya know what I mean.

- Cooking sets: For an example, a spaghetti and meatballs set- the set comes with a box of pasta, some grounded beef, tomato sauce, a pot, forks, and plates.

     So those are all the ideas I have for now!
-mintysparkleAG

How to Find the Perfect AG Doll in the Store:

Hey guys! Today I'm going to be sharing how you can find a good quality doll if you are at the American Girl store in person. Let's get started!

Tip 1- find a doll with no permapanties
 American Girl might still have dolls with permapanties for purchase, so check your doll you are considering. In April 2018, when I was going to get a doll, I was all ready with my choice of doll when I thought, oh, maybe I should check her for permapanties. To my great surprise, she did have permapanties! Thank goodness I had checked. The next doll I chose without permapanties was actually make in 2014.

Tip 2- look to make sure that doll's eyes are looking forward and they are good quality.

Tip 3- check to see if her face is cute. Make sure you think her face is adorable.

I hope you like these tips! Happy dolling!

Mini Dolls!

So, you may not know this... but I love American Girl mini dolls! I much prefer the older ones, with the real cloth bodies *cough cough BeForever* but I think they are adorable and absolutely perfect if you are a collector of them or you want to give a great gift to your 18" dolls!
     Most of this information was found on American Girl Dolls Wiki. Hope you enjoy!

Historical Mini Caroline
Photo: Amazon

Historical mini Julie with old box
Photo: peoriamoline, eBay seller

    Okay, so let's start off with the fact mini dolls used to come with cloth bodies, neck strings, and a hardcover book. Instead of lots of eyelashes, they came with a few on each side. I personally like this look. Some say they think the older eye is creepy, but I like it much better. They came in boxes much like the dolls, with a box and one circle window in the front where you could see the face. I just think there is something more special about seeing a peep of your mini doll's face and opening her vs. Seeing so many holes in the box. You can see the book and so much of her face. There is not as much surprise, I think.

BeForever Mini Kit in box
Photo: The Toy Box Philosopher

    Are you serious, AG? You can see that the new box has not much covering in the front. I think this is less special.
    Also, a hardcover book is very cute and actually makes it look like your doll has some good reading material, instead of what now makes it look like she has an I Can Read! book. The paperback minis are cute, however I believe the mini hardcovers were better in cost to quality ratio. I think looking on eBay for a mini doll (if you like, you can even find one new in the original packaging that has not ever been opened before) is much more worth your time and money than buying a $25 mini doll that is worse quality. I love American Girl but they could definitely step up their quality like it was in 2011, 2012, and 2013. Overall, I would totally recommend any mini doll you find precious. :)
     I hope you enjoyed this post! Thank you for reading! :D

My Opinion on BeForever

This is not to be offensive, this is just my option and I respect other options too.

    BeForever... the Historical line for American Girl... I don't like it. I feel like things are cheaper quality, and not historically accurate. Things became so bright.

Historical Kit

                                                   photo: American Girl Wiki- Fandom

BeForever Kit
Photo: American Girl

I feel like the colors are so bright- and the outfit doesn't look like something from the Great Depression. I like the hand drawn illustrations much better. And so much of Rebecca's collection is purple! 

This is a 1914 Sears Fall Catalog... do you see much purple?

1914 Sears Fall Catalog

Photo: Pinterest

    In this picture, I see no purple outfits. The dress in the top right with the checkers looks pretty much exactly like the American Girl BeForever meet outfit! Why couldn't they have made it blue? Did they want to make it "girly?" And don't get me started on Samantha's Re-release. Everything was pink! I will admit, I like some of the stuff, but not all of it. And the mini dolls, they were (before BeForever) adorable. They had stuffed bodies just like the big dolls, and mini hardcover books, but when BeForever came, they were given plastic bodies and mini paperback books. 

Historical Caroline Mini Doll

Photo: Amazon

BeForever Caroline Mini Doll

Photo: eBay       

I mean, American Girl 18" Dolls don't have plastic torsos (I think I would faint if they did) so we clearly can see American Girl just lowered the quality! Caroline mini doll 1 has realistic curls, not just a wave of hair like Caroline mini 2. And you can see the hair rooted in on Caroline Mini 2. And the plastic body. Come on AG, Caroline Mini 1 is adorable.

So yeah, that's all for now. Thanks for reading this far! Comment your options and what you want to see on this blog.

What I Think Blaire Wilson will be like!

Hi! I'm going to be sharing what I think Girl of the Year 2019 will be like!


          Looks:
I think Blaire will have red curly hair, since that we haven't had for a while. We also have not had a GOTY will the classic mold since 2014, with Isabelle Palmer. Also, because of the cliché farm girl look, I think she will have freckles, plus the last GOTY we've had with freckles was in 2015, with Grace Thomas.

         Colors:
A lot of pink, yellow and white

          Collection:
I would love for Blaire to have pajamas with farm animals, and for lots of gardening, like with fruits and veggies, but since Kit recently came out with a Farmer's Market stand, I wonder what AG is planning. I wonder if there will be a barn. Also, I hope there is lots of denim, like blue jeans and overalls. I hope they aren't like 70's jeans, but modern ones. Maybe even jean shorts... idk. Also, I would really appreciate it if American Girl had a lot of real brands involved. (like creating things from Party City if she really likes to party plan as the leaks suggest. Or real food brands, but mini! :D)
       So, yeah! Those are my predictions so far.

~cattails2

Welcome to mintysparkleAG!

Hi!

Welcome to mintysparkleAG! I will post things like predictions, and new AG releases.
 Hope you enjoy!


  ~cattails2