Claims of 1986 body tags on dolls marking Pleasant Company’s 10th anniversary are unfounded. The tags, found on dolls from ’94-’96, don’t correspond with the exact anniversary year, nor are they present on all dolls from ’96. The tags’ true purpose remains speculative without solid evidence; they may have originated from a specific factory test or to prevent impostor dolls at the doll hospital. Concrete proof to settle these theories is still sought.
For items that would be retiring, Mattel added a Last Chance Corner to the website where shoppers could get these items at a discounted price. Here’s what this portion of the website looked like around 2001-2002: Items were separated by product line: The American Girls Collection, American Girl Today, and American Girl Gear. Scroll through […]
Although the American Girl website was available earlier in the 90s, the American Girl web store didn’t debut until late 1999. Here’s the homepage you would be greeted with when visiting the website in late 99: Below is what the store homepage looked like. View the screen capture to see the graphics: The home pages […]
In 1996, Pleasant Company released girl and doll sized T-shirts to celebrate their 10th anniversary. The shirts were white with black print that said “Proud to be an American Girl” with multi-colored stars around the words and a star dotting the “i”s and “!”. See this advertisement from the back cover of the Holiday 1996 […]
Not many people know that Pleasant Company (and later American Girl) sold a real gingerbread house for Samantha that girls could put together and then eat! It was sold from 1986 to 2006 and retail cost was $12-$15. I found this kit for sale recently and wanted to share pictures of the actual set. See […]