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 […]
Did you know that Samantha and Nellie weren’t the first historical characters to be retired/archived? Before Kaya was released in 2002, Felicity was retired. Below is the official catalogue announcement from American Girl: Felicity was last featured in the Spring 2002 catalogue and many of her items were retired as they sold out. Felicity returned […]
Have you ever seen the 1998 Play Outfit for sale online, but with the Kwanzaa outfit sandals instead of the original fisherman’s sandals? It turns out that American Girl did sell the Play Outfit with the Kwanzaa sandals back in 2002. Note that this sale outfit did not come with the “Add A Girl” necklace […]