https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:21:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly/page/2#post-890786 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:57:31 +0000 MamaMoose 890786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I'll be in manhattan saturday so I think I'm just going to get one there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890777 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:55:10 +0000 lawbee11 890777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: I was planning to just order everything online but shipping is $20 (!!) so looks like I am making a trip to the AG store this weekend! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890766 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:52:01 +0000 tysonja 890766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: haha i didn't have any either growing up. actually, to be honest i only heard about them a few years ago from blog sites!</p> <p>probably because i'm Canadian.... </p> <p>i can see why they are popular with little girls, though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890724 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:38:30 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 890724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Too funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890537 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:55:44 +0000 MamaMoose 890537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I never had a doll!! My mom was appalled at how overpriced they are. But somehow she has no issue buying one for her granddaughter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890527 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:53:22 +0000 artsyfartsy 890527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wanted a Molly doll. She was my favorite character! Everytime I see an American girl commercial I'm always like, there's the christmas present I never got :(</p> <p>I didn't know they retired Samantha too. She was my second favorite </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890525 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:53:07 +0000 MamaMoose 890525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: shiiiit! I was also psyched to buy one! Will have to get it now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890520 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:51:56 +0000 MrsH 890520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: No. I didn't have one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890515 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:49:47 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 890515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: @Leialou: I read and collected some of the series - Samantha, Kirsten, Felicity, and Molly mostly but some Kit. I'm not sure if I still have any of the books or not and I didn't really reread them. They were fun but really easy reads, you know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890409 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:20:10 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 890409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I never had a doll either, I read the books. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890321 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:02:22 +0000 Arden 890321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NaturallyCathy: I didn't have any of the dolls. I had all the books though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890313 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:01:08 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 890313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I the only one who didn't have one of the dolls? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890291 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:55:41 +0000 Arden 890291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Years ago they said they were going to retire Felicity, and my little sister and I started a "Save Felicity" campaign. We wrote a petition and got tons of signatures, we made sashes and marched... it was hilarious. And they listened! They sent us letter saying they had reconsidered. :) And then they ended up making a Felicity movie a couple years later. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890191 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:27:14 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 890191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents never bought me a doll, but I loved reading all the books. I was never really into dolls generally, but my neighbor had three and I though they were pretty cool. </p> <p>Maybe I should stock up on books for a future little one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890103 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:10:16 +0000 rrachael 890103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I loved Molly and Samantha! My sister was just telling me how downhill AG has gone ... Makes me sad because they were so great and educational before :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890077 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:04:16 +0000 abbydabbydoodlebug 890077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a Bitty Baby doll that I went everywhere with and I remember taking out the American girl books from the library multiple times. My favorite was always Felicity because I love revolutionary war America. I finally saved up enough of my own money to buy her. So sad that they are retiring Molly too! I hate the direction that they are going with now with the dolls :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890073 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:03:04 +0000 mrs. 64 890073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had Molly too! Actually probably still have her at my mom's house somewhere.... I loved these books when I was little and read every one. I teach 2nd and they are not popular right now. I did have a student read a bunch of them this year though and I totally geeked out and we wrote notes back and forth about them on her reading log. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890061 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:00:57 +0000 autumnlove 890061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never had one but I obsessed over the catalogs! Is Kirsten still around? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890053 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:59:09 +0000 lemondrop 890053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd do it! I wanted Samantha so bad as a kid, but we couldn't afford her :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890034 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:54:58 +0000 Mrs. Pen 890034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>that's so sad!!!</p> <p>I still have my Josefina and Kit doll from when I was little! They are boxed up and my little sister plays with them when she comes over. I hope to have a DD who will play with them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890031 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:54:42 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 890031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love Molly! :( I still have the books. I'm glad I held on to them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-890022 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:53:07 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 890022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always wanted Molly's lunch and birthday cake. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888513 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:11:59 +0000 CarrieLouWho 888513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: I've read that article before and LOVED it, I hate that they've watered down the adventure of the dolls and the books!</p> <p>@deerylou: I also love pretend food. I've been trying to figure out how old LO needs to be before we get her a play kitchen and I go to down on all of the fun food accessories to go with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888401 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:53:46 +0000 Bao 888401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww!! I had Samantha and I kept her for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888365 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:47:31 +0000 avivoca 888365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nooo! Molly was my favorite character! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888345 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:45:12 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 888345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888328 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:42:55 +0000 sorrycharlie 888328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aww! I loved Molly! I had all the American Girl doll books (Felicity, Kirsten, Addy, Samantha &amp; Molly) but most were ruined when our basement flooded :( so depressing. I would have loved to save them for LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888292 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:39:06 +0000 deerylou 888292@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Molly was always my favorite! I loved her school accessories - her little desk and lunch box; ack! Samantha's birthday party food was adorable too; I have a serious obsession with pretend food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888278 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:37:29 +0000 honeybear 888278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An outrage! I had Samantha, but Molly was my next choice (I never got her). She was plucky, wore glasses (like me back in the day), and I dug her Mary Janes. I still think her red schoolbag is chic. ;) (Oh Pleasant Company, you were such a tease!) </p> <p>P.S.: The Mattel-ization of American Girl is addressed rather astutely in this article: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/05/01/even-more-terrible-things-are-happening-to-the-american-girl-doll-brand-than-you-thought/" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2013/05/01/even-more-terrible-things-are-happening-to-the-american-girl-doll-brand-than-you-thought/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/american-girl-doll-retiring-molly#post-888253 Thu, 27 Jun 2013 09:33:39 +0000 CarrieLouWho 888253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I just saw on FB that they were retiring her. On the AG website, there's no date listed so I'm not sure. I think I'm going to do the book series too... although part of me wants to go find some "vintage" ones to match my Samantha set :) </p>