Aw, I love Saige, she's one of my favorite GOTYs, I think her unique turquoise eyes are stunning, I absolutely love her long auburn, curly hair, I was an artsy girl when I was younger so we have that shared interest, and I've always wanted to visit the Southwest so I love her aesthetic, I think her sweater outfit is adorable (even if it's a bit "old lady-ish" as you said, but it's something I'd definitely wear so I can't complain lol). I'd love to own her one day. She is a bit similar to Nicki, but I think she's like "Nicki plus" in the same way you said Joss can be "Kailey plus" or Corinne is "Mia plus". Similar ideas, but better done. I also love Joss because she's a surfer girl, I love her hair, her unique face mold and her disability representation. I love Corinne and her winter collection, same with Mia for the same reason. I love Luciana for her STEM theme and collection, I think her purple streak is quite cute. And of course Kanani, she's just so stunning.
I was the same age as Lindsey when she released and I’m from the Chicago area. Lindsey looks unhinged in the best, most relatable way. I didn’t appreciate her enough when I received her but as a full grown adult, I’m so glad she was the last AG I received before aging out. Tier lists are very personal, and Lindsey is my absolute favorite girl of the year.
I’m going to be completely honest, this is really the first time I’ve ever seen Kira or Corinne since I haven’t been very active (actucally not at all) with collecting AG so I haven’t kept up with the GOTYS since Joss, but seeing Corinne honestly makes me want to get back into collecting! I don’t play with my American girlies anymore, but honestly kinda want Corinne!
Corinne got me back into collecting! An Asian American doll with colored streaks was everything I wanted as a kid so i fell in love with her. She is absolutely adorable
I personally love Saige, mostly because I’m a sucker for redheaded/darker red-haired AG dolls, and yeah, some of her collection is not the best, but, she has my favorite appearance out of the GOTY’s.
My GOD Lea Clark is STUNNING !! I just received her NIB and I’m shocked! …. Shocked! 😳 The most beautiful doll I’ve ever seen, her skin tone, eyes, hair, everything is perfect! She is the one I personally would want to play with, along with Nanea, my another favorite.
Can we talk about how someone wrote on the American Girl Wiki that Joss's book is historically inaccurate, since they didn't predict that California would go into quarantine at the time her book takes place
I love watching tier rankings, and would happily watch more. I always feel bad for the dolls who were done dirty by AG; it's not their fault that they aren't as good as some of the others in terms of collection or concept! Really enjoyed your ranking, thank you for sharing.
I am a biased Grace fan and I will say she slayed so hard I love her omg she haunts my dreams and was my dream doll ong. Other then Leah. Leah was awesome too but GRACE HAS ME IN A CHOKEHOLD OMG GRACE IS MY BABY
i agree with a lottt of your ranking, kira makes me so angry i cannot wait until next year so she leaves the store, and i never thought about lindsey as chucky but i see it LMAO
I am commenting this at the point of Mia st Clair in the video and it reminded me to ask you, Kris! Would you possibly be able to do a tutorial on how to style her meet braid, for the people who take it out???!
I love your ranking category titles 🤣 Great job ranking! I was surprised Kailey was a slight slay since I thought most people feel she is a “eh, whatever”.
i got kayley when she first released (i don’t know why my parents and grandma thought a 3 year old could handle a $95 dollar doll but i digress) and she really is a slay
About 3 years ago I stopped playing with my American girls because I wanted to be “mature” obviously didn’t last and I came back to Corinne and she literally has my personality and so now I’m frantically trying to buy her collection because it honestly SLAYS
as someone who is not a collector and just stumbled upon this video i didn’t know julie wasn’t a girl of the year 😭 she was my childhood doll (other than a lookalike i had) and i had no idea tbh
Interesting analysis! Fun to hear your opinions. One thing I will say, with Blaire, I loved the idea but I feel like they could have gone farther with the whole farmhouse theme.
i love marisol, she was my first ag doll and i kept her in super good condition, its funny bc i remember wearing the exact same type of wrap cardigans in the 00s to dance class
I have the new DK American Girl collection book and Tenny and Logan are in the Girl of The Year category! They needed to do more for Gabriela. And it’s honestly so sad they do not have another African American GOTY.
Loved the video!! Ranking as an adult collector (since I have collected every girl of the year best to worst IMO) 1. Lea Clark 2. McKenna Brooks 3. Lila Monetti 4. Joss Kendrick 5. Kanani Akina 6. Grace Thomas 7. Marisol Luna 8. Blaire Wilson 9. Mia St. Clair 10. Chrissa Maxwell (Sonali Matthews and Gwen Thompson here too) 11. Kailey Hopkins 12. Jess McConnell 13. Saige Copeland 14. Lanie Holland 15. Luciana Vega 16. Gabriela McBride 17. Corinne Tan 18. Kavi Sharma 19. Isabelle Palmer 20. Kira Bailey 21. Nicki Fleming 22. Lindsey Bergman
I don’t know why, but there is something about Lindsey that speaks out to me. She has a bland accessory collection and I don’t really relate to her story, but I find her to look very homey and comforting. I like her wavy brown hair and her outfit reminds me of how my mom used to dress me to go to school when I was little in the early 2000’s. The other GotY dolls remind me of the girls who bullied me in middle school, but Lindsey is the type of girl I would get pizza with and watch a movie with on a rainy Friday night. (Also, she was the first doll of Jewish descent American Girl made! A few years before Rebecca in the historical line! Nice representation so early in GotY’s history!)
Is there anywhere we can see the Joss prototype? I love seeing the doll prototypes especially for molds but I can’t find them anywhere most of the time
I have such a love hate relationship with Kira. I love her blond hair and green eyes. I love the fact she goes to Australia. But she feels like Julie 2.0 to me. I do have the doll. I recently downsized my collection majorly. Getting rid of the dolls I didn't feel connected too and Sonali was one. I don't regret getting rid of her. I think I only got her because yes she is stunningly beautiful and her story is amazing. I just never connected too her. Gabriella--- Could have been so much better! I kinda feel like American Girl is simply recycling their Girl of the Year stories. There is so much more they could do that they haven't done yet. I always love seeing what people think about the Girl of the Year dolls and others.
Love your review and your point of view! I think that some of the dolls of the year just look like play dolls or dolls moms can make clothing for and they are a bit different looking from the Just lile You or Me, or what ever and that might be the appeal. Just a thought but really love your review. Thank you.
My favorites are Joss, Kanani and Blaire! I have a bumblebee dress that looks a lot like Blaires and I think the Red Heads are so pretty! Saige, Mia, and Luciana and Marisol are cute too but I don't like their outfits that much.
Looking back on my childhood I feel like my favorite dolls were always kit and Samantha. However my little undecided on the girl of the Year dolls I feel like there's a lot that I could give my favorite too I can definitely think of about three kanani because she was my first girl of the year. McKenna because I've read her book probably a hundred times and Grace because who doesn't love a baker.
Me trying not to cry because you think poorly of Luciana who is one of my top AG wants!! 😭 .. But anyway loved this video, definitely would like to see even more opinion videos from you!!
I appreciate your thoughts. I would move Blaire up one. I Agree with top choices. I would move McKenna and Isabelle up. Love Isabelle doll collection, hair. Good quality doll. McKenna is a good doll, pretty, thick hair with no part is different. Her collection isn't great. My granddaughters love Grace, McKenna, Isabelle, Lea, Corrine, kanani, and Joss. I will definitely look for a Mia, jess, Marisol dolls and the Luciano collection. Thanks again.
I always thought Joss's facemold looked like a slightly rounder version of Marie-Grace's facemold which I abolutely adore (It's why I got Marie-Grace in the first place). Younger me would have definitely made the two dolls sisters if I had them both ☺️
I’ve never owned a Girl of the Year doll, and many of these characters I have never heard of. Goodness gracious, some of the Meet outfits are HiDeOus. I agree with almost all of your rankings.
Honestly I would have put Joss to in the top category I have her and while I think her hair is I little harder to play with than for example my Maryellen i think her story is so important and very relatable (as a deaf person my self) also you talked about other characters differences and diversity but you didn’t talk much about Joss’s deafness or that she is the first ag doll ever to have a “disability “ plus she is just beautiful but that is just my opinion most of the other ranking I agree
They should make a African American doll or a doll with a cat or some other type of pet other than a dog bc every doll had a dog it’s getting annoying and repetitive
I agree but there are a few things that we don’t get in common but I have a timer on opinions and we should all be respectful of that so I get what you’re saying Chris that you should be Respectful
First of all I’m not a collector of doll of the year. I love Corrine but I can’t see passed the ski aspect which I hate love her books though. I have Luciana (only GOTY I have) I think she should have been sold in her flight suit. She is more a souvenir because the year she came out was the first time I went to Space Camp she was sold there. Her books are little I can’t think of the word I do think it would have been better if she had suffered more consequences for her actions then what happened this fairytale.ending didn’t sit right with me. What happened rarely if ever happens.
Love the video. Agree with most except Laney. Her meet dress is heinous and her bangs do not seem to work. I always enjoy seeing others’ opinions in any case.
It was good to know cute as for the Australian one ,I really think they did her to tap, into the Australian market ,in hence saying this its is true just about every Aussie born girl child of generation decent is blond and blue eyed and many with the Kia long hair lol I agree its time they made a Fashion Designer doll for little girls I think they would love it I fashion design in real life and I love it lol
So far Mari like seven minutes and 58 seconds in but the only thing I would critique about Marisol is her pants I’m sorry for anyone that likes Marisol but her pants I’m sorry they’re disgusting like I truly love this doll like she save the American girl doll girl your line and she really made American girl start to have more of a collection but I really don’t like her pants at all and I get it it is like the third American girl girl you’re a doll and they are doing much better with the new face mold and everything but the pants I’m sorry it could’ve been a different color that would’ve probably made it much better other than that this doll saved the American girl doll line oh girl the earth
He literally has to say that at the beginning of the video to prevent the video being flagged as targeted towards kids and RUclips turning off comments.
My own personal opinions, feel free to share yours! Just always be respectful 🥳
loved this video!!
16:47 I plan on getting kanani when I can
marisol is EVERYTHING. her outfit oozes 2005 in the best way.
I wanted her so bad as a kid
Oh my God I came here for her. She is the one that I saved all a year for The moment she was shown.
I thought I was biased because she was my first American girl doll as a kid! But no, she really is that amazing 😭💞
Aw, I love Saige, she's one of my favorite GOTYs, I think her unique turquoise eyes are stunning, I absolutely love her long auburn, curly hair, I was an artsy girl when I was younger so we have that shared interest, and I've always wanted to visit the Southwest so I love her aesthetic, I think her sweater outfit is adorable (even if it's a bit "old lady-ish" as you said, but it's something I'd definitely wear so I can't complain lol). I'd love to own her one day. She is a bit similar to Nicki, but I think she's like "Nicki plus" in the same way you said Joss can be "Kailey plus" or Corinne is "Mia plus". Similar ideas, but better done.
I also love Joss because she's a surfer girl, I love her hair, her unique face mold and her disability representation. I love Corinne and her winter collection, same with Mia for the same reason. I love Luciana for her STEM theme and collection, I think her purple streak is quite cute. And of course Kanani, she's just so stunning.
I grew up in the early 2000s so Lindsey looking unhinged is so relatable 😅🤣
I was the same age as Lindsey when she released and I’m from the Chicago area. Lindsey looks unhinged in the best, most relatable way. I didn’t appreciate her enough when I received her but as a full grown adult, I’m so glad she was the last AG I received before aging out. Tier lists are very personal, and Lindsey is my absolute favorite girl of the year.
I’m going to be completely honest, this is really the first time I’ve ever seen Kira or Corinne since I haven’t been very active (actucally not at all) with collecting AG so I haven’t kept up with the GOTYS since Joss, but seeing Corinne honestly makes me want to get back into collecting! I don’t play with my American girlies anymore, but honestly kinda want Corinne!
Corinne got me back into collecting! An Asian American doll with colored streaks was everything I wanted as a kid so i fell in love with her. She is absolutely adorable
I personally love Saige, mostly because I’m a sucker for redheaded/darker red-haired AG dolls, and yeah, some of her collection is not the best, but, she has my favorite appearance out of the GOTY’s.
I’ll never forget when I went to my flea market one day and found kanani for only 40$😭 I love her sm especially bc she was my childhood doll
Wow your lucky
Marisol was my first GOTY and is still one of my favorites! I loved her story and thought she was one of the most beautiful dolls I’d ever seen 😍
My GOD Lea Clark is STUNNING !! I just received her NIB and I’m shocked! …. Shocked! 😳 The most beautiful doll I’ve ever seen, her skin tone, eyes, hair, everything is perfect! She is the one I personally would want to play with, along with Nanea, my another favorite.
Can we talk about how someone wrote on the American Girl Wiki that Joss's book is historically inaccurate, since they didn't predict that California would go into quarantine at the time her book takes place
I love watching tier rankings, and would happily watch more. I always feel bad for the dolls who were done dirty by AG; it's not their fault that they aren't as good as some of the others in terms of collection or concept! Really enjoyed your ranking, thank you for sharing.
Loved this!! Definitely think you should do one for the historical girlies. But after Claudie is out of course lol
Corinne is one of my FAVORITE dolls in my collection and I find myself coming back to her again and again she is 1,000% worth it!
I am a biased Grace fan and I will say she slayed so hard I love her omg she haunts my dreams and was my dream doll ong. Other then Leah. Leah was awesome too but GRACE HAS ME IN A CHOKEHOLD OMG GRACE IS MY BABY
The chuckie comment makes me LOL every time. Marisol luna is sooo iconic i started collecting when she came out!
Please do this for the historical characters!!
Thanks Kris. I loved your video. 💖 My two Kanani and two Marisol dolls loved it too. 😊 I would love seeing any further videos that you come up with. 💕
Saige is gorgeous ❤ Her beautiful long auburn hair aqua colored eyes and adorable freckles make her special 🎉❤
Super fun video and I agree with most of your rankings. Would love to see you keep going with this.
i agree with a lottt of your ranking, kira makes me so angry i cannot wait until next year so she leaves the store, and i never thought about lindsey as chucky but i see it LMAO
Lol RIGHT!!! I just always looked and her and thought that🤡😅
I am commenting this at the point of Mia st Clair in the video and it reminded me to ask you, Kris! Would you possibly be able to do a tutorial on how to style her meet braid, for the people who take it out???!
I love your ranking category titles 🤣
Great job ranking! I was surprised Kailey was a slight slay since I thought most people feel she is a “eh, whatever”.
i got kayley when she first released (i don’t know why my parents and grandma thought a 3 year old could handle a $95 dollar doll but i digress) and she really is a slay
Damn he really just tore my childhood apart
Wow. Our rankings are pretty similar. I’m with you 100% on Outback Julie.
About 3 years ago I stopped playing with my American girls because I wanted to be “mature” obviously didn’t last and I came back to Corinne and she literally has my personality and so now I’m frantically trying to buy her collection because it honestly SLAYS
My favorite dolls are
1. Joss
2. Corrine
3. Mc’Kenna
as someone who is not a collector and just stumbled upon this video i didn’t know julie wasn’t a girl of the year 😭 she was my childhood doll (other than a lookalike i had) and i had no idea tbh
She's a historical doll! She represents the 1970s
Interesting analysis! Fun to hear your opinions. One thing I will say, with Blaire, I loved the idea but I feel like they could have gone farther with the whole farmhouse theme.
i love marisol, she was my first ag doll and i kept her in super good condition, its funny bc i remember wearing the exact same type of wrap cardigans in the 00s to dance class
KANANI. IS THE MOMENT. SHE CREATED THE MOMENT.
I have the new DK American Girl collection book and Tenny and Logan are in the Girl of The Year category! They needed to do more for Gabriela. And it’s honestly so sad they do not have another African American GOTY.
This was fun! My opinions are not the same, but it was really fun hearing yours! Thanks for making this video.
Nice fun video! I totally agree with your choices💜
Loved the video!!
Ranking as an adult collector (since I have collected every girl of the year best to worst IMO)
1. Lea Clark
2. McKenna Brooks
3. Lila Monetti
4. Joss Kendrick
5. Kanani Akina
6. Grace Thomas
7. Marisol Luna
8. Blaire Wilson
9. Mia St. Clair
10. Chrissa Maxwell (Sonali Matthews and Gwen Thompson here too)
11. Kailey Hopkins
12. Jess McConnell
13. Saige Copeland
14. Lanie Holland
15. Luciana Vega
16. Gabriela McBride
17. Corinne Tan
18. Kavi Sharma
19. Isabelle Palmer
20. Kira Bailey
21. Nicki Fleming
22. Lindsey Bergman
Oh my GOD I also remember watching stephenswodadancer's video with Sonali in the sweet melody outfit and being obsessed!
“So now that I’ve calmed down” 🤣🤣
I would have just moved Gabriella up one tear. She's a pretty doll, and not her fault AG did her dirty.
I love Kanani, Blaire, Saige, Kira, Gwen, Corrine, there are sooo many beautiful girls!
I love saige 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
I love your girl of the year ranking. I have all of them but Kanani. But I need too.
I don’t know why, but there is something about Lindsey that speaks out to me. She has a bland accessory collection and I don’t really relate to her story, but I find her to look very homey and comforting. I like her wavy brown hair and her outfit reminds me of how my mom used to dress me to go to school when I was little in the early 2000’s.
The other GotY dolls remind me of the girls who bullied me in middle school, but Lindsey is the type of girl I would get pizza with and watch a movie with on a rainy Friday night.
(Also, she was the first doll of Jewish descent American Girl made! A few years before Rebecca in the historical line! Nice representation so early in GotY’s history!)
Is there anywhere we can see the Joss prototype? I love seeing the doll prototypes especially for molds but I can’t find them anywhere most of the time
I have such a love hate relationship with Kira. I love her blond hair and green eyes. I love the fact she goes to Australia. But she feels like Julie 2.0 to me. I do have the doll. I recently downsized my collection majorly. Getting rid of the dolls I didn't feel connected too and Sonali was one. I don't regret getting rid of her. I think I only got her because yes she is stunningly beautiful and her story is amazing. I just never connected too her. Gabriella--- Could have been so much better! I kinda feel like American Girl is simply recycling their Girl of the Year stories. There is so much more they could do that they haven't done yet. I always love seeing what people think about the Girl of the Year dolls and others.
Love your review and your point of view! I think that some of the dolls of the year just look like play dolls or dolls moms can make clothing for and they are a bit different looking from the Just lile You or Me, or what ever and that might be the appeal. Just a thought but really love your review. Thank you.
I’m with you on almost all of this, the only ones I would switch are Lindsey and Chrissa, and Kanani and Jess.
You roasted my fave wig Isabelle’s but in general I support your list.
I agree about Gabriella
i love tier ranking videos
Ok
I like my Isabel more than I thought I would, her really deep side part is really unique
My favorites are Joss, Kanani and Blaire! I have a bumblebee dress that looks a lot like Blaires and I think the Red Heads are so pretty!
Saige, Mia, and Luciana and Marisol are cute too but I don't like their outfits that much.
Looking back on my childhood I feel like my favorite dolls were always kit and Samantha. However my little undecided on the girl of the Year dolls I feel like there's a lot that I could give my favorite too I can definitely think of about three kanani because she was my first girl of the year. McKenna because I've read her book probably a hundred times and Grace because who doesn't love a baker.
I would love to see more ranking videos
My best friend had Nikki and allll the horse stuff when I was little. She is to me what Mia was/ is to you 🤍
i wanted kanani so bad when I was younger shes so cute
Me trying not to cry because you think poorly of Luciana who is one of my top AG wants!! 😭 .. But anyway loved this video, definitely would like to see even more opinion videos from you!!
I appreciate your thoughts. I would move Blaire up one. I Agree with top choices. I would move McKenna and Isabelle up. Love Isabelle doll collection, hair. Good quality doll. McKenna is a good doll, pretty, thick hair with no part is different. Her collection isn't great. My granddaughters love Grace, McKenna, Isabelle, Lea, Corrine, kanani, and Joss. I will definitely look for a Mia, jess, Marisol dolls and the Luciano collection. Thanks again.
I always thought Joss's facemold looked like a slightly rounder version of Marie-Grace's facemold which I abolutely adore (It's why I got Marie-Grace in the first place). Younger me would have definitely made the two dolls sisters if I had them both ☺️
Love How You Ranked the Dolls! However, I personally would have put Luciana little higher.
I’ve never owned a Girl of the Year doll, and many of these characters I have never heard of. Goodness gracious, some of the Meet outfits are HiDeOus. I agree with almost all of your rankings.
I got to find my Marisol wherever she's hiding
My baby Miaaaa I love her sm she just got sent to the doll hospital today I miss her already 😂😭😻
I love Blair ofcorse I love redheads
The ONLY difference with Gwen and JLY 12 is a code number on the body tag, otherwise they’re exactly identical
Lindsay is giving me strong "Amy Farrow Fowler" vibes.
agreed 100%
Great video!
What is that app? I can’t find it anywhere.
Chuckyyyyy 😂😂😂😂😂 yes it’s given chucky
Honestly I would have put Joss to in the top category I have her and while I think her hair is I little harder to play with than for example my Maryellen i think her story is so important and very relatable (as a deaf person my self) also you talked about other characters differences and diversity but you didn’t talk much about Joss’s deafness or that she is the first ag doll ever to have a “disability “ plus she is just beautiful but that is just my opinion most of the other ranking I agree
I like this video. I would have put Blaire one level higher.
i was hit deep knowing damn well i dyed my ends pink to look like isabelle
*gasp* how could u hate Saige/j (she does share a birthday with my bff so I'm biased😅)
Please do this but for all the girls with a name and a background to them even the ones who you don’t have in your collection please and thank you
Would move Blaire and Isabell up to the top!
jess mcconnell is the best girl of the year with kanani & sonali coming in 2nd/3rd, i would die 4 her
Awe I have both the ones that he hates😂😂although I renamed my Isabelle doll to Erin cause I didn’t like her name haha
Does LINDSEY remind you of Punky Brewster?
Yesssss!!!!
They should make a African American doll or a doll with a cat or some other type of pet other than a dog bc every doll had a dog it’s getting annoying and repetitive
Where would you place Kavi and Lila? ❤
I agree but there are a few things that we don’t get in common but I have a timer on opinions and we should all be respectful of that so I get what you’re saying Chris that you should be Respectful
the funny thing about this video is the dolls you disliked most were the ones i grew up with and had 😂😂 (mckenna, saige, isabelle)
First of all I’m not a collector of doll of the year. I love Corrine but I can’t see passed the ski aspect which I hate love her books though. I have Luciana (only GOTY I have) I think she should have been sold in her flight suit. She is more a souvenir because the year she came out was the first time I went to Space Camp she was sold there. Her books are little I can’t think of the word I do think it would have been better if she had suffered more consequences for her actions then what happened this fairytale.ending didn’t sit right with me. What happened rarely if ever happens.
Love the video. Agree with most except Laney. Her meet dress is heinous and her bangs do not seem to work. I always enjoy seeing others’ opinions in any case.
It was good to know cute as for the Australian one ,I really think they did her to tap, into the Australian market ,in hence saying this its is true just about every Aussie born girl child of generation decent is blond and blue eyed and many with the Kia long hair lol I agree its time they made a Fashion Designer doll for little girls I think they would love it I fashion design in real life and I love it lol
I have a Marisol doll
I bought a in box kanani from 2011 for $600 😭😭😭😭
PLEASE LEAVE SAIGE ALONE OH MY GOD THAT WAS A VIOLATION 😭😭😭😭
So far Mari like seven minutes and 58 seconds in but the only thing I would critique about Marisol is her pants I’m sorry for anyone that likes Marisol but her pants I’m sorry they’re disgusting like I truly love this doll like she save the American girl doll girl your line and she really made American girl start to have more of a collection but I really don’t like her pants at all and I get it it is like the third American girl girl you’re a doll and they are doing much better with the new face mold and everything but the pants I’m sorry it could’ve been a different color that would’ve probably made it much better other than that this doll saved the American girl doll line oh girl the earth
No hate but you don’t have to be an adult to be a doll collector
He literally has to say that at the beginning of the video to prevent the video being flagged as targeted towards kids and RUclips turning off comments.
Who is here in 2024❤
She’s the only girl of the year and she is a zoologist
Niceee
I HATE the mayor doll.I would do I don't know her
First!!! Yay 😁