I'm around your age, born Dec 84. I'm pretty sure my Grandma, who collected dolls, had my first AG catalogue mailed to me. I still have that copy (holiday 93) And it is worn! Like you I had flipped through the pages, read & re read the descriptions a million times over. I wanted all 5 of the dolls available at that time, but Samantha was the one who took my breath away. I feared the price was higher than my parents would go, but on Christmas in 94 she was mine. Unfortunately it wasn't a surprise because my dad told me I was getting her when she was ordered that fall. 🙈 The wait was unbearable! The following summer I got Molly. Kirsten was a Christmas gift in 97 or 98. At first I pronounced her name like you, but when my mom ordered her they told her it was pronounced K-ear-sten. And that's what I named my daughter. She hates it!... Great video! #3 is so precious ♡ Also, I would restore Shirley. I think it would help to preserve her. 🙂
Come on, Dad!!! I love that you named your daughter Kirsten 😍 it's amazing how something like flipping through a catalog can have such a profound effect on a person's life and bring such fond memories. Thank you for sharing your story 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls you're welcome! I enjoyed hearing yours
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Dolls always hold the best stories. My doll collecting journey started with Addy. I remember going to the library in grade 4 and I was a voracious reader and I read all the popular books. In a dusty corner hidden behind another shelf I found the American Girl Doll books. My librarian was so excited she pulled out the books for me and gave me “Meet Addy” and I was hooked. Every library cycle I continued the series and I got my fire to read the other books. Each of my friends chose a character. I then went on to start an American Girl Book club on the playground with my friends. We’d take the books out and talk about what happened in the books and such. My teacher saw and made it an official club. I didn’t get my first doll until I was 12 but it was such a special moment for me and the reason why my Addy will always have a special place in my heart.
At the age of 62 I have decided to start collecting dolls, even though I bought my first reborn doll about 10 yrs ago and nothing since. I have jumped on the Blythe bandwagon and have 2 OOAK in hand with 2 more on the way. I also have another reborn on layaway. It takes awhile to get the dolls from China or where ever they are coming from. (my Blythe custom dolls came from Italy and Spain, and the clothes are too cute!! Like I said, I am 62. I have health issues. Who knows how long I have left to enjoy this life? I'm not going to sit around and mope the time away. My daughter never liked dolls and I never knew why. I don't think she did either! If it makes you happy, roll with it!
I had given my daughter a Felicity doll when she was about 10. Since then I have collected some of her outfits and I made a lot of clothes for her.. When in elementary school for Halloween all the students could dress as their favorite story book character. So I made from curtains a matching dress for Felicity and my daughter. Got a lot of complements when all the parents came to watch the parade!
I've been watching so many of your videos lately and I love listening to you talk about your dolls! It's special to see Kirsten on this list and learn about how you got into doll collecting because your story is almost exactly the same as mine - except almost 10 years earlier! It's so cool to think about how the magic of Pleasant Company has been experienced in the same way by so many little kids through different decades. I also got into AG through the books when I was 8 and learned about the dolls from the postcard in the back! Molly was my first AG book series and the doll whose pages I spent the most time looking at in the catalogues. My maternal Grandma is the one who gave me all my AG books and she and my Mom took me to the AG Place in Chicago when I was 9 and surprised me by saying I could pick out a doll. Even though I had been so obsessed with Molly, I came home with Kit that day because I related to her character the most. Looking back, I am especially glad that I chose Kit because she would have been just a bit older than my Grandma in 1934. Kit was my only full-sized AG doll from the time I was 9 until I was 15. She is still my #1 special girl and Pleasant Company has definitely ruined me as a person😂 I still collect and I still have all of my catalogues from when I was a kid. The ones from the time I was 8 and 9 look exactly like yours because I flipped through them so much 🥰
I suppose I’m not really a doll collector, more of a doll admirer. But I found your channel through your video about Kirsten’s collection, and I am excited to have just bought a secondhand Kirsten doll of my own! She was the doll that I’ve always wanted since I was a little girl so I’m just thrilled to have her and looking forward to buying her some extra outfits. It’s so fun to hear the back stories on special dolls, thanks for sharing 😊
Oh my grandma used to live in Goldsboro. I always wanted Addy when I was younger. We couldn't afford one but I was given the books and years later I got the mini Addy with her pink dress. And it had to be her pink dress because I know she has an updated look but that wasn't my Addy.
How cool! One of my grandmas still lives there, and all of my mom's folks too. I loved Addy too, by the time she came out I had devoured all the books from Kirsten, Felicity, Samantha, and Molly, so I was so ready for new books. I know I was a lucky kid, because the Christmas after her books had come out, I found Addy under the tree. She has silver eye now, but I don't ever want to have her fixed because she's "my" Addy. All of the AG dolls have come WAY down in price in the last few years, if you're ever still itching for an 18" Addy, you could find one fairly inexpensively. Thank you for watching and sharing your story 💜💜
Addy is my dream doll. I love her pink dress more than the new one too. It has more meaning to me because it's the first nice dress addy got in her books.
The Shirley Temple doll is adorable - I has a small one when I was a child and it brings back memories as well. If she were mine, I'd give her her trademark curls and a cute pinafore dress, but leave the rest of her as is.
My mom still has her Shirley Temple doll from 1950 something. I was allowed to sit on the bed and just holder. She has the everything orginal but bad condition. The dress needs repairs she needs her hair done and just cleaning. I have wanted to do this for her for years. Did you clean yours??
I am 58 and I still have the doll I got for my 7th birthday. Madame Alexander's Puddin'. She's a mess but I played with her for years and all other dolls had to measure up to her. Her name was Elizabeth. She started my doll collecting. I could never part with her. I still have all of her original clothing and the baby sweater that my mother gave me of mine that I always put on her when it was chilly. LOL Thanks for the memories.
I smiled the whole way through the video listening to all your stories, your husband sounds like such a sweet supportive man.💚 I'm always in favour of restoring dolls I feel like it's giving them a bit of love in return for the joy they bring you.💜
Aww thank you! He is really the best, I don't know how I got so lucky honestly. I'm thinking of maybe even sending her to a professional doll doctor to get her cleaned up and see how that goes. I think she would like that 😉
I've noticed that the bulk of my dolls that I display are the ones that are more sentimentally valuable to me than anything else...LOVE all your dolls and the stories behind them! Great collection.
Your husband sounds like a Prince Allison. Ohman those American girl catalogs, they where big for me too, I still remember the first AG that arrived and my excitment.
What a lovely collection of 10 sentimental dolls. I love hearing their back stories. When I was very little perhaps 3 I was already a huge fan of Shirley Temple, my mom was delighted that in L.A. they broadcasted her films, my mom saw them when she was little in Berlin Germany, and I have no clue if that was legally or clandestine. I wanted a composition Shirley Temple and they were impossible to find for what we would consider a reasonable price. So now I have a small collection of Shirleys, most need TLC and that is how they came to me. About restoration: join Rachel Hoffmann here on RUclips, she is now the owner, before that the manager of her mom's Turn of the Century Antiques in Colorado. She has instructional videos on so many topics and is a most sweet person. To preserve a doll so it can keep on living, it is a must to clean them and perhaps do things like restringing, and her mohair wig could be totally ok it might just need cleaning and restyling if you are lucky. To do the wig you will of course need to take it off. As long as her crazing is light and she is not chipped she is fine as is, her composition is protected. I heard there is ways to invisibly fill in the crazing to protect better but don't know if that is true. Not everything you hear might be actually good for your doll. Above preservation,which every museum does, it is your doll you do what makes you happiest. I will add the RUclips link at the bottom after I post this. I squealed the second time when I saw Chrissy. I never had a Chrissy but my twin cousins did. Now I have several, restoring some made me think about owning Chrissy and Co. My hugest squeal was Kirsten. My daughter's wanted AG dolls so badly, at the time we lived in West Berlin, Germany and some of their military and embassy friends had AG dolls. We had all the PC books but the dolls were out of our range. By the time we moved back to the States they were into other things. I was already volunteering at a charity in their craft department for their store. A kirsten sat in the store glass case for 9 months, being a doll collector I could see she had issues no original clothes being the least. When she went down to 20$ and I overheard them discussing tossing her, I went with my heart and bought her. It is her fault I have 17 AG dolls going on 18 and why I ended up in the doll repair department for 2 years. She is the second most damaged PC/AG doll I own but she sits on my bed or my craft table watching me do artwork, repair and craft. Sorry this was so long.
Thank you for sharing your stories! I didn't know she had a RUclips channel, I have been following her on social media for awhile now 💜 thank you for the link! I have thought about just sending Shirley to a professional doll doctor, someone that actually has experience in cleaning and restoring compo, because I have none and would hate to ruin this doll since she's so special to me. I used to do a lot of re-rooting on Crissy dolls and I loved it! I don't do it much anymore because of lack of time, but they can come back to life so easily! They're sturdy dolls 😍 And yay for Kirsten!! She's my all time favorite and I'm glad others love her too! 💜💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls that's so wierd because that is the RUclips share link on my phone and when I click it it goes to her channel and it is full. At the moment I have no alternative to check for a different link. If you are friended/liked with her on FB try and link through one of her postings there back to RUclips channel. Even though she posts double and triple on social media, sometimes things are just easier to find on RUclips. Technology can be wierd at times. Just cleaning her won't mess her up. I have a German composition flirty eye baby doll whose pink legs and arms were brown from dirt. Following her and Linda directions that baby is now pink again. I even cleaned her badly repaired, as in horror bad, head and she looks much better.
I always wanted a Josefina American girl doll. I read all of her books from the library. We never had enough money but maybe I'll buy her now that I'm an adult. Thanks for sharing :)
I still have my Krissy and Velvet dolls from the 70's as well as all my other dolls from the 60' and 70's...Im 57 and i dont throw out my dolls LOL..PS I also make dolls so i have a ton of them.. Im working on posable Dianna Effners Little Darlings right now...
Oh man! I love love love this video! It makes me think back to my childhood and all the dolls I grew up with and still have! I love the picture of you dancing with Big Doll! That's the best! And Lindsay is the sweetest! My favorite stories have to be the hubby ones...especially the dating-not-yet-married one...he went above and beyond in the boyfriend department!😘😉💕🌟
Great Video! Your doll stories and childhood pictures are lovely. I think your Shirley Temple and your Puppet will benefit from a visit to the Doll Doctor. 😉
Yes! I had an American doll, it was Samantha. Growing up I grew up in a town in Massachusetts where there was a lot of money, but we didn’t have any money. We really struggled. Anyway, my mom saved up til she had enough to get me the Samantha doll. It was one of those days you just never forget. I didn’t think I’d ever have an American doll, and all the other girls in school did. Prior to getting her, I had read all the books with my mom. We couldn’t afford her clothes (except one bday present I got the sailor outfit) so my mom made her clothes, my mom was good at sewing though, so you couldn’t tell the difference. Anyway, years later I have a daughter, and I give her my Samantha, she was about the same age as me about 8, well let’s just say that was a HORRIBLE idea lol because she put nail polish and lipstick all over her and cut her hair lol 😞 I never would have done that to any of my dolls growing up haha I have Josefina that was my sisters doll. My sister is 8 years younger than me, so it wasn’t as much of a sacrifice for her to get that doll, since things changed a little. This little story is partly what has inspired me to collect dolls as an adult.
What an amazing story! Samantha's sailor dress was solidly my favorite of hers, I remember looking at it in the catalog and seeing the shiny whistle (I think the catalog even called it her "shiny whistle"). It would have been the one I wanted too. My Granny made a LOT of clothes for my Kirsten doll, from the patterns that Pleasant Company sold in the catalog. Having those clothes is really special too. I'm sorry yours got ruined, some kids just aren't doll people like we are 😩
💜 Samantha was my 1 & only American girl doll, but Barbie & the Bob Mackie Barbies especially made me want to start collecting. I hope everyone else who collected at a younger age had as much trouble convincing their parents as I did. I feel that was more than half the battle. Lol 💜
It was half the battle wasn't it? LOL! I begged for years and years and I know now those were expensive dolls and I was lucky to ever get them. Thank you for watching 💜
Yes, American Girl made me a doll collector as well. Samantha was my first and Molly was my second. I still have both of them and all of the original items and clothes I had for them plus a lot more that I've collected as an adult. They are my favorite dolls in my collection for sure. I probably have more AG dolls in my collection than anything else, but I also have several other kinds of dolls. My next largest collection is of My Child dolls from the 1980's and I still have the one I received as a young child in 1986.
Of course, I love Chrissy! I still have my Mia doll (the brunette version) for which my mom made a skirt that matched mine! I think #7 Amy is so sweet and pretty, (I love red haired dolls!). Yes, restore Shirley Temple so she will last longer. I have several sentimental dolls. Thank you for sharing your Top 10!
Since you asked, I believe Shirley would like to have her hair picked out and curled. You could even sew in some sausage curls around the bottom. Shirley would love a pretty dress with a poofy skirt like in her movies, and some socks. That much I'm sure of. I've heard that one can softly brush or buff a tiny bit of matching paint into composition cracks to blend in crazing, although Shirley's compo is very nice. I haven't tried that myself and at the moment I can't even remember if acrylic or oil paint is preferable, so I'm not exactly helping. I found a link: www.rubylane.com/blog/categories/how-to-clean-a-composition-doll/ I've seen dolls change expression just with a good cleaning, combing and outfit. Although someone at a doll show once told me that dolls are best left as they are because their condition is part of their story.
Thank you for the suggestion! Today I decided to try just that, and gave her wig a washing (I watched a tutorial on RUclips first) and man was it dirty! She is missing a lot of hair, but I put what is left in curlers and she does seem a little fresher and happier. I also watched a good tutorial about cleaning compo, so I'm going to try that sometime this week when I get the supplies, and I saw one that said to use an oil based pastel to fill in the craze lines. Not sure if I'll do the craze lines part, but maybe. I would love to sew in some curls, do you know a good place to find some? I think that would help a lot with her bare wig. Thank you again 😘😘
Please post a photo of her or video after her wig is back on! I'm all about eBay, but matching wig colors to an online photo is tricky. If you bought a light blonde wig, you could try to dye it to match her color, and then cut off the sausage curls to attach, but it already sounds easier to me to get her a new wig. But I do prefer she stay in her own wig. It really suits her. That's interesting about the oil based pastel for compo craze lines. Good to know. Her compo is good and I think after a careful cleaning and maybe a little blush, she'll just glow! Wanted to add: I love the photos at the end of the video of you with your dolls!
I love this whole video. :) I watched it before when you posted it, and even sent the link to my dad so he could hear his shoutout, but I just watched it again. So many great stories behind your dolls!!! And I love you.
Allison I loved this video and it inspired me to perhaps do a blog post about my favourites although to be fair, mine do change a bit all the time!!! I particularly loved seeing the photos of you with the various dolls at the end too! :)
I love your Amie doll the best and you are such a wonderful storyteller. I get it when you would go over and over and over the magazine articles. I see myself in you. 😆💕💕
I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for sharing from the heart. American Girl started my own passion for doll collecting as well. Specifically their historical dolls. I think you get Shirley Temple a new wig & outfit but leave her face original. Vintage AMAZING!!! My favorites are # 6 & 7 ❤️🐈 hugs & scratches
AG was such an important foundation for so many of us collectors I think. Miss Shirley got a hair wash to see how bad her original wig was...and it was pretty bad 🤣 I need to do an update and show everyone, she's been loving all the attention she's been getting lately 😉
I loved this video! ❤️ I owned a million-ish Barbies as a kid and longed for an American Girl doll until I finally got my Marisol (2005). I put the dolls away for a while just picking them up occasionally as souvenirs until I realized a few years ago that I’m an adult with money haha! I primarily collect American Girl now, but your videos make it hard not to want to branch out!
Your puppet is called Tyrollean boy. There is also a Tyrollean girl. They are by an English Company called Pelham which ceased trading many years ago. As a child I had the puppet version of “Hansel” but like a lot of childhood toys they get passed down to younger generations and are never seen again. Luckily I was able to locate one on e-bay along with “Gretal” and they are now on display in my bedroom. Love watching your videos. 😊.
If this counts: What started me collecting was probably my 2003 “My scene Chelsea Barbie doll with open smile” from the play set “Getting ready my room play set”. Still to this day have her and even though she needs serious work to fix up (which I don’t know how to do), she will always be my number one doll.
Favorite doll is now Samantha! nothing beats an original 1986 chipped tooth light eyed Samantha! But as a kid I would say felicity! still love her today as well
I just heard the end asking what started us as a collector...As i said i still have my dolls from when i was a kid,Baby dolls, Barbie, Dawn dolls and others. But Lee Middleton Dolls is when i started thinking of myself as a collector. I have Dolls that i bought the 80's because i liked them and just recently realized that most of them are Dianna Effner... Now i started with The Little Darlings..I have each sculpt..Three #1, and One each of #2,3,&4.. some are painted by Geri Uribe, Nelly Valentino and one painted by me as well. I Have over 20 Effners...Obviously I am obsessed with them!
Can you show us an update on Shirley Temple if you decide to clean her up? I am not a doll collector and found your channel by accident, but I love watching your videos. I will say, though, that your voice is very calming and tends to put me to sleep, so I always have to save your videos until the daytime. 😜
I will show an update, gladly! And LOL! I take that as very high praise, thank you so much! I have a similar channel I watch all the time to help calm me and put me to sleep, the host's name is Simon Whistler and his voice takes me right off to dream Land 🤣 I love that!! Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching even though you don't collect 💜💜
Aren't they amazing? I still have trunks full of stuff I've gotten since I've become an adult, I rarely look at any of it but it's here and makes my heart happy to know I've tracked it all down 🥰
I have come across a few My Twinn dolls at yard sales/flea markets, they're really well made! I've never kept one because they're so big but I think they're beautiful 😍
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls They really are! I was surprised with mine when I was 7 for Christmas, at the time you could still send in a photo and get a custom doll made to look like you! I can't believe they trusted me with such a nice doll, but she's still in tip top shape even after 12 years so I guess they were right!
Love this video! I enjoy hearing back stories about how people began this wonderful world of collecting. My grandmother bought me a porcelain doll kit for my birthday and when I opened it I said, I don't know how to sew to put it together. My grandmother said, I guess you will need to learn how. So I did. I put her together and that's where I was bit with the bug. Of course it was a great excuse to not put away my dolls at 16! I was now a collector. I credit my grandmother who was a doll collector for inspiring me.😊
I have a question that I hope you can answer for me. I have just bought a Tonner Ellowyne Wilde doll. (new in box) The clothes are rather difficult to find and quite expensive. Could you tell me if you know if Minifee clothes would fit Ellowyne? There is a huge selection for Minifee. Thanks for your attention. Any help would be appreciated. I admire your collection and loved the stories. I have just made a Waldorf and my dog is dying to get at her and see if she squeaks. lol When you mentioned your cat chewing the dolls hand I just said aha to myself. I also noticed there was a cat hair on her dress. lol I'm glad kitty didn't chew the hat off.
Minifee and Ellowyne are very similarly sized, they're not a perfect match but they're fairly close. I will try to make a quick comparison video if you like so you can see the difference between them. I would say Ellowyne is slightly slimmer.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls That is wonderful news. I might have a take a little dart in the clothes here and there but that would be nothing. I would love, love a comparison video very much. I would like just about anything you know about Tonner dolls. I've seen some in your collection but I didn't see an Ellowyne. I was probably too busy gawking at all the others. lol Thank you so, so much.
AG is where I started collecting but interestingly enough not asa child. I just decided one day in 2019 at 29 years old that I wanted a doll. The one that started it all for me was a facebook marketplace Lea Clark. However my favourite doll is probably my mini me a create your own doll I got for my birthday the year I started collecting.
Mervia is not making clothes anymore she told me she is not making anything besides stuff for her doll ( what a shame)! So again I have no idea what size to get for her . Thanks for sending me the you tube program where you open her clothes that mervia sent you
Your video make me happy today! So much stories, they take my heart! I have no dolls from my childhood because my mom always gave them to my cousin when I am growing. You are so lucky to have yours! I remember mines but I can not touch them. I hope your understand what I try to say. I know my English is not good))) When I was 30 (in 2013) I starting to collect my dolls. One day I saw pukifee Zoe on Flickr Ulanna. I can't sleep I can't get this doll from my mind, but I don't have so much money to buy her. Half of the year I raised money, I saved on everything (on my dinners too) Then I ordered her and 4 months later I get her! It was amazing day whith deep emoushins, I was like happy 8 years old girl in that day!!!
I feel that way too when I get an amazing new doll, just like I did when I was the happy 8 year old waiting for my Kirsten doll. And what a wonderful story about your Pukifee, I know she brings you a lot of joy now, so all the saving was worth it!
I just knew the cocoa shade curly wig Trinketbox doll was going to be on the list. You are pronouncing Kirsten correctly. Kiersten is a doll AG never stocked.:) I would minimally restore Shirley. Possibly a new wig, lip color and eyes. AG was not my first favorite doll. However, it become my favorite in 1990. I have over 400 American Girls. I am definitely not exclusive to AG. Thanks for sharing.
That's an amazing AG collection! Do you have a favorite among them? I think that's what I'm going to do with Shirley, just some light touch ups to make her feel loved. Thank you for watching 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls A few people have asked me that same question .Which is my favorite? As follows...#1,10, 15, 33, 45, 58, 67, 79, 80, Addy Beforever, Molly Pleasant Company, Josefina Pleasant Company, Kaya custom, Caroline custom, 47 as a custom and white body Samantha. If I had to only choose one, I would select none. It would be upsetting to have just one.
@@shavonn923 AG employees & even Janet Shaw, the author of Kirsten's books pronounce the name K-ear-sten. There's an old video on American Girl's channel where she says it several times. It's my daughter's name too, & she hates it because she's always called Kristen or K-er-sten. The actress Kirsten Dunst has stated she has the same problem. I think of the pronunciation as fitting with the word irresistible rather than kerchief if that makes sense. Apparently Americans & Europeans differ on the name, & as Kirsten's character hails from Sweden the European way is the one for her. But I've basically decided though the name is just one of those examples of you say po tate o, I say po tot o... It's pretty either way! :)
@@gotzBearhugz My point of reference stems from the release of the three original dolls. Pleasant Rowland was on ABC promoting the dolls and called Kirsten as I know it to be pronounced. Like you stated, language usage plays a huge part.
No no no. Whatever you do, keep Shirley's dress, I think. It seems strange that the Mexican dolls all have blue eyes. Ohhhh, a Kewpie! I have a newer one, and I love him. I don't really count myself as a collector. I've just been obsessed with dolls since I was small, and I like to play with them.
The blue eyes in the Juanita Perez dolls I think has to do with unrealistic "beauty" standards, which is way too deep a topic for me to get into during this video. I think the company has gotten better, and with demand, is actually starting to create dolls with brown eyes now. I need to get my hands on one of them. Thank you watching 💜
Ahhh. Part of why I have so few blonde and blue-eyed dollkids. I'm hoping to promote more variety. Wish I could have found a Juanita Perez when I went to Mexico, but my group only went to tourist shops. Play dolls from other countries can be so interesting in their differences from what we get in North America.
i know that feeling minus the MS for me it was my smartdoll Ruby a buncha crap going on i had just put my kitty to sleep i'd been looking at smartdolls thinking how in the world am i gonna afford her i need her finally i just said f it i'm gonna do it
Shirley temple doll imo u shud let her be as it is as i hear your story behind it, the history inthe doll wow i am so beyond speechless. So many history🥹
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Can you make a video with just these dolls to compare pricing and body type and what they look like seated etc... Im going to take the plunge...lol
@@claimsandwarranties6121 I can yes, it will probably be a few weeks out as I've got a lot of other things planned for the next couple of weeks, but I can add that to the queue 💜
"I don't want to live in a world where I can have only 10 dolls." 🤣 Neither do I, dear. Neither do I!
😂😂😂 I would if I HAD to, but you know 😁
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Yes I do! 😉
what sweet memories dolls can hold...i always say every doll has a story...thank you for sharing.
They really do hold some special memories, thank you for watching 💜
I'm around your age, born Dec 84. I'm pretty sure my Grandma, who collected dolls, had my first AG catalogue mailed to me. I still have that copy (holiday 93) And it is worn! Like you I had flipped through the pages, read & re read the descriptions a million times over. I wanted all 5 of the dolls available at that time, but Samantha was the one who took my breath away. I feared the price was higher than my parents would go, but on Christmas in 94 she was mine. Unfortunately it wasn't a surprise because my dad told me I was getting her when she was ordered that fall. 🙈 The wait was unbearable! The following summer I got Molly. Kirsten was a Christmas gift in 97 or 98. At first I pronounced her name like you, but when my mom ordered her they told her it was pronounced K-ear-sten. And that's what I named my daughter. She hates it!... Great video! #3 is so precious ♡ Also, I would restore Shirley. I think it would help to preserve her. 🙂
Come on, Dad!!! I love that you named your daughter Kirsten 😍 it's amazing how something like flipping through a catalog can have such a profound effect on a person's life and bring such fond memories. Thank you for sharing your story 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls you're welcome! I enjoyed hearing yours
Dolls always hold the best stories. My doll collecting journey started with Addy. I remember going to the library in grade 4 and I was a voracious reader and I read all the popular books. In a dusty corner hidden behind another shelf I found the American Girl Doll books. My librarian was so excited she pulled out the books for me and gave me “Meet Addy” and I was hooked. Every library cycle I continued the series and I got my fire to read the other books. Each of my friends chose a character. I then went on to start an American Girl Book club on the playground with my friends. We’d take the books out and talk about what happened in the books and such. My teacher saw and made it an official club. I didn’t get my first doll until I was 12 but it was such a special moment for me and the reason why my Addy will always have a special place in my heart.
Yessss!! My AG story is so similar! Dolls are such an important part of our lives 💜
At the age of 62 I have decided to start collecting dolls, even though I bought my first reborn doll about 10 yrs ago and nothing since. I have jumped on the Blythe bandwagon and have 2 OOAK in hand with 2 more on the way. I also have another reborn on layaway. It takes awhile to get the dolls from China or where ever they are coming from. (my Blythe custom dolls came from Italy and Spain, and the clothes are too cute!! Like I said, I am 62. I have health issues. Who knows how long I have left to enjoy this life? I'm not going to sit around and mope the time away. My daughter never liked dolls and I never knew why. I don't think she did either! If it makes you happy, roll with it!
That's awesome and welcome to the hobby! I hope it gives you endless hours of enjoyment 💜
I had given my daughter a Felicity doll when she was about 10. Since then I have collected some of her outfits and I made a lot of clothes for her.. When in elementary school for Halloween all the students could dress as their favorite story book character. So I made from curtains a matching dress for Felicity and my daughter. Got a lot of complements when all the parents came to watch the parade!
I just noticed, I had that same rainbow striped sweater 😂 That Pleasant Company have dragged many down the rabbit hole 🤦🏾♀️😂❤️
I've been watching so many of your videos lately and I love listening to you talk about your dolls! It's special to see Kirsten on this list and learn about how you got into doll collecting because your story is almost exactly the same as mine - except almost 10 years earlier! It's so cool to think about how the magic of Pleasant Company has been experienced in the same way by so many little kids through different decades. I also got into AG through the books when I was 8 and learned about the dolls from the postcard in the back! Molly was my first AG book series and the doll whose pages I spent the most time looking at in the catalogues. My maternal Grandma is the one who gave me all my AG books and she and my Mom took me to the AG Place in Chicago when I was 9 and surprised me by saying I could pick out a doll. Even though I had been so obsessed with Molly, I came home with Kit that day because I related to her character the most. Looking back, I am especially glad that I chose Kit because she would have been just a bit older than my Grandma in 1934. Kit was my only full-sized AG doll from the time I was 9 until I was 15. She is still my #1 special girl and Pleasant Company has definitely ruined me as a person😂 I still collect and I still have all of my catalogues from when I was a kid. The ones from the time I was 8 and 9 look exactly like yours because I flipped through them so much 🥰
Thank you so much for spending so much time with me 💜💜 AG is such an important foundation for so many of us collectors 🥰🥰
I suppose I’m not really a doll collector, more of a doll admirer. But I found your channel through your video about Kirsten’s collection, and I am excited to have just bought a secondhand Kirsten doll of my own! She was the doll that I’ve always wanted since I was a little girl so I’m just thrilled to have her and looking forward to buying her some extra outfits. It’s so fun to hear the back stories on special dolls, thanks for sharing 😊
Congratulations on your Kirsten 💜
Oh my grandma used to live in Goldsboro. I always wanted Addy when I was younger. We couldn't afford one but I was given the books and years later I got the mini Addy with her pink dress. And it had to be her pink dress because I know she has an updated look but that wasn't my Addy.
How cool! One of my grandmas still lives there, and all of my mom's folks too. I loved Addy too, by the time she came out I had devoured all the books from Kirsten, Felicity, Samantha, and Molly, so I was so ready for new books. I know I was a lucky kid, because the Christmas after her books had come out, I found Addy under the tree. She has silver eye now, but I don't ever want to have her fixed because she's "my" Addy. All of the AG dolls have come WAY down in price in the last few years, if you're ever still itching for an 18" Addy, you could find one fairly inexpensively. Thank you for watching and sharing your story 💜💜
Addy is my dream doll. I love her pink dress more than the new one too. It has more meaning to me because it's the first nice dress addy got in her books.
The Shirley Temple doll is adorable - I has a small one when I was a child and it brings back memories as well. If she were mine, I'd give her her trademark curls and a cute pinafore dress, but leave the rest of her as is.
Thank you for watching 💜
My mom still has her Shirley Temple doll from 1950 something. I was allowed to sit on the bed and just holder. She has the everything orginal but bad condition. The dress needs repairs she needs her hair done and just cleaning. I have wanted to do this for her for years. Did you clean yours??
My favorite doll and story is the sweet wooden boy that waited almost 20 years for you!🥰🎈
Thank you so much 🥰
I am 58 and I still have the doll I got for my 7th birthday. Madame Alexander's Puddin'. She's a mess but I played with her for years and all other dolls had to measure up to her. Her name was Elizabeth. She started my doll collecting. I could never part with her. I still have all of her original clothing and the baby sweater that my mother gave me of mine that I always put on her when it was chilly. LOL Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for sharing your story! I loved MA Puddin', such a cute doll! 💜
I smiled the whole way through the video listening to all your stories, your husband sounds like such a sweet supportive man.💚 I'm always in favour of restoring dolls I feel like it's giving them a bit of love in return for the joy they bring you.💜
Aww thank you! He is really the best, I don't know how I got so lucky honestly. I'm thinking of maybe even sending her to a professional doll doctor to get her cleaned up and see how that goes. I think she would like that 😉
Amy doll looks like the girl in the series Queens Gambit. So gorgeous 😍
Yes!!
I've noticed that the bulk of my dolls that I display are the ones that are more sentimentally valuable to me than anything else...LOVE all your dolls and the stories behind them! Great collection.
They're really the ones that my heart is drawn to...thank you for watching 💜
Your husband sounds like a Prince Allison. Ohman those American girl catalogs, they where big for me too, I still remember the first AG that arrived and my excitment.
He's wonderful 💜
What a lovely collection of 10 sentimental dolls. I love hearing their back stories.
When I was very little perhaps 3 I was already a huge fan of Shirley Temple, my mom was delighted that in L.A. they broadcasted her films, my mom saw them when she was little in Berlin Germany, and I have no clue if that was legally or clandestine. I wanted a composition Shirley Temple and they were impossible to find for what we would consider a reasonable price. So now I have a small collection of Shirleys, most need TLC and that is how they came to me.
About restoration: join Rachel Hoffmann here on RUclips, she is now the owner, before that the manager of her mom's Turn of the Century Antiques in Colorado. She has instructional videos on so many topics and is a most sweet person. To preserve a doll so it can keep on living, it is a must to clean them and perhaps do things like restringing, and her mohair wig could be totally ok it might just need cleaning and restyling if you are lucky. To do the wig you will of course need to take it off. As long as her crazing is light and she is not chipped she is fine as is, her composition is protected. I heard there is ways to invisibly fill in the crazing to protect better but don't know if that is true. Not everything you hear might be actually good for your doll. Above preservation,which every museum does, it is your doll you do what makes you happiest. I will add the RUclips link at the bottom after I post this.
I squealed the second time when I saw Chrissy. I never had a Chrissy but my twin cousins did. Now I have several, restoring some made me think about owning Chrissy and Co.
My hugest squeal was Kirsten. My daughter's wanted AG dolls so badly, at the time we lived in West Berlin, Germany and some of their military and embassy friends had AG dolls. We had all the PC books but the dolls were out of our range. By the time we moved back to the States they were into other things. I was already volunteering at a charity in their craft department for their store. A kirsten sat in the store glass case for 9 months, being a doll collector I could see she had issues no original clothes being the least. When she went down to 20$ and I overheard them discussing tossing her, I went with my heart and bought her. It is her fault I have 17 AG dolls going on 18 and why I ended up in the doll repair department for 2 years. She is the second most damaged PC/AG doll I own but she sits on my bed or my craft table watching me do artwork, repair and craft.
Sorry this was so long.
ruclips.net/channel/UCU8wgIzcX9Bco5jkmQBrxcA
Thank you for sharing your stories! I didn't know she had a RUclips channel, I have been following her on social media for awhile now 💜 thank you for the link! I have thought about just sending Shirley to a professional doll doctor, someone that actually has experience in cleaning and restoring compo, because I have none and would hate to ruin this doll since she's so special to me.
I used to do a lot of re-rooting on Crissy dolls and I loved it! I don't do it much anymore because of lack of time, but they can come back to life so easily! They're sturdy dolls 😍
And yay for Kirsten!! She's my all time favorite and I'm glad others love her too! 💜💜
I just checked her channel and it says she doesn't have any content 🤔
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls that's so wierd because that is the RUclips share link on my phone and when I click it it goes to her channel and it is full. At the moment I have no alternative to check for a different link. If you are friended/liked with her on FB try and link through one of her postings there back to RUclips channel. Even though she posts double and triple on social media, sometimes things are just easier to find on RUclips. Technology can be wierd at times.
Just cleaning her won't mess her up. I have a German composition flirty eye baby doll whose pink legs and arms were brown from dirt. Following her and Linda directions that baby is now pink again. I even cleaned her badly repaired, as in horror bad, head and she looks much better.
I always wanted a Josefina American girl doll. I read all of her books from the library. We never had enough money but maybe I'll buy her now that I'm an adult. Thanks for sharing :)
You can find her pretty inexpensively on eBay, good luck!
I still have my Krissy and Velvet dolls from the 70's as well as all my other dolls from the 60' and 70's...Im 57 and i dont throw out my dolls LOL..PS I also make dolls so i have a ton of them.. Im working on posable Dianna Effners Little Darlings right now...
I loved hearing the stories behind these 10 dolls!
Thank you so much for watching 💜
Oh man! I love love love this video! It makes me think back to my childhood and all the dolls I grew up with and still have! I love the picture of you dancing with Big Doll! That's the best! And Lindsay is the sweetest! My favorite stories have to be the hubby ones...especially the dating-not-yet-married one...he went above and beyond in the boyfriend department!😘😉💕🌟
He really did go above and beyond! He normally still does every day, I'm a lucky gal 💜
Love them all. Such a variety and a story with each. 19 years on a shelf in a shop, H e is cute. Tfs
I loved watching this video and listening to your stories about all of those gorgeous dolls!
Thank you Jenny! Every doll has a story to tell 😍
Great Video! Your doll stories and childhood pictures are lovely. I think your Shirley Temple and your Puppet will benefit from a visit to the Doll Doctor. 😉
Thank you so much! Shirley would probably really love that 😍 I'm still deciding what to do but she might get a glow up 🥰
Love the pictures! You were so cute 😍. Just reminds me of the joy I had when I got my dolls ❤️. Great video 💯
Thank you so much for watching 💜
Yes! I had an American doll, it was Samantha.
Growing up I grew up in a town in Massachusetts where there was a lot of money, but we didn’t have any money. We really struggled. Anyway, my mom saved up til she had enough to get me the Samantha doll. It was one of those days you just never forget. I didn’t think I’d ever have an American doll, and all the other girls in school did.
Prior to getting her, I had read all the books with my mom.
We couldn’t afford her clothes (except one bday present I got the sailor outfit) so my mom made her clothes, my mom was good at sewing though, so you couldn’t tell the difference.
Anyway, years later I have a daughter, and I give her my Samantha, she was about the same age as me about 8, well let’s just say that was a HORRIBLE idea lol because she put nail polish and lipstick all over her and cut her hair lol 😞 I never would have done that to any of my dolls growing up haha
I have Josefina that was my sisters doll. My sister is 8 years younger than me, so it wasn’t as much of a sacrifice for her to get that doll, since things changed a little.
This little story is partly what has inspired me to collect dolls as an adult.
What an amazing story! Samantha's sailor dress was solidly my favorite of hers, I remember looking at it in the catalog and seeing the shiny whistle (I think the catalog even called it her "shiny whistle"). It would have been the one I wanted too. My Granny made a LOT of clothes for my Kirsten doll, from the patterns that Pleasant Company sold in the catalog. Having those clothes is really special too. I'm sorry yours got ruined, some kids just aren't doll people like we are 😩
💜 Samantha was my 1 & only American girl doll, but Barbie & the Bob Mackie Barbies especially made me want to start collecting. I hope everyone else who collected at a younger age had as much trouble convincing their parents as I did. I feel that was more than half the battle. Lol 💜
It was half the battle wasn't it? LOL! I begged for years and years and I know now those were expensive dolls and I was lucky to ever get them. Thank you for watching 💜
These stories are so lovely, thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you so much for watching 💜
I’ve went through quite a few of your videos but you won me over with ♥️kewpie♥️
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I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much!
Thank you for watching 💜
Aww! My cousin had a Kirsten! I love that you went to the trouble of replacing the button on her dress!
It was driving me nuts 😂 I obviously played with it a lot as a child 💜
Yes, American Girl made me a doll collector as well. Samantha was my first and Molly was my second. I still have both of them and all of the original items and clothes I had for them plus a lot more that I've collected as an adult. They are my favorite dolls in my collection for sure. I probably have more AG dolls in my collection than anything else, but I also have several other kinds of dolls. My next largest collection is of My Child dolls from the 1980's and I still have the one I received as a young child in 1986.
I never had My Child when I was a kid but I think they're so lovely 💜
I love her Antique condition. I agree, new wig and dress. I know this is an older video. But wanted to weigh in. ❤️
Thank you for watching and thanks for your input 💜💜
Thanks for sharing your collection. I have the Original Addy American Girl doll. I had her since I was about 8 years old. Your video was awesome
Of course, I love Chrissy! I still have my Mia doll (the brunette version) for which my mom made a skirt that matched mine!
I think #7 Amy is so sweet and pretty, (I love red haired dolls!).
Yes, restore Shirley Temple so she will last longer.
I have several sentimental dolls. Thank you for sharing your Top 10!
Thank you so much for watching 💜
Since you asked, I believe Shirley would like to have her hair picked out and curled. You could even sew in some sausage curls around the bottom.
Shirley would love a pretty dress with a poofy skirt like in her movies, and some socks. That much I'm sure of.
I've heard that one can softly brush or buff a tiny bit of matching paint into composition cracks to blend in crazing, although Shirley's compo is very nice. I haven't tried that myself and at the moment I can't even remember if acrylic or oil paint is preferable, so I'm not exactly helping.
I found a link: www.rubylane.com/blog/categories/how-to-clean-a-composition-doll/
I've seen dolls change expression just with a good cleaning, combing and outfit. Although someone at a doll show once told me that dolls are best left as they are because their condition is part of their story.
Thank you for the suggestion! Today I decided to try just that, and gave her wig a washing (I watched a tutorial on RUclips first) and man was it dirty! She is missing a lot of hair, but I put what is left in curlers and she does seem a little fresher and happier. I also watched a good tutorial about cleaning compo, so I'm going to try that sometime this week when I get the supplies, and I saw one that said to use an oil based pastel to fill in the craze lines. Not sure if I'll do the craze lines part, but maybe.
I would love to sew in some curls, do you know a good place to find some? I think that would help a lot with her bare wig. Thank you again 😘😘
Please post a photo of her or video after her wig is back on! I'm all about eBay, but matching wig colors to an online photo is tricky. If you bought a light blonde wig, you could try to dye it to match her color, and then cut off the sausage curls to attach, but it already sounds easier to me to get her a new wig. But I do prefer she stay in her own wig. It really suits her.
That's interesting about the oil based pastel for compo craze lines. Good to know. Her compo is good and I think after a careful cleaning and maybe a little blush, she'll just glow!
Wanted to add: I love the photos at the end of the video of you with your dolls!
I love this whole video. :) I watched it before when you posted it, and even sent the link to my dad so he could hear his shoutout, but I just watched it again. So many great stories behind your dolls!!! And I love you.
I love you too 😘😘😘
Allison I loved this video and it inspired me to perhaps do a blog post about my favourites although to be fair, mine do change a bit all the time!!! I particularly loved seeing the photos of you with the various dolls at the end too! :)
Thank you for watching Sharon! Mine fluctuate a little but not a lot, maybe in 10 years I'll need to do an update! Can't wait to see who you choose 💜💜
I love your Amie doll the best and you are such a wonderful storyteller. I get it when you would go over and over and over the magazine articles. I see myself in you. 😆💕💕
Aww thank you! Sometimes I still wish we could get those catalogs, now I just go over and over the websites of doll artists I want looking at things 😍
I really enjoyed watching this video. Thank you for sharing from the heart.
American Girl started my own passion for doll collecting as well. Specifically their historical dolls. I think you get Shirley Temple a new wig & outfit but leave her face original. Vintage AMAZING!!! My favorites are # 6 & 7 ❤️🐈 hugs & scratches
AG was such an important foundation for so many of us collectors I think. Miss Shirley got a hair wash to see how bad her original wig was...and it was pretty bad 🤣 I need to do an update and show everyone, she's been loving all the attention she's been getting lately 😉
My favorite of your videos! I loved hearing your stories of all of them! My personal thanks to Pleasant Company for "ruining" you. 💙
LOL! This is all their fault! Thank you for watching 💜
I loved this video! ❤️ I owned a million-ish Barbies as a kid and longed for an American Girl doll until I finally got my Marisol (2005). I put the dolls away for a while just picking them up occasionally as souvenirs until I realized a few years ago that I’m an adult with money haha! I primarily collect American Girl now, but your videos make it hard not to want to branch out!
I looove AG and they have so many amazing Collectibles, I did eventually (obviously) branch out from them too, but they remain my first love 😍
I always enjoy your videos, I love your collection of dolls.
Thank you so much for the kind words 🥰
Your puppet is called Tyrollean boy. There is also a Tyrollean girl. They are by an English Company called Pelham which ceased trading many years ago. As a child I had the puppet version of “Hansel” but like a lot of childhood toys they get passed down to younger generations and are never seen again. Luckily I was able to locate one on e-bay along with “Gretal” and they are now on display in my bedroom. Love watching your videos. 😊.
Thank you for the info! I really need to get him fixed up because he's a treasure. Maybe I could try to get him a friend as well 🤔
Amazing doll! impressive
Love your channel by the way :)
Thank you 💜💜
Being a doll collector is in the bloodlines.
"Did someone say *cat*-a-logue?" 8^D
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Nice collection!😃🎈
Haha 😂 Your husband is very clever. He knows how to win your ♥. I like that. 😁
He's the best! I'm so lucky to have someone who understands my obsession with dolls 🥰
i started collecting from cabbage patch kids! and i just started blythe! love this video
Thank you for watching!! I'm getting into Blythe now too, it's a new year, new obsession 😂
If this counts: What started me collecting was probably my 2003 “My scene Chelsea Barbie doll with open smile” from the play set “Getting ready my room play set”. Still to this day have her and even though she needs serious work to fix up (which I don’t know how to do), she will always be my number one doll.
Absolutely that counts! There are loads of Barbie restoration videos on RUclips, maybe you should give it a shot 💜
yep American girl is where it started!! and what I primarily collect! But I collect the super expensive ones now. 7 signed dolls! lol
Favorite doll is now Samantha! nothing beats an original 1986 chipped tooth light eyed Samantha! But as a kid I would say felicity! still love her today as well
Wow that is awesome!!
I just heard the end asking what started us as a collector...As i said i still have my dolls from when i was a kid,Baby dolls, Barbie, Dawn dolls and others. But Lee Middleton Dolls is when i started thinking of myself as a collector. I have Dolls that i bought the 80's because i liked them and just recently realized that most of them are Dianna Effner... Now i started with The Little Darlings..I have each sculpt..Three #1, and One each of #2,3,&4.. some are painted by Geri Uribe, Nelly Valentino and one painted by me as well. I Have over 20 Effners...Obviously I am obsessed with them!
Can you show us an update on Shirley Temple if you decide to clean her up?
I am not a doll collector and found your channel by accident, but I love watching your videos. I will say, though, that your voice is very calming and tends to put me to sleep, so I always have to save your videos until the daytime. 😜
I will show an update, gladly!
And LOL! I take that as very high praise, thank you so much! I have a similar channel I watch all the time to help calm me and put me to sleep, the host's name is Simon Whistler and his voice takes me right off to dream Land 🤣 I love that!! Thank you so much for the compliment and for watching even though you don't collect 💜💜
I loved the story about the american doll one :)
She's such a special doll 😍
American Girl is what made me a collector too! And it’s still my largest collection to date
Aren't they amazing? I still have trunks full of stuff I've gotten since I've become an adult, I rarely look at any of it but it's here and makes my heart happy to know I've tracked it all down 🥰
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls i understand that all of mine are packed away i am downsizing but there are just some i cannot selll
I got my start from American Girl too! But also MyTwinn, cuz I got my Lillian years before I got an 18 inch American Girl Doll
I have come across a few My Twinn dolls at yard sales/flea markets, they're really well made! I've never kept one because they're so big but I think they're beautiful 😍
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls They really are! I was surprised with mine when I was 7 for Christmas, at the time you could still send in a photo and get a custom doll made to look like you! I can't believe they trusted me with such a nice doll, but she's still in tip top shape even after 12 years so I guess they were right!
i love little house
Love this video! I enjoy hearing back stories about how people began this wonderful world of collecting. My grandmother bought me a porcelain doll kit for my birthday and when I opened it I said, I don't know how to sew to put it together. My grandmother said, I guess you will need to learn how. So I did. I put her together and that's where I was bit with the bug. Of course it was a great excuse to not put away my dolls at 16! I was now a collector. I credit my grandmother who was a doll collector for inspiring me.😊
Oh what a wonderful story! I'm so thankful I'm a doll collector today , it brings so much joy to my life 🥰
Love all your collection! I wouldn't touch the Shirley Temple she's such a treasure as is! 💜
Thank you! She definitely is so charming and I love her sweet face 😍
I have a question that I hope you can answer for me. I have just bought a Tonner Ellowyne Wilde doll. (new in box) The clothes are rather difficult to find and quite expensive. Could you tell me if you know if Minifee clothes would fit Ellowyne? There is a huge selection for Minifee. Thanks for your attention. Any help would be appreciated. I admire your collection and loved the stories. I have just made a Waldorf and my dog is dying to get at her and see if she squeaks. lol When you mentioned your cat chewing the dolls hand I just said aha to myself. I also noticed there was a cat hair on her dress. lol I'm glad kitty didn't chew the hat off.
Minifee and Ellowyne are very similarly sized, they're not a perfect match but they're fairly close. I will try to make a quick comparison video if you like so you can see the difference between them. I would say Ellowyne is slightly slimmer.
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls That is wonderful news. I might have a take a little dart in the clothes here and there but that would be nothing. I would love, love a comparison video very much. I would like just about anything you know about Tonner dolls. I've seen some in your collection but I didn't see an Ellowyne. I was probably too busy gawking at all the others. lol Thank you so, so much.
AG is where I started collecting but interestingly enough not asa child. I just decided one day in 2019 at 29 years old that I wanted a doll. The one that started it all for me was a facebook marketplace Lea Clark. However my favourite doll is probably my mini me a create your own doll I got for my birthday the year I started collecting.
That's awesome 🎉🎉
My brother gets me one of those dolls each year
Sweet video
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I used to have the original bitty baby but I was stupid and gave her away and she was one of the last gifts from my dad before he died
Don’t tell the others, But Kirsten is my favorite too, for very similar reasons
Mervia is not making clothes anymore she told me she is not making anything besides stuff for her doll ( what a shame)! So again I have no idea what size to get for her . Thanks for sending me the you tube program where you open her clothes that mervia sent you
Your video make me happy today! So much stories, they take my heart! I have no dolls from my childhood because my mom always gave them to my cousin when I am growing. You are so lucky to have yours! I remember mines but I can not touch them.
I hope your understand what I try to say. I know my English is not good)))
When I was 30 (in 2013) I starting to collect my dolls. One day I saw pukifee Zoe on Flickr Ulanna. I can't sleep I can't get this doll from my mind, but I don't have so much money to buy her. Half of the year I raised money, I saved on everything (on my dinners too) Then I ordered her and 4 months later I get her! It was amazing day whith deep emoushins, I was like happy 8 years old girl in that day!!!
I feel that way too when I get an amazing new doll, just like I did when I was the happy 8 year old waiting for my Kirsten doll. And what a wonderful story about your Pukifee, I know she brings you a lot of joy now, so all the saving was worth it!
I just knew the cocoa shade curly wig Trinketbox doll was going to be on the list. You are pronouncing Kirsten correctly. Kiersten is a doll AG never stocked.:) I would minimally restore Shirley. Possibly a new wig, lip color and eyes. AG was not my first favorite doll. However, it become my favorite in 1990. I have over 400 American Girls. I am definitely not exclusive to AG. Thanks for sharing.
That's an amazing AG collection! Do you have a favorite among them? I think that's what I'm going to do with Shirley, just some light touch ups to make her feel loved. Thank you for watching 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls A few people have asked me that same question .Which is my favorite? As follows...#1,10, 15, 33, 45, 58, 67, 79, 80, Addy Beforever, Molly Pleasant Company, Josefina Pleasant Company, Kaya custom, Caroline custom, 47 as a custom and white body Samantha. If I had to only choose one, I would select none. It would be upsetting to have just one.
@@shavonn923 AG employees & even Janet Shaw, the author of Kirsten's books pronounce the name K-ear-sten. There's an old video on American Girl's channel where she says it several times. It's my daughter's name too, & she hates it because she's always called Kristen or K-er-sten. The actress Kirsten Dunst has stated she has the same problem. I think of the pronunciation as fitting with the word irresistible rather than kerchief if that makes sense. Apparently Americans & Europeans differ on the name, & as Kirsten's character hails from Sweden the European way is the one for her. But I've basically decided though the name is just one of those examples of you say po tate o, I say po tot o... It's pretty either way! :)
@@gotzBearhugz My point of reference stems from the release of the three original dolls. Pleasant Rowland was on ABC promoting the dolls and called Kirsten as I know it to be pronounced. Like you stated, language usage plays a huge part.
@@shavonn923 Very interesting! I never heard Pleasant say it. I wonder if she & the author ever argued over it? lol
No no no. Whatever you do, keep Shirley's dress, I think. It seems strange that the Mexican dolls all have blue eyes. Ohhhh, a Kewpie! I have a newer one, and I love him.
I don't really count myself as a collector. I've just been obsessed with dolls since I was small, and I like to play with them.
The blue eyes in the Juanita Perez dolls I think has to do with unrealistic "beauty" standards, which is way too deep a topic for me to get into during this video. I think the company has gotten better, and with demand, is actually starting to create dolls with brown eyes now. I need to get my hands on one of them. Thank you watching 💜
Ahhh. Part of why I have so few blonde and blue-eyed dollkids. I'm hoping to promote more variety. Wish I could have found a Juanita Perez when I went to Mexico, but my group only went to tourist shops. Play dolls from other countries can be so interesting in their differences from what we get in North America.
i know that feeling minus the MS for me it was my smartdoll Ruby a buncha crap going on i had just put my kitty to sleep i'd been looking at smartdolls thinking how in the world am i gonna afford her i need her finally i just said f it i'm gonna do it
It's amazing to think how much joy dolls can bring us in a bad time, but it really works to help put a smile on our faces 💜
Shirley temple doll imo u shud let her be as it is as i hear your story behind it, the history inthe doll wow i am so beyond speechless. So many history🥹
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Shirley Temple, new wig and outfit. Leave the skin to show how old she is?🌹❤️
I need to find her a new outfit and then consider the wig, I've been so afraid to mess her up I haven't done anything 😆
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls you are an expert. You won’t mess her up.🙏🏼💕
Here is a link to one of the restored doll : ruclips.net/video/GL4aWoYTf4c/видео.html
Thank you for sharing, this was a great video! Her Quint looks really great now that she's been restored 😍
Love this video, such fun stories!
im talking about number 10. sad but impressive
Thank you! Sometimes I like to pretend she's just offering up some attitude 😂
Palacio de Hierro 👏
I hope one day I can visit 😍
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls I'm from Mexico City and I love it, mi casa es tu casa.
I asked about the girl and now I see him and Im in love completely!- Jennifer
Aren't they just perfect? I love the Pongratz dolls so much 😍
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Can you make a video with just these dolls to compare pricing and body type and what they look like seated etc... Im going to take the plunge...lol
@@claimsandwarranties6121 I can yes, it will probably be a few weeks out as I've got a lot of other things planned for the next couple of weeks, but I can add that to the queue 💜
@@MunecasPoupeesDolls Please dont go out of your way... Do not push yourself.... Jennifer
@@claimsandwarranties6121 I don't mind at all, I love viewer suggestions! I know it's just going to be a bit so I wanted to let you know 💜
I think you shoud restore her
Restore Shirley.
are there any trans dolls ?
I don't have any trans dolls - yet. Tonner did a trans doll several years ago and there have been a few others. I do have a few nonbinary dolls.
Just do her hair and dress her up let her age cure, only a doll lover will care for her like you will.
I really like that idea and think it may be what I do, she might like a pretty new dress too. Thank you for watching 💜