I totally agree that every doll in the GOTY line should ideally be a realistic time capsule of her year - from the meet outfit to the hairstyle/cut to the activities in her story. I like to say with GOTYs, "if it looks dated 5 years later, it's a job well done." But also, I think it's crucial that the doll has an aspect to her story that is relatable to some kids and educational lessons to others: for example, bullying for Chrissa, racism and xenophobia for Corinne, ADHD, a stutter, hard of hearing, and dyslexia for Kavi, Gabriella, Joss, and McKenna, environmental conservation activism for Kailey and Kanani, navigating a blended family for Nikki and Corinne, going against your family expectations and working to make money to follow your dreams for Mia - the list goes on. Some of these themes are obviously more serious and heavier than others, but all of them are important issues for all kids to learn about to understand and empathize with the world around them better. I always think it's a wasted opportunity when a GOTY story lacks a unique message like this.
Yayyy I loved this video! Lindsey is my favourite too, I particularly love her meet outfit, it’s so cool and realistic for a kid lol. Plus, she was released the year I was born! I adore her and I definitely want her in my collection someday. I think my second favourite is kavi, because she’s so unique looking with the Marie Grace face mold! I also think Marisol is *stunning* and I’d love to have her someday too.
This was phenomenal, you really put a ton of thought in preparing for your video. I was captivated until the end. Congratulations! 🎊🎉 The only thing that came to mind for me as an interesting addition is that Kira has aunts in a lesbian relationship, which was a big first for AG. Kira’s stop motion movies do a great job of gently slipping the aunts in and showcasing how they just live an everyday life, and how Kira looks up to them. They do have a storyline for the aunts where Kira’s blood relative aunt ends up in the hospital with chest pains/heart attack and the other aunt must take over running the animal sanctuary. Kira is given additional chores, and her mom chooses to stay in Australia with Kira to help out the aunt's girlfriend (i dont think it mentions their marital status). the way its portrayed as just typical family drama and how the family pulls together to make things work, i find its so well done. i dont have Kira, but i certainly wouldn't mind picking her up at the right price! 😂
I loved this! It was a very nice overview of all of them. I haven't read many of their books, as my local library doesn’t get ag books often and the few they have are mainly historical, but i have read chrissa's and mia's books and liked them alot. Especially mia's as i was obsessed with ice skating as a kid, despite I've never actually skated😂 i agree that grace is exceptionally pretty and stands out, and i liked her mivie well enough, but i loved saige's movie! Saige always reminds me of felicity. (And as a side note, saige looks absolutely amazing in felicity's blue Christmas dress) i was really surprised to see kailey so high up the list though because most people either don't remember her, or dont care for her. I have loved her since i first saw her in the catalogs as a kid, she was the first non historical ag doll to grab my attention. Before her I'd only paid attention to the historicals as they were the ones that were the most interesting to me. Since kailey though I've actually looked at other dolls and find places for them with different historical characters as friends, like Kailey fits in the 70s with julie quite well, and lindsey and Lainey look great in the 50s. I would love if ag made a native american goty though. That's something they haven't done yet and the books could bring light to some of the hardships of living on a reservation, or of trying to reconnect with the past through tribal traditions. I'd love to see more native american dolls in general, modern and historical. Anyways as i said this was a really great video and it's the first one I've seen from you and i like it so I'm subscribed now!
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I totally agree that every doll in the GOTY line should ideally be a realistic time capsule of her year - from the meet outfit to the hairstyle/cut to the activities in her story. I like to say with GOTYs, "if it looks dated 5 years later, it's a job well done." But also, I think it's crucial that the doll has an aspect to her story that is relatable to some kids and educational lessons to others: for example, bullying for Chrissa, racism and xenophobia for Corinne, ADHD, a stutter, hard of hearing, and dyslexia for Kavi, Gabriella, Joss, and McKenna, environmental conservation activism for Kailey and Kanani, navigating a blended family for Nikki and Corinne, going against your family expectations and working to make money to follow your dreams for Mia - the list goes on. Some of these themes are obviously more serious and heavier than others, but all of them are important issues for all kids to learn about to understand and empathize with the world around them better. I always think it's a wasted opportunity when a GOTY story lacks a unique message like this.
Yayyy I loved this video! Lindsey is my favourite too, I particularly love her meet outfit, it’s so cool and realistic for a kid lol. Plus, she was released the year I was born! I adore her and I definitely want her in my collection someday. I think my second favourite is kavi, because she’s so unique looking with the Marie Grace face mold! I also think Marisol is *stunning* and I’d love to have her someday too.
Love this! You were very fair and thoughtful in your explanations of why you ranked the way you did.
Awesome ranking I love the older GOTY's too and Kailey was my first doll so she's always my #1 GOTY
This was phenomenal, you really put a ton of thought in preparing for your video. I was captivated until the end. Congratulations! 🎊🎉
The only thing that came to mind for me as an interesting addition is that Kira has aunts in a lesbian relationship, which was a big first for AG. Kira’s stop motion movies do a great job of gently slipping the aunts in and showcasing how they just live an everyday life, and how Kira looks up to them.
They do have a storyline for the aunts where Kira’s blood relative aunt ends up in the hospital with chest pains/heart attack and the other aunt must take over running the animal sanctuary. Kira is given additional chores, and her mom chooses to stay in Australia with Kira to help out the aunt's girlfriend (i dont think it mentions their marital status). the way its portrayed as just typical family drama and how the family pulls together to make things work, i find its so well done. i dont have Kira, but i certainly wouldn't mind picking her up at the right price! 😂
I loved this! It was a very nice overview of all of them. I haven't read many of their books, as my local library doesn’t get ag books often and the few they have are mainly historical, but i have read chrissa's and mia's books and liked them alot. Especially mia's as i was obsessed with ice skating as a kid, despite I've never actually skated😂 i agree that grace is exceptionally pretty and stands out, and i liked her mivie well enough, but i loved saige's movie! Saige always reminds me of felicity. (And as a side note, saige looks absolutely amazing in felicity's blue Christmas dress) i was really surprised to see kailey so high up the list though because most people either don't remember her, or dont care for her. I have loved her since i first saw her in the catalogs as a kid, she was the first non historical ag doll to grab my attention. Before her I'd only paid attention to the historicals as they were the ones that were the most interesting to me. Since kailey though I've actually looked at other dolls and find places for them with different historical characters as friends, like Kailey fits in the 70s with julie quite well, and lindsey and Lainey look great in the 50s. I would love if ag made a native american goty though. That's something they haven't done yet and the books could bring light to some of the hardships of living on a reservation, or of trying to reconnect with the past through tribal traditions. I'd love to see more native american dolls in general, modern and historical. Anyways as i said this was a really great video and it's the first one I've seen from you and i like it so I'm subscribed now!
My year didn’t have one, my first girl of the year was kananai
Kanani is such a beautiful doll! She's my dream doll next to Cecile.