Re: "American Girl" Doll Article

I used to get a catalog with these dolls/accessories. They are, IMO, fairly
pricey unless the kid is big enough not to trash them when playing with them.
They are cute, though.
~~Geri~~
"If you can't accessorize, pulverize!"
Gwendy Doll

Once my daughter had outgrown her lust for American Girl dolls, clothing and
accessories, I had the pleasure of taking my young niece to the Chicago
American Girl store. We bought several items for her doll, and I couldn't
resist the cheerleading uniform for Claire's doll, even though she was in high
school at the time. (Claire, not Samantha)
The historical outfits and accessories are amazing, though I think today's girl
is jazzed by the modern day outfits. The little food items are amazing.
We also bought several matching items for Claire and her doll, and will never
part with her navy blue reindeer sweater.
Cary

In article <20030722193405.24610.00000...@mb–m28.aol.com>,
caryper...@aol.comnospam (Caryperk39) wrote:
I've always loved the American Girl dolls, and my dad still has mine
packed away somewhere. I think I ended up with four, plus a boatload of
little outfits and accessories and furniture. I suspect my dad loved
those damn dolls as much as I did.
I got my first American Girl doll (Samantha) when I was four years old,
which was the year the company was founded –– at that point, there were
only three dolls (Kirsten, Samantha, and Molly) with three outfits/books
each (the intro, the school, and the Christmas sets). As the years went
on, I remember the catalog got thicker and thicker! By the time they
came out with the non–historical lines of dolls, I had pretty much
outgrown dolls, but I still lusted over those matching outfits.
I didn't even know there was a store! In my day, they were strictly
mail–order.
Meredith
Pleasant T. Rowland groupie
––
"Professor Kelley will not hold office hours today.
He was hit by a car. He hopes to be back next week."
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Meredith Robbins wrote:
Chicago has the only store, IIRC. I think there will be one in NYC but
I'm not sure.
Pleasant no longer owns AG but I had the great pleasure of working with
her before she sold it to Mattel. She personally planned the store down
to the smallest detail. They even made mock–ups of certain parts of it
in Wisconsin. She's one of the most driven, intelligent businesspeople
I've ever met. She really knew what she was doing with AG!
fig
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fig wrote:
Interesting . . . I'm disappointed to learn Mattel bought her out. It
was nice thinking we were supporting the anti–Barbie! (Although there
is plenty of Barbie in this house.)
Judy

Judy wrote:
Pleasant actually started the company as a response to Barbie and
Cabbage Patch Dolls when these were the only options she could find when
buying a doll for her niece. She definitely saw Mattel as an evil
empire. Whenever they expressed interest in talking to her about
selling The Pleasant Company, she wouldn't even meet with them. Then
Jill Barad became the head of Mattel and as a favor to someone (I can't
recall who it was), Pleasant met with her. They adored each other.
Pleasant sold the company to Mattel for around $700 million. She was
thrilled because she could stay on and work with Mattel and the brand
she created. Jill Barad ended up being ousted about a year later and I
know Pleasant no longer has a position at Mattel. I have no idea
whether she has any input these days.
Her goals were so high and she always insisted that a book come with
every doll (this must have been only for the historically based
dolls––her first collection––but I'm not sure) because education and
building the character of young girls was so important to her. She's a
really cool lady.
fig
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figfuns...@earthlink.not says...
Apparently not...
Alas, her goals have been overridden by the profit motive
driving Mattel and the Barbification of everything they
touch. The company that Pleasant Rowland sought to be
the antithesis of changed, prompting her to sell, and then
changed back to precisely what it was before. It is now
run by a former Kraft (the cheese people) executive who
apparently neither understands nor cares about the goals
Pleasant kept before her in building the American Girl line.
Very, very, very disappointing...
Taffy
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"CoFarb" <do...@cofarb.com> wrote in message :
: Yet they speak so highly of you.
:: cofarb, queen of ignorance
: p.s. More crap added daily: http://tinyurl.com/hr1j
:: >Cofarb?? YOU think THEY speak highly of you?
lol L
::

"Taffy Cheerful" <ta...@cheerful.com> wrote in message
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Pleasant Rowland has basically purchased the small village of Aurora, NY,
including the MacKenzie–Childs "empire" of decorative tchachkis. I believe
Rowland attended Wells College, the women's college in Aurora which is
struggling to survive. Rowland is pumping a lot of money into the small
community which is also economically stagnant due to Native American land
claims which make a lot of the land virtually un–sellable. Some people are
thrilled by her involvement; others are not.
cofarb, queen of ignoor
p.s. want some of my souvenirs from my queendom? http://tinyurl.com/hr1j

"CoFarb" <do...@cofarb.com> wrote in message
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|| |
| Pleasant Rowland has basically purchased the small village of Aurora, NY,
| including the MacKenzie–Childs "empire" of decorative tchachkis. I
believe
| Rowland attended Wells College, the women's college in Aurora which is
| struggling to survive. Rowland is pumping a lot of money into the small
| community which is also economically stagnant due to Native American land
| claims which make a lot of the land virtually un–sellable. Some people
are
| thrilled by her involvement; others are not.
|| cofarb, queen of ignoor
| p.s. want some of my souvenirs from my queendom? http://tinyurl.com/hr1j
|||| I was in Auburn not too long ago and we drove over to Aurora. I
didn't like it there.

"ahmward" <nospam.ahmw...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I had lunch at MacKenzie–Childs with a fellow a.f.er a few weeks ago. (They
have a live jazz brunch on Sundays, too.) The setting is magnificient:
views of one of the larger Finger Lakes, all sorts of exotic birds and other
critters (Scottish longhaired steers?).
Inside the main building it's sort of like Alice–In–Wonderland–On–Crack.
They've used all sorts of pottery and painted furniture and toys (or parts
thereof) to decorate every square inch of the walls and ceilings. It's
mostly their glorified Easter Egg decorative painted stuff.
They have an outlet store there where the prices are slightly less obscene
than full retail but I have never purchased anything other than their socks.
Still, the place is gorgeous. And the food is delicious and, unlike the
"drek–orative" pottery, very reasonably priced.
cofarb
p.s. New drek added daily: http://tinyurl.com/hr1j

CoFarb wrote:
Interesting! Thank you, Your Highness.
fig
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