Collection Close Up: Pleasant Company's American Girl (Molly, Sam, Felicity and GOT)
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- Ever wondered what American Girls I own? Well, here ya go! This video covers all the American Girl dolls, play sets and outfits I own. The dolls were purchased by me between 1993-1996. I am a fan of Pleasant Company dolls, so I do bash Mattel a bit in this video. But, honestly, I think the quality and values of the company were way better when Pleasant Company ran things. :) Who's your favorite American Girl? Which kind do you prefer: Pleasant Company or Mattel? Share your thoughts below!
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My girls had the dolls and their own dresses to match. The quality of Pleasant CO was amazing.
I agree!
Omg my aunt has outfits like most of them but not addys she gave them to my twin and I and they fit great and I agree that the quality of the dresses are amazing the best quality of outfits is Samantha and felicity and kirsten and mostly molly I’m so sad that they don’t do it anymore
I've been researching AG once again because I looooved them when I was younger. Even though I'm nearly 23, I still was a part of the generation that poured over the catalogs because my family didn't get the internet yet. It's disheartening to see so many historical dolls not on their market anymore! Thankfully I see Kit, which is one of mine, but she doesn't have anyyyy of her furniture still available, and she shows up in a different Meet outfit. It's so interesting to see the changes. Now that I'm older I can actually collect things if I wanted. I couldn't get my parents to buy much at all hahaha. It would be so fun to have a whole set to just display with my dolly Kit!
There are more than a few things I wish I could have bought as a kid that as an adult I totally could have. My Pet Monster... Paradise Estate... Those will forever be lost to me- ha ha!
I love Pleasant Company. My parents would have never bought me one of these dolls, too expensive. As an adult child with a check I can buy whatever you I want now 😂 ( evil laugh)
I know what you mean!!!! ha ha!
You my dear, are darling🥰So sweet to see a young lady that treasures her dolls❤️🤗🌺🌸💐
Thank you!
Molly's father was a Doctor, so he wasn't technically fighting, but yes he was overseas serving.
I love American Girl, SO MUCH as I have 127 American girl dolls , this also includes 14 Bitty Babies and 17 Bitty Twins. I have American Girl Transition dolls, Pleasant Company and Mattel American Girl dolls. My favorite type of American Girl doll is the Mattel dolls I like their features more and in my opinion they are a little prettier than Pleasant Company and Transition American Girl dolls.
Wow. That's quite a collection!
Kewpie83 ya I love them , I am a very enthusiastic passionate collector. I love your videos, you're one most favorite TH-camrs and someone I definitely look up to 😊💙
@@Kewpie83 That is a lot-
As a late ‘79 baby and one completely entranced by that damn PC catalogue ca 1989-92, I’m loving finding my kin here!! I recently bought a Mattel AG Doll for my 5yo, and now that I’m DEEP down the rabbit hole of AG collectors, I’m loving all these details of the OG PC dolls. To spend the adult money on an eBay Molly and finally fulfill my childhood dream? Girl it is TEMPTING. (Btw DYING over that 90s Girl of Today desk. Please tell me it came preinstalled with a floppy of Oregon Trail.)
LOL! I wish it had Oregon Trail on it!
I used to have a Pleasant Company Addy in 1994, but she was damaged by an adult in 2002. I replaced her with an American Girl "Mattel Addy" in 2015, Although I no longer had a PC Addy I still kept all of the Pleasant Company clothing.
Your dolls are in great condition. Great video.
The back of the neck on the Mattel dolls say American Girl.
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My younger sister was given a Pleasant Company Molly for her birthday a couple of years back and I've honestly grown to love the PC dolls so much more than the Mattel ones because of her. Her face is just so sweet and round and innocent-looking and compared to my Mattel girls that I actually now prefer the older ones! I'm actually looking at getting a PC Samantha at the moment but it's such a hard decision because they're all so gorgeous.
I know! That was me before I received Kirstin for Christmas.
I like all of the AG dolls but I personally think that the older dolls were better quality then the newer ones.
Yep. I agree!
I had to save up my allowance for my doll and dresses, too! I saved for months to be able to pay for half the cost of the Samantha doll, and my parents chipped in for the other half the cost as a birthday present for me. From then on, I’d save my $5 allowance earned from completing chores each week, and would be able to purchase one dress (at $20 a pop!) after a month of saving. I was able to collect all of Samantha’s dresses, and many of her accessories, over time; but a lot of bathrooms were cleaned and floors were vacuumed to get there! 😅
Lovely collection! 😄 I think you should get your Kirsten someday. There are lots of PC Kirstens on the secondary market, and it can be fun to restore an older doll to her former glory. I have over 40 American Girls. I started collecting in 1992 and never stopped! I love both the PC dolls and Mattel dolls. I prefer collecting the original dolls (Josefina being the last released before 2000) in their PC form, but have many Mattel dolls I love, too.
I did end up getting one for Christmas one year, as fate would have it!
I cannot believe you're 35! I thought you were mid-twenties! :o
haha! I get that a lot. Technically, I'm not 35 until December. ;)
That is cool though! I'm so glad for people like you and your mother! Thanks so much for making such awesome videos!
Thank you for doing this! I have so many fond memories of the old Pleasant Company, and like you I saved and saved for the dolls. It may be dating myself, but I have a white torso Molly made in *West* Germany! Kirsten and Molly are my favorites. I hope you can find a Kirsten one day. :)
I 'date' myself all the time on this channel! Half the things I say make me think, "Gosh, I am so old." Ha!
The new American girl dolls have “American Girl” on their neck. Your lucky you grew up in those days cause I still dream of having a pleasant company Kirsten and felicity. I have molly as well :)
I hope you get one one day!
I have a Pleasant Company Bitty Baby and she was my favorite doll when I was little. I just found her in my closet and she brings back memories. I wasn’t born in the ‘90s and I don’t know how to tell what year my doll was made. She has a tan baby instead of a white body.
Honestly, all that matters is that you love it!
Your PC dolls could be thicker bc their stuffing “settles” as they age so when ppl go back in tighten their limbs/restuff them they do slim out a little,, cool collection ❤️
Love you and your moms videos. I've not seen these dolls from the 90's but have heard the name. I guess I never realized they were the first American girl dolls. Also what are the toys behind you that are fighting, they look interesting.
Yes American girl by Pleasant was what I remember when I was a kid.
While I don't touch on it in the video (b/c it's mostly about the product I own), I miss how Pleasant Company put more importance on the historical girls and literacy.
Thanks for sharing, I luv AG dolls my first was Pleasant 1st run Addy when I was young..
Thanks for watching! Addy was a cute doll, too.
I have been trying to collect all of Pleasant Company dolls. I have Samantha and now going to have Molly on Thursday/tomorrow. I had to get (again) both Samantha and Molly becaUe someone stole them but I had a pleasant company Samantha and a mettle Molly. Now I’ll have a Pleasant Company Molly doll but I’ll cherish her so much.
(Edit) I agree with you Pleasant Company has more quality than Metel does but in the start of 2010’s they started to become more and more less quality and became more cheap and it feels like they just want money nowadays because (I’ve heard) that their sells are declining now.
Sorry that someone stole your dolls! How sad! Glad to hear you're getting them back in some way, though. :)
Thankyou for the story of American girl. I like them. Very impressive. FromANN
Having 30 dolls and 10 AG brand dolls like Bitty Baby, Our New Baby, Bitty Twins, Hopscotch Hill, etc., I think I can say I love Pleasant Company but prefer Mattel, just because of the Vinyl becoming weird after a few years, eyes (even though I LOVE the brown lashes), and the thinning of the wigs. Also some of the PC bodies became Flimsy and stuffing became odd after many years, like my Samantha, which I went to fix her up and her body split open! So that’s why I prefer Mattel over PC. Transitional period dolls are nice too, but most of them are taller then the other dolls, like Marisol and Jess and Transitional number 4, so Mattel clothing from 2007-2018 are hard to fit those girls. Also, if I had to choose between PC or Mattel clothing and accessories, I’m PC all the way! But that’s just my opinion on these girlies, I love them!
Yeah, in the end it's like poTAYto's, poTAto's!
the newer dolls are marked American Girl. the Mattel logo isn't shown on any AG items or packages ;)
I chose Samantha first. 10 yrs old, 4th grade, 1994 :)
I feel like 4th grade was the time to get them back in the 90's. Now, kids seem to be getting them at way younger ages. Like, too young, in many cases.
Kewpie83 I agree!! people buy them for 5 yr olds & then complain when the wigs gets ruined. lol
They Made A Special Molly Doll For The 35th Anniversary
I Have Her
Oh, nice!
Most of the got dolls have hideous outfits, but pleasant company is still great :).
i agree. The pleasant company dolls are great but the Girl of today outfits where BAD. I'm also not too crazy about white bodies.
Omgosh we are both 1983 babies and I never got the american girl i wanted at 9/10 years old 😭 buuuuuut i just purchased a PC samantha online on friday and it is due to arrive tomorrow 😊😊😍 I am really hoping she is everything I expect her to be! 🤞
I bet you'll love her!
The Mattel dolls say "American Girl" on the backs of their necks.
I own the complete Pleasant Company Samantha collection. The AG outfit are tight on my PC Sam.
I really love this dolls are cute and a cute clothes
Thanks for watching!
I have the original first release felicity, first release molly, and first release Elizabeth. ❤️ I love my dolls. I don’t care for the “mattel” relationship-released dolls. If I get a new one, it will be a Kirsten doll on eBay.
^^re-released
I got a Kirsten from eBay and I definitely recommend it! She's my absolute pride and joy in my small doll collection! I also recommend the earliest version of her that you can get
I got felicity from a yard sale. Im trying to determine if she is from pleasant or matell.
She has bight carrot red hair and her eyelashes are red to. Her body doesn’t have any tag which all of the characteristics of pleasant company doll. But on the dress, it has a tag say made in china for pleasant company 1993. Im wondering if your felicity has tag on her clothes?
Mine's tagged Pleasant Company, yes. :)
Hi can you please tell me how to identify Kirsten PC
do you know exactly what to do to identify the year
thank you
Pleasant Company girls are labeled that on the back of their neck. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to tell what year they're from. There may be facebook groups that might be able to help further!
Mattel has changed the face mold of the historical dolls. The faces are softer-featured. One by one, they phased out the original dolls and accessories and replaced them with Mattel's version. The GOT (Girl of Today) evolved into GOTY (Girl of the Year). My problem with Pleasant Company and Mattel's 18 inch dolls are the "cankles" the dolls have. I much prefer (and it IS a personal preference) the Journey Girls sold by Toys R Us. Their bodies are slightly slimmer and they are far more affordable. The other problem I have with Mattel's version of the AG doll is that, until this year, the GOTY dolls were light-haired, light-skinned, light-eyed cheerleaders, dancers, bakers, and other girly pursuits. I've written Mattel repeatedly that not all girls--not even Caucasian ones--are all light-skinned and light-haired. This year, to their credit, Mattel produced as the GOTY Luciana Vega, a girl who aspires to live on Mars and is interested in STEM classes. Mattel worked with NASA to be as accurate as possible with the space suit, flight suit, and accessories. So, Bravo Mattel!!!
I'm not crazy about the Luciana doll, but the accessories are pretty neat!
Kewpie 83--I had wanted to be an astronaut. In my day, females weren't admitted to the astronaut program. By the time NASA permitted women into the training, I was too old. I became, first, a mechanical engineer and then a teacher. Since that time, I have advocated for women's rights to choose professions without regard to gender. I may not like the AG dolls, but the fact that Mattel is finally advocating girls in STEM classes with higher aspirations than cheer leading or dance (and there is nothing inherently wrong in those activities!) matters .
The newer American have American girl on their neck. My guess is that the name American girl is more value for these dolls than Mattel. I received a Pleasant Company doll today from Ebay. I would love to know who she was. She may have had a hair cut as her hair is verily short. She has brown hair with banks, blue grey eyes she came with no clothes
@@nancybates2508--I'd check the archives of both Pleasant Company and Mattel. If "American Girl" is on the neck of the Mattel dolls, my guess is to distinguish the doll's head from the countless number of AG-clone dolls that are on the market today. MyLife from Walmart. Gotz dolls/ Pottery Barn kids. Our Generation from Target. Newberry dolls from K-mart (out of business now). Style Girl from Big Lots. Journey Girls from ToysRUs (out of business now). Then there are the ones available at Costco, too. Don't discount a loving parent or grandparent purchasing an AG doll and having the hari re-rooted or the eyes changed out to look more like the little darling for whom the doll was intended. www.e.joz3d.net/pages/History.html bing.com/images
For the dolls shoes, samantha and molly had black kinda rubbery Mary Jane type shoes, the velvet shoes that were on samantha go to your GOT doll and Felicity is supposed to have browish-black shoes with buckles on the front!
Oh, yeah. :) I cut out the bit of video where I mentioned that I didn't switch out their shoes. I just ended up choosing the ones that fit them best. Good to know for anyone who is looking to recreate the entire look, though! Thanks!
Thank you for such an informative video. Could you shed any light in the PC made in West Germany historical dolls? Why would Mattel not continue the historical line? Any thoughts or opinions? Reminds me of Disney purchasing the Makie doll line, advertising it was coming to the United States then doing nothing with it. Very disappointing, when Mattel took over the AG line we quit collecting, it lost its charm and historical significance.
I don't own any of the West Germany dolls, so I can't really speak on them! I think Mattel honestly just doesn't care about the historical aspect of it or all the extra stuff that goes along with the historical line (like the books, craft sets, etc). They don't really care about the educational aspect of the dolls.
But I still think that AG dolls are the best dolls out there.... Even the new ones. It really depends on what people like. I have 5 American girl dolls. I have Caroline, Samantha, Nellie, Rebecca and Kit. I have a lot because I have been collecting since I was 7. Caroline was one of the last dolls to come out in the historical line before the beforever line came. Yes there is 2 different Carolines there the historical one (which is mine) and the beforever line. I have the 2015 beforever Samantha, early mattle Nellie and a Rebecca made in 2015. I do have a newer Kit but she is the version with the lot longer hair so she looks more like the historical Kit. American girl has a lot of back ground and I could rant on for hours lol!
I agree- It's all up to the collector! I prefer PC, b/c they are my youth, but kids who grew up with Mattel's version of AG would probably disagree with me. :)
@@Kewpie83 I agree. My mom is the same way about the old molly.
I love the Pleasant Company dolls because they look like little girls. The Mattel dolls have too much makeup 💄 on for me
+Kristie W, I can never respond to your comments directly, I wonder if there's a permission that is turned off? Anyway, to answer your question, those two figures are from Small Soldiers, the movie. They are Archer, leader of the Gorgonites. The movie was about two toy lines that had AI chips in them that came to life.
I think Molly came with black Mary Janes
Me being 11 and getting a pc samantha
Do you have any advice, we have the matching girls size 16 dresser by Pleasant Company for the Samantha doll, where would we resell something like this?
Oh, that's a tough one! eBay is the best bet, I guess, or trying to just find a cosplay seamstress who can make one for you custom, which would be on Etsy.
Wow four dollars a month?!?!?! I was living luxe with my $10 a week!!!! but I however had to save birthday and Christmas money!
Christmas and my birthday are only a few days apart, so I usually banked quite a bit then, too!
Lucky You!!!! Usually what I got for the days was saved for College although I complete college on a scholarship so does that mean I can blow those saving son Dolls now?!?!? hehehehe
ha ha!
@@balenciaga91 Honestly, that's a mood
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samantha ,kirstin and maryellen are my fave but hehe i dont own one because it's too expensive to ship here in the phillipines
I wonder, was there ever a Philippines equivalent to American Girl? Like other countries made with Australian Girl or A Girl for All Time? Out of curiosity, are there any doll lines that are specific to your country (like of like Kurhn is China's answer to Barbie)? I'm always curious to learn about other countries lines. :)
i wish we have too but we dont here you can find Cabbage patch kids, baby alive 'baby Disney princess (not the animators one) and some journey girls in thrift stores
Also I have a transition/early Mattel Samantha with a mattel canvas torso, she looks similar to the PC tan body Samantha but mine's smile is more evident. She has darker shorter hair (about half an inch shorter) but she had wavy hair and curly edges but her hair has since straightened
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Of Course and I could always share pics of my Samantha which I like doing :)
Can you do an updated
I've honestly only added Kirstin to the crew or I would!
I have a Pleasant Company Felicity and a Mattel (Pre-Beforever) Felicity who I customized. The Mattel red hair is definitely a "truer" red as opposed to the Pleasant Co carrot red, but the PC eyes are a more natural green. Mattel green eyes are the "knock your socks off" green. I've been told the Beforever red hair is even darker??? I definitely prefer the Pleasant Co Felicity ^^
Interesting!
I love your doll collection, I always like the AG dolls, just don't have the fund or the room, so I did get a few (about 14)of the minis, got most of them off e-bay, did get a few from AG (on sale).
I know a thing or two about not having room!!!
Wait what about Emily and Mia
Alas, I don't own either of them. :)
Mine has a 🛷
Pleasant company
Hi , I'm a fan been watching ya'll for porobally five years. I just got into American girl in August and have thirteen of them and three bity baby. I'm blessed because I live near a good will outlet and buy them by the pound! so I pay about 1.50 for each American girl right now I have two julies, ones in perfect shape one has a tiny hair trim but not bad, two ivy's, one modern Samantha 2014 release and one pleasant . a 1999 number three pleasant company , josefina pleasant company, addy pleasant, kaya pleasant company . I have to braid her hair though anyway its been fun collecting I have two make your own mattel ones one has Julie's face and she's black and straight hair and one has kits face and currly long blonde hair . One thing weird is the number three from 99 is like pale pale wonder if anyone's heard of that happening almost has a yellow tint or gaundish look for some reason I like it because she's different
Thank you for watching for so long, Ronald! :)
I have samantha from pleasent company and is made in west germany 1986. I like your video.
Thanks!
I think when these dolls first came out- people should have demanded that they have at least a vinyl chest. That clothe peeking out around the neck really bugs me. The dolls are cute but I always steered kids away from them because they cost too much for such cheap/lazy construction. I guess you really have to love them to overlook that issue.
I tend to suggest getting dolls like A Girl for All Time over AG nowadays, too.
What about addy?
I don't own Addy.
Kewpie83 but you said it was Molly, Samantha, Kirsten and felicity even though she was pleasant company, anyway I love ur channel❤️
@@kitschycadet4689 Addy was the 5th doll, Josefina was the 6th. After that was the sellout to Mattel.
I am looking for someone to review my crocheted ag items. I would send them to you. I am looking for a influencer.
Hi Diane, can you send the links to your online store to ashsero@gmail.com? We can talk more there!
$2.00 x 12 months = $24.00, & the dolls were 75, so it would take more than a year to save up? Too bad you didn't have a neighbor to do chores for..I know some girls that collected recycling.
Oh you said birthday and communion $..got it.
I wish that it stayed plezent co
Thankfully, they are still available at places like eBay.
The Mattel dolls say American Girl on the back.
I think if pleasant company was not owned by Mattel, no dolls would retire
It's hard to know!
Oof I mean if Ag was not owned by Mattel
He wasn't fighting he was being the doctor