I'm hoping that with the twins being out now, people who were waiting and hedging their bets will go ahead and get Kavi now that they don't have to wonder what if. She's so cute! I don't really get AG's current trend towards not having that much for collections and how they bundle things is always very weird.
Claudie has a few things going against her. People are very weird about new molds for AGs. So you've got the people who don't like the new mold and will take years to come around, if ever. Then she got overshadowed by the first HP release. As far as I can tell, Claudie never got her own catalog cover unless they specifically made and marketed them to Black families, but I'd imagine someone, somewhere, would've posted that by now. And if my memory is faulty, she didn't get one for her release. That honor went to the TM relaunch which is the next thing that sunk her battleship. People didn't even have to wait that long before AG threw a gazillion new dolls at them and poor Claudie got lost in the shuffle. Factor in that the outfits that sold well were the most expensive non-historical and there's very little in her collection to play with and, well...
Rainbow haired Nanea must be doing well as she's on backorder, as are quite a few others. So if nothing else, the relaunch for the TM seems to be going well enough? Unless it's good but not good enough. Someone posted that the best sellers aren't necessarily the ones seen most on IG but I'd imagine backorders probably give a decent view into what's moving at least.
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Claudie has a few things going against her. People are very weird about new molds for AGs. So you've got the people who don't like the new mold and will take years to come around, if ever. Then she got overshadowed by the first HP release. As far as I can tell, Claudie never got her own catalog cover unless they specifically made and marketed them to Black families, but I'd imagine someone, somewhere, would've posted that by now. And if my memory is faulty, she didn't get one for her release. That honor went to the TM relaunch which is the next thing that sunk her battleship. People didn't even have to wait that long before AG threw a gazillion new dolls at them and poor Claudie got lost in the shuffle. Factor in that the outfits that sold well were the most expensive non-historical and there's very little in her collection to play with and, well...
Rainbow haired Nanea must be doing well as she's on backorder, as are quite a few others. So if nothing else, the relaunch for the TM seems to be going well enough? Unless it's good but not good enough. Someone posted that the best sellers aren't necessarily the ones seen most on IG but I'd imagine backorders probably give a decent view into what's moving at least.
Ship, Nicki, ship!