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Last week's AG release
May. 3rd, 2021 04:24 amSo my COVID arm kinda got better and then got weirder. Seems about right, I suppose.
Anyway, last week AG dropped some new things and I think tomorrow is the tentative new release date for the 35th anniversary dolls. I believe the current rumor has them re-releasing the first six* along with their Meet accessories and likely a special in some way box for possibly, maybe ballpark of $150. Though that last bit could be someone's speculation that just caught on. Let's knock out the * issue:
People keep saying the "original" six. There is no original six. PC came out with Kirsten, Sam, and Molly first and it was just them for years until they brought Felicity to the party. Then they invited Addy, which was a big fucking deal, and then Josefina got an invite. So don't say original six or I'm gonna need to smack you.
As for the planned release... ehhhhhhhhhhh. Look. I know we all gave Sam a hard time for her BeForever outfit, but Addy's was pretty damn awesome. Josefina's was a lateral change at best, Molly didn't get one because AG fucking tanked themselves by cutting all the corners in creation and then wondering why newbies went, "wait, is this what everyone's hyped? This is shit. I can get the same stuff at Target for like, way less." Felicity also got hosed because unlike Josefina, Addy, and Sam, she didn't get a real collection out of her BF release. Fuck, Molly who only came out at Costco in a blink or miss her (well, I think she got a thirty second appearance during a sale on AG or zulily as well) got more of a collection than Felicity did. I had a point somewhere.
Oh. Yeah. This is kind of meh for me. I have 4/6 of those and my reasons for not having bought Josefina and Addy aren't going to change in these pandemic times. Josefina looks radically different depending on her eyebrow placement and for the last few years they've given her the shit end of the stick on that so I'd need to pick her out in person or truly trust someone else to do it. Or, y'know, buy one online that I could see which doll I was getting. Addy is one I could go either way on, but I haven't bought one for myself yet because Cass is very protective of the Addy Jess and I bought her and it feels like stepping on toes getting one. Plus if I did, I'd want the impossible: the textured hair that they seem to have kind of stomped out of Addy in recent years but with the BF eyebrows because older Addys kinda look washed out more often than not. I also prefer the BF outfit, heathen that I am.
I'm happy people will have a chance to snag Kirsten (my poor forgotten baby) or Felicity new, though I cackle to myself that they quietly threw Felicity out not that long ago and now they're bringing her back for what, a fifth time? Felicity's revenge!
Mix in people who are expecting way more than the above and you've got a terrible breeding ground for bitter disappointment. *shrug*
So. New stuffs. Birthday Party Theme!
( So many rainbows to see. )
Anyway, last week AG dropped some new things and I think tomorrow is the tentative new release date for the 35th anniversary dolls. I believe the current rumor has them re-releasing the first six* along with their Meet accessories and likely a special in some way box for possibly, maybe ballpark of $150. Though that last bit could be someone's speculation that just caught on. Let's knock out the * issue:
People keep saying the "original" six. There is no original six. PC came out with Kirsten, Sam, and Molly first and it was just them for years until they brought Felicity to the party. Then they invited Addy, which was a big fucking deal, and then Josefina got an invite. So don't say original six or I'm gonna need to smack you.
As for the planned release... ehhhhhhhhhhh. Look. I know we all gave Sam a hard time for her BeForever outfit, but Addy's was pretty damn awesome. Josefina's was a lateral change at best, Molly didn't get one because AG fucking tanked themselves by cutting all the corners in creation and then wondering why newbies went, "wait, is this what everyone's hyped? This is shit. I can get the same stuff at Target for like, way less." Felicity also got hosed because unlike Josefina, Addy, and Sam, she didn't get a real collection out of her BF release. Fuck, Molly who only came out at Costco in a blink or miss her (well, I think she got a thirty second appearance during a sale on AG or zulily as well) got more of a collection than Felicity did. I had a point somewhere.
Oh. Yeah. This is kind of meh for me. I have 4/6 of those and my reasons for not having bought Josefina and Addy aren't going to change in these pandemic times. Josefina looks radically different depending on her eyebrow placement and for the last few years they've given her the shit end of the stick on that so I'd need to pick her out in person or truly trust someone else to do it. Or, y'know, buy one online that I could see which doll I was getting. Addy is one I could go either way on, but I haven't bought one for myself yet because Cass is very protective of the Addy Jess and I bought her and it feels like stepping on toes getting one. Plus if I did, I'd want the impossible: the textured hair that they seem to have kind of stomped out of Addy in recent years but with the BF eyebrows because older Addys kinda look washed out more often than not. I also prefer the BF outfit, heathen that I am.
I'm happy people will have a chance to snag Kirsten (my poor forgotten baby) or Felicity new, though I cackle to myself that they quietly threw Felicity out not that long ago and now they're bringing her back for what, a fifth time? Felicity's revenge!
Mix in people who are expecting way more than the above and you've got a terrible breeding ground for bitter disappointment. *shrug*
So. New stuffs. Birthday Party Theme!
( So many rainbows to see. )