Archival madness!

[impy]

AG rAGnarok officially kicks off today with the archival/retirement announcement of the best friends line.

Ivy, Ruthie, and the NOLA ladies, Cecile & Marie-Grace, are all being sent off to the archive this summer. I'd imagine that even if they linger, they'll be yanked from stores, catalogs, and online by the time BeForever begins on/around August 28.


FB announcement:


And twitter:



And with that my collection now contains exactly one doll not archived/retired/or set to be one of those. And she's been customized...

I'm ticked that Ivy got the short end of the stick since she was introduced but I do hope that maybe they'll take the time to do something for an Asian Historical instead of being able to point to Ivy and say, "Look. Done."

The interesting thing about this archival is that none of these dolls has been around for even ten years. Ivy is the oldest in that she was introduced in 2007. Ruthie came out in 2008 just before Samantha was archived, and the NOLA girls appeared in 2011.

This also wipes out the grey eyes in the line with Ruthie, and MG's eyes are unique as well.

I do hope we'll be getting another doll one day soon with MG's mold as I think it's adorable and works very well outside of her Meet hairdo.

Cecile, you shall likely forever remain one of the two dolls whose Meet outfits I find beautiful on their own. Stay strong, my CeCe. I love you dearly.

New stuff (likely not much) coming Thursday.

Comments

[irishgypsie.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I got my Cecile! Too bad about Ruthie and Ivy. I'm a bit tempted to get Ruthie actually even though she wasn't on my original want list. But since I'm not as enamored with Rebecca in real life as I thought I'd be, I could see swapping her out for Ruthie since yours is so cute. I definitely want Caroline but since she's not going anywhere yet I can hold off on her. Decisions! These girls aren't cheap so I do hesitate, but I don't want to miss my chance completely either. Boo.

[snarky-imp.livejournal.com]

Ruthie is a stunner. She's got those gray eyes that can look blue/green depending on what she's wearing and I think she's the last of the dolls with them, assuming they don't put out any new gray eyed dolls in the immediate future. I like that her curls are easily fixed by just twirling them around your finger and she looks good in a lot of things.

Ruthie/Rebecca is a decent swap. I think doll!Becca looks more like book!Ruthie than doll!Ruthie does (which is probably why I adore doll!Rebecca) and book!Ruthie is a sweetheart.

Cass and I have a bet on who sells out first and Ruthie was my pick.

And yay for getting your Cecile in time!

[irishgypsie.livejournal.com]

We're going to Colorado next week for a visit and I already suggested to Sue that we visit the Denver AG store since we didn't get a chance to really browse the LA one back in March. She's up for it. :D

I will likely snag Ruthie while I'm there, but I think I'm going to change her name once I do. I think I'm going to call her Teddi after my beloved grandmother who was about the same age as Ruthie/Kit and looked a lot like Ruthie when she was a girl. She just passed away a couple of weeks ago.