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Duel of the American Girl Dolls: Truly Me Fun and Hobbies (Round 1)

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Girl of the Year 2025, Summer McKinny, just released today!

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💙Nanea💙

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A dream is a wish your heart makes! Cinderella and Tiana, out of their boxes, on the front porch, and in the garden! Last photo, our pretty Crepe Myrtle .

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Doll brands I never thought I'd own, part 6(?): WeGirls

WeGirls of the World is another rare and obscure brand of 18 inch dolls that I finally managed to track down. This was a European brand that only made dolls for (at most) four years, so I hadn't counted on actually, miraculously, randomly, stumbling across one of them for sale. But I did, and here she is!

This is Lidia Kozikowska. She recently immigrated here from Poland, which is where WeGirls is based. Check out the Polish text on her original box, which translates to "Girls like you! Have fun and change yourself and the world for the better! Beauty is within you!"

The dolls themselves were manufactured in Germany by Schildkröt, a renowned doll company. Because of that, I'm not surprised at the high quality. This doll is sturdy, her joints move smoothly, and she has eyes that open and close. Her hair is rooted, but it's dense and definitely not the cheap kind.

Overall I'm super impressed.

Lidia has an all-vinyl body. She can fit in American Girl (left) and Maplelea (right) clothes and shoes, although she is slightly slimmer than dolls of those brands. I'd say she's closer to the size of a Journey Girls doll. Her feet, though, are ever so slightly larger than most American Girl feet.

Her vinyl is very soft and squishy with a peachy tone.

It's so soft that her fingers bend easily, so they can hold this adorable pose.

Her face mold reminds me of some Maplelea dolls.

The two brands aren't affiliated, so it's just a fun little coincidence.

I took Lidia out to my favorite doll photography spot in the mountains and let her have a closer look at her new homeland.

I also let her test her equestrian skills, since she'll need them around here. She handled Horsefina very well!

She didn't come with a name, so the name I gave her was one I chose. I was looking at the most popular names given to babies in Poland last year, and was surprised at how many of them were also equally popular in North America. Lidia was #68 on Poland's most used names for babies born in 2023.

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I could be totally off base here, but I found a doll that I think looks like she could have the same face, and a somewhat similar frilly outfit.

She’s listed on eBay as “Animated Doll BbMyst meng xue Talking Doll” and the listing says she is from China. I wish the pictures were better.

EDIT: okay I looked harder at the listing photos, I think their hands also look the same and they seem to have the same pink shoes

Alright doll fandom i need your help: I was out thrifting and found this little beauty. she has rooted hair, her eyes dont clothes, and she has a body with electronic components, and huge pink roller skates

she talks, although not in English (I don't know if shes from somewhere else or someone messed with the language settings) and is about 15 inches

i cannot find ANY information about what brand she is, so I'm asking you super duper sleuth-ers out there to help me find out what kind of dolly this is

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finally got this photo taken a few days late, but we celebrate our pride everyday!

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OK ag. you have now done the entire 20th century like you wanted. Now can you please can you do more 1800s/1700s dolls please? More dolls of color too, you were doing so well what the fuck happened

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Happy Pride from Midsummerdolls 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ and specifically, Andrés, Tsukiko, Esme, and Nanea! Who are just a selection of my LGBT+ dolls (I like to think all of my dolls are part of the community somehow!) I hope you have had an amazing Pride month!

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I’ve really been working on scaling down my collection this year. Moving into a smaller apartment with less room for doll stuff and then having a baby has meant that having a large collection is no longer my priority. The goal now is to have a handful of dolls that I truly enjoy.

With every piece I photograph, I feel so lucky for the time it has spent in my collection. I’ve had some awesome items. My mom and I used to go hunting for doll stuff together, and many of my items were actually purchased by her. She’ll never meet my baby, but when I sell pieces that she purchased when she was alive, it’s like she’s able to spoil him even though she’s not here.

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Claudie appreciation time!

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Nareen has such a forest fairy vibe sometimes..... don't you agree?

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Harmony's fifth grade yearbook photos, for the 1996-1997 school year. She's posing with the lilacs because she and her classmates put a lot of work into the schoolyard garden, as a gift to the younger students. This fall she'll be starting middle school, and the care of the garden will pass into the hands of the new fifth graders.

Harmony is wearing the Play Outfit from Pleasant Company's Girl of Today collection, minus the denim overshirt, which I made.

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Hi, I really like your American Girl drawing I was wondering are you going to continue with your art? Because your art is absolutely amazing:D

Thank you so much! I’m glad to hear that other people enjoy my art. I love drawing these girls and I’m sure I’ll have more art to post eventually.

But I had a baby two weeks ago, so I’m afraid my free time for drawing is limited for the foreseeable future!

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I set up a corner with a good photo backdrop and felt that everyone deserved new portraits that are fun and visually interesting.

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Julia, wearing her Christmas reindeer jammies, unwrapped her first Bitty Baby doll this morning!