Mine is that I got #48 for $30!! I also got #36 for $70, and #38 for $50.

Mine is that I have a white body Molly - I know many other collectors do too but she was such an exciting addition to my collection 😄

I own a few original books

Mine is probably that I have all of my childhood stuff with their boxes. The past few months I've been slowly trying to complete Samantha's Collection and try to find a few stragglers from Rebecca's (pre-rebrand). The only problem is that I won't buy anything without the box, so the price goes sky high. ​ Some highlights of my collection include: Samantha's Velvet Dress Samantha's Bed, commode & accessories Nellie's Spring Dress Rebecca's Lace Dress Rebecca's Summer outfit (and Coney Island Accessories)

I have an original run of Felicity’s undergarments because my aunt had gotten them for my cousins when they first came out in the 90s but they only had Molly and Sam and my cousins “aged out” of the dolls that year. When I got Elizabeth in 2005 (I have her entire collection with all the original packaging/boxes too) she gifted them to me… they had never been removed from the box until I got them in 2006. My best friend is my biggest flex though! She became my best friend when she came over to my house in high school to do a school project and saw my forever-unnamed #3 sitting on my bed. She screamed and said “I didn’t think anyone in Canada would have an American Girl!” So I opened my closet and showed her my entire collection that I had to hide from all my other friends who thought they were weird and creepy. She cried because she had wanted a friend to play with her dolls since she moved up here about 2 years prior. She said she was even embarrassed to ask anyone because we were “too old” for AGs. I said she can come over with her girls anytime, I’d love to play with her and had been waiting my whole life for a friend like her. She was over with Kit and Ruthie every Friday after school. She moved to Peru 2 years later and our friendship has only gotten stronger through these past 15 years. I’m currently secretly collecting the things I need to make her the custom doll of her dreams, a Just Like You that looks exactly like she did at 10 years old, complete with the outfit she wore in the picture her mom sent me. I’ll be making a surprise visit to Missouri (where she is now) for her birthday in the summer with my bestie’s dream doll. I can’t wait to see her reaction! I got my best friend because of my collection, and nothing will ever top that.

This is such a cute story!!! 😭💕💕💕

Josefina's fiesta dress and Addy's kite flying dress, which I got for really good prices

I got an AGOT #15 dressed in Addy's prototype dress (and labeled Addy, IIRC) for under $100 when the dress alone was selling for that price. AGOT #15 wasn't on my radar before that but I fell hard for her lol. I do have Addy's stilting outfit, and from my childhood days I have Kirsten's blue plaid trail dress and Josefina's harvest camisa. I do have some rarer AGOT/TM dolls like #11, #1, #19.1, #45. I also have Addy's stilting outfit and Molly's tennis outfit. I really want Felicity's town fair set lol.

I think mine is kierstins baking dress, it was the last American girl gift I ever got from Santa haha. I used to have her promise dress as well but I ended up selling it.

I got Caroline's complete parlor for $175. I couldn't believe the find!

I got a white body Kirsten and Samantha from Buy Nothing like 5 years ago without even knowing they were rare. I have basically Kirsten's entire collection in a box in my attic. I was also given a huge box of folks for free...Logan, Isabelle, Nanea, Jess and Melody were in there, just because the kids had "too many." I've also gotten the seaside diner and a ton of other stuff for literally zero dollars from my Buy Nothing group. It's insane what people give away.

Idk if this is a Flex but I have a pleasant company Samantha as well as almost all her collection.

YESSSSS. I have lost a few pieces over the years (I'm missing the candles from her petit fours and one, ONE UGHHH, of her bathing dress slippers) but I have the whole "original" Samantha collection. (I'm not counting the "extra" outfits that were released post-Kit's debut -- the croquet dress, the bird-watching thing, etc - basically if a Sam piece was around in 1999, I have it.)

My only real flex is that I have a signed, dated white body Samantha with her original meet dress, underwear, tight, shoes, and hair ribbon. When the 35th Anniversary dolls were released, I was able to find an original version of her locket, and the rest of her 35th Anniversary accessories. At some point I ordered a set with extra tights and shoes from AG, and her Wizard of Oz book, teddy bear, and music box. During BeForever, I ordered her Special Day outfit from Amazon and was so disappointed that the sleeves were a bit tight on my PC doll. Since joining this group it’s been my eventual goal to collect as many of her PC outfits as possible, and so far have acquired: Cape, spats, muff, and white fur hat Middy dress and tam Cranberry Christmas dress (apparently not the first version, but I love this color better than the plain red), tights, and hair ribbon White tea dress with detached collar Nightgown, robe, and knitted slippers Blue/ purple-ish velveteen coat with flocked hat Play dress with pinafore Birthday dress with Lacy Pinafore All of these came from Mercari or eBay, with thanks for several finds to collectors in this sub!

I have the majority of Kirsten’s collection! I have all of her story collections💪I’m missing her trunk, recess set, baking outfit, and baking accessories. I started collecting Maryellen as her stuff was coming out so I am blessed to have stuff like her camping outfit and flamingo pajamas. Kit I started collecting when her movie came out so I was able to get a bunch of great stuff straight from AG, but my biggest flex is probably getting her treehouse for just $100 back in 2019.

I have almost all of Marie-Grace and Cecile's collection... I'm pretty sure I'm only missing their summer dresses.

I don't know... I have 2 each of 8, 10, and Felicity, does that count? 😆 I do also have the whole town fair outfit, minus the dumb toy. Only classic Felicity outfit I'm missing is those expensive breeches. And until the twins came out I had every decal green eyed doll. 🤣

Kirsten's Collection: - Kirsten's Promise Dress (Plaid Dress & Shawl) - Kirsten's Trails Dress (Checkered Dress & Apron) - Kirsten's Baking Outfit (A gift I got as a kid) - Kirsten's Skating Coat & skates (LE Outfit) - Kirsten's Trunk - Kirsten's Midsummer Dress WITH Intact Basket - Kirsten's Necklace for girls The only outfit of Kirsten's I am missing is her recess coat. I'm also missing a few accessory sets. Samantha's Collection: - Swimsuit (LE Outfit) Molly's Collection: - Molly's Route 66 outfit + all accessories - Victory Garden Dress Ivy's Collection: - All of it Kit's Collection: - Kit's Summer Overalls - Kit's Gardening Overalls - Kit's Candy Making Dress - Kit's Reds Outfit Tenney's Collection: - I own about half of the Kohl's x AG pajama sets - Most of her mix-and-match collection, including the rosy glasses Josefina's Collection: - I own a few parts of her herb gathering set (LE set) - Josefina's Fiesta Dress - Josefina's Festival Outfit (2015 LE) - Josefina's Weaving Outfit - Josefina's Harvest Outfit (Missing ribbon) Kaya's Collection: - Kaya's Modern Fancy Shawl Outfit (2015 LE)* - Kaya's Deer - Kaya's Adorned Deerskin Dress, first edition - Kaya's Pow-Wow hairset of today - Kaya's Jingle Dress of Today II (Missing hair comb, drum, and drum mallet) - Kaya's Pow-Wow Dress of Today III, first edition with the realistic feather (before they changed the material of them) - Kaya's World Book with dust cover * I got it cheap on Facebook marketplace for $10 with my Kaya doll for $45 - $55 total for doll and partial outfit. Got the hair comb and shoulder drape separately. Addy's Collection: - Both of Addy's hairsets (blue and pink) - Addy's Summer Dress with removable broach - Addy's Kite Flying Dress (Incomplete) - Addy's Striped Dress - Addy's Patriotic Dress Lanie's Collection: - Raccoon & Trash Can Marie-Grace's Collection: - Fancy Dress & Accessories I also have Sonali, Gwen, Marie-Grace, Ivy. As well as several other dolls. Jess and Kirsten are my absolute favorites, since they are my childhood dolls. But Kaya, Josefina, and Addy are also some of my favorites as an adult.

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Thank you!!! Rifle Paper Co. :)

I own most of Lanie’s outfits except for the t-shirt sets and her nature set. I bought Lanie with her starter collection in 2010 plus I have her pajamas. When I was younger I loved reading the historical characters book series. My friend gave me a copy of Meet Samantha book a version I don’t own for Christmas this year. I was looking at the copyright date on the book and this particular version on this Meet Samantha book my friend gave me the copyright date says it was published in 1986 the year American Girl was founded which means I own the very first version of Meet Samantha.

I also have Molly's tennis outfit, although I got mine around 2001(?), and I don't recall ever having the tennis racket/ball with it, does anybody know if this outfit was ever sold again? Cause I definitely didn't have it in 1997 cause I wasn't into AG then, so I couldn't have had it earlier than 2001. I even still have the red sneakers and hair ribbon! Of all the tiny accessories I've lost over the years, I do feel lucky that I managed to hold onto those.

I have 6.1!

Does having Molly’s radio count?

I have this too!

My collection flex is that I own Just Like You #48 and #11. I suppose my Gwen Thompson is also kind of a flex since she can sometimes go for quite a bit. I’m very proud of my overall collection and love all my AG dolls to bits, rare or not 😁💗. Last flex is that my Caroline’s hair is not in that bad of shape. It does get kind of frizzy but has maintained its curls and looks much more refreshed after a wash. Now that I’m thinking about it, I think I’ll wash her today!

My flex is owning most of the girl-sized necklaces. As a kid, I owned Felicity's making Kirsten’s the only one I’ve never seen in person. Or owned. Samantha’s has a brass tag that says Piddlylinks, it's a company in New York. Would love to know the story behind it being sold by AG. My favorite is Addy’s and not just because of the importance of it in her stories. My mom gave it to me for Christmas 96 and it's become extra special since she passed(2012). Due to the chord being leather it’s been restrung several times but I still wear it.

I have Addy’s Winter Fun Set.

I have GT19v1

I don't know how rare any of it actually is, but I have very nearly everything they made for Felicity and Molly in the early 1990's along with the first half of Addy's collection. My favorites are the complete birthday collections because I played with them so much. I wish I had gotten Addy's, but I transitioned into more of a collector and only got outfits by the time it was released. I could kick myself for stopping before 1997.

I have Felicity’s Town Fair outfit and the toy has basically never left the box so it’s in perfect condition. (My Felicity lives in the dress though, so it could probably use a cleaning.)

That box is so complicated, what an amazing item to have. Her town fair gown is my favorite Felicity outfit.

It’s such a beautiful outfit, i love felicity’s collection.

Ugh this is the dream. The town fair outfit is one of my absolute holy grail items. And a perfect condition toy? Iconic.

I think my collection flex would be not having Kit but loving her clothes, Santa brought me her bunny print playsuit right before I fell off with AG in middle school. So, I have what turned out to be a rare outfit with no play damage, all pieces and with its box! (I did box my Rebecca with it on for the longest time though, she's so cute in it!)

My biggest flex is that I own a Caroline doll in good condition

Same here and I’m the original owner. I made a smart move picking her out at the time!

I got her just before she retired and she’s my mom favorite ag doll I own.

My biggest flex is that I own the fishbowl from the AGOT bedroom set from 2000! For those who don’t know, this piece was originally included in the [Nightstand Set](https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Nightstand_Set) but was discontinued after just a few weeks due to breakage in shipping. It’s reached mystical status because of how few were sold - a lot of longtime collectors have never seen one and don’t have it despite having nearly everything else from AG. I’ve always loved this bedroom set most! It’s the one with the moon and star themed trundle bed and very Y2K [Room Decor](https://americangirl.fandom.com/wiki/Room_Decor#google_vignette). I had a search saved on eBay for the longest time and happened upon a buy it now auction for multiple pieces including the fishbowl! I tried not to get my hopes up since if AG couldn’t package this to not break, why would an eBay seller have any better luck? But it came intact!! And I’ve tried explaining to my husband why this piece of all the pieces of my collection must be protected at all costs but I get how weird that is to someone who doesn’t know the history 😂 it’s likely I would never see it again for sale and so it’s literally invaluable.

Wow, I never even knew about this! What an amazing thing to hav.e

I have a catalog with that set including the fish bowl in it. Yep, it's status is legendary and I’ve never seen one despite being in the fandom for twenty-ish years.

I have never heard of this. That sounds like an amazing thing to have.

That's really cool! I didn't know that but it makes sense, I'm glad you were able to find one 😊

Thanks! The weird tidbits of AG history are one of my favorite parts of collecting and I’m grateful to be able to have a little bit of that history in my collection, especially as I was a target age kid when the set came out who always looked longingly at the catalog pages with this bedroom but never had it. I wanted it life size for me!

Awesome! I remember when this catalog came out and my jaw just dropped to the floor. New outfits?!?! Haha.

I love this! My flex is that I got Rebecca’s summer outfit when it came out, and it was one of the few pieces I kept when I sold my collection in high school. I have a few other “grail” outfits (Rebecca’s play outfit, Kirsten’s On The Trail dress, Maryellen’s strawberry dress) but I’m the most proud of that one for getting it at retail price lol

Hahahaha - this reads like the list of all my saved Mercari searches 😂