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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP with the daughter with the 3 AG dolls. Mattel has basically ruined AG. The quality went way down when they purchased it from Pleasantville, and then kept going down over the years. When they rebranded it last year as BeForever, the quality of the clothes (and the authenticity of the historical line) went waaaay down. And yet the prices really have not. I can't understand what their marketers are thinking -- there are a ton of low cost competitors out there, so why would anyone pay the premium if their stuff is just going to be the same made in china crap that you can get at Target? And don't even get me started on how they took those great historical fiction books that were written for the old line, and just Reader Digest-ed them -- like kids can't read an actual book series anymore. Part of what you were paying for with the old historical line was the opportunity for the girl to really learn about and become immersed in a particular time period. They also used to have cool AG themed tours of different historical places and fun stuff like that. (I did a Samantha tour/tea party at the old Heurich mansion down at Dupont back in the '90s -- it was super cute with all the girls with their dolls.) That's all gone now. I will say that the older AG stuff we got was really well made. We have a knockoff bed, and then the old wooden Molly bed, and that Molly bed is way sturdier and just looks much better. I got it on clearance when they discontinued the Molly line so it was a steal, but after I got it, I decided it was almost worth full price. You can get some of the old Pleasantville made stuff on ebay (we bought some of the old Molly stuff there) and it's really nice. [/quote]
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