So Long, Molly and Emily: Archival Confessions

Well, everyone and their mother has been talking about this for awhile. So we are kinda late to the funeral here. But we were pondering deep thoughts about all of this archival stuff.

Is your Molly and Emily collection complete?

No?

Well now is the time to run in circles in panic and buy EVERYTHING.

Just kidding. Don't pee yourself.

When Samantha was archived, we were like -- "What the heck?"

But we already had everything we wanted from her collection, so we didn't panic.

We had just bought her winter coat set, velvet dress, and dog Jip.

We were satisfied.

When Felicity and Elizabeth were archived we panicked and bought a ton of stuff we had been waiting to buy. Including Felicity and Elizabeth. 

We even bought stuff we weren't sure we wanted. 

And of course, we bought stuff we didn't even have room for. 

Sound familiar? 

You probably need to join us for Archival Group Therapy then.

But we were happy with all the stuff we got in the end, so that was that.

We especially squee-ed over the tiny Noah's Ark set and the muff, mitts and pattens set.

Then came Kirsten's archival.

Girl didn't even have much left, never mind a best friend doll to accompany her into the blackness.

But we still panicked. We bought like 6 Kirstens. Not even joking.

We still have most of them boxed up.

Only two have been played with.

And only one has her braids undone.

Kirsten's fishing set and lunch were two of our most prized possessions growing up.

Don't ask me why we loved the squishy fish so much.

And Kirsten-style outfits were one of the things our Mommy made for us on a regular basis.

So for Samantha, we were in the "This stinks" Camp.

For Felicity, the "Noooooo!!!! Not yet!!!" Camp.

And for Kirsten, the "There Goes my Childhood" Camp.

And the worse part is that there are still ye old, long-retired items from all three of these collections that we'd love to have. But we have given up on those things for now. 

What's the point?

We have now become quite numb to archivals.

Molly was our first doll ever.

We were obsessed with her.

We should be freaking out.

But we aren't.

Like many people, we saw this coming and bought the things we wanted.

We just received Molly's swimsuit and her birthday dress -- the last two things on our wishlist.

They arrived in a new size square box, fyi.

Yank and Bennett came here a couple weeks before that.

We figured the new Molly bed and pjs were an attempt to increase interest in her collection, with the goal of thinning out stock, leading up to the archival.

We got the pjs. They are fly.

The bed we passed on -- do we really need another bed???

But overall, what is this last-ditch attempt to make people notice Molly???

Couldn't you have paid attention to her before you were about to axe her AG?

Perhaps we are just depressed about the whole thing?

Probably.

So many of Molly's coolest items have already come and gone a long time ago.

It's not even worth crying over.

Archival is a bitter pill to swallow.

On the one hand -- we get new dolls -- Rebecca, Marie-Grace and Cecile, and Caroline.

But we only squee-ed about the stuff in Caroline's collection.

The other two we have mostly ignored, in comparison to our normal "We must buy everything" mode of operation.

We own eight things from Rebecca's collection.

And eleven from Marie-Grace and Cecile's collection.

What's the point to these rambling confessions???

While we have bought things from the above two collections, we have no motivation to buy more and they are not releasing new stuff for them.

We lose dolls through archivals, and the new dolls only get fresh stuff for two years.

Then they are ignored in the interest of new dolls and collections.

Their story, that slice of history, and the seemingly endless possibilities of their collection are passed over.

Most of the outfits, accessories and furniture mentioned in their books is never made by AG.

This seems to be AG's new system.

Steady new doll releases, small historical collections.

I guess it works for them.

But part of the fun of Pleasant Company was the new seasonal releases 

for all of the historical dolls.

We liked the way they all got new outfits and accessories on a steady basis.

True, they didn't have to do 60 annual MyAG releases back then, because MyAG didn't exist.

But we just wish they would pay a little more attention to the historicals.

One or two girls getting one or two things each year stinks.

I feel like AG should at least do five years of new item releases for each new historical doll.

And forget that Limited Edition -- only here for a short time -- BS.

At least pretend that you give a crap about each historical doll you release.

Then maybe your fans wouldn't feel so dead inside every time you do an archival.