Farwell to a friend.

Samantha and Nellie from the American Girls are being retired this year. :(

http://americangirlstories.typepad.com/american_girl_stories/2008/09/test.html

I was really too old for dolls when Samantha, the very first AG, came out in 1986. I collected dolls, but at 15 I was more interested in clothes and make-up...so I passed on getting one. It wasn't until eleven years later and I was an adult that I went ahead and bought one for myself. She was just the first- I now have all of the historical dolls except for Kaya, Molly's friend Emily, Kit's friend Ruth, and Julie's friend Ivy (though I'd like her for Christmas!). I've lost track of all the clothes and accessories I've picked up over the last decade!

I always thought that Samantha was the most popular of all the dolls. I'm really surprised that her collection is being retired.