I have not been able to update this site recently because I have been insanely busy. On April 25th, I released online a 29-minute animated STAR TREK episode that I wrote, illustrated, animated, voiced and sound engineered single-handedly over the last 28 months or so. I intend to update this site shortly.

I also updated the Girls of Today (Just Like You) page to include several new outfits and accessories.

At a recent press day for Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas confirmed that there are indeed plans for more American Girl movies in the pipeline.

The next American Girl to see her story make it to film - Julie Albright. "We are developing the Julie character," Goldsmith-Thomas said, "and we're doing her as a musical, as a high school musical."

"We're going to have all those great songs from the '70s," she continued. "Julie: An American Girl Musical. It's [set] in San Francisco."

The movie is just in outline form as of now, so Goldsmith-Thomas was unable to confirm much more about it, but she did say the music will include both original songs written for the movie as well as music from the 1970s, and that they intend to do more open auditions like they did for Kit Kittredge. "Oh, you betcha," she said.

Also, there will be three new Historical American Girl Mysteries in March 2008. Kirsten will be getting her first mystery entitled The Runaway Friend and Felicity (Traitor in Williamsburg) and Kit (A Thief in he Theater) will get new ones as well.

I also added several new items to the Girls of Today (Just Like You) page and I moved several retired outfits and items to the Retired Today Girl Items page.

Also, the release date for the new movie, "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mystery" is July 2nd, 2008. That's only 309 days. Start the countdowns!

There are also several new Just Like You items: an Island Luau Outfit, an Island Vacation Outfit, a Sand Surf Set (towel, purple sunglasses, surfboard, snorkel, mask and fins), an Island Scooter Set, a Flower Garden Dress and a Satin Floral PJ Set.

Jess is now sold out at the online store. However, most of her outfits and accessories are still available.

The last 2006 Major League Baseball season ballgame AG outfit giveaway took place at Yankee Stadium today. I updated the Major League Baseball portion of the Special Items page to show that all three of the 2006 ballgames with AG outfit giveaways have taken place. Hopefully, next year there will be four giveaway games since there should be a LA Dodgers giveaway to tie in with the new AG Place Los Angeles. Let's hope so!

In the Just-Like-You line, there are two new Today Girls, one with Light skin, layered blond hair & blue eyes and the another with Medium skin, short brown hair & brown eyes. Also the Just-Like-You doll outfit has changed. The new one (pictured) is called the "I Like Your Style" outfit. There are also some new outfits, accessories and furniture. I will update this site presently with details.

The other news is that the new Girl of the Year for 2007 will be named Nicki. Her book, Thanks to Nicki, was written by Ann Howard Creel and will be published in May 2007. There is no news yet as to what she will look like. I added this info to the American Girls of Today page.

Official mention and four pictures have been added to the official American Girl website.

The site also mentioned the latest title of this Fall's Molly's movie, "Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front." This latest moniker seems more appropriate since Molly's backstory is best described as life on the home front rather than the events surrounding the eventual victory of the Allies over the Axis powers.

At last Thursday's game at Wrigley Field, doll-sized Chicage Cubs Caps and Warmup Jackets were given away. I added a link to a picture of this giveaway item to the Special Items page.

Molly's original bed which was introduced 20 years ago, has been retired in favor of a slightly redseigned bed which will be available for shipping September 6th or so. I updated Molly's and the Retired Items pages to reflect this change.

There are also several new outfits and accessories for the Just Like You Dolls and Jess got a cool new Motor Scooter. I updated the American Girls of Today page to include these new items.

Molly will be getting a new trading card set containing pictures from the upcoming movie just like Felicity did. I added this info to Molly's page and to Molly's Trading Cards page.

Information about the eight Short Story Collection volumes and cover images have been released, and I updated all of the girls' pages to include the covers of these new books. These volumes contain five short stories. Addy, Samantha, Kirsten, Josefina's contain their existing five stories. Kaya's contains four new short stories (Kaya and the Beavers, Kaya and the Flood, Kaya and the Injured Dog & Kaya and the Grandmothers), Felicity has one new one (Felicity's Valentine) and Kit's volume contains three new stories (Kit's Winning Ways, Kit Uses Her Head & Kit and Millie Ride Again).

I also updated the Special Items page to include Samantha's Trinket Box, made by Pleasant Company in the early 1990's.

As everybody probably knows, AG Place Los Angeles opens this Thursday! It is located just 150 miles from my house, but I will not be able to attend the grand opening this weekend because I will be vacationing in England and France at that time. Even my daughters won't be able to attend because they will be in Las Vegas at their cheerleading competition finals. However, I will be at AG Place LA the following weekend, on April 30th. Maybe I'll see some of you there!

Also, in March, Felicity and Josefina get mystery books of their own and Samantha gets a second mystery book! I added pictures and information about the new books to Felicity, Josefina and Samantha's pages.

I also added Jess to the American Girls of Today page and moved Marisol to the Retired Girls of Today Items page.

By the way, the line of modern dolls and their accessories are now called "Just Like You Dolls."

Also, I updated the image of the AG Place Los Angeles with an official image on the Special Items page. They will begin accepting Cafe and Theater reservations on January 16th, 2006. For more information, call toll-free 1-877 AG PLACE (877-247-5223).

Other than the Card Trading Message Board, I haven't updated this site in over two months. This was because nothing noteworthy had happened in that time - No new items and no retirements. No new pages or features were added either because my job required me to go out of town several times and I also took week long training courses three times in the last few months.

Not to be overlooked during all of the hoopla surrounding Felicity, there is a new Zip-Up Sweatsuit outfit for American Girls of Today.

I also updated the AG Club section of the Special Items page to include three new exclusive AG Club items: the Felicity & Elizabeth locket charm, the Kit charm and the Marisol charm.

I also updated the Framed Pictures Image on the Image Gallery page. The Framed Pictures Image contains six correctly sized portraits of AG Girl friends and family that can be printed, cut out and placed in the Hallmark Framed pictures that were offered starting in 2003. Included is Nellie, Elizabeth, Ruthie, Sarah, Addy's Mother and Molly's Father.

I also added Marisol's new Spotlight Outfit and Stage items, the new AGOT Flapper costume and Baby Stroller for Dolls to the American Girls of Today page.

I redesigned the Special Items page to include a separate AG Club Exclusive Items section.

I also updated Felicity's page to include her new book covers which will be available in the Fall.

It appears that in the Fall, Nellie, Addy and Kaya will be getting new outfits. Nellie's will be a Step-Dancing Outfit. I added this great news to these girl's individual pages.

I also updated Elizabeth's Trading Cards page to include images of two of her cards which can be seen on the card pack.

Also, images of Felicity's Paper Dolls, Art Studio and new Books Covers are out. I added the first two to Felicity's page.

Interesting News! According to American Girl Customer Service, the new Elizabeth doll will have blond hair and blue eyes. The full text from AG Customer Service has been posted on Felicity and Elizabeth's pages. I will use this new coloration to update the conjectural Elizabeth doll image that I have created as soon as possible.

I also added a note to this site's Main page and AG Trading Cards page stating my interest in buying the AG Trading Cards that I still need to complete my daughters' collections.

I also added a banner image and two news articles about the new movie to Felicity's page.

Also, it turns out that the short story book "Felicity's New Sister" is not retired. So, I removed mention of the book's retirement since it is still available at the AG Places and is listed as current by Pleasant Company Publications. The book has apparently just been removed from the online store.

Finally, I added some 1990's publications including the American Girls Teacher's Guides to the Special Items page. These can often be obtained on Ebay and from Amazon.com and are especially noteworthy because included with them is a folded Map of the particular girl's world.

Finally, Felicity is going to be getting a new Paper Dolls set and Art Studio just like I imagined on the Items That Never Were page!

I just added cover images of the new American Girl Mysteries (for Sam, Molly, Kit and Kaya) to each of these girls' pages. These will be available this March.

Four other related new items that are coming in March are the Mystery Party Games. These are kits that allow girls to host an interactive mystery party game, including invitations with envelopes, character cards, scripts, secret clues, a party planner and name tags for eight girls and one adult. There will be a mystery game for Samantha, Molly and Kit. I added these to these girls' pages.

Finally, to the Special AG Items page, I added the new Mystery Mini Puzzles set which will be available in March.

The Swan Lake Ballet, Rock Climbing, Go Anywhere, Heart Print PJs, Paisley Dress, Blue Floral Nightgown and Valentine Party outfits are now retired. The Go Anywhere Accessories, Skateboard, Glitter Guitar, Egg Hunt Accessories, Weekend Baking Accessories and the Journal Pillow & Rug and the blue Wheelchair have also been retired. All of these have been moved to the Retired Girls of Today Items page.

I also updated the Make Your Wish List page to reflect these additions and retirements.

Also, the 2002 Ice Dance Outfit has become sold out. I moved the item to the Retired Girls of Today Items page.

Also, Samantha's Valentine Crafts was published September 1st and is available from Amazon.com even though is is not yet available at the AmericanGirl Online store. I added all of this information to Samantha, Molly, Kit and Kaya's pages.

Also, the 2002 Snowflake Satin Pajamas and the Trail Bike have become sold out and have all been moved to the Retired Girls of Today Items page.

Samantha's Holiday Coat and Bridesmaid outfit are available online! Also, all of Nellie's outfits, accessories and trading cards are now available online! I have added large and small pictures of all of these to the Samantha, Nellie and Trading Cards pages.

I also added the Girl-Sized versions of Samantha's Winter Coat and Nellie's Oriental Pajamas to the Dress Like Your Doll page.

Finally, there is a new American Girl of Today Outfit - the Ready for Fun Outfit. This will replace the Go Anywhere Outfit which was introduced in 2002. And, there are three other new AGOT outfits and three new furniture items which I have added to the American Girls of Today and the Make Your Wish List pages.

Felicity's re-introduced School Outfit and Undergarments are available at both the Chicago and New York AG Places and can be purchased there or through an "AG Place Personal Shopper" (call 1-877-AGPLACE).

In August, three new Today girls will be available:

• AGOT #22: light skin, platinum blonde (with no bangs) and blue eyes
• AGOT #23: light skin (with freckles), reddish brown hair (with no bangs) and blue eyes
• AGOT #24: light skin (with freckles), blonde hair (with no bangs) and brown eyes

Also, I updated Felicity's page to reflect that three of her items ("School Outfit", "Undergarments", and the "Shoes, Stockings & Garters" set) will be available once again beginning in August!

Also, bigger pictures of many items were added throughout the site.

Finally, the latest information indicates that the following three Felicity items will be restored to her collection and be available again: "School Outfit", "Undergarments", and the "Shoes, Stockings & Garters" set.

Also, several AGOT outfits have been retired including the Flower Garden Outfit, Sporty School Outfit, Fancy Flowers & Accessories, Weekend Baking Outfit & Accessories, Gymnastics Outfit II, and both the Blue and Purple Soccer Outfits. The Spa Chair and Spa Accessories are also sold out, but the Spa Robe & Slippers is still available. These discontinued items have all been moved to the Retired Girls of Today Items page.

Nellie will officially be introduced at a special sold-out party at American Girl Place in New York on June 18th, 2004. She will be available for pre-order at that special event and will then reportedly be available for order in the August mail-order catalogs. Her items are scheduled for official release in September.

Also, Samantha and Molly got two new craft books, Samantha's six books got new covers, and Kaya now has a Story Collection book. I updated all these girls' pages to reflect the new items.

Also, coming next week will be five new outdoor outfits. They are: Samantha's Croquet Outfit, Molly's Dude Ranch Outfit, Addy's Kite Flying Outfit, Kit's Baseball Outfit (Cincinnati Reds, of course) and a new outdoor outfit for Kirsten as well. They became available at AG Place Feb. 12th, and will make their debut on the AG website around February 25th. I've added small (and large) pictures of the new outfits to Samantha, Molly, Kirsten, Addy and Kit's pages.

Special thanks for all of this great news go out to Deborah, who recently visited AG Place NY and to Tracy who just visited AG Place Chicago! Lucky them!