Many readers have said that they wished American Girl’s new historical character Caroline would have been made with red hair. Some said that would make her look too much like Felicity and others think she looks too much like a Barbie with her blonde hair. One of our readers (and regular contributors) agoverseasfan, decided to get creative and create her own red headed Caroline.
Wow! Pretty! So how did she do it? She did a wig swap. Caroline is now wearing the wig from MyAG #33 (light skin, blue eyes, curly red hair).
I really like this shade of red on her and think she would have been just as well received with her red hair as she has been blonde.
So what did she do with Caroline’s blond wig? Why, she put it on MyAG #33 and named her Luna from the Harry Potter series.
Again – I just love the creativity!
Visit her on YouTube for more photos of Caroline as a red head.
What do you think? Do you like Caroline better as a blonde or with red hair?
I decided that if Caroline was made like that, she’d be at the top of my list. I need a redhead doll, any ideas? I prefer AGs.
How about 33 or Emily?
I like her with red hair much better!
If having one page is a clue to retirement, then Josefina, Kaya, and Addy would LONG have been gone. They rotate out almost every doll to have one page.
I prefer Caroline blonde. Redhair would have made the Felicity knock-offness more obvious (knock-off collection-wise, I mean).
True Lena. Though I think she’s prettier with red hair, I actually think it’s better that she’s blonde so agoverseasfan’s doll is unique.
lena molly addy and josefina shared one page THAT WOULD BE A NIGHT MARE IF ALL THREE RETIRED AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I like her with blonde hair better.
To be fair, in the issue I had received before the one featuring Caroline, the three dolls stuck on one page were Kaya, Addy and Rebecca. And you know that Rebecca isn’t close to retiring at all since she’s only three years old. I’m pretty sure that since the catalogs have gotten so big they occasionally have to rotated out of having full spreads. Really, my only beef is how it seems like the Bitty Twins have only gotten a couple of pages (if that) for the past several catalogs, with just the dolls, their starter set, and one outfit.
agoverseas’ Caroline is very pretty with her red hair, but I love how Caroline looks just how she is. Maybe there are quite a few blonde AG dolls but there really aren’t many that have hair as light of a blond as Caroline’s is. Plus I do agree that if her hair had been red, she probably would’ve seemed even more like a Felicity rip-off. I would like to see another red haired historical character, though!
@Lena I have been doing some research, and have figured out the pattern that that AG retires the dolls in, so the whole “retiring” thing isn’t much of a surprise anymore. Not to anyone.
i like her better with blonde hair. But nice Luna Lovegood!!
so much better as a redhead and this is coming from a blond!!!
Missy, there is no retiring pattern.
I like it better. It’s really not too similar, it’s not it’s a true red like Felicity’s. (Okay, the Mattel one was more auburn, but it’s still closer than any of the MAGS.) It’s more of a strawberry blonde. Caroline and Fecility’s collections aren’t too similar except the tables and chairs and Caroline’s holiday dress. (Compared to Felicity’s meet) Ginger or not, I still love her!
I like it ! But i also think she looks good with blonde hair !
Beautiful! and I still want to share photos too so how do I do it?
butterflyartstudios – you can email them to me at share@dolldiaries.com
I love her like this!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even if she is too much like felicity. They could change the dress, and Caroline would be at the top of my list.
Agoverseasfan, how did you do the wig swap? I’m dying to know, cause I want to get mag 33, but i much rather her wig like this. soooooooooooo cute!! About how much did it cost you for everything. idk what i would do with Caroline’s wig, but oh well.
I think she is much prettier with red hair. If she actually had red hair, I would totally get her! Although I can always buy a red hair wig… Does anybody know where I can buy a doll wig?
RED HAIR!!! CAROLINE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL LIKE THAT!
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i think she looks awesome both blonde and red. ( but if i were to pick one i would pick the red hair ) it doesnt look that much different tho. i see caroline name as a red girl than a blonde hair girl.wow i just noticed that i commented a lot on this thing. anyway i hope you get it
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I have asked at my local(ish) AG store, and they say every ten or so years a doll retires. And since Molly is 26…
Also, they could not retire Josefina or Kaya because then they would have removed two minority groups from their doll collection. I wish that AG was more “all around” American, and not so European-settler American.
caroline you mean that molly is getting retired?cuz i really love mollly!but i already have molly but i dont have emily her friend and i would love to get her!i dont want any american girl dolls to retire…………. i guess its part of life
oh well….. i loved these dolls!OH and by the way i would like as many dolls i can get but my mom says its too much money and i really want more as soon as possible! i know im going to ask for christmas but do you know what else i can do? i would really like a red hair doll if i were going to get another one! COMMENT BACK!
Caroline with red hair looks a lot like JLY#33! And to think I was originally going to get #33 until I saw Caroline. :/
And I agree with Caroline. American Girl should really start adding more dolls of different races and backgrounds. For instance, there are not enough Hispanic-American character dolls, and the only one available is Josefina. While the JLY dolls are pretty diverse, I do feel that the Historicals and GOTYs need to become a bit more diverse as well… At least, that’s what I think.
I agree with you, Venus.
I think I prefer Carrie with blonde hair. I believe it goes better with her eyes.
@Dakota I prefer Caroline with blonde hair too. If she had been released as a redhead, then JLY#33 would’ve had to face some competition.
Beautiful! Although as a redhead myself, I was glad AG came out with Caroline as a blonde doll, because personally I have so many redheaded AG’s, it just gets a little annoying haha! I love how princess-y she looks, and definitely hope to add her to my collection!
If Molly retires wish me luck beacause my sisters face might just EXPLODE!!!!! She’s like obessed with Molly goes bye-bye she’ll be sad. Atleast she has her, but I don’t think they’ll retire her beacause she’s too special, overall I wish no one will retire beacause know there are 14 Historical Characters!
@georga I understand how you feel. For some reason, I have a feeling that at least one doll will be retiring by 2013. I’m hoping that I’m wrong
But, we can’t have our cry-fest until American Girl officially says something! XD So don’t worry, I’m sure Molly won’t be retiring anytime soon. There have been rumors about Molly’s retirement since last year, and yet she’s still around. ^_^
Personally I think Molly is safe for another year. I think if they were going to retire her they would have announced it by now.