Thanks. I currently have Mia, Josefina, Kaya, and Kailey, although I do have another Mia and a Samantha that I have put away as investments. I love randomly flipping through the catalogues. Yeah, mine are usually on display or in storage, although I'd still like more. I'm glad I'm not the only one though :)

I have 15 American Girl Dolls, I love them all, and I want more. I love their clothes, accessories, and furniture and I intend to keep collecting. I am 55 years old and have loved these dolls since they came out. I also collect Antique Dolls.

I wondered the same thing when I was 16. If you love them now chances are you will never out grow the way you feel for them. Im 32 now and still love my cabbage patch kids.I still collect them. I tried getting rid of some when I was in my early 20s because I thought I needed to act mature. Don't do it! Its better to store them away. I miss my CPK twin dolls I gave away but am glad I still have my first 3.

Hi Katedale-I am a young woman of 69 and love my dolls. I have 7 AG dolls,my first was Mollie given to me by my husband almost 20 years ago.I have Samantha, Kirsten, Josephina, Kaya, the original curly haired doll, and a just like me doll. I have 3 sister dolls from Gotz, 3 Neighborhood girls and 1 boy. 6 Madame Alexander 18" dolls. 4 18" Syndees dolls that I dressed myself with 18th century bustle dresses. I have 3 Disney princess dolls. I love to dress them and am now finishing the 16th dress for the 12 dancing princesses(got carried away). I now have in residence 2 Tolly tots,and 3 Battat 18"dolls that I have rewigged and am dressing for disadvantaged girls for Christmas(can't afford AG from Ebay. Twelve of the girls not wearing princess dresses are dressed in Halloween costumes. As you can tell-I LOVE my 18"girls. my granddaughter we raise has 5 AG dolls and 3 Madame Alexander ones, she loves them too and is 12. You go girl, just remember someon invented them and others work daily to make them. They're not children. Gramma of 11

It makes me feel better to see all these responses! I started collecting at age 14 and just a few days ago turned 20. Still love them to death! Just bought Felicity with my birthday money! But I do get jeers from people occasionally, so it's best to keep my collection to myself and the online realm! But here's another girl saying it's never too old! :D

Hi, Katedale. . .

I had to laugh when I read Ash4791's message. My sons will be her age in a few years.

If you want to know if 16 is too old to collect AG dolls, why not ask all the grandmother's who collect them to cast a vote.

Although I started collecting the historical dolls for my granddaughter, and managed to amass all of the original ones in about 8 weeks — at 7 years of age, she's just beginning to show an interest in them now . . . so except for the 3 I bought and gave to her (a little too early, I now realize) I am their temporary custodian . . . and enjoying every minute.

Although I now have all the dolls I had set out to collect, as well as most of the AG Dolls of the Year (except for Julie, who really didn't interest me that much and Chrissa, whom I loved, but also would have wanted her two friends, which I could not afford) . . . like other AG collectors, I suspect . . . I have a couple of favorites, too: Molly and Kit, whose life stories and accessories remind me of my own years as a child. (Kit actually is a little before my time, but many of her accessories touched my life, too. For example, I still remember my grandmother's old-fashioned stove; my mother's big old wringer/washing machine and how she used to preserve fruits and jellies every fall.)

That's probably why I was willing to to sit on the phone from 4:30 am until after 7:00 trying to place an order for her Preserving Equipment on Cyber Monday. . . . and because the AG website was so jammed — another hour later in the morning, until I finally got through to Customer Service. But I was able to get the set!! I can hardly wait for it to arrive, so I can play with it.