The major reason collectors create and continue to create boy dolls is that until 2017, it was highly unlikely given the target of the company (and the very name "American Girl"), that the company would ever release wide scale male characters of any kind. This included characters such as Kit Kittredge's close friend Stirling Howard, Julie Albright's friend T.J., or Maryellen Larkin's best friend Davy Fenstermacher. Thus, collectors who wished to add male dolls to a collection could only customize dolls or have others do it for them. However, because the doll anatomy is very gender-neutral in shape for a prepubescent child, practically any female-focused doll can be modified to another gender presentation.
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| - The major reason collectors create and continue to create boy dolls is that until 2017, it was highly unlikely given the target of the company (and the very name "American Girl"), that the company would ever release wide scale male characters of any kind. This included characters such as Kit Kittredge's close friend Stirling Howard, Julie Albright's friend T.J., or Maryellen Larkin's best friend Davy Fenstermacher. Thus, collectors who wished to add male dolls to a collection could only customize dolls or have others do it for them. However, because the doll anatomy is very gender-neutral in shape for a prepubescent child, practically any female-focused doll can be modified to another gender presentation.
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| - The major reason collectors create and continue to create boy dolls is that until 2017, it was highly unlikely given the target of the company (and the very name "American Girl"), that the company would ever release wide scale male characters of any kind. This included characters such as Kit Kittredge's close friend Stirling Howard, Julie Albright's friend T.J., or Maryellen Larkin's best friend Davy Fenstermacher. Thus, collectors who wished to add male dolls to a collection could only customize dolls or have others do it for them. However, because the doll anatomy is very gender-neutral in shape for a prepubescent child, practically any female-focused doll can be modified to another gender presentation. Initially, the only official boy dolls sold by American Girl were boy Bitty Twins, though initially Our New Baby dolls were sold with the option to purchase either masculine or feminine infant clothing. In 2017, American released the first and currently only boy doll, Logan.
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