I have a PC Samantha, too. I appreciate that you let us see both Samantha's side by side. Your PC Samantha is really different; her face is wider, and her eyes and hair are lighter in color. She is so pretty!❤ The beforever can probably be easily restored. They are really cute together! The plaid Christmas dress is Addy's. There is another holiday cranberry dress for Samantha that has a lace bodice. The earlier PC one has hearts in the lace. PayPal is good because it helps if you're scammed! I love that horse!! Adorable! The hairband is usually worn with beforever pink dress but can see it's universal. Thank you for sharing your girls!😊

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Yeah isn’t it wild how different they look?? They don’t even look like the same character to me. Both are cute in their own very unique way. I was able to get Beforever Samantha in pretty new condition with some Lysol wipes and a magic eraser, so you’re right 🥳 I’m glad you liked seeing them!

I really enjoyed Samatha's stories as a child. She's an orphan who lives with her wealthy grandmother, but befriends a young girl (Nelly) who moves in as a maid next door. From what I recall, a lot of Samantha's stories talk about class disparity, education and child labor (old school PC books were legit; they did not shy away from issues).

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Now that I know more, her story actually sounds like the best one! I might need to track her books down lol.

Love the winter coat set on PC Samantha! All the dolls are cute and great outfits! The horse, oh my, yeah, I’d quickly make room for it in my collection❤❤❤

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Yay I’m so glad it looked right on her… after I fixed it up 🤣 And the horse being so big was a good thing, because it means the place I was GOING to put that “scene” can be used for other dolls now lolllll

Omg how cute is BeForever Sam! You’re making me want to get a newer Sam! The Mattel dolls really have their own unique look compared to PC. It was fun seeing you open up your first PC doll a few vids back. I have ‘91 Samantha and her school desk. Mom even kept the order slips lol. I was one of those kids who was super cautious and never played with my Samantha’s or Kirsten’s hair and have both of them sitting on my shelf in ‘91/ ‘92 factory condition! Super grateful now, but with Kirsten’s release, I NEED to get newer versions of both of these dolls so I can throw their hair absolutely friggin’ everywhere. 😂😂

@DisBlaine

Ай бұрын

Yeah I was surprised how cute she is. But I’m not surprised I ended up getting more Samantha stuff after this video ☠️☠️ That’s amazing you have them in factory condition! I wonder what they look like when they don’t need a complete overhaul 🤣

IDK why, but I'm so tickled by your sudden fascination with Samantha. For me, she's definitely the one doll whose face varies the most across time. She's not a doll I'm particularly drawn to, but some of them look so, so sweet. This was a really nice haul and added a lot to your burgeoning Sam collection!

@DisBlaine

Ай бұрын

@@agtakesover haha the thing about my videos is people are seeing my compulsive tendencies in real time 🥴 It’s so funny she was originally my least fave of the O3.

So glad i found your channel! Sam is my obsession, i have 21 samanthas and every one of her outfits, PC and beforever. So fun!!

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Hi Liz! Nice to meet you 👋🏼 21???? I assume you have one for every outift. Did you collect her furniture and accessories too? Since you’re a Samantha collector, I can tell you I literally just got home from buying another PC Samantha. I realized I’m not going to want to remove the new outifts I just got… so I needed another Samantha. Maybe her school desk too I’m dead ☠️🤣☠️

@mizeloise

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine somehow Samanthas just accumulate! 🤣🤣Believe it or not I still have tons of outfits that are not on dolls. She has sooo many!! I have her beds, beforever and PC. And her wicker table and chairs. Just so bougie! Oh and her winter sleigh for Christmas. Wait I do have her desk as well lol I don't feel like I have much of her furniture but I guess I do 🤣 I can't wait to see your new one 🥰🥰

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@mizeloise so what you’re saying is… I’m in for it 😭 Ooooh her sleigh!!! I would never (space wise) but wow that must be so beautiful on display at Christmas

@mizeloise

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine you're in for it and I'm in for watching it happen 👀👀💞💞

I really like the white coat outfit. Thanks for a fun video!

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Yay I’m glad you enjoyed it! And I LOVE the coat set. But I don’t think she’ll be wearing it after I record my next video 🫠

Hi Blaine, I was like you in that Samantha was not my favourite OG girl but I’ve grown to love her since I found my PC Samantha. I have a beforever Samantha as well that I thought I would sell but she is just too pretty! Lol. I love her pink meet dress. Shoe snaffoo! 😂So cute. The fancy coat looks adorable. ❤

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Hey Cheryl 👋🏼. It must be that PC Samantha is required to make you fall in love with her lol. I was thinking I might give BeForever to my niece but then I realized how cute she would look in her frilly frock. She’s not era appropriate but cute nonetheless

I really like my Beforever Samantha. I am one of the minority who prefers the newer classic mold. The plain Christmas dress was from a Costco Samantha collection. The plaid is a catalog/store purchase. I found the plain one on a Raggedy Ann at an antique store and paid $8 for both the doll and the American Girl dress. Now Sam and Nellie both have a Christmas dress!

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Now that I’ve adjusted to the beer classic mold, I can see why people like it. I like that it’s so different from the old one these 2 dolls don’t even look like the same character! Wow that’s a cool way to find a cheap AG dress! If it had been on an AG doll, they would’ve charged 5x the price!

The plaid dress came with a tea set in a special edition set for Christmas. I have that dress but I really love the burgundy/cranberry one you put on the dolls. They are both really pretty. Thank you for sharing.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Ahhhh the tartan dress came in a set! Turns out the lot I bought is the Costco set plus the frilly frock and nightgown. The cranberry dress is a strange material but it looks nice at least.

@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl

2 ай бұрын

I didn't know there were 2 versions of the dress either...I just looked it up on AG Fandom and it shows a picture of the Costco set...it came with BeForever Samantha in meet dress, the coat set, and the version of the Christmas dress you unboxed.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl yeah it looks like I bought the Costco set from this woman and the frilly frock and nightgown.

I think BeForever sometimes gets an unfair bad rap. Yes, they often aren't as historically accurate, but there are some genuinely good outfits in there. And for the OG dolls, or the ones older in the line, it gave them some new stuff for people to purchase- which is necessary if we actually want the dolls to stay uncubed. Of course, not all the outfits are a hit... hilariously you have both my fav Samantha BeForever outfit and my absolute least favorite BeForever outfit that is only beaten by Felicity's BeForever meet in terms of how much I dislike it. To each their own! Thank you so much for sharing this video- it's fun to see you fall in love with a particular character/doll and their collection in real time.

@DisBlaine

Ай бұрын

I mostly see Beforever Samantha as a different type of doll-but I can’t believe how cute and frilly she is! She’s grown on me even more since unboxing her and cleaning her up. What’s your least fave outfit? It’s her frilly frock isn’t it? It’s my absolute favorite of her Beforever collection so that would be hilarious. To me that outfit IS Beforever Samantha.

@eliseelliot

Ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine Yep, my least fav is the frilly frock, lol. That and Felicity's Beforever meet outfit are my two least favorite Beforever outfits ever. But everyone is going to love what they love, and that's wonderful! I'm glad there are people out there that can appreciate the frilly frock in a way that I... can't.

Love them both.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I don’t think they’ll be alone for long…

The two of them look so different. I like the PC one more.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Isn’t it weird they’re the same character?? Probably obvious that I love PC more too 🙃

@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl

2 ай бұрын

I thought I found the rare #6, and the seller didn't know what they had, but it turned out to be a newer AG store display doll of #16. My 2 #16s look like 2 totally different dolls. I was also surprised to see how much the dolls have shrunk over the years!! 😮 When you had them side by side, PC's head is so much bigger!! I think my 2 Samantha's must be close to the same time period, as they don't look that much different together.

May their memory be a blessing forever

@DisBlaine

Ай бұрын

Awww thank you so much!!

I have before er Samantha too😃I think she's so cute as well! Her outfits are so pretty! I have the plaid Christmas dress. I like the one you have too! I think the purse must have so much money in it that she just couldn't hold it anymore! 😂 I love your new horse! It is as cute as the cow! I can't wait to see your display when you are done! Great video! Thank you for sharing! Take care!❤️

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

She’s so cute! But looks like such a different doll from PC Samantha. Which is a good thing! Haha I heard she lives with her rich grandmother, so there probably is a lot of money in her purse 😆 I had to change my entire idea for the display with the horse… but I think it’s for the better! 🥳

@robinkrueger5977

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine yes you are right! They do look very different! Haha I think you are right!😄 Your display will be awesome! You are so good at doing them!❤️

Hi, I'm so happy that you uploaded. I got Lila today or yesterday but also I needed more videos to watch because I got surgery yesterday as of the day that I am typing this.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Oh no I hope you’re okay! But I’m glad you have Lila to keep you company 🥰 Have you watched the AG accuracy videos by Lady Rebecca Fashion? Someone just recommended them to me and I binged.

@Alexa_s_life.

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine I'm okay it was a minor surgery. I feel like Lila and Claudie are those dolls that you can look at for hours.

Be very careful when velcroing the dresses that have lace on them. Because if you snage it then the lace will be ruined

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I really have to get in the habit of turning the doll around and LOOKING when I do up their clothes 🥴

I have the Costco molly set but wow the Samantha Costco set is so beautiful!

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Ahhhh it’s a set! Okay I was confused about this weird Christmas dress but I looked it up because of your comment. The Costco Molly is wonderful too! I love her Beforever outift so much more than her classic meet.

@chloesullivan9236

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine I agree

@chloesullivan9236

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine do you have Samantha’s special day dress or? I feel you would like it

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@chloesullivan9236 no but I just watched a historian explain that dress is more accurate for Claudie-and I’m like, don’t tell me about outfits she should wear, because I don’t need any more Claudie dolls at this point 🤣🤣

I don't know if you know but Lady Rebecca Fashions on KZread has a series on AG and the accuracy of the outfits. It's a really great series. Rebecca is a fashion historian and makes her own period costumes (even some AG ones). Great score! You can see the differences in the faces of the old and the new. Love the horse, you'll have fun with it. I have Kaya's horse which I got very cheap at a thrift store.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Buff!!! Thank you so much! I just looked up her channel and I NEED to watch all her AG videos. I’ve saved the playlist - and I’m going to watch the Samantha video right now. I hope she talks about the BeForever wardrobe lol

the plain Christmas Samantha dress was with the Costco set

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Oh that’s so funny! I was convinced when I got the dress in person it would be tartan, as of the pattern didn’t show up in the pics listed pics 🤣

@pjrox93

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine also the box she came in is Kirkland thats Costcos brand

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@pjrox93 pahaaa no way!! Wow they really went off on Costco! I’ve been a couple times but with someone else’s membership lol

Wow, I wish I could find lots like this! I hate living in Ireland 😢

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Oh no! How easy is it to find AG in Ireland???

@chloesullivan9236

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine very rare! I bought Julie, Courtney and molly from a lady here who bought them from New York other than that I’ve to buy off eBay and Amazon US ugh!! Your hauls give me life, also I kind of copied the way you display your dolls just saying!

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@chloesullivan9236 awww this is why I don’t understand other Canadians complaining about having to buy dolls on the American girl website now. We’re the only other country that can, so we should feel lucky! And if my displays were able to inspire you at all, that’s 🥳🥳🥳

Cute ❤

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Yay I’m glad you like them 🥰

Nice collection. I like the pick nightgown. I took advantage of the sale sale and got stampede style and Grand connections outs. I was nervous about getting the outfit with the black cowboy hat. The horse s beautiful but I already have 4 AG horses and just don't have room. The girls all look beautiful. Where are the PC Samantha's black shoes from.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Ooooh I’m so glad you knew about the shipping special! Why were you nervous about the classic cowgirl outift? I love it! About the shoes Samantha is wearing, I’ve tried to hard to figure that out but I’m starting to wonder if they’re even AG! They could’ve been on an old porcelain doll or something. I may never know 🥹

@nailahvenable7989

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine True the shoes could be off brand. Well the black in the cowboy hat makes me nervous. I had a PC Molly that got stained from dye transfer and I could never remove the marks on her arms totally. I only got them to fade and now I am traumatized. I am even nervous about the black and gold Claudie outfit. I own it but wont use the headband. The Dawali outfit and the Dia De los Muertos outfit all had staining issues in the past so I use them only for short periods of time.

Samantha is an orphan being raised by her wealthy grandmother. The thing I didn't like about the BeForever meet dress or clothes similar to the frilly frock was that it didnt fit the character. Samantha is a tomboy and is always having to have her grandmother's seamstress mend her tights, as she is notorious for getting runs and tears in them. In fact I just started rereading her Meet Samantha book, and the very 1st time we're introduced to her, shes falling out of a tree, in her blue check play dress.

@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl

2 ай бұрын

Also, while her classic collection had some frilly outfits, like the tea dress, or her birthday outfit, several of the BeForever outfits just seemed too girly for her. The BeForever rebrand was Matels' attempt at making the historical collection more appealing to children by giving the meet outfits and their collections brighter colors, but by doing this, a lot of collectors feel they weren't as historical accurate as the originals, even though they claimed that there were bright colors in the different time periods.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Oh! Is that her story??? I never would’ve guessed based on her aesthetic-especially her Beforever wardrobe 🤣🤣 But! She sounds like she might be my fave even character wise. I definitely have to read her book… which means I’ll have to track it down first 🤣

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl turns out they’re also anachronistic. I still like the ones I have-but I guess I’ll have to see my Beforever Samantha as someone else…

@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl

2 ай бұрын

@DisBlaine I only reread the 1st chapter, but her and Nellie are on opposite sides of the track...Nellie's the daughter of the (I believe) neighbors servants. Her family is very poor, and at one point Samantha even recues her from a child labor camp. Future Aunt Cornelia and Samantha's Uncle Gard, (sorry for a spoiler) eventually adopt Samantha, Nellie, and Nellie's siblings.

@AmericanBoyCollectAmericanGirl

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine Also, I can't remember if I ever said this to you, but I highly recommend getting the 6 book set to get the complete story. I have not compared the BeForever books with the original 6 books, I believe they are still complete, but the ones they currently sell have been abridged. For example, in Maryellen's 1st book, they completely deleted the 4 chapters of her Christmas story.

Just for your info (write this down and promptly lose the note) that is Truly Me #112. TM #113 is the dark skinned boy with the top cut afro. I think you have him, too ? Watching this I realize that I don't really like the newer Beforever outfits. I don't think they wore a lot of pink or that pale purple color back in the 1880's thru early 1900's. Not a historian but think black, white, and brown was much more common in clothing. Or muted colors at least.

@djg5950

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed seeing your dolls model the clothes. I have a PC Samantha and now I'll have to try on some of the more modern shoes to see if they fit. I have Courtney's pink - raspberry ? - flats and other flats that are AG.

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Oh nooooo why can’t I get these numbers right??? I guess 113 is the Sonali mold boy. Yes I have him. He’s also part of my Courtney collection. I really like the Beforever Samantha collection, but yes the colors don’t seem right. Then again. I’ve only seen black and white pictures from back then 🤣

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

@@djg5950 ohhhhh the flats and socks? I don’t have them but they might fit a little better. I was afraid to force the Beforever meet shoes…. But I might try again later lol

Samantha was also my least fave she always looked “basic” to me and then I saw someone selling their pc Samantha and I was hooked lol

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

Isn’t that so funny? It takes PC Samantha to make us see her beauty!

@Stormchaser143

2 ай бұрын

@@DisBlaine yess exactly!

you need a nellie and and Emily for your characters bfs also if you know youre coming to Ny u should hold a meetup at the ny store

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

If any of the BFs grow on me, I’m sure I’ll get them someday… just like all the other dolls that grew on me 🤣 And the part of NY I go to is about a 6 hour drive from the AG store lol. That means it would be an 8.5 hour drive each way for me.

O like Samantha. DO YOU HAVE ANY BARBIE DOLLS?

@DisBlaine

2 ай бұрын

The only Barbie I’ll have is the American girl Barbie coming out in November. Aside from that I have some Tiana dolls made by Mattel, but exactly Barbie’s