This is what I emailed them:
Can you pleaseee, retire Addy?!? Everybody I ask HATES her (I
HATE her too!) and says she's creepy, and hate her face mold and don't
want her in their room! Don't you want girls to benefit from dolls, not
get freaked out?! Only one person I know likes her, not loves her. And I
have asked a lottaaaaa people! Could you pleaassseee retire her? It
would make my day and so many others! And don't retire Molly and Emily
by the way... There is sooo many rumors about that if you don't already
know. The rumor has been around since 2009 but I'm like, "If the rumors
were true, don't ya think it would've already happened?" lol :P
And what they replied:
Dear American Girl friend,
We are sorry to learn how much you and your friends dislike Addy.
While we cannot share what our specific future business plans will be,
we can assure you that our historical characters are at the heart of the
American Girl brand and we will continue adding more characters and time
periods to this popular line. Please understand it takes approximately
three to four years for us to develop a historical character to ensure
the books and products are historically accurate and culturally
authentic. At this time we have no plans to retire Addy, Molly, or
Emily.
Sincerely,
American Girl Customer Service
Amazing! Addy nor Molly and Emily are most likely not going to retire. But, I emailed them in the past, and I asked who will retire, and they said they could pass no information. But they just did! I think this is pretty interesting. I don't know, before Rebecca was out, and before they showed pictures and such, they showed me a full picture of Rebecca so sometimes I think they get some, well... Interesting employees XD
I don't know, what do you think? Do you still think the rumors are true?
~MissCpFreaks