This
doll does not just have one connection to Jem; it seems
to have three connections to the 1988 Jem line.
This line is called" American Beauties Barbie
Collection." Hasbro was going to release a cheaper
Jem doll named, "American Beauty Jem."
Hasbro was developing a Mardi
Gras Jem fashion collection under the name “Video
Costumes.” These fashions were highlighted
in the Mardi Gras Jem episode.
This fashion is also very similar in style to a
Jem “World Tour
Fashion” in development for 1988. (pictured
to the rightright)
Personally I would love to know when the Barbie doll
was developed and produced. It seems like Mattel heard
what Hasbro had developed for Jem, and decided to slap
Hasbro in face the after the Jem line was canceled.
It looks like they tried to use as many of the unproduced
Jem themes on, one Barbie, as they could.