A
Super Master of the Jem/Jerrica head was created
because Hasbro thought they would be selling so
many dolls that the original molds would wear
out.
A Super Master is extremely rare, because these
are an extra expense and not made for most toy
lines.
You will recognize this as a China produced head,
notice the back of the head has a cut out, where
the "HASBRO 1985" was placed separately
on the heads.
The Head has "S / JEM 1" imprinted on
the crown, and "Super Master" was written
on it.
Wax Castings
The
sculptor(s) of the Jem dolls created many variations
for each head. The following faces are made of sculptors
wax.
1
2
looks similar to a 1987 Jem, or maybe a variation
to the 1988 Jem.
3b
looks similar to Clash/Danse/Jetta but one of
these has "1988 Jem" written on it.
It sounds like this head was rejected for Jem/Jerrica,
but may have been planned for a new Pizzazz, Rapture,
and maybe Graphix.
4
looks like a wide close mouth smiling Jem/Jerrica.
HASBRO
"M"-1 These
one has some defects, air bubbles developed with
the plaster was pored into the mold. The creator
said Hasbro needed a vacuum chamber, to stop the
bubbles in the faces, but they would not buy one.
So it was a game of chance.
M was Jem's "work in progress" name.
Dynacast Hardcopy
M-4
this Dynacast mold would have been used to create
the final metal mold which the produced doll head
was made in.
Silicone Recorders
(a.k.a. Silicone Molds)
The wax castings would have been
held in a paper cup, then the silicone poured in
around the castings.
Then after the silicone dried, the
wax was melted and poured out.
Then another liquid material was
poured into that cavity that was left. It have been
Dynacast.
After it dried then the casting
was removed from the mold. This mold was broken
(cracked down the side) to get the casting out,
it would have only been used only once.
It says "Jem Smiling 2A Record"
The Dynacast castings was then used to create the final
metal mold.
You can see some of the facial feature, along with one
of the ears.
(The nose looks a little out of shape because of the lighting
I used)
These are two
more of the silicone recorders with the wax castings still
inside. They are still in the paper cups used to create
the mold. There are no markings so I do not know what
faces these are. So who knows what face waits inside.
Plaster Mold
This
is the outside of the plaster mold. This mold
has very little detail, and was made earlier in
the process of make the doll head. Left mold says
"+99"...It also "may" say
Record and Hasbro, but the lettering is so light,
it really hard to tell what it does say...for
sure.
This
is the inside of that mold, you can still see
some clay for the head this mold was made of.
(I am surprised that it has such an odd outside
shape, the molds I have made where placed in
a containers, so the sides are very smooth...taking
the shape of the containers. It looks like they
added extra plaster to the outside as the mold
this mold was drying.)
Rio
87
It has been discovered,
the Rob (from Maxie) Head Mold is really a Rio
Head Mold. It seems Hasbro was going to give Glitter'n
Gold Rio (1987) a new head mold. But for whatever
reason they did not use it -- I'm assuming Hasbro
was running out of time, so they just used Rio
86 head mold to save time.
The unpainted Superhead Molds says Rio 87.
This Head Mold was thought to be Craig Phillips
-- but this proves that it was really a Rio head
mold.
Rio Prototype Head Progression
"RIO 87"
Seller: jgallo
Date: 12/20/07
Amount: $120.27
Paris/Regine
"Mulatto" Head castings
Paris (Regine) was going
to be a 1988 doll, as seen in the 1988 Pre-Toy Fair
Catalog. Hasbro was wanting a new head mold for
their new mulatto doll. I have been in contact with
the designer that created the new head mold for
Paris. These photos are of three head molds she
was working on, for Hasbro and Integrity Toys. Paris
is in the middle. She gave them to me when I won
one of the sketches. I won the 4th sketch. She also
create head molds for Diney's Pocahontas and Dreamworks
Prince of Egypt.
(click image)
(click image)
She also emailed me
digital photos of her sketches.
