How
do we know Hasbro was going to release dolls in 1988?
We have the Hasbro 1988 Pre-Toy Fair Catalog.
We have the characters and fashions added to the
show -- and pictures sent from Hasbro to Sunbow
to show them what the new dolls and fashions would
look like.
And we also have ebay.com - many of the prototype
fashions have been sold on ebay.
Hasbro
would send Sunbow images of the new toys, so they
could be added to the show. We do know that all these
images where sent at the same time, and before the
end of April 1987. Four of these dolls did show up
in the 1988 Pre-Toy Fair Catalog.
Hollywood Jem, Stingers, etc., were not but more
then likely would have been pictured in the Toy Fair
Catalog if Jem was not canceled. Hollywood Jem was
described in the French 1988 Hasbro Catalog, but American
Beauty Jem was pictured. Both Hollywood Jem and the
Stingers were listed on the 1988 French Distribution
Schedule.
New
1988 Jem dolls (click images)
American Beauty Jem
Rockin' Romance Jem
Hollywood Jem (Pink dress)
New 1988 Holograms
dolls (click images)
Astral (Magic) of the Holograms
Regine (Paris) of the Holograms
New
1988 Misfits doll (click
images)
Graphix
was added to the Jem Bible, but was never introduced
on the show. Doll was pulled before a show was
written.
Graphix of The Misfits
The New 1988 Band
- The Stingers (click images)
Riot of the Stingers
Rapture of the Stingers
Minx of the Stingers
The Stingers are
the new band introduced in 1988. They were the
new rival band, as Hasbro fazed out the Misfits.
Riot, the lead singer would be the second male
doll in the Jem line. Rio is the only other
male. Here Riot is shown with a black version
of Shana's guitar. Rapture as black version
of Roxy's guitar, and Minx has a black version
of the "Video Madness" tambourine.
Updated version of the
Stingers with new head molds for Riot and
Rapture showed up on ebay
New
1988 Fashions
Video Costumes - Mardi Gras Fashions
These Mardi Gras images
include the 1988 International Fashions, Hollywood
Jem (Silver Fashion), 1988 On Stage Fashions,
1988 Smashin' Fashions in the background.
New 1988 Playsets
(click images)
Motor Scooter with detachable instruments
This
Jem is wearing fluffy slippers, and what looks
like a robe and pajama bottoms.
Vanity with FM radio
It looks like this
fashion and playset may have been specially designed
to be sold as a set.
This may be replacing the Roadsters because it
has an FM radio. It could have been a perfect
playset for the Hollywood Jem theme.
Pretend Video Camera / Stage
This stage playset
may have been a replacement for the Star Stage.
It seems like Hasbro was trying to create less
expensive playsets, like the New Wave Waterbed.
