The pages is
just speculation, it is not meant to be taken as fact.
Some facts are used, but the facts used may not support
the view point on this page. This page is just for fun,
and may become obsolete as we found out more of what Hasbro/Sunbow
was working on.
1986 "Mystery Man"
Two Males to be released in
1986??
According to "DollStars,"
Spring 1986, there where going to be nine dolls released
for JEM…two males and seven females. The seven
girls, and Rio where the only dolls to come out that
first year. So why does this article say two males?
This page would not be possible with out help from Pranceatron
Vs. Jem. You can see more info about the article
on her 3rd year doll page.
This page is more fun then anything, there is little
proof of this Mystery Man doll. I have set up pros and
cons for each of the show characters it might be...if
he is real. This is all speculation and very little
to go on.
For example: the Hologram picture used for the
1986 poster has Rio in it, but it was cut in such a
way to leave him out of the poster picture -- maybe
there is another doll in the Misfit picture that was
also cut out.
Who could
it be?
Well three guess are Eric Raymond, Zipper,
or Techrat -- that is assuming the Misfits would have
a male friend, similar to Jem and the Holograms friend
Rio. All three of these characters where developed on
the show, so it is not that liley that a 2nd male doll
would be them.
Eric Raymond - theories
theory 1) Clue 1:
Eric Raymond is mentioned in a lot of different packages/information,
so he may be this second male doll. The Italian Misfits
doll box names Eric Raymond ... explaining who the Misfits
are … why would his name need to be listed, if
he does not relate directly with the doll line. Licensing
information names Eric Raymond as Jerrica's father's
former partner. It seems odd that Eric is named but
not Jerrica's father, Emmette Benton.
Clue 2:
The Smashin' Fashion "Truly Outrageous" is
very similar to Eric's suit in the show.
Anti-Clue or Clue:
Christy created Eric, which means Eric did not come
from Hasbro but from Sunbow, difference between the
dolls and show. Usually the dolls where created, then
shown to Sunbow so they could work them into the show.
She also created the Starlight Girls, and three of them
became dolls without her knowledge -- so just because
it's Christy's character does not mean we can rule him
out as a possible doll.
theory 2) Or The author might have seen Eric Raymond's name
and assumed he was also a doll.
Zipper - theory
Clue 1:
Zipper is kind of my second thought. At the same time
Pranceatron
Vs. Jem learned from a friend of Bill Sanders --
Bill told his friend a doll was named after them …
Zipper.
Clue or Anti-Clue:
Zipper was originally Christy Marx creation, but that
was not his original name. "Perve" was the
original name for that character. Christy can not remember
why the name was changed -- if she changed it, if Hasbro
wanted her to change it, and/or gave her the name to
use.
Techrat - theory
Clue or Anti-Clue:
Another thought would be Techrat, another of Christy's
characters from the show. The only thing that would
point me in the direction of him, is that Christy did
not get to develop him the way she wanted. It seems
like she was trying for a non-gender specific character.
But Techrat is most defiantly male.
If not one of these: Eric,
Zipper, or Techrat then we may have no idea who this
second male doll might have been, or what his purpose
was.
One last thought, when JEM was just "M" it
was said that she had an all-male band original. So
this Mystery Man might just be some type of left over
from the male band.
