TotallyJem! - the TOTALLY Outrageous JEM and the Holograms!

JEM's "The Truly Outrageous Complete Series" DVD set was released on October 11, 2011 -- click above to get your copy today!

JEM was officially unveiled at the 1986 Toy Fair in New York City -- 1986 February 10th.

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JEM @ 2011 New York Comic Con
& UNIT•E

Get your copy of Unit:E Special Edition Comic Book from New York Comic Con - while supplies last.

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What a JEM commemorative doll line should look like

Jem and the Holograms
is coming to Nextflix in 2012

Get your officially (USA) licensed Jem t-shirts at welovefine.com

Nov 2011 - Get your officially (UK) licensed Jem t-shirts at truffleshuffle.co.uk

Fun Facts:

"Saturday's Hub premiere of "Jem and the Holograms" (2-5 p.m.) earned significant double-digit growth versus the prior week"
thefutoncritic.com
Jem was the #1 rated cartoon show Nov. 1986 (Nielsen).
2.) G.I. Joe, 3.) Smurfs, 4.) Transformers, 5.)Thundercats
Playthings - June 1987
Jem made over $50 Million her first year. (Not Correct? - unless it's net vs gross) source
1987 - "Hasbro said it had projected sales of $30 million this year, but had only sold $21 million worth of Jem dolls"
LA Times - Aug 22, 1987
The Jem theme went Triple Platunum by Aug. 1987 - over 3,000,000 dolls sold which included the theme song.
LA Times - Nov 9, 1987 - thanks CTD
By Sept. 1988 over 5,000,000 dolls were sold.
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Things to see:

TotallyJem! Exclusive:

1986 JEM Licensing Kit w/1987 update (only known complete set)
Hasbro 1987 US 1st Quarterly & Media Guide (only copy ever seen)
Bill Sanders Final Resting Place

Rare and/or Exclusive:

Trade Posters & Ads (many never seen before)
Carleigh Hoff Interview, Portolio, and Drawings (Exclusive for over 5 years)
Store Catalogs

Rare:

Jem Fan Club 1986
Hasbro Catalogs (first Hasbro 1988 US Pre-Toy Fair Catalog posted on the web)
Italian Topolino(s)
1986 German Leaflets (first on the web)
Spanish Cassette - ¡Gratis! Un Cassette Con Su Historia Y Musica (first on the web)
French/Canadian Cassette - Est-Ce_Moi, Jalousie, L'Univers A Mes Pieds (first on the web)

Lots or rare and exclusive infromation and database and every click

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2010-10-06 - 25th Anniversary date of the day Jem's first appearance on Super Sunday.
1985-10-06

2011-02-10 - the Official 25th Anniversary date of JEM. JEM was officially unveiled at the 1986 Toy Fair in New York City.
1986-02-10

2011-04-07- 25th Anniversary date of "the Beginning" extended Jem episode.
1986-04-07

2011-07-05 - 25th Anniversary date of the first "New" Jem episode "Starbright Part 1- Falling Star."
1986-07-05

samanthanewark.com
The speaking voice of Jem has a new CD and a new song -- "JEMBOY" :)
Pranceatron Vs. Jem
everything you need to know the dolls and show
Culture Klash
Online interviews with the people who worked on Jem (mp3s here)
Jem Things & Stuff
this site gives you everything
Custom Fashions & Accessories
Dress Like Jem
(thanks phoenixfire_us, from TrulyOutrageousJem group)

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Rumor is the JEM movie is a go!

The JEM/Peter Barsocchini (High School Musical) producer rumor is not true.
new trademark "media production services for motion pictures, television and Internet"
April 14, 2010
Jem and The Holograms To Become A Bad Movie
November 5, 2009
Pajiba Exclusive: Jem and the Holograms Coming to the Big Screen?
November 3, 2009

Hasbro Movies:

Transformers 3 - 1 July 2011
Battleship - May 18, 2012
G.I. Joe 2 - Summer 2012?
Ouija - Nov 9, 2012
Stretch Armstrong - 2013 or later

Updated: Nov 5, 2010

new Hub Jem Page

Sunbow's JEM
(1985-1988)
stated airing
May 28, 2011
2pm ET
See your local TV listing for air times

Jem's Executive Producer (1985-1988) Margaret Loecsh is the president and CEO of the Hasbro/Discovery channel.

Updated:Oct 21, 2011

Shout! Factory

JEM is now on DVD!

The Truly Outrageous Complete Series	Season One

October 11, 2011	October 11, 2011

Season Two	Season Three

February 14, 2012	July 10, 2012

Transformers & G.I. Joe A Real American Hero are also available on DVD

Hasbro has reacquired the worldwide distribution rights to the Sunbow Library of Hasbro Classics on May 14, 2008.

Updated: Nov 3, 2011

Jem et les Hologrammes (France) - All three sets are out, but "Father's Day" is not included.

Updated: June 20, 2010

Hasbro registered trademarks for specific dolls Nov of 2010 and Nov of 2011 which are now registered.

JERRICA BENTON (2010)
KIMBER BENTON (2010)
AJA LEITH (2010)
SHANA ELMSFORD (2010)
RIO PACHECO (2010)
MINX (2010)
SYNERGY (2011)
PIZAZZ GABOR (2011)
STORMER PHILLIPS (2011)
ROXY PELLIGRINI (2011)
RIOT LLEWELYN (2011)
RAPTURE ASHE (2011)
MINX KRUGER (2011)

Updated: Nov 7, 2011

It seems at the same time Hasbro added a new JEM™ for Entertainment Services, they also registered a few JEM URL's. Feb. 25, 2008 Hasbro registered jemmovie.com and jemandthehologramsmovie.com.
Thanks Dragonielle from jemcon.org for this information.

Both jemmovie.com (25-feb-2008) and jemandthehologramsmovie.com (25-feb-2008) have been extended to Feb. 25, 2013
Hasbro also extended jerricabenton.com (24-dec-2004) and showtimesynergy.com (27-nov-2006) to Dec 24, 2012

Updated: Aug 24, 2009

Awards

March 2002

February 2001

February 2001

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Carleigh M. Hoff
August 5, 1950 to November 5, 2005

Carleigh's Obit

Interview with Carleigh

Carleigh's Portfolio

design from Carleigh's letterhead	Here are Polaroid photos, color Xerox illustrations, and sketches from Carleigh's Portfolio. I was in contact with Carleigh in 2003-2005. She sent me the photos, illustrations and sketches, marketing material, along with the Splashes of Sound fabric and many boxed dolls and fashions. She was going to send unfinished samples, patterns, etc., but those were already packed for her move. She did not send the black and white Xerox of illustrations because the fashions were in color in the photos. I returned the Polaroids and Xerox copies, so she could keep them in her portfolio. I still have the sketches from her sketchbook, along with the large trace of the Matching Medley fashion. After the move to New Mexico, she hurt her back, so she could not unpack -- and then found out she was dying of cancer. So at that point I could not asked about the items she was previously going to send me. I was unwilling to ask her grieving family either. In 2010 her home and studio because abandoned/unclaimed property, it because property of the state of New Mexico, and then auctioned. Everything she had was almost lost forever.
Carleigh was a free spirit at Hasbro; she didn't necessarily follow the corporate norms. She started working on her masks and because they were so positively receive; Hasbro wanted to create fashions to go with. So the Mardi Gras assortment was born, along with a Halloween costume assortment. The concept was the fashions would be associated with the Starlight Girls and the costumes would be sold for real girls to wear. Sone Sunbow produced episode 5205-50 - "Mardi Gras" and may have inspired episode 5205-33 - "Trick or Techrat" Carleigh was one of two designers let go because Jem was canceled Carleigh had only taken credit for two produced fashions Moroccan Magic and Midnight Magic. She also took (and given credit) for the Mardi Gras fashions. Carleigh also took credit for coordinating the colors of the Matching Medley fashions, but did not take credit for any of the actual designed pieces in the collection. I verified the a nother design designed teh actual peices. And I would have to assume she deserves credit for the International fashions and 2 Flipside Fashions, 2 unknown fashions below. At this date I have not verified those fashions. She is credited with 609038-01R. She may have designed similar fashions or variations on known fashions, but she did not take credit for any other fashion, because other designers did the majority of the work and/or the original fashion. I do have verification by her fellow designers from her department. Actual design and prototyping credit can be seen on JEM’s Fashion Connection. Update: Carleigh was hired as an In-house Designer. It seems Hasbro may have had her design some fashions on a freelance (trial) basis, before they moved her from California to Rhode Island to work at Hasbro Corporate. Hasbro paid for her family to move, she did work with in the walls of Hasbro, and she was let got (terminated) when Jem was finally canceled – all within a year. She told me that she worked in Hasbro, and it was verified by her co-workers. "I was hired at Hasbro Toys in R.I. to design extensively for a new rock-singer doll named Jem. (Yes, truly outrageous!) Two of my designs (the "magic" ones) were whisked into production and the ensuing cartoon series but most of a year's work was unseen as they cancelled the whole line at the last minute."

More sketches have surfaces: Artist Judith Nelson, has a few sketches in her web portfolio. Along with the Unproduced Fashions page on pranceatron.

Moroccan Magic 4285 Glitter 'N Gold Assortment 4055 Episode 5205-26 Glitter and Gold
	(click image)	Carleigh also designed "Midnight Magic" 4283, and may have started "Golden Days, Diamond Nights" 4286 but the fashion was complete by another designer, (pjkho)
	seen on Aja
	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype

Drawing Design 11 Pattern 1 11-1 3-6
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simlar to Splashes of Sound 4297 Music Is Magic Assortment 4060 Episode 5205-26 Glitter and Gold	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced	click image for more information about fabric	Looks like Carleigh has some alternate ideas for Splashes of Sound -- but she did not design or prototype that fashion.
	Carleigh designed this dress/tunic, pants/suit and sleeves were designed to be worn in four different ways. 1.) dress (belt) with sleeves, 2.) pants (jumpsuit) with sleeves, 3.) tunic (dress no belt), pants, and sleeves, and dress (belt) 4.) dress (belt) with pants The dress was originally designed to open to show purple underneath as the tunic version. No tube top was part of this design. The elastic on the top of the jumpsuit worn with belt and sash could give the appearance of a tube top.

	Carleigh also seemed to have designed on variations of There’s A Medley Playing at part of the hiring process -- extended the dress and veering the length. But Carleigh did not design the finished version or prototype the fashion. designer credit It was also implied that Hasbro sent Carleigh a headless doll because they did not want the head to be leaked. That is simple not true because they also sent Carleigh the 1986 Toy Fair Catalog for inspiration, previous to her employment as Hasbro.
				designer credit

Ashley 4211, Krissie 4212, & Banee 4213 Starlight Girls Assortment 4025 Episode 5205-26 Glitter and Gold		Carleigh was in charge of the fashions for the new Starlight Girl dolls, based on Christy Marx original characters. Carleigh also designed a set of Misfits girls because she thought it was not fair for the Holograms to have teen girls, but the Misfits did not. She designed them based on Jetta, because Jetta was the last Misfits to be prototyped by her department. (as stated on jemandfriends.com in 2003)

September 1986 Mardi Gras Video Costumes Assortment Episode 5205-50 Mardi Gras
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	fish/koi - seen on Jem		butterfly - seen on Kimber
	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype
(The dress Stormer wore was not a Hasbro prototype.) More prototype pictures can be seen here.
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	peacock - seen on Aja	dragon fly - seen on Shana	flower/gladiola - seen on Raya	cat - seen on Pizzazz
	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype

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flower/iris - seen on Roxy			moth - seen on Jetta
Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype
	Carleigh created the masks, and Hasbro loved them so much, she had to create the fashions to sell them.

Halloween Costumes	Hasbro liked Carleigh's masks so well, they were coming up with real Halloween costumes to show case them. They may have been promoted on the Straight Girls in the series -- they were not going to be promoted with the main charaters.

December 1986 The Stingers Assortment 4012 Episode 5205-58 The Stinger's Hit Town		Prototype dolls can be seen here. Carleigh's department prototyped these fashions, but she was not the designer.
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	Rapture & Minx
	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype

Matching Medley Assortments 4065, 4066, 4067 & 4068 not seen in any episode
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	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype
			Carleigh seemed to be in charge color coordinating the new Matching Medley fashions to swap pieces with other MM fashion along with other new and preexisting fashions. But most of the fashions were designed by another inhouse designer. Catalog Images can be seen here.
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	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced

International Fashions also known as "World Tour Fashions" not seen in any episode
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	Carleigh's Design Artist: Judith Nelson	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Rama Llama had a similar blanket.
prototype can be seen in the background of these pictures.
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	Carleigh's Design Artist: Judith Nelson	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype
	The World Tour fashions wore dropped right away. They thought International made it look like Hasbro was running out of ideas -- similar to a show going to Europe or vacation to Hawaii.

Flip Side Fashions Assortment not seen in any episode
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	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced	Carleigh's Design Artist: Judith Nelson	Carleigh's Design Artist: Judith Nelson

Leather and Lace JEM concept not seen in any episode			There are no indications that the leather and lace fashions were intended for either Jem or Jerrica, nor part of the Flip Side Fashions. All Flip Side Fashion illustrations included both Jem and Jerrica fashion in the same illustration. (see above)
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	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced	Carleigh's Design Artist: Judith Nelson

unknown - assortments not seen in any episode
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	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype

September 1986 unknown - maybe Music is Magic Assortment or Mardi Gras Fashion not seen in any episode
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	From Carleigh's Sketch Book color enhanced	Carleigh's Design 609038-01R

Wedding Gift Not Officially Jem related		The wedding "Jem" doll was created to look one of the designers, on her wedding day. This is not related to the jem wedding dress seen on Kimber in Hollywood Jem 5205-56 & 5205-57, which is a Hasbro prototype.
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	Photo of Carleigh's Prototype

Carleigh's Obit	Interview with Carleigh	Carleigh's Portfolio
You can also check out JEM Trade Posters & Ads to see some items that Carleigh gave me.
Also check out Carleigh's later work at her web site greenspiritstudio.com, Carleigh's daughter helped her with the website, and is continuing to keep it up in memory of her mother. Carleigh was a true artistic genius.

Updated: October 4, 2011 5:55 PM

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