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.
Do The Stingers Fit In ??
Riot
Rapture
Minx
1986 - pinks, blues or
purples fashions with silvers and whites
Some
people don't like the Stingers because they don't "fit
in". Most Jem fans love the Holograms and Misfits
with their outrageous hair color and bright fashions.
So when Hasbro developed a band that had blonde hair and
only black and yellow colors for their fashions, it was
hard for many people to take. I have to admit it would
have been a big change from all those bright colors.
But
if you remember correctly the Holograms did not have those
bright colors -- the 1986 Holograms were thematic almost
like the Stingers. The Holograms had pink, blue or purple
fashions with silvers and whites. Even Stormer and Pizzazz
had a theme with their moron fashions and zebra prints.
Roxy does not quite fit into their theme, but she does
seem to belong with the rest of the Misfits.
1987 - how many
colors can we use?
Yes,
all the dolls did have different hair colors in 1986 --
but in 1987 the fashions had no bounds, there didn't seem
to be a theme to the colors or styles used.
It's almost
like Hasbro's fashion design for 1987 was to make everyone
look like they don't fit in with anyone else. The Holograms
new brighter fashions lost any cohesiveness that the 1986
stage fashions had.
Video and Danse
doll fashions do seem to fit in with the new 1987 Holograms,
but Raya is a little out of place with the use of pattern.
There is no other pattern in the Holograms fashions except
for a minor star pattern on Danse's Jacket.
Jetta - white/silver
like 1986 Holograms
In
1987, Jetta doesn't seem to fit in with the Misfits either,
but she fit in with the black and another color of the
Stingers that where to be released the next year. Jetta
also fits into the color and silver and/or white used
in the 1986 Holograms. She is the link between the 1986
Holograms and the Stingers for 1988.
Jetta, basically
the original concept for Clash and the original concept
for Video (sliver hair) both fit in will with the 1986
Holograms. Even the prototype of Danse from the French
1987 Hasbro Toy Catalog fits into the original look of
the Holograms from 1986.
Fabric and Style
Now the design of the Stinger fashion fit into the
line perfectly, with the use of fabric and style.
Riot's fashions is basically a male
version of Kimber's fashion.
Rapture's fashion is a new style
of Shana's original 1986 dress with a little flavor
was used in the 1987 On Stage Fashions.
Minx's fashion is similar to Danse's
fashion expect with no jacket.
The Stingers blonde hair and mostly black
fashions also fit into what was going on with some of
the pop singers that where big in 1988.
Debbie Gibson had a new look in 1988, she finally
was developing a style, and it was black with her
blonde hair.
Kylie Minogue was doing the Locomotion in black
with blonde hair in 1988 too.
By that time, Madonna was on her 6th year of supporting
the blonde hair, with mostly black fashions.
So besides fitting in with Jem's world,
the Stingers would have fit into the American Top 40
Pop scene in 1988.
