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| Image credit The Loyal Subjects |
Jem Deluxe Album
coming November 28, 2025,
with 2 new reimagined songs!!! |
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| Holy Truly Outrageous 40th Anniversary, Synergy! |
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Glitter'n Gold Jem Sticker Fun Experience
(click GnG Jem) |
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I am Riot!!! & Rapture!
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The Original
Presentation Illustration |
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JEM Store Signage
(click signage to see more)
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JEM and me
at NYCC 2011 |
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| Britta Phillips singing voice of JEM, Samantha Newark speaking voice of JEM, & Joelle Dunn 1987 Rebrand voice of JEM
at Jemcon2024 |
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Coming Soon!!! SDCC2022
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Desperately Seeking
Rockin' Romance Jem
To include on the website
and in a collector's guide book!!!
If you have any leads let me know -- buy at a decent price or maybe even trade for it.
contact me
or any other prototype doll, deco guide, head mold, prototype fashion, etc.
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Let Hasbro know we need the complete original soundtrack in stereo!!!
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Jem the triple-platinum recording artist who never got her fair dues!!!
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Let Hasbro & Netflix know we need 13 more episodes to complete the 3rd season!!!
We need the Entropy storyline, we need Graphix, we need a Minx and a Rapture origin story, plus a hand full of unproduced scrips.
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some might find irony in my new
web-hosting provider
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The Missing Master Tapes
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| Licensing |
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Jem's Pet
Rama Llama |
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| Wedding KImber & Male |
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| Ruby Red™ Jem® |
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JEMstars
JEM Character Bios
1985 Jem/Jerrica
Benton™ | Kimber
Benton™ | Aja Leith™ | Shana Elmsford™ | Rio Pacheco™ | Roxanne
"Roxy" Pelligrini™ | Mary
"Stormer" Phillips™ | Phyllis
"Pizzazz" Gabor™ | Eric Raymond™ | Mrs. Bailey™ | Synergy™ | Howard
Sands™ | Zipper™ | Countess
Danielle Du Voisin™ | Lindsey
"Lin-Z" Pierce™ | Anthony
Julian™ | The
Starlight Girls™
1986 Vivien
"Video" Montgomery™ | Constance
"Clash" Montgomery™ | Jeff Wright™ | Harvey
Gabor™ | Shawn Harrison™ | Giselle
"Danse" Dvorak™ | Techrat™
1986.2 Alex Couto | Alyx Couto | Entropy
1987 Carmen "Raya"
Alonso™ | Craig Phillips™ | Sheila
"Jetta" Burns™ | Harriet
Horn™ | Emmett
Benton™ | Jacqui
Benton™
1988 Rory "Riot"
Llewelyn™ | Ingrid "Minx"
Kruger™ | Phoebe
"Rapture" Ashe™ | Maeve
"Astral" Eldrich™ | Regine
Césaire™ Gwendolyn
"Graphix" Snyd™ | Rama Llama
2015 Blaze™ |
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JEM
Jem and the Holograms Ornament!
(Oct 1, 2016)
hallmark.com |
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| The Hasbro Dolls 1986 |
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| The Hasbro Dolls 1987 |
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| The Hasbro Dolls 1988 |
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JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the first airing on Super Sunday
November 3, 1985 -- November 3, 2025 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the Jem
dolls line's unveiling
at Toy Fair 1986
February 02, 1986 - February 02, 2026 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of "the
Beginning"
extended Jem episode.
April 04, 1986 - April 04, 2026 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the first "New" Jem
episode
"Starbright Part 1- Falling Star."
July 7, 1986 - July 7, 2026 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the Glitter'n Gold line unveiling
at Toy Fair 1987
February 09, 1987 - February 09, 2026 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the "Glitter and Gold"
Jem episode.
March 15, 1987 - March 15, 2027 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the "Talent Search"
Jem episodes. (Raya/Jetta)
Sept. 21, 1987 - Sept. 21, 2027 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the Hollywood Jem episodes.
Jan. 11-12, 1988 - Jan. 11-12, 2028 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the "the Stingers" Jem episodes.
Feb. 02-03, 1988 - Feb. 02-03, 2028 |
JEM's
40th Anniversary
of the "A Father Should Be..."
Jem episodes. (the end)
May 02, 1988 - May 02, 2028 |
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| Jem @ Comic Cons |
| JEM
@ 2012 San Diego Comic-Con |
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JEM
@ 2011 New York Comic-Con
& UNIT•E |
myself with Jem
at NYCC 2011
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see more in Jem's Info/History menu
Jem@Cons drop down window |
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JEM's Beatin' Beetle
My Dream Car! |
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| JEM's Glitter'n Gold VW |
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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.
looking for source
- Jem was voted the 1986 Girls Toy of the Year in Australia
article unknown
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Things
to see:
TotallyJem! Exclusive:
Rare and/or Exclusive:
Rare:
Lots or rare and exclusive information and database and
every click |
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| Please do not use any images
without permission. Most images are from my personal collection,
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JEMstars - JEM Character Bios
Video™ / Vivien "Video"
Montgomery™
of the Holograms™
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Vivien "Video" Montgomery™ was the first non-band member to be added to the series. It does not seem like she ever had another name than Video, but she did have a very different look. In an original sketch by Bill Sanders she came with silver hair, as homage to the silver screen. Her video camera was going to be designed with a hole so girls could look through it and pretend to be filming Jem’s rock videos – Clash having the same camera, but it would distort the image.
Her hair had a slight change in the series; she originally had a ponytail with a large white streak in her hair. But by the Music Awards the white streak was gone and her hair became curly to look more like the doll. Oddly when Hasbro had Video added, Lin-z’s (a Sunbow character) hair was changed to curly, almost like they wanted to make sure to give them both very different hair styles. If they did intentional change Lin-Z’s hair to curly, it was a failed attempt, since Video’s also because curly.
Since Video was a friend and not a band member she was going to be released in 1988, with less accessories, a smaller box and longer hair. The 1988 Holograms were only going to be released in the US or North America only. |
Bill Sanders
Original Concept
(see more here) |
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Jem (1986-1988)
1985 as part of Super Sunday / Super Saturday |
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| 5205-01 thru 5205-03 "Starbright" |
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| 5205-13 and 5205-14 "The
Music Awards" |
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| Doll Development |
| Each doll was given a model number, consisting
of the date and the order it was recorded in for that
day. Polaroids were used to show the model, and any additional
Polaroids showed changed after from the original. They
also created an official “confidential” rendering
(illustration) approved by the designer and their supervisor.
A second larger presentation art illustration was created
to get final approval from the board. There was along
process of created the head molds, and once the doll was
ready to produce a Deco Guide/Paintmaster and for some
dolls Rooting Guide were sent to the factor(s) to show
exactly how the make-up and hair should look. Hasbro also
sent slides to the factor(s) to show what the final doll
should look like. |
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Similar to the 1986
Fashions Assortments art
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Polaroid of Model
from an ebay
(see more here) |
Rendering
(by Lyn Fletcher*) |
Presentation Art
(by Judith Nelson*) |
Prototype Head Molds
(see
more here) |
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same as
produced doll boxes
and Licensing Kit |
Deco Guide / Paintmaster
(by designer*)
(see
more here) |
Rooting Master
(see
more here) |
Presentation Models
from an ebay
(see more here) |
Box Art
(by Sharon Knettell*) |
| * = for prototypes,
the designer and prototype creator are not always the
same person // only known artist, but other artist may
have been used. Sharon Knettell was the exclusive artist
box art for the 1986 dolls and playsets, Hasbro had other
artist manipulating and copying her style for the 1987
boxes to save money, so it is unclear which are specifically
her designs. There is no sign of box art being included
in one the 1988 doll boxes. |
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| Marketing |
| Besides developing the doll line, having
Sunbow develop the cartoon to sell the line, Hasbro also
had to develop licensing and promotional material to promote
the doll line. The Licensing Kit was developed to give
licensees a guide to follow when packaging their licensed
Jem product to have a constant look across all categories.
The Hasbro Toy Catalogs were produced to show the available
products each year to stores and the stores' toy buyers.
The doll posters were produced and sold in the packages
to show the consumer the other offerings available at
retail. |
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1987 Licensing Kit Update
(see
more here) |
1987 US 1st Quarterly
& Media Guide
(see
more here) |
1987 Hasbro Toy Catalog
(see
more here) |
1987 Doll Poster
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more here) |
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The band members of the
Holograms and the Misfits were being discontinued in 1988,
only the “friends of the Holograms” and “friends
of the Misfits” were going to be offered in 1988.
Hasbro felt the non-band members gave more diversity to
themes and play for Jem. After slow Misfits sales in 1987,
Hasbro decided to pull the Misfits all together, which
included a new design for Pizzazz, a new friend of the
Misfits Graphix and rumored Clash with longer hair. |
1988 Pre-Toy Fair
Catalog
(see
more here) |
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| Doll Commercials |
1987 Doll Commercials
(see
more here) |
Video,
new look Holograms, and Rock'n Curl Jem |
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| Dolls |
| Because of the demand and the chance for international trade conflicts, Hasbro employed multiple factories to produce the 1986 line. Two factories were responsible for the exact same doll and fashion, which gave us mold and fabric variations between the two factories. Because of less demand in 1987, each doll was only produced in a single factory limiting these variations. Of the 1988 line, the only known doll to be produced was Rockin’ Romance JEM® in very small numbers. |
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Video was offered in the 1988 Holograms
doll assortment. She would have been sold in a smaller
box like Astral™. (to the right) |
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Video™ of the Holograms™
1987 (H44)
4209 ©1986
(see more here) |
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1988 Pre-Toy Fair
Catalog
(see
more here) |
| In 2012 Integrity Toys, Inc. released a
Hasbro licensed adult collector line called “The
JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS™ Collection” The collection
was launched with the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive
Basic Hollywood Jem™, a first wave of dolls came
out in December with Classic Jem™, Jerrica Benton™,
Synergy™, Rio Pacheco™. With success of the
first wave and 3 more waves which included the original
band members for the Holograms, the Misfits and the Stingers
in 2013, the licensed deal was expanded to include more
exclusive dolls, along with additional band members and
friends based on the Hasbro dolls. The collection has
grown into included characters that were developed Christy
Marx as secondary characters in the cartoon. |
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Vivien "Video"
Montgomery™
14050 ©2014
(see more here) |
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| The JEM and the Holograms Comic |
JEM the Movie! |
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not in
the current comic? |
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not in
the current movie? |
#1 CVR A
3/18/2015
(see
more here) |
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October 23, 2015 |
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Publishing, no copyright infringement intended |
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| JEM®,
the Holograms®, the Misfits®, the
Stingers™ and all other characters, episodes or songs:
©1985-1988 Hasbro,
Inc., ©1985-1988 Sunbow Productions, Inc.©1985-1988
Wild Star Music, Inc., ©1985-1988 Star Wild Music, Inc.
Current:JEM®, JEM & the Holograms®:
© Hasbro, Inc.
This site is not affiliated with any copyright holders. This
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of non-JEM doll lines if for opinion purposes only. No images can
be used without permission and/or for the purposes of profit. All
images, and/or scans are from my person collection, unless other
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