TotallyJem! - the TOTALLY Outrageous JEM and the Holograms!

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

Info/History

Memorials

Dolls
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Playsets
Posters
Unreleased
1988 Pre-Toy Fair Catalog Sunbow images Reissued Fashion Sets New Fashion Sets New Dolls
Licensed
Recorded Audio Books Comics & Magazine Coloring/Activity Milton Bradley Board Games Puzzles School Supplies and Doll Case Party & Food Clothing Cosmetics Bed ! Bath Costumes • Integrity Toys JEM • JEM Funko POP • JEM Super7 • The Loyal Subjects
SuperStar
Molds
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Grey's Anatomy star and photographer Brad Everett Young was one of our own. Love him or hate him, he was the founder of “Jem’s Space” on myspace.com. He shared some great photography of Jem dolls, fashions, and prototypes. The information was not always correct, because his main source didn’t really have a connection to the Jem line. He is a devastating loss to the Jem community.

Jem and the Holograms: Truly Outrageous Comic Collection
The Encore Era
Coming to Kickstarter
in November 2025
backerkit.com | kickstarter.com

Jem and the Holgrams 12 Fashion Doll Classic Jem Walmart Exclusive

Image credit The Loyal Subjects

Jem Deluxe Album
coming November 28, 2025,
with 2 new reimagined songs!!!

1985-2025 JEM 40 Truly Outrageous Years!

Holy Truly Outrageous 40th Anniversary, Synergy!

Glitter'n Gold Jem: Sticker Fun - 1987 Weekly Reader Books - A Golden Book/Western Pub. Co. 2165-1

Glitter'n Gold Jem Sticker Fun Experience
(click GnG Jem)

NEW On

I am Riot!!! & Rapture!

The Original Riot™ Judith Nelson Presentation Illustration

The Original Rapture™ Judith Nelson Presentation Illustration

The Original
Presentation Illustration

JEM Store Signage
(click signage to see more)

JEM and me at NYCC 2011


Britta Phillips singing voice of JEM, Samantha Newark speaking voice of JEM, & Joelle Dunn 1987 Rebrand voice of JEM at Jemcon2024

Coming Soon!!! SDCC2022

Desperately Seeking
Rockin' Romance Jem
Desperately Seeking Rockin' Romance Jem 1988 Hasbro
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.

Let Hasbro know we need the complete original soundtrack in stereo!!!
(you have permission to use this image)

Jem the triple-platinum recording artist who never got her fair dues!!!

Let Hasbro & Netflix know we need the 13 more episdoes to complete the 3rd season!!!

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.
(you have permission to use this image)

some might find irony in my new
web-hosting provider

Hasbro Licensing News - March 1986 Jem and the Holograms, GI Joe, Transformers

The Missing Master Tapes

Licensing

Jem's Pet
Rama Llama

Wedding KImber & Male

Ruby Red™ Jem®

JEMstars
JEM Character Bios

1986.2 Alex Couto | Alyx Couto | Entropy

2015 Blaze™

JEM
Jem and the Holograms Ornament!
(Oct 1, 2016)

hallmark.com

The Hasbro Dolls 1986

Jem/Jerrica 4000 1986 -- images from 1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Holograms 4005, Aja, Kimber, and Shana 1986 -- images from 1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Misfits 4010, Pizzazz, Stormer, and Roxy 1986 -- images from 1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

Rio 4015 1986 -- images from 1986 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Hasbro Dolls 1987

Glitter'n Gold Jem/Jerrica 4001 and Rio 4016 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

Rock'n Curl Jem 4002 and Flash'n Sizzle Jem 4003 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Holograms 4005, Aja, Kimber, and Shana 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Holograms 4005, Danse, Video, and Raya 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Misfits 4010, Pizzazz, Stormer, and Roxy 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Misfits 4010, Clash and Jetta 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

Synergy 4020 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Starlight Girls 4025, Ashley, Krissie, and Banne 1987 -- images from 1987 Hasbro Toy Fair Catalog

The Hasbro Dolls 1988

Rockin' Romance Jem 4004 and American Beauty Jem 4007 -- images from 1988 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair Catalog

"scented" Hollywood Jem 4009 and "basic" Hollywood Jem 1988 -- images of prototypes and Illustration from Doll Reader Magazine

The Holograms 4005, Regine and Astral -- images from 1988 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair Catalog

The Misfits 4010, Pizzazz and Gaphix 1988 -- images of prototypes

The Stingers 4012, Riot, Rapture, and Minx 1988 -- images of prototypes

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

Jem @ Comic Cons

JEM @ 2012 San Diego Comic-Con

HollywoodJem Integrity Toys - licensed by Hasbro - ©2012 Hasbro

JEM @ 2011 New York Comic-Con
& UNIT•E

myself with Jem
at NYCC 2011
with JEM at the 2011 New York Comic-Con

see more in Jem's Info/History menu
Jem@Cons drop down window

JEM's Beatin' Beetle
My Dream Car!

JEM's Glitter'n Gold VW

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

Things to see:

TotallyJem! Exclusive:

the JEM Deco Guide, Rooting Master & Paintmaster
1986 JEM Licensing Kit w/1987 update (only known complete set)
Hasbro 1987 US 1st Quarterly & Media Guide (one of two known copies)
Bill Sanders Final Resting Place

Rare and/or Exclusive:

Trade Posters & Ads (many never seen before)
Carleigh Hoff Interview, Portfolio, 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 information and database and every click

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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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Awards

March 2002

February 2001

February 2001

Please do not use any images without permission. Most images are from my personal collection, and many are exclusive to this site.

feel free to contact me about in questions or corrections for the site ... or if you have any questions about Jem in general

This site was created on a Mac.

the JEM Head Castings and Molds

Wax Head Molds

Cincinnati Museum Center

another collection coming
in the future

Super Master

A Super Master of the Jem/Jerrica head was created because Hasbro thought they would be selling so many dolls that the original molds would wear out.

A Super Master is extremely rare, because these are an extra expense and not made for most toy lines.

You will recognize this as a China produced head, notice the back of the head has a cut out, where the "HASBRO 1985" was placed separately on the heads.

The Head has "S / JEM 1" imprinted on the crown, and "Super Master" was written on it.

Wax Castings

The sculptor(s) of the Jem dolls created many variations for each head. The following faces are made of sculptors wax.

1


2 looks similar to a 1987 Jem, or maybe a variation to the 1988 Jem.


3b looks similar to Clash/Danse/Jetta but one of these has "1988 Jem" written on it. It sounds like this head was rejected for Jem/Jerrica, but may have been planned for a new Pizzazz, Rapture, and maybe Graphix.


4 looks like a wide close mouth smiling Jem/Jerrica.


2 M-9%


AJA-1 ©H-B '86

Plaster Casting

HASBRO "M"-1 These one has some defects, air bubbles developed with the plaster was pored into the mold. The creator said Hasbro needed a vacuum chamber, to stop the bubbles in the faces, but they would not buy one. So it was a game of chance.

M was Jem's "work in progress" name.

Dynacast Hardcopy

M-4 this Dynacast mold would have been used to create the final metal mold which the produced doll head was made in.

Silicone Recorders (a.k.a. Silicone Molds)

The wax castings would have been held in a paper cup, then the silicone poured in around the castings.
Then after the silicone dried, the wax was melted and poured out.
Then another liquid material was poured into that cavity that was left. It have been Dynacast.
After it dried then the casting was removed from the mold. This mold was broken (cracked down the side) to get the casting out, it would have only been used only once.

It says "Jem Smiling 2A Record" The Dynacast castings was then used to create the final metal mold.

You can see some of the facial feature, along with one of the ears.
(The nose looks a little out of shape because of the lighting I used)

These are two more of the silicone recorders with the wax castings still inside. They are still in the paper cups used to create the mold. There are no markings so I do not know what faces these are. So who knows what face waits inside.

Plaster Mold

This is the outside of the plaster mold. This mold has very little detail, and was made earlier in the process of make the doll head. Left mold says "+99"...It also "may" say Record and Hasbro, but the lettering is so light, it really hard to tell what it does say...for sure.

This is the inside of that mold, you can still see some clay for the head this mold was made of.
(I am surprised that it has such an odd outside shape, the molds I have made where placed in a containers, so the sides are very smooth...taking the shape of the containers. It looks like they added extra plaster to the outside as the mold this mold was drying.)

Rio 87

It has been discovered, the Rob (from Maxie) Head Mold is really a Rio Head Mold. It seems Hasbro was going to give Glitter'n Gold Rio (1987) a new head mold. But for whatever reason they did not use it -- I'm assuming Hasbro was running out of time, so they just used Rio 86 head mold to save time. The unpainted Superhead Molds says Rio 87. This Head Mold was thought to be Craig Phillips -- but this proves that it was really a Rio head mold.
Rio Prototype Head Progression "RIO 87" Seller: jgallo Date: 12/20/07 Amount: $120.27

Paris/Regine "Mulatto" Head castings

Paris (Regine) was going to be a 1988 doll, as seen in the 1988 Pre-Toy Fair Catalog. Hasbro was wanting a new head mold for their new mulatto doll. I have been in contact with the designer that created the new head mold for Paris. These photos are of three head molds she was working on, for Hasbro and Integrity Toys. Paris is in the middle. She gave them to me when I won one of the sketches. I won the 4th sketch. She also create head molds for Diney's Pocahontas and Dreamworks Prince of Egypt.

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She also emailed me digital photos of her sketches.

Wax Head Molds

Cincinnati Museum Center

another collection coming
in the future

Updated: July 16, 2022 7:52 PM

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