JEM was officially unveiled at the 1986 Toy Fair in New York City -- 1986 February 10th.
Jem then and now!
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Jem and the Holgrams 12 Fashion Doll Classic Jem Walmart Exclusive
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Jem Deluxe Album
coming November 28, 2025,
with 2 new reimagined songs!!!
Jem Deluxe Album coming November 28, 2025, with 2 new reimaged songs!!!
1985-2025 JEM 40 Truly Outrageous Years!
JEM2023
Holy Truly Outrageous 40th Anniversary, Synergy!
the Toy Book has revealed ... The Loyal Subjects licensed Jem/Jerrica figure/doll!!!
Funko JEM and the Holograms - JEM
Jem and The Holograms Exclusive Card Holder and Bookbag
Cromy Colecciones Ladies Pack Vol. II
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
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I am Riot!!! & Rapture!
The Original Riot™ Judith Nelson Presentation Illustration The Original Rapture™ Judith Nelson Presentation Illustration
The Original
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4' JEM Sign P/N182243.00A
JEM Store Signage
(click signage to see more)

JEM and me
at NYCC 2011
with JEM at the 2011 New York Comic-Con
Britta Phillips singing voice of JEM, Samantha Newark speaking voice of JEM, & Joelle Dunn 1987 Rebrand voice of JEM at Jemcon2024
Samantha Newark speaking voice of Jem as Jem at Jemcon2022
 

JEM and Pizzazz action figures!
Coming Soon!!! SDCC2022
Super7 SDCC JEM
 

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.
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or any other prototype doll, deco guide, head mold, prototype fashion, etc.

 
Let Hasbro know we need the complete original soundtrack in stereo!!!
Let Hasbro know we need the complete original soundtrack in stereo!!!
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Let Hasbro know we need the complete original soundtrack in stereo!!!
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.
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Let Hasbro & Netflix know we need the 13 more episdoes to complete the 3rd season!!!


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


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


The Missing Master Tapes
the JEM Master Tapes


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

Licensing
Hasbro Licensing News - March 1986 Jem and the Holograms, GI Joe, Transformers
Hasbro Licensing News - March 1986 Jem and the Holograms, GI Joe, Transformers
Jem's Pet
Rama Llama
Rama Llama Jem's Pet
Wedding KImber & Male
Wedding KImber & Male!!!

Ruby Red™ Jem®
Welcome to the Official home of Ruby Red Jem!

Hey Look it's Jem, Hollywood Jem ...

Jem 2.0

35 Years of JEM! 1985-2020

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™


JEM
Jem and the Holograms Ornament!
(Oct 1, 2016)
JEM the Comic Book!(April 2015)
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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 on tubi

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
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JEM's Beatin' Beetle
My Dream Car!
JEM's Beatin' Beetle - My Dream Car!
JEM's Glitter'n Gold VW
JEM's Beatin' Beetle - My Dream Car!

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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Bill D. Sanders
May 23, 1940 to March 13, 1990


Bill Sanders was one of the original creators of the Jem doll line. Bill along with Barbara and Joe Hyland took their idea for Jem; more then like named "M" at that time, to Hasbro. Hasbro picked up the line, made many changes and the rest is history.
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Father's Day in honor of one of Jem's Father.
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Bill had BFA in Advertising Design and Paining from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. Followed by Creative Writing an Art History at Columbia College, Chicago, IL, where he did his graduate work. Bill remained in Chicago where he won many rewards for his TV Commercial and Print advertising work, including many well-known slogans.

While at Grey North in Chicago, he worked with Barbara Hyland, one of the other creators of Jem. Barbara and her husband Joe invited Bill to help create the concepts that became Jem and the Holograms so he moved to.

His mother wrote about LoRilla Davis Sanders and her book was published in 1995.

“Bill and Betty were nine years old when they began piano lessons from Naomi Westerfield in Centralia. I drove them there every Monday evening for five years. I enjoyed watching their progress and it was time well spent.

Billy Dee was a true-born artist in every sense of the word. He was musically inclined and the piano tunes flowed from his finger-tips with ease.

Billy finished his schooling at the U of I and worked many years for major advertising companies in Chicago. He made TV commercials from the east coast to the west. He also illustrated children’s books and was the creator of the Jem doll.”

“Bitter-Sweet Gum,” L. Sanders, Page 179

“It was a hard blow when we were called from a Chicago hospital to the bedside of our dying sin, Bill. It was in March of 1990.

There’s no way to express the hurt we felt while standing by his bedside holding his hand. Pneumonia has a strong grip on him and perhaps if he had called for help sooner, he would’ve won that bout, but it was not to be.

Bill’s twin sister, Betty Lee, accompanied his ashes back home were they were buried at Little Grove Cemetery, southeast of Walnut Hill. I felt stunned and numb as I stood and watched the small box placed in the earth. The days of his life flashed before me and I repeated to myself, “for dust thou art and to dust shalt thou return”

This was one of the most bitter moments of my life, and a part of me went with him.”

“Bitter-Sweet Gum,” L. Sanders, Page 196

“Losing Bill was too much, but not ever having the privilege of seeing his son, Robert, is something that should never ever happen to a grandparent. The hurt has been deep, but my love for my grandson is deep too, and if I could only shake his hand and look upon his face, it would be the next best thing to seeing Bill.”

“Bitter-Sweet Gum,” L. Sanders, Page 199

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Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms

Bill Sanders
Vice President
Creative Group Head.

1983

thanks H. Davis

Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms

JEM, the Sensational New Doll, Was Created by Centralian Bill Sanders.

thanks H. Davis

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Bill Sander did draw the sketches of Clash, Danse, and Video along with the "M" plane. They are signed and dated 1985...before the 1st issue dolls came out. All three dolls had changes, but most interesting change is Clash from the black hair with sliver streaks to the purple hair, because Hasbro reused that idea for Jetta.

Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders Jem and the Holograms
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For any friends or family of Bill Sanders I would love to find out as much as I can about him. If you have sketches and/or work, I would love to see photo copies or originals. I'll pay for the copies and shipping.

A Fan of Bill Sanders.

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June 14th, 2003 - I finally made the 112 mile drive to Bill Sanders final resting place, and home town. I had been planning on going there for over two years ... I always thought it was going to be a really long trip. Come to find out, he grew up much close to where I grew up then I realized. It as very easy to get down to the area since the main route close to Walnut Hill is the same route that is 2 blocks from my house.

The closer I got the harder it was to find the town and cemetery. The map showed a road going in from the north, and one going in from the west. There were no signs telling you how many miles to the left, or right, was Walnut Hill. I got to where I need to be and it was like the town never existed. I drove a ways, and know I past the road I needed. I turned around and just picked a road to try. It was the right road. I came down to a stop sign and saw the water tower.

That was not the end of line for me. I drove through the town, hit a fork in the road, and followed the main road out. I did not see any signs of the church. I turned around and went back through town again, looking even closer ... still nothing. I went back though again and saw a little white sign pointing to the left. I followed it and end back at the fork in the road again. I decide just to try the other road ... and minutes later I found it.

It is very small cemetery, as I thought it would be. It only took me minutes to find what looked like the right head stone. I was very excited to see flowers at the stone. I know one cousin was still on friendly bases with him when he died, so I was not expecting much, since his surviving family was to happy about his life style. If I was one day later going down, I would have never seen the flowers because they might have been removed the very next day.

I'm assuming that the local barber shop building had a roll in young Bill's life. I don't know which house he grew up in, but if it's still standing I saw it. As I went down all 3 streets just to check it out. There is not much else that could be said about Walnut Hill then there is about twenty homes or so ... and that's that.

I originally was going to drive down there for inspiration in my own work, but I got to the point where I realized I did not need this trip for inspiration. Although I did compare and contrast Bill's life and mine (so far) and figured out that he never settled for anything less then what he wanted. He left this small town, went to college and became a successful advertising professional in Chicago, and didn't stop there. It's really sad to think what more he could have given us if he would have lived 5, 10, 20 years longer.

But at least he gave us Jem!


I am adding a picture (left) from the cemetery Bill's friend said he wanted to be bared in. This is just one monument in a vast amount of beautiful and unique memorials. This is Graceland Cemetery in Chicago, IL. Bill and his friends would hang out in the cemetery to get artistic inspiration.

But Bill's mother had other plans, so he ended up being buried in Walnut Hill, IL instead, about an hour East of St. Louis, MO.

Ironically much planning for Jemcon2007 happened just outside the walls of the cemetery.

(Image July 2006) All photos are photographed by Riot4Jem

The following images are from Bill's home town and final resting place.
Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms
The water tower The only nonresidential building, because the churches and a small fire satiation. The sign out side the church/cemetery
Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms
I early spotted the stone I thought was his, Sanders, plus it look about like the right shape.

Bill D Sanders
May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990

The Jem Logo.
Jem remembers and morns for her father.
Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms
Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms Bill Sanders May, 23 1940
Mar, 13 1990 Father of Jem and the Holograms  

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