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Title: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Zapper on January 10, 2025, 06:04:45 AM
https://www.youloveit.com/dolls/4152-jem-and-the-holograms-new-dolls-from-the-loyal-subjects.html

Walmart Exclusive but I hope it's doing so well they are going to branch out, make more characters and make the dolls available in more stores/countries. I think Jem looks amazing! Very natural proportions and clothes look accurate. Truly outrageous to see new affordable Jem dolls being produced.

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Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: DreamvalleyMLP on January 10, 2025, 06:18:26 AM
Love the face sculpt! And that's a great price point for a fully articulated doll with second outfit and accessories.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 10, 2025, 07:26:41 AM
She looks terrific! Hopefully they'll make the full band, plus The Misfits and Stingers! If they make Stormer; Roxy, Minx and Kimber, I'll pick them up.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Zapper on January 10, 2025, 08:27:49 AM
Hopefully they'll make the full band, plus The Misfits and Stingers! If they make Stormer; Roxy, Minx and Kimber, I'll pick them up.

If they make them all I might have to get them all. I do have two Integrity dolls but they were so limited and expensive I had to stop after I had my two big faves. This new Jem better sell well because having all the bands together would be a dream.

Just when I got rid of most of my collections something new pops up :lol:
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 10, 2025, 08:34:43 AM
Hopefully they'll make the full band, plus The Misfits and Stingers! If they make Stormer; Roxy, Minx and Kimber, I'll pick them up.

If they make them all I might have to get them all. I do have two Integrity dolls but they were so limited and expensive I had to stop after I had my two big faves. This new Jem better sell well because having all the bands together would be a dream.

Just when I got rid of most of my collections something new pops up :lol:

 ^.^ Yup it usually happens that way.

ETA: If Jem is Walmart exclusive, what does that mean for people overseas?
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Lady Frostbite on January 10, 2025, 11:03:02 AM
Hopefully they'll make the full band, plus The Misfits and Stingers! If they make Stormer; Roxy, Minx and Kimber, I'll pick them up.

If they make them all I might have to get them all. I do have two Integrity dolls but they were so limited and expensive I had to stop after I had my two big faves. This new Jem better sell well because having all the bands together would be a dream.

Just when I got rid of most of my collections something new pops up :lol:

 ^.^ Yup it usually happens that way.

ETA: If Jem is Walmart exclusive, what does that mean for people overseas?

It's possible it might show up in Asda, UK, as Asda is owned by US Walmart. I remember some MH dolls that were Walmart only (Pack O' Trouble, maybe? Wheelin' Werecats?) that we managed to get and I got in-store. If that's the case, I'm happy to pick up for people!
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on January 10, 2025, 01:43:25 PM
Hopefully they'll make the full band, plus The Misfits and Stingers! If they make Stormer; Roxy, Minx and Kimber, I'll pick them up.

If they make them all I might have to get them all. I do have two Integrity dolls but they were so limited and expensive I had to stop after I had my two big faves. This new Jem better sell well because having all the bands together would be a dream.

Just when I got rid of most of my collections something new pops up :lol:

 ^.^ Yup it usually happens that way.

ETA: If Jem is Walmart exclusive, what does that mean for people overseas?

It's possible it might show up in Asda, UK, as Asda is owned by US Walmart. I remember some MH dolls that were Walmart only (Pack O' Trouble, maybe? Wheelin' Werecats?) that we managed to get and I got in-store. If that's the case, I'm happy to pick up for people!

That's kind of you
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: TimeDance on February 11, 2025, 03:26:01 PM
I just found her at Walmart the other day. She is huge. The tallest doll I own. But really great doll for the price.

I also hope they do more. I want Aja and Stormer.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Taffeta on February 14, 2025, 09:55:33 AM
Afaik Asda is no longer owned by Walmart in the UK. I believe it was sold a few years ago.

Personally I'm not that bothered if they don't come to the UK. I already got rid of all of my Jem/Jerrica dolls except the Mexican and Spanish variants, and I can live without adding another one. There are still some IT JATH dolls I would love to add if I had money and they were available, but that's another matter.

When people represent Jem and such these days they usually stop at the original characters and leave out Raya and Jetta anyway.

If they were to make Synergy and were to do a good job of it, then I might care. Otherwise, not too fussed.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Ponyfan on February 15, 2025, 07:18:59 PM
I wish they'd included blonde hair in some way since she has Jerrica's outfit also, but there's no way to switch hair colors for Jerrica.  So even if you put her in Jerrica's clothes, she'll still have Jem's hair.

I'd love to see Synergy and Kimber as well. :D


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Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: mlpbeth on February 18, 2025, 11:22:39 AM
Was really excited to get the new Jem doll from TLS but I don’t think I’ll be buying more toys from this company. My doll has big bald spots in her hair and has stains on her body. The doll stand is too small for her body and I’m not sure it can be used. The electronics in the stand don’t always work new out of the box. These dolls seem to be more for collecting than for my kids to play with. I like the extras like the stickers and vip pass. Jerrica’s hat won’t stay on her head- it seems like the clothes and accessories were designed for a different doll.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 18, 2025, 07:37:54 PM
Haven't found her yet
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Ponyfan on February 19, 2025, 03:55:16 PM
I've seen on a few times on a special display shelf with other toys.  She's usually next to the Carmen Sandiego doll.


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Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Taffeta on February 21, 2025, 01:53:59 PM
I wish they'd included blonde hair in some way since she has Jerrica's outfit also, but there's no way to switch hair colors for Jerrica.  So even if you put her in Jerrica's clothes, she'll still have Jem's hair.

I'd love to see Synergy and Kimber as well. :D


Ponyfan

I noticed that about the hair as well - I almost missed that she had Jerrica's outfit as well given there's no Jerrica in the doll that I can see, just Jem.

It's a shame if she is poor product quality.

Jem's original dress was a lighter colour of pink lame. It does look like an ugly pink nightie (the original one), especially without the belt, but I am thinking that in the animation it wasn't always a uniform colour anyway. The dark pink is a nicer shade but not the same.

I dunno. I'm still not sold on this as a thing, it's using all the old box art but the original had a proper Jem/Jerrica switch built in, and you absolutely could hide Jem's pink hair under Jerrica's hat if you wanted to.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Ponyfan on February 22, 2025, 08:15:29 PM
I saw 2 of these today.  One of the boxes had been partially opened(or someone tried to open it and gave up) and the other doll looked okay, but all the accessories were in different places than the one that had been tampered with so I wasn't sure if both dolls had been opened or if only one had since there were no other dolls to compare too.  I know the accessories being in different places could be a packaging error, but I would have to see more than 2 dolls to find out for sure.

I never had any Jem dolls so I'm assuming the text about "On the stage, she's Jem, off she's Jerrica, manager of Starlight Music" comes from the original Jem/Jerrica's box.

The doll seems a lot heavier than Barbie or other dolls.

I want to like this doll, but I can't understand why they would go through the trouble of including Jerrica's outfit and saying she can switch between Jem and Jerrica when she can't fully complete the change since the blonde hair is missing for Jerrica.  I'm assuming it's either a mistake or an oversight, but then the part about turning the doll in to Jerrica should have been left off the box since it's a little misleading.

I was telling my mom about this doll and she said "So Jem and Jerrica are the same person?"  :lol:


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Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on February 23, 2025, 05:10:51 AM
I saw 2 of these today.  One of the boxes had been partially opened(or someone tried to open it and gave up) and the other doll looked okay, but all the accessories were in different places than the one that had been tampered with so I wasn't sure if both dolls had been opened or if only one had since there were no other dolls to compare too.  I know the accessories being in different places could be a packaging error, but I would have to see more than 2 dolls to find out for sure.

I never had any Jem dolls so I'm assuming the text about "On the stage, she's Jem, off she's Jerrica, manager of Starlight Music" comes from the original Jem/Jerrica's box.

The doll seems a lot heavier than Barbie or other dolls.

I want to like this doll, but I can't understand why they would go through the trouble of including Jerrica's outfit and saying she can switch between Jem and Jerrica when she can't fully complete the change since the blonde hair is missing for Jerrica.  I'm assuming it's either a mistake or an oversight, but then the part about turning the doll in to Jerrica should have been left off the box since it's a little misleading.

I was telling my mom about this doll and she said "So Jem and Jerrica are the same person?"  :lol:


Ponyfan

Perhaps they'll make Jerrica later? :shrug: I never had any toys either.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Taffeta on February 26, 2025, 06:07:22 PM
The only J-J dolls I have still in the box are both in Spanish (Spanish and Mexican versions) so I am not 100% on the text on her box off hand, but the box art looked very similar to what's on the boxes I have. It may not be exact but definitely similar and the art looks more or less repro from the original.

The first release dolls were all drawings on the box anyway, it's only the second year that they started using photos iirc.

The 'plays theme song" thing is a new one though. Obvs the old dolls came with cassettes, which I guess isn't going to happen in 2025 (lol) but the regular release of J-J never had a cassette, only the Spanish version, so I guess it's not 100% the same.

But yeah, the hair. The whole point of it was that the front section was shorter and blond and the back was longer and pink, so you could wrap the pink up in Jerrica's hat and hide it while the blond stayed visible, but then you could also sort of comb the pink over the blond to hide it as well.

It's fading pink so you don't always see it so clearly on loose dolls second hand, but it's amazing that they haven't even realised that's a thing.

I doubt they'll do a separate Jerrica if they're selling this one as transforms into Jerrica. That text on the front of the box is added new, it's not on the original box I don't think.

Jem v Pranceatron has some pictures here if anyone wants to compare.
http://www.pranceatron.com/jem/dusjem1.html
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Totally Jem probably also has them but I am not in the mood to dig through that hunting for the right pieces :)
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Ponyfan on February 27, 2025, 07:08:55 PM
Thanks Taffeta. :)

If you're not expecting Jerrica's clothes to be included with this Jem doll, it's easy to miss since they're packaged in the very back behind Jem. 

I'm still on the fence about this doll.  I feel like the whole Jerrica switch either wasn't fully planned or was a last minute afterthought. It's almost like someone said "Wait a minute, the original Jem doll was both Jem and Jerrica, so we need to include Jerrica in some way since we're basing this off the original dolls.  Let's include Jerrica's outfit and call it done."

There were a few times Jerrica had pink hair when she wasn't supposed to due to animation errors, but ideally Jerrica's hair should always be blonde.

It's so baffling how a major company could not be bothered to include Jerrica's blonde hair in some way either with a separate wig or attached to Jerrica's hat especially since they are promoting that she can switch between Jem and Jerrica.

I watched part of a Youtube review on this doll because I was curious about the theme song the stand plays.  I was hoping it would be "Truly Outrageous" and not "Me and My Friends are Jem Girls."  It plays the first few lines of "Truly Outrageous"

There's a rumor that there might be more dolls in the line too.


Ponyfan
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 02, 2025, 08:03:49 AM
https://www.toyark.com/2025/03/01/nytf25-the-loyal-subjects-jem-my-pet-monster-strawberry-shortcake-557367
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Taffeta on March 05, 2025, 04:05:26 AM
One Jem Too Many...

;O)

Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: TimeDance on March 05, 2025, 06:26:12 AM
I am excited they are doing more! In my area, the Jem dolls are not staying in the stores at all. They are really hard to find. And I think they are an amazing price for how big they are and they are also a heavy doll.

The gold Jem I was not expecting. It's been a LONG time since I've seen the show. I'm wondering if this is a finale look? She's got a kind of pink/blonde mix of hair. You could probably put her in the Jerrica outfit. But I do also love this gold one. And while Pizazz is not my favorite, it would be hard not to get her if I see her in stores for the price they are selling them. Hopefully this will get us more characters.

Slightly off topic, I saw the Rainbow Brite doll in stores and she looks perfect. However, I saw the Strawberry shortcake and that doll...there is an unsettling stare to that doll. lol
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Leave a Whisper on March 05, 2025, 07:38:04 AM
I kinda want a my pet monster. And I'll gladly take Pizzazz. I still haven't found Jem at Walmart.
Title: Re: Jem and the Holograms from The Loyal Subjects
Post by: Taffeta on March 06, 2025, 03:09:59 PM

The gold Jem I was not expecting. It's been a LONG time since I've seen the show. I'm wondering if this is a finale look? She's got a kind of pink/blonde mix of hair. You could probably put her in the Jerrica outfit. But I do also love this gold one. And while Pizazz is not my favorite, it would be hard not to get her if I see her in stores for the price they are selling them. Hopefully this will get us more characters.


She's Glitter & Gold Jem :) Back at the start of 1987 there was a whole episode called Glitter & Gold which shamelessly promoted this version of Jem, the glitter & gold roadster, Rio and a ton of new 1987 fashions. There was also rock & curl Jem as the cheaper that year but I guess we could say she was the second year release of Jem/Jerrica?

I'm the opposite, I can't stand Jem but love Pizzazz :) Even with them making Pizzazz, though, I'm still not sold on buying these dolls. Though in fairness I haven't seen them in person/looked for them in the UK and they may not even come here. I have IT Pizzazz anyway, in a different outfit from the sig which I honestly prefer. IT have done such a good job with Misfit fashions (even if I can't afford most of the dolls in question) - Hasbro never did make enough of theirs compared with the other side.

If they made Jetta I might yield, but that seems unlikely given they've ignored the Holograms so far for two Jem-Jerrica releases. Always supposing Glitter & Gold Jem does a better job of Jem Jerrica switching than the original doll of course.
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