Glitter N' Gold Rio doll ID Page

Doll Name	Glitter N' Gold Rio
Stock # (US)	#4016
Hasbro package contents listing	Contains; 12 1/2" Glitter 'n Gold Rio doll, Rio "glitter" outfit, flower for JEM, sneakers, hairpick, "gold" sunglasses, cassette tape and figure stand.
Comments/Trivia	Possibly the least popular Jem doll. He tends to get "greasy" in the face, probably due to the vinyl breaking down. I used to write that he was Hispanic, now I'm not so sure, given that Christy Marx has not defined him as such; "I never specified an ethnicity for Rio, and he certainly was NOT set out as Puerto Rican. If anything, he might have some Hispanic blood a couple generations back mixed with who-knows-what." -from TrulyOutrageousJem, digest # 2121) Which doesn't necessarily mean the doll isn't Hispanic... but you gotta wonder about that tan if he's not!
Produced Variants	So far, I know of dolls marked on their backs with one of the following places of manufacture, and there are slight variations among them: Hong Kong To learn more about these body types and slight differences, please see the body variations page.
More	Skip here for a listing of other depictions of Glitter N' Gold Rio (cartoon, prototypes, catalogues, etc).

Click on the thumbnails to enlarge the photo.

	12 1/2" doll; Male doll. A loose Glitter and Gold Rio can be differentiated from Original Rio by his shorter, darker purple hair. There is a rarer Caucasian/paler skinned Glitter 'n Gold Rio. See a picture of them together. There is a Glitter 'n Gold Rio with longer (like original Rio's) purple hair. The lip paint can vary from a pink shade that matches his skin to a much lighter/paler shade.
	Rio "glitter" outfit (jacket); Tailed tuxedo jacket, mostly gold lamé with a white satin collar. It has four faux-pearl buttons in front, covering the velcro closure.
	Rio "glitter" outfit (dickie); white satin with a gold lamé bow tie. It velcros behind his neck.
	Rio "glitter" outfit (pants); white velveteen, the same as Glitter 'n Gold Jerrica's skirt (and impossible to keep clean, sigh!) with gold piping down the side seams. The "belt" is attached gold lamé. It velcros up in the back.
	flower for JEM; (note it isn't for Jerrica!) a rather generic looking silk rose.
	sneakers; white with circle tread on bottoms. thicker and less flexible than those from Truly Outrageous. (compare)
	hairpick The combs mine came with were a darker iridescent gold than my Glitter 'n Gold Jem, but I'm not sure if that's always the case.
	"gold" sunglasses; oddly, he gets the smaller more feminine ones than Glitter 'n Gold Jem's
	cassette tape One side has gold mylar label with black writing, other side has white label with gold writing. Side A: Glitter 'N Gold Rio- "Glitter N' Gold Theme Song", "People Who Care", "Puttin' It All Together" Side B: Glitter 'N Gold Rio- - Jem Instrumental"
	figure stand; His stand is clear with gold speckles (can be either large speckles or tiny speckles), his leg stand is particular to him as it's shorter and fatter than the females' are. The base is basically the same as the one from Glitter 'n Gold Jem.

Items not listed in Hasbro's box contents (not all dolls came with the same posters and inserts, this is a listing of what I got personally with my dolls)
*Caucasian Glitter 'N Gold Rio (US box)

	Box - 2nd year horizontal edged box has an illustration of Glitter N' Gold Rio on front.
	Insert; Orange
	MTV offers (2, one is folded)
	Poster- Rolled Glitter and Gold Illustrated poster with First year Jem catalogue on back.

Items not listed in Hasbro's box contents (not all dolls came with the same posters and inserts, this is a listing of what I got personally with my dolls)
*Regular (tan) Glitter 'N Gold Rio (US box)

	Box - 2nd year horizontal edged box has an illustration of Glitter N' Gold Rio on front. Dream Tour Souvenir Program and Tape offer sticker in corner.
	Insert; Orange
	MTV offer, rolled with poster.
	Poster- Rolled Glitter and Gold Illustrated poster with First year Jem catalogue on back.
	Jem and Friends Souvenir Program

Other images of Glitter N' Gold Rio (generally unproduced/prototypes/promotional figures)	Differences from produced doll (if any)
1987 US Hasbro Toy Fair Catalogue (same photo is shown on the back of the 2nd year Glitter 'N Gold Boxes and on the 2nd year catalogue poster)	# His lip paint seems a bit paler here than usual # The rose is white
1987 France/UK Toy Fair Catalogue (French Shown)	Has a white rose
Topolino
Store Catalogues
Prototypes (from Hasbro employees, etc)
Commercials
Other Print advertisements
Illustrations: Hasbro Box art
Illustrations; Hasbro Promotional art
Illustrations: Cartoon	Shoes are not sneakers, otherwise looks close enough for me.
Illustrations: UK Comics
Illustrations: Colouring & Activity Books

Credits: Thanks to Marylin for the photo of long-haired Glitter N' Gold Rio.