It Takes A Lot Rio Fashion ID Page

Fashion Name	It Takes A Lot
Stock # (US)	#4275/4051 asst
Hasbro package contents listing	Includes: leather-look jacket, pants and boat shoes.
Comments/Trivia	1 of 9 Rio Fashions released in 1987 This fashion is named after a Jem (Misfits) song title. Rio Fashions are among the only Jem items to bear the date of 1987. 1987 Rio fashions did not appear in the French or UK 1987 Hasbro catalogues; presumably they were not available there.
	Skip here for a listing of other depictions of It Takes A Lot (cartoon, prototypes, catalogues, etc).

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	Leather-look jacket: Silver lamé with snakeskin design printed on it, bright orange ribbed cotton trim, 2 metal snaps. I've found this jacket can stick to the cardboard backing in the package and leave marks. It may do the same on dolls or other fabrics.
	pants: Silver lame, harem-style. Gun-metal grey lamé with a snakeskin pattern on the waistband. Velcro closure in back.
	boat shoes; orange with zig-zag pattern on soles. These are the only orange Rio shoes.

Packaging Variants: A listing of the packaging that It Takes A Lot can be found in, that I know of, so far!
*I don't own all of these fashions NRFB so I can't say which, if any posters and inserts originally came with it. Bold listings are those I have used to create this ID page. Anything in Italics I haven't actually seen but have good reason to believe exists. If you have any photos or information/corrections to share, I'd love to hear about it!

	Canadian Issue: 1987 photograph Rio Fashions card.
	US Issue: 1987 photograph Rio Fashions card. © 1987 Hasbro, Inc./Pawtucket, RI 02862/All Rights Reserved./Made in China. H-22. Liner: Hot Pink

To read more about the differences in the fashion packaging, please go to Jem Fashion Box Variants.

Other images of It Takes A Lot (generally unproduced/prototypes/promotional figures)	Differences from produced fashion (if any)
The following sources all use the same photograph, shown left 1987 US Hasbro Toy Fair catalogue 2nd year catalogue poster 1987 Rio Fashion card photograph	looks very much like the produced fashion.
It was featured on the cartoon.	looks very much like the produced fashion.

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