Australia & New Zealand

From what I can tell, it looks as though Australia and New Zealand probably shared a lot of their exclusive things (videos, books, etc.).  I have yet to find out if anything is exclusively one or the other, therefore they are listed together here.

This section is under constant construction and any information is welcome!


NEW ZEALAND
The Show: "the series when it played in nz in 1987 it played it's whole run apart from episode 65, In 94 when it returned to tv, it played the whole 3 seaons except for episode 65. ( they must have had something against ep 65)." (thanks Rach for the quoted info.).  Lynda mentions that she rented a Jem video before they were aired on television.
Hasbro's Toyline: 
  • One contributor to this section says all her dolls and fashions were imported and either came in US (second year items) or UK boxes.  Hasbro was known as Milton Bradley in New Zealand, at least during Jem's reign.  The dolls seem to have come out about a year later respectively in New Zealand (so the '86 stuff would have become available in '87) 
  • While there may not be New Zealand-made/assembled dolls, there is at least one thing particular to them- at least some of the 1st ed Jem/Jerrica dolls came with a large sticker on the front of the box offering a free Onstage fashion to all those who entered, as well as a chance to win the rest of the Jem line, including the 3 Holograms, Rio, the 3 Misfits, a complete set of fashions, the Rockin Roadster, Star Stage and Rock Backstager. It was only if you bought Jem/Jerrica, so I'm guessing she wasn't included in the prize.  The skill testing question?  "Jerrica's stage name is ____." ^_^  (thanks Lynda for this photo and info!)
  • Jetta was available there (she wasn't in the UK)
  • Stacey Rew of New Zealand says her 2nd ed Shana's "pant-suit had a either purple, yellow or blue top and the pants may have been red but they were not pink. Her hair bow was a plain red. Her earings were plain hoops and were yellow." Hmm!
  • Lynda also made mention that the dolls were not available there until 1987 and were still being sold through the end of 1988.
  • The New Zealand 1988 Hasbro distributor catalogue had everything the US 1987 catalogue had, except for the 2nd Year Rio fashions, New Wave Waterbed, KJEM, the Starlight Girls and Synergy; but as everything (I know of, anyway) so far has been imported from other countries it didn't seem to have any effect on the availability of these items in New Zealand. 
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    Other Jem Items: 
    -Paint with Water book (not sure if it differs from the US one) 
    -Bubble Bath 
    -Talc 
    -probably more toiletries

    Videos: Some titles seem to be the same as Australian ones (see table below) so I am not sure if these are exclusively New Zealand items or not.  Note that videos have names of shows that never actually appeared on the tape in some cases, &/or are completely different from the US titles of the same name.  Videos come in clamshell cases with a slip of paper serving as the front and back images.  This is still a section that needs some work, so not all information (especially about episodes)  may be accurate.  The following have been confirmed by a contributor (Rach):
     
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    Title Episodes Included date Distributor other
    Totally Jem The Talent Search 1& 2, Scandal Video One Limited The same or a very similar video was released in Australia.
    Island Of Deception The World Hunger Shindig , In Search of The Stolen Album , Indy 500 Episode and Hot Time in Hawaii 1986 Video One Limited Curiously did not contain the Island of Deception episode!  Thanks to Rach for this photo!
    Magic Island Music is Magic, The Fan & Beauty and the Rock Promoter Video One Limited
    Princess and the Singer The Princess and the Singer, Adventure in China, Last Resorts, (Old Meets New?) Video One Limited Possibly had Old Meets New on it as well, the Aussie version did.
    Music Mayhem Video One Limited
    The Jem Jam Video One Limited (contained other episodes)
    Renaissance Woman Renaissance Woman, KJEM and Roxy Rumbles Video One Limited
    The Music Awards (with In Stitches) Video One Limited
    Starbright The Starbright series Video One Limited features the Misfits on the cover.
    Video Mayhem The Jazz Player, Roxy Rumbles and The Middle of Nowhere 1988 Video One Limited

    These have not been confirmed- They may be Australian only or bootlegs  (Thanks again Rach for the info)
     
    Title Episodes Included date Distributor other
    Last Resorts Video One Limited This tape is rumoured to exist, it has not been confirmed yet!
    Treasure Hunt With i think Danse Time? This tape is rumoured to exist, it has not been confirmed yet!
    Music Is Magic/Truly Outrageous The 90 minute Truly Outrageous "movie" (ie: basically the first five episodes) This tape is rumoured to exist, it has not been confirmed yet! It may be an Australia only tape.
    One of these was pink and it had jem in a star with a microphone and rio and the holograms in the background. 

    Jem on DVD: As far as I know these are still in print.  They are region 4, typically playable in Australia, New Zealand and Latin America.  This Australian DVD website has more info on the discs. 
    Title Episodes Included Release date Distributor other
    Jem Volume 1 Apparently the first five, but they have different titles than the North American episodes. MRA 110 Minutes.
    Jem Volume 2 The Starbright Series & The World Hunger Shindig. MRA 88 minutes.
    Jem Volume 3 Adventure in China, Last Resorts & In Stitches. MRA 66 minutes
    Jem Volume 4 The Music Awards 1 & 2, The Rock Fashion Book & Broadway Magic. MRA 88 minutes
    AUSTRALIA
    The Show:  any information is welcome!
    Hasbro's Toyline; At least the first year dolls made it there, I presume Australia got most of, or the entire Jem line.
    Other Jem Items: 
    -Deluxe Take-Along Vanity Set #1 (Cosrich) Came with cosmetic bag, compact mirror, comb and brush (they aren't the same ones that came with the 3 piece dresser set)  This one has a pale pink cosmetic bag, with the Jem logo in pink and yellow & "confetti" around it. The brush has the Jem logo on a pink and yellow graded background.   The photo is thanks to Claudiebare on eBay, this particular example is from Austrailia, but I believe they were available in other countries as well.

    Australia has beautiful video cover, art I love it! 
    -Totally Jem (60 min)-The Talent Search 1& 2, Scandal  Distributed by Golden Book Video/Golden Entertainment, 1988. 
    -Music is Magic/Truly Outrageous AKA "Truly Outrageous" everywhere else.  Often called "Music is Magic" due to the confusing writing on cover. 
    -The Princess and the singer. Episodes: The Princess and the Singer, Adventure in China, Last Resorts, Old Meets New. Distributor: Golden Book Video Year: 1988. 
    Credits: 
    NEW ZEALAND: Lynda for all of the toyline/Other Jem items information, and some of the cartoon info. Dale and Rach for the video information, with the photo from Dale, the episodes info from Rach.
    AUSTRALIA: Damian for the pics and info on Jem videos, thanks to Lorna for the info on the Princess and the Singer video.