And wowee! Some French Jem TV Commercials! Thanks Isabelle, again!
1986: Dolls: I
have seen most of the first year dolls in French packaging on eBay and
through various sellers, I believe all 8 of them were available in French
packaging. For more information on the differences
between 1st year doll packages, go here.
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Boxes are written primarily
in French, with some English (song titles, etc)
Front of Box 1. Doll's name: Depending on the doll, reads: "______ du groupe Holograms" or Misfits. Rio & Jem/Jerrica remain the same as US boxes. 2. Cassette Tape Information: Song titles remain in English, the rest of the writing is in French. 3. Hasbro Logo: the same as the US. 4. Truly Outrageous Tag: below it reads "Elle rock... elle choque!" (loosely translated to "She rocks... she shocks!") 5. Stock Number: Information needed. In 1987 they did use completely different stock numbers than the US did. 6. Audition Contest Panel, has a short description of Jem and the Holograms (nothing to do with the audition contest) 7. Licensing information/Country of manufacture: Hong Kong 8. Jemstar Points/Proof of Purchase are there. *Thanks to Jean-Nicolas from Québec, Canada / popartmusic81 for this photo! |
1986: Other Hasbro products: Presumably got the entire line. Have personally the Backstager/"Loge Rock" and the Star Stage though they possibly may have been 1987 issues (does it really matter?) It's possible France even got their own Jem fashion & playset packages, and didn't just have to share the "6 language European" packages like the rest of Europe, but I have yet to see any of these items surface.
1986: French-exclusive
mail in offer: on fashion cards sold in France, there was a promotion
for the Jemstar points, to recieve these tri-fold folders (outside)
(inside). They are printed in France
and have the Hasbro France address on the back. Apparently the promotion
was on the 6-language cards, (maybe a sticker?) with instructions on how
to phone Hasbro to order them with Jemstar points).
Talk about rare! (Thanks so much again to Isabelle for providing
the photos and information on these!)
1987: The French
1987 Hasbro catalogue lists most of the items that were released in
the US, shown below. I have included their French, English
and French Canadian names to help distinguish them. While these items
were available to French retailers, it is possible that not all the items
listed actually made it to stores, due to lack of interest at the time.
Missing: Jetta, Rio Fashions. Apparently Jetta was shown
on Club
Dorothée though, so she may have been available in France.
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See also the French 1988 Hasbro Catalogue (Thanks Sylvain for sending me these!)
