I always thought that Barbie & the Rockers was just a ripoff of Jem and the Holograms, but from what I have read online, the relationship between these two properties is much more interesting. It seems that Hasbro, who made Jem, took a box to a show in Hong Kong where it was somehow found by a Mattel employee, which might have given Mattel the idea to make a Barbie band product line.
Barbie & the Rockers…now with Ken
Barbie & the Rockers…now with Ken
Barbie & the Rockers…now with Ken
I always thought that Barbie & the Rockers was just a ripoff of Jem and the Holograms, but from what I have read online, the relationship between these two properties is much more interesting. It seems that Hasbro, who made Jem, took a box to a show in Hong Kong where it was somehow found by a Mattel employee, which might have given Mattel the idea to make a Barbie band product line.