When the popular Jem doll came out in 1985, naturally Mattel had to make a competing Barbie doll. The result was Barbie and The Rockers.
That’s Barbie, Dana, Diva, Dee Dee, and Derek. Ken was also in the band, but he didn’t join the band until 1987, and this puzzle is from 1986.
I personally had Diva, and like all the dolls she came with a cassette tape which I still have. It includes such classics as “Dressin’ Up,” “Born With A Mike,” “Stretchin’ It,” and, of course, “The Rockers™ Theme.” Party on!
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Don’t forget to check out parts 1 and 2 of this series!
Today we have F, G, and H.
Who knew The Force was some kind of weird spinning tub drain? Anyway, please note the following:
- Greedo: Scared of a little energy field, pointing his gun at the floor.
- Han: Clever, brave, loyal, daring, pointing his gun straight ahead.
Which one shot first, now? Yeah, that’s right. Suck it, Lucas.
Just as I was complaining about character revamps in my earlier post on the Smurfs movie, American Greetings decided to go and give Strawberry Shortcake a new look — AGAIN. In fact, I had her current image (the middle one) in mind while I was thinking about how ridiculous it is that companies feel it necessary to update their characters with “hip” clothes, etc. Yet now they’ve done it again by giving her hot pink hair (isn’t that more raspberry-esque? Or perhaps watermelon?) and turned her trademark strawberry hat into a baseball cap. I suppose I should give them some credit for styling her t-shirt after her old pinafore, but still. Agh. Not to say the new character isn’t cute, but it’s not Strawberry Shortcake.
Luckily, you can continue to enjoy her classic look with this activity from Strawberry Shortcake’s Busy Book, from 1982.
Anyone who’s seen Stand By Me knows what little Jerry O’Connell looked like:
That movie came out in 1986, and just a year later he was lookin’ good in this Frosted Flakes commercial wherein cereal pusher Tony the Tiger gave the then-loser some of the stuff so he could win his bobsled race. Nowadays he’d probably be disqualified for “performance enhancing substances,” but in the 80s no one batted an eye.