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Post by aphrodisiacc on Dec 24, 2015 6:32:12 GMT
I am really worried about what is going to happen to the future of the Jem franchise we all know and extremely love and obsess over and AHHAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! So much love for Jem in my heart But right now, with the movie turning out to be a HUGE FLOP (couldn't make HALF of its production budget, failed so miserably that is was yanked from cinemas after 2 weeks, one of the WORST movie bombs of 2015, check IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes and all the movie sites to see the low ratings it has been given), I seriously cannot predict any good for the franchise in upcoming time. Well yes, Shopbop sold exclusive merchandise online, Manic Panic and their hair color line, Sephora rolled out a Jem collection, Hasbro (from what I heard) had plans for a new toy line... But due to the movie's failure, I don't think that any plans for new Jem merchandise are going to happen, unfortunately... *I'm screaming WHY THE **** U DO THIS TO JEM, STUPID HOLLYWOOD? ?? CANT EVER GET ANYTHING RIGHT CAN U FOR ONCE!!!* Then again, with the movie being a flop, I've *maybe but hopefully not at all* lost a little interest in Jem [SCREW THIS MOVIE] and I have recently started getting interested in Steven Universe. I can't have it overtake Jem! So far, the movie has pretty much killed Jem's momentum, and I'm trying to find a way for everybody to help Jem regain it back. Can ANY of you think of ways to help me recharge my hyper-obsession with Jem, and/or save Jem's fanbase and popularity from being destroyed by this piece of blasphemy? WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE u know! ~~~ PS "The Real Me" is the song for the movie. The movie, Aubrey Peeples, all of it... NOT THE REAL JEM!!!
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Post by kev on Dec 29, 2015 6:48:42 GMT
well, just think, the integrity dolls continue to sell very well despite people complaining about the prices. the 2011 shout factory dvd sold out, and then the second run they did in october were out of stock at most websites within weeks, and the sephora collection has been sold out for a while now. obviously people still love jem or none of that would have happened. i feel like the movie just made fans love the original that much harder, and hasbro would seriously be shooting themselves in the foot by not releasing any more merch after the failure of the movie.
i don't think we have anything to worry about, we just won't be getting movie-related merch, that's all.
as far as future merchandise goes, they really need to put out a jem/misfits/stingers deluxe cd. this is something that i always see fans talking about, so i don't see why it hasn't been done already. another big money maker could be a funko pop vinyl collection which seems inevitable since there are pop vinyl figures for almost every series at this point. and since they like to do variants, they could do multiple figures of the same characters with different outfits. i would seriously go broke if that happened lol
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Post by aphrodisiacc on Dec 30, 2015 4:39:03 GMT
No movie merchandise!! YAYYYY!!!!!! On iTunes, there is a CD with Jem/Misfits/Stingers songs on it, but they're only titles... just people singing TOTALLY different songs!! Don't buy it, just listen to TheMitigating on YouTube instead AND IF THEY DID JEM FUNKO POP VINYL FIGURES I WOULD BUY ALL OF THEM without a chance for anyone else to buy them I know Steven Universe has Funko Pop figures, but that show is much more popular than Jem, and it is still running (it's returning from hiatus the week of January 4th, there will be a new episode every business day that week)...
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Post by Rad on Dec 30, 2015 5:46:59 GMT
Wow, that's true. They haven't done Jem Funko Pops... yet. I'm actually kind of surprised they haven't. Now that you mention it, though, it's probably only a matter of time before they do. They've done just about everything else I can imagine. Many others more obscure than Jem, imho.
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Post by kev on Dec 30, 2015 19:40:35 GMT
@jemgirl are you talking about that "tribute" album? such a con! but ngl i did kind of like truly outrageous and glitter n gold lol but the rest of it was a mess imo. i didn't even listen to all of the songs, so was truly outrageous the only one that actually had the same lyrics from the original?
@rad yeah i agree, especially since they have done so many other 80s characters. jem has to be coming soon enough! how can you have g.i. joe, thundercats, masters of the universe, and she-ra, but no jem!?
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Post by aphrodisiacc on Jan 3, 2016 20:53:23 GMT
kev YES I AM WHAT A RIP OFF And IDK these songs are basically PARODIES I JUST DON'T CARE
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Post by Rad on Jan 9, 2016 22:39:51 GMT
I still hope one day we get an actual soundtrack release with all the original music. It would be especially amazing to get it on vinyl!
But I'd happily buy it on CD, though.
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Post by aphrodisiacc on Jan 10, 2016 2:13:22 GMT
I'd buy vinyl AND CD. I will keep the vinyl record IN ITS GLITTERY PINK JEM SLEEVE and PLAY IT ON MY RECORD PLAYER. I NEED A CD WITH ALL JEM SONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have an *unofficial* 3-CD set of Jem and The Holograms' most popular hits (Disc 1), Jem and The Holograms' minor hits and all the duets/collaborations/guest stars (Disc 2), and The Stingers and The Misfits (Disc 3) BUT THEY ALL GOT RUINED!!!!!! I got them in 2012, WHAT A SHAME
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Post by kev on Jan 10, 2016 5:52:08 GMT
wouldn't it be sweet if they had the vinyls in the shape of the jemstar earrings? but only if it was a double LP so that there would be 2! or maybe they could laser-etch some designs on it like how the true colours vinyl from split enz is. i think that would give it a hologram look. or maybe just neon pink with glitter. SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!
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Post by aphrodisiacc on Jan 30, 2016 17:25:26 GMT
YOU JUST HAD THE BEST IDEA kev!! Make the vinyl neon pink and glittery, and laser-etch holograms in the shapes of JEMSTAR EARRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GAHHHHHHHH I WOULD GET 2 COPIES -- one for "LOOK BUT DO NOT TOUCH" display, and one to play on my vinyl record player and blast out until the whole world is deaf!!!!
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