Male Rock Star Doll [Sep 2008]

[Ghost Of The Doll]

Bronwen emailed me this doll description:

"I've been searching for a male doll that I used to have when I was little. He was a slightly bigger build than my other dolls (barbie etc.) and quite sturdy, very glam rock almost like david bowie in labyrinth. Long whitey-pinkish glam hair and I think maybe light pink eye make-up.
His face was very well made, had an unusual look about him sort of a matte texture, his main body was very pale almost shiny plastic and he had all these opposable joints. I think he could hold a mic too but my memory's a bit fuzzy. I was born in 1985 and I must have been 4 or 5 when I got him (1989-90). I think he was a birthday present or something.
A friend suggested he might have been one of the Jem dolls but he looked nothing like them. I think he was wearing a white shiny catsuit or something but I mostly remember him naked (heh). Anyway, it's really starting to bother me, because that doll was something else!"
Thanks,Bronwen.

• Not Spectra
• Not Jem
• Not Barbie and The Rockers

[zuse]

I've tried to brainstorm and think who other than Hasbro had dolls with a larger build. Mego went out of business in 1982, so it's not them.

The Maxie doll line is also produced by Hasbro, but only the first year had a male doll with real hair and he definitely isn't rocker.

http://marilynsmyth.free.fr/mrob.php

This is driving me nuts! I wonder who your doll was?

[pikapal]

Maybe it was a Super Stars Doll?

http://pranceatron.com/jem/super.htm

[zuse]

None of these are really jointed, though.

[Tribble79]

I had Maxie dolls. I loved them....

[EricaVee]

This has been driving me nuts too. The only thing I found that was promising was all the cheap dolls made when Jem was discontinued that were made of old Jem parts (like those Super Stars). But I don't know, a doll like that would still look like Jem and the poster said her doll wasn't anything like them.

[zuse]

Any more ideas?

[Dludnerad]

I know it's been a long time since the last post...
Was wondering if it could have been a Boy George doll.
He has long hair and purple eyeshadow.
http://celebritydollmuseum.com/WP//wp-content/gallery/boy-george-photos-1/boygeorge-00.jpg