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Hello everyone! Season's Greetings! It's that time of the year to buy gifts for your loved ones, especially the toys for the kiddies. But again, don't go into debt doing so, speaking from experience. Speaking of toys, I remembered growing up in the 80s, there were toys galore; Cabbage Patch Kids, Barbie, G.I Joe, Transformers, He-man, you name it! I even wanted dolls such as Jem and She-ra, growing up in Trinidad. But alas, I didn't get any for Christmas, just some no-name doll and perfume. Well, it's the thought that counts, right? One doll really caught my eye, in particular, was Golden Girl, not Golden Girls, but Golden Girl and The Guardians of the Gemstones.
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These dolls were created by Galoob in 1984 and they consist of the good guys; Golden Girl, Saphire, Onyx, Rubee and Jade and one male doll, Prince Kroma. The villains were Dragon Queen, Vultura, Moth Lady, Wild One and the male character, Ogra. The plot is simply Golden Girl and the other Guardians, guarding various gemstones against Dragon Queen and other villains. The gemstones also give the guardian powers and skills to protect the Kingdom of Argonia (Wikipedia) from their enemies. Other characters such as Dymondia, Coral, Turquoise, Pearl (heroes), Spidra and Centaura (villains) were in production but only Dymondia was released, primarily in Europe.
With so many dolls around, Galoob decided to join the fray and created dolls supposedly in competition with the She-ra line where the fantasy world is concerned. The similarities are the female blond heroines, the dolls having brushable hair, accessories, horses and even castles. The only differences are that Golden Girl didn't have a cartoon but the dolls are very flexible compared to the She-ra line. Plus, Golden Girl got the jagged sword! How cool is that? It's unfortunate that Golden Girl didn't have a cartoon series. It had a simple storyline but I'm sure more complex series would be added if the cartoon was created. If it happened in real life, I'm willing to bet it would be as popular as the She-ra cartoon. Don't get me wrong, I love the She-ra series but sometimes some episodes are too cheesy. I believed that Golden Girl would be in a similar vein of He-man series which often had a darker tone compared to She-ra. It might even be a cartoon version of Xena: Warrior Princess!
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I wondered why the cartoon was never created. It could be a lack of money in producing the cartoon series or perhaps it wasn't on the agenda. The main thing was to produce these toys to make a profit. I also sensed that Golden Girl may be too dark for girls; you're talking blood and gore, straight-up fighting that it was even too much for He-man! Apparently, society at the time believed that girls shouldn't be exposed to dark themes in cartoons but it was okay for boys. That's my take on it. Still, it would be a great cartoon series. Maybe companies such as Netflix can make it into a cartoon series, just hopefully not in a similar vein as the She-ra series on Netflix but stay true to the original for once. Golden Girl and The Guardian of the Gemstones toy line was definitely underrated and sadly it did not get the shine it deserved at the time.
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