![]() ![]() My 10-year-old also loved them from about ages 2-7, and will still (though she won't admit it) watch them with her little sisters. I have seen the new version and am pretty disgusted with it, but the amazing episodes from 2003-2007(?) are so worth watching. My 2-year-old and 5-year-old are both in love with everything to do with this, however that is the old version, from 2003. In 2019 she officially celebrated her 40th anniversary, and a line of retro dolls were released to commemorate and for a whole new generation to love.I cannot have enough praise for this show. In May 2017, DHX Media announced that it would acquire Iconix’s entertainment brands, including Strawberry Shortcake. For the first time in almost two decades, new video games were launched,Ī full-length feature film, Strawberry Shortcake: The Sweet Dreams Movie, premiered in 2006 and was released on DVD in February 2007. Hasbro began releasing new Strawberry Shortcake–themed toys beginning in Autumn 2009, after American Greetings rebooted the franchise. In February 2015, Iconix Brand Group acquired the rights to Strawberry Shortcake from American Greetings for $105 million. Soundtracks for the episodes were also released. Bandai (along with KellyToy) was granted the manufacturing rights of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls and toys. A television series with new home video releases was produced. In 2002, the franchise was revived again, this time with a revamped look by a different designer. Strawberry and five of her classic friends each got a makeover with new clothes, hair, and eyes. In 1991, THQ tried reviving the franchise by producing an updated line of Strawberry Shortcake dolls. At the time, there were many related products, such as sticker albums, clothing, a video game and many other products. Several TV specials were made featuring the characters, one each year between 19, by which time the characters’ popularity had waned. Kenner produced no new dolls or toys thereafter. The characters lived and played in a magical world known as Strawberryland.ĭuring the 1980’s, Strawberry Shortcake became popular for young girls throughout the United States. Like the Strawberry Shortcake doll, all the other characters’ dolls had hair scented to match their dessert theme. She was a typical rag doll- complete with freckles, a mop of red yarn curls and a bonnet with strawberry print.Ĭindy Mayer Patton and Janet Jones designed the other later characters of the classic Strawberry Shortcake line. The Strawberry Shortcake line of characters each had their own fruit or dessert-themed name with clothing to match, and they each had a dessert- or fruit-named pet. In 1979, toy manufacturer Kenner Products released the first Strawberry Shortcake doll. ![]() The first doll was a rag doll designed by Muriel Fahrion and created by Susan Trentel, Fahrion’s sister. Lynn Edwards was the editor of the line and developed the personality profiles as well as the story line and philosophy. She was very popular among the public, and in May 1983 copyrights to Strawberry Shortcake were granted to Barbi Sargent from American Greetings Corporation. The original design of Strawberry Shortcake and her cat, Custard was done in 1978 by Muriel Fahrion during her time as a greeting card illustrator at American Greetings. In July 1977 Barbi Sargent received an assignment to create four “leader cards” (which are cards created to test the popularity of possible new designs) depicting the “Strawberry Shortcake” character in full colour. She was originally referred to as “Girl with a Daisy” as she first appeared on a greeting card in 1973 holding, you guessed it, a daisy. The original creator and designer of the character Strawberry Shortcake was Barbi Sargent while she was a contracted Freelance artist for American Greetings. in the 2003 version, Strawberry is able to drive a car and in the 2009 version, she owns a shop called the Berry Café. Her current age is implied to be teenage/young adult aged e.g. In the 1980’s, Strawberry was six years old.
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