I was at Target today and they have the 'new' Strawberry Shortcake clothes in 'girl' sizes (smallest was 4/5 ). There's also supposed to be books, dolls, and movies but I haven't seen those yet. Just FYI for anyone else who loved SSC as a kid

I LOVED Strawberry Shortcake and was at a store called Hot Topic and saw som SS merchandise there. When I mentioned how cute it all was to my DD, she told me that is what all the druggies wear to "rave" parties. Ditto all the Care Bear stuff!

Can you believe that something that started out so innocent gets adapted to that kind of thing?

Denise

I have seen the new strawberry doll with apple dumpling and just strawberry shortcake doll at Walmart for about 13.XX. Everyone will probaly have them in a couple weeks.

She is dressed differently but still smells good.

scrappindenise, I would be worried about what parties your daughter goes to if she knows that type of info LOL.. sigh.. i hate to think of our kids growing up ..

I saw some of that stuff in hot topic, and the ss doesnt look anything like they did when I was a child , and the carebears dont either.. was a little disapointed when I got the one from spencers........

Whoa, you need to have a talk with your kids. That sounds pretty rough. Good luck Scrappi.

I am a 28 year old preschool teacher, mother of 2, and I knew the same thing as the poster's daughter. You don't have to attend raves or hang out with a bad group of kids to know that.

well.. I'm 29, mother of an 8 and 9 yr old boys.. and did not know that info... my bf works at a jr high school, and he doesnt even know that info.. and if they told me that, I'd be asking them some questions LOL.. and probably end up having the birds and bee's talk again, along w/the dont do drugs speech, etc.. LOL.

The world needs more mothers like you carlierae.

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WOW ...lots of finger pointing at her DD....thats not fair, she has a comfortable relationship where she can tell her mother these things. If anyone has children at least of middle school age, these things are know about. Many kids join in, and many, who were taught important principles and morals at home do not, and they feel completely comfortable talking to their parents about what is going on with their peers.
I think she is truly blessed to have a relationship like that, and obviously the kid is not into these kinds of things or she would not have told her mother about it in the first place.
I think she taught her daughter to not be afraid to talk to her, and to not be afraid to follow the crowd.
KUDOS!!

what is this place, a counseling center or a coupon forum?

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Hee hee, this is such a funny post. I dont think it takes a rocket sceintist to figure out what kind of store "hot topic" is or the crowd that is attracs. HELLO!! Just because her daughter knows that info doesnt mean diddley! As a mother of three (and a teenager once myself) I think it is wonderful that she is aware of what is around her....it doesnt mean anything.

Heck, have you watched any talk shows lately???? Seen any punk club kids..........hmmmmm........they look like they just walked out of hot topic.......imagine that???!!???

LOL I didn't mean to start this! -- Ravers do like to wear SS. She's cool and her old cartoons are very acid tripping to say the least I think LOTS AND LOTS of people know this

Back to my wonderful news about SSC She doesn't really look too much like the old strawberry shortcake. You can see her and her friends at www.strawberry-shortcake.com. There's supposed to be a new 'Dora the Explorer' type cartoon (like with an actual point to the show, as opposed to the mindless wondering in the older version). I'm sure my DD's will love it

no one is pointing fingers at anyone.. so don't assume so.. LOL I was just making an observation at something that I had no clue about LOL

Just went to the site and read that she'll be making a 'berry sweet debut' at the Tournament of roses parade. She's going to have her own float. They sure are coming in with a bang!

Well, Fatbone, you made three comments yourself...not a word about couponing.

I saw Strawberry Shortcake things at Claire's about a month ago, along with carebears and Hello Kitty thing, so check there, too.

Just to lighten the topic:
I've had a Strawberry Shortcake blanket since I was 5. It is the softest, nicest blanket ever, and I'll let you in on the truth, its still on our bed underneath the Ralph Lauren set I got for 80% off....
Strawberry Shortcake holds GREAT memories, I'm so glad to see it back in the stores.
Lyn

I think this stuff holds a lot of memories for everyone and everyone loves it including the druggies. Both my dd's (teens) love hot topic stuff, care bears, stawberry shortcake and rainbow brite. Clairs, Anchor Blue & hot topic are their favorite stores. My dd did find out after wearing her $49 rainbow brite t-shirt (from Hot Topic) to school that rainbows mean you're gay. She came home and told me she could care less if that's what it means, she thinks it's cute. Both girls love the sweatshirt and really want those cute t-shirts. They both got care bears for Christmas from grammy and have baby dolls, barbies, disney lithographs, puppies/kitties, hello kitty or whatever's cute posters in their rooms.

My girls are good kids (honors, dance team, sports, etc) and don't go to any functions unshaperoned or elsewhere without us so it goes to show these stores and items are for everyone ...just cause the punks & druggies like them doesn't mean we can't too and we should't be too quick to put people in some category cause they like it or shop at hot topic.

Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Scoobie Doo. I am so excited. Its like reliving my childhood. I hope they bring Rainbow Bright back too.

I don't remember much about SS except her dolls smelt good and my sister was the Purple Pie Man one year for Holloween. And Rainbow bright and Sprite (I think thats his name) were my favorite dolls when I was little. I slept with them every night and if you pushed Sprites nose in sometimes it got stuck. Funny things you remember when you were little.

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They have them at my Target in Chandler, AZ. There are little necklace ones that are $2.99, small ones (kind of like Polly Pockets) that are $4.99, bigger set of two dolls (I got apple and Strawberry) that are $8.99 and then a big doll with extra clothes, etc. for $12.99.

I just wish they had the Blueberry one again (can't remember her name). She was my favorite and she is not listed in the papers that came with the doll so I'm guessing she's not being revived as of yet!

Dee Dee

BLUEBERRY MUFFIN!!! I loooooove SS dolls!! They smelled soooooooooo good!! Kinda makes you wish you had saved all those 'original' dolls, huh? Bet they'd be worth alot now! I love SS, Carebears, and Scooby. Was never really into Rainbow Brite, but I plan on stocking up on Carebears and SS for myself!!

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When I saw the Care Bears had made a comeback, I wondered how long it would be before I saw a SS doll. Now I know!

Let me guess..she's now wearing ultra-low-rise jeans that just barely cling on to the point of covering her little muslin thighs....a baby-T with the word "Babelicious" emblazoned upon it in rhinestone studs....and lots of "bling-bling" so we'll know she's hip and with it in today's world of gangsta rap, where all girls dress like lap dancer-wannabees! But, she's still of course called Strawberry Shortcake so we mom's will still know and love her and fall all over ourselves buying them for our kiddos as a piece of our own childhood nostalgia.

Actually, they kept her pretty innoccent looking IMO. She is certianly more modern that the always in a dress version of the 80's, but still cute. If you look at the link I posted above (www.strawberry-shortckake.com) you can see the 'new' SSC. She's wearing wide leg jeans, a long sleeve striped shirt, and a sweater around her waist. Her hat is MUCH more cool than the big mushroom one of SSC past, she has 'cool' sunglasses, and she's riding a scooter

Here's a link to all the new friends http://www.strawberry-shortcake.com./storybook.php They changed them around a bit which is stupid, but I have a feeling they did so in an effort to be more PC.

Thanks for the link. She looks kinda mary Engelbreit-ish but not as detailed as her work. She is cute but I like the old mushroom hat and look better probably just because of the nostaligia. hey congrats on your great slimdown justagirl! WOW! your doing great! :0)


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I was surprised when I just happened to be by the older girls stuff and saw Strawberry Shortcake. I knew she wasn't in the toddler section where I hang out. I have a couple of the original figurines and those darn things still smell! I don't know what they used in them. You can smell Apricot with Hopsalot in the next room. Don't need a Glade plug in when she is around!

I am 25 and still have all my SS dolls! And a couple of them still smell I've got tons of accessories for them too, but have no plans on selling them! I have Rainbow Bright stuff as well, and some Carebears stuff too. It's great to see them back, no matter what it may mean. I'll wear those character shirts any day becuase they remind me of my childhood, not cause they may mean I do drugs or am gay. Neither of which is true fyi.

I use to have my room done in Strawberry short cake... used my money to get everthing from curtains to sheets... thought I had really dones something.

Sigh, my mom later gave them away without my knowledge when we were stationed overseas. would love to have been able to put them in DD's room.


I do have some of the cloth from the "old" version. Maybe I will make DD a dress from it.

I've already seen them last nite at Target in Indy. I still have all mine from when I was a kid and they still smell.They are stored in the big strawberry carry case . I also have all my CareBears and cousins from then too. DH just got me one of the new ones for X-Mas he's nothing like my original ones,but I still like him too. Have both DS and of course they think it's neat for mom to see toys from when she was a kid but to girly for them. I almost forgot I have a Record that has all the pictures of SS on it too . Yes I said a record as in for a record player! LOL! Like theres still really one left that works in the world. Anyway it's nice to see all the toys and stuff coming back from when we were kids for our kids to enjoy! Even the boy stuff...

Okay I'm insane!! After you kind souls told me the name of Blueberry Muffin I went and bought one off Ebay (dh told me to!). It's the same one I had as a kid, made in 1979!

Dee Dee

Are these for sale online anywhere? <besides ebay> Lets keep each other updated if we find any for sale at any of the dot com stores Amazon has a few right now for 14.99 and the 5.5 size dolls for 10.99. Not too many to choose from but Ihope this helps someone.

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