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<\/a>I found this great site called MomSelect<\/a>, that is designed to be a\u00a0liaison between companies and moms\/mom bloggers.\u00a0 Marketers have realized that if a mom loves their product, they are most likely to share their experiences about the product with other moms.\u00a0 MomSelect.com provides moms an opportunity to try product samples, take surveys, put on in-home parties, and participate in school and teacher programs.\u00a0 For mom bloggers, they provide local mom blogger events, opportunities to participate in online media campaigns and other programs.\u00a0<\/p>\nRecently I received an e-mail from MomSelect about Hallmark’s re-introduction of Rainbow Brite.\u00a0 Do you remember Rainbow Brite from the 80’s?\u00a0 She was a cute little blond girl with rainbow colors all over her clothes.\u00a0 I signed up to receive the Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack CD right away thinking it would be a great chance to catch up with Rainbow while at the same\u00a0 time introducing this sweet little character to my six-year old daughter.<\/p>\n <\/a>When the Rainbow Brite CD arrived, I found Rainbow’s older sister.\u00a0 Hmmm, wait, no, it was Rainbow Brite herself.\u00a0 She has grown up on me.\u00a0 She is no longer the Nonetheless, I digress.\u00a0 The Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack CD included Rainbow Brite’s theme song, and a short video explaining what’s happened to Rainbow Brite all these years (she went back to Earth and became a normal girl and her memory of her galactic past had been erased).\u00a0 The CD also had games, pictures to print and color, puzzles to solve, etc.\u00a0 Pretty much all of the activities are available at RainbowBrite.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n OK, despite what I felt about how Rainbow Brite has grown up, the real test came to when my 6 year old daughter got to meet her.\u00a0 And what do you think one of my daughter’s first comments was?\u00a0 “She’s pretty.”\u00a0 Great, just what I wanted to hear.\u00a0 Nonetheless, my daughter had a lot of fun playing the games, playing the theme song, and learning about Rainbow and her friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n I did some searching on\u00a0Google to see what other moms think about the new Rainbow Brite.\u00a0 As you can imagine, there is a lot of controversy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n A\u00a0Mom’s Perspective<\/p>\n Many times companies bring\u00a0back toys from mom’s childhoods to help them reminisce about their favorite toys and all the fond memories.\u00a0 Of course, their\u00a0goal\u00a0is to entice moms to want the same experience for their\u00a0own children.\u00a0 Obviously, times have changed from generation to generation, so companies want to make changes characters that appeal to both.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Rainbow Brite continues to emphasize friendship, helping others, brightening another’s day, etc.\u00a0 Nonetheless, judging from mom’s reactions, perhaps Hallmark went to far in modernizing sweet little Rainbow Brite.\u00a0 Their desired effect of moms buying Rainbow Brite dolls for their little girls is likely to be reduced.<\/p>\n Interested in reading more about what others think of the new\u00a0Rainbow Brite?\u00a0 Join the Rainbow Brite FaceBook Fan\u00a0site\u00a0<\/a>.\u00a0 Need more updates throughout the day, join become friends with Rainbow Brite on Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 Rainbow Brite is very social these days on the Internet with numerous fan clubs, YouTube videos, and discussions about the old and new Rainbow Brite.\u00a0 Even though she’s been off the scene for 25 years, her fans have never stopped talking about her.<\/p>\n Write a comment to tell us about your memories of Rainbow Brite or your thoughts of the new Rainbow Brite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After 25 years, Rainbow Brite is back with her friends – looking quite sophisticated. 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<\/a>sweet little chubby girl she once was.\u00a0 She is now a beautiful slender girl, probably in her early teens.\u00a0 She has a lot more myticness (is that a word?) around her too.\u00a0 Rainbow Brite and her friends are all beautiful with full wavy hair, make-up, and coordinated outfits, sprites (type of little animal),\u00a0and ponies.\u00a0 Although the characters are very cute, I can’t help but wonder about\u00a0the higher standards of beauty our little girls look up to now in their dolls, cartoons, and TV shows compared to our childhood.\u00a0 Cartoons and dolls are more sophisticated.\u00a0 It used to be just Barbie that held our girls to high beauty standards, now it’s becoming nearly every cartoon character\/young celebrity they watch.<\/p>\n
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