Bratz Forever Diamondz 15th Ceremony: A Retrospective

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It'due south that fourth dimension of twelvemonth over again! As Bratz fans get caught up in the excitement of new Bratz releases as the brand celebrates its twentieth anniversary, we will always call up the iconic lines that came earlier. But similar our celebrations for Rock Angelz and Genie Magic, it has been fifteen years since the launch of the Bratz Forever Diamondz lineup. Forever Diamondz has had a significant affect on the Bratz make as it followed in the steps of its other major predecessors while increasing its presence as the brand's flagship line in Autumn 2006. If you want to learn more than about the affect Forever Diamondz has had on the Bratz brand and its fans, go on on reading!

THE DOLLS, SPINOFFS, AND PLAYSETS

The centerpiece of every major Bratz venture is its doll lineup. Taking notes from Rock Angelz and calculation its own flair into the mix, Forever Diamondz took things a step farther as the dolls extended into sublines, several of the brands' spinoffs, and spawned some iconic playsets. The master line of dolls consists of the core four Bratz characters—Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha, and Jade—and their new friend, Sharidan. Each of the main dolls comes with a tank top with glitter lettering (featuring the words "Girly", "Affections", "Glam", "Saccharide", and "Sassy") in different color schemes (Yasmin and Sasha wore white and cream colors, Cloe and Jade wore black while Jade has a imperial peak variant, and Sharidan wore red), jeans with simulated diamante accents, and shawls matching each grapheme's color scheme. Included with each Forever Diamondz doll is a piece of jewelry with a real diamond accent forth with a document of authentication. The jewelry pieces included with the Forever Diamondz dolls are rings, necklaces, and bracelets with Bratz-themed pendants similar a Bratz logo "B", an irregular-shaped star, or lip-shaped charm, for example; none of the characters came with a specific piece of jewelry as the pieces were randomly packaged with each doll. Each doll has a packaging variant; one with a "flatter" diamond shape and aureate color scheme, and the other with a "bulkier" diamond shape and ruddy colour scheme with a split brandish for the piece of jewelry. Each package comes with a handle adorned with a keychain featuring faux diamonds and a Bratz logo "B" amuse (1 of mine is attached to my keys currently, information technology is such a beautiful piece). Each doll also comes with a poster, accessory pocketbook, and a pair of bare feet, which were high in demand at the time of Forever Diamondz'due south release.

What some Bratz fans may non know is that Forever Diamondz marked the showtime of the brand's "cookie-cutter" era, meaning that the fashions in virtually collections were no longer individualized and rather shared amongst each graphic symbol in different color schemes. While Forever Diamondz remains one of the just 2006 collections to truly utilize the cookie-cutter formula, it is a concept that would become prominent in the brand'southward collections throughout most of 2007 and Spring 2008. The Forever Diamondz collection originally had a much different concept, with each of the characters coming with dissimilar fashions fitting the Diamondz theme. The dolls' original outfits can be seen in the sizzle reel for the drove's original name, "Bratz Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz", which was uploaded before this year past alexbabs12345.

The dolls did not end with the principal collection! Each of the five principal characters were released as Funky Mode Makeover styling torsos, with Sharidan having an additional FFM release with boosted "4you" jewelry and a shawl. One of the more sought-after dolls in the Forever Diamondz line comes in the form of a subline subtitled "Fashion Pattern Set". The core iii dolls of the Forever Diamondz Fashion Design Set collection—Fianna, Katia, and Vinessa—each come with peplum tops in different colors schemes and a pair of jeans with false-diamante accents on the hems, along with a second outfit featuring a patently t-shirt similar to those released with the primary dolls and a denim mini skirt. Each Fashion Design Fix doll as well comes with a bag fabricated of the same fabric as the peplum tops and sticker sheets to decorate the habiliment with. Just like the main dolls, the Fashion Pattern Gear up dolls come up with an boosted pair of bare feet. Yasmin and Cloe were also included in the Manner Design Set line every bit part of ii-pack Sam's Club exclusives with Babyz counterparts. Way Design Fix Cloe comes with Katia'due south offset and second outfits, while Yasmin is practically a clone of Fianna but with chocolate-brown eyes and an added beauty mark. Another Yasmin, a recycled Wild Life Safari Yasmin wearing Katia's first outfit, was released as an sectional to U.K. retailer Tesco; this doll did not have an boosted outfit or sticker sheets, but rather "4you" jewelry pieces that could be worn by the consumer.

Post-obit in the steps of Rock Angelz and Genie Magic, the Forever Diamondz collection extended into the brand'southward spinoffs. Equally mentioned previously, the Sam's Lodge sectional Fashion Blueprint Set Cloe and Yasmin were packaged with Babyz counterparts. The Babyz Forever Diamondz Cloe and Yasmin dolls wear scaled-downward replicas of the main Forever Diamondz Cloe and Yasmin dolls. An additional Babyz Forever Diamondz Cloe was released, which was a recycled Babyz Hair Flair Cloe wearing a scaled-down Forever Diamondz Cloe outfit and came with a mini DVD featuring sneak peeks of the Bratz Babyz The Flick and Bratz Passion 4 Mode Diamondz films. The single-release Babyz Forever Diamondz Cloe is a doll I admire because she was one of the start Bratz dolls my mother bought me right earlier Christmas 2006 considering she was more affordable than the others; my aunt would eventually purchase me Forever Diamondz Sharidan that Christmas, making these dolls super cornball for me. I would play the mini sneak peek DVD on a loop considering I had non owned whatsoever Bratz movies on DVD at that indicate. Alongside the single-release Babyz Cloe, a Big Babyz Forever Diamondz Sharidan was released with a sneak peek DVD and scaled-up replica of Forever Diamondz Sharidan'due south outfit. Two versions of Big Babyz Forever Diamondz Sharidan be; one with the shawl and DVD, and one without either. A Babyz Forever Diamondz fashion pack featuring a scaled-downwards replica of Forever Diamondz Sasha's outfit was released in 2007. Forth with the Babyz Forever Diamondz dolls were the Kidz Forever Diamondz dolls, likewise featuring Cloe and Yasmin in scaled-down versions of their main line counterpart's fashions. The Bratz Kidz line was introduced in Autumn 2006, making the Forever Diamondz line ane of their commencement lines that season aside from their introductory drove. The Kidz Forever Diamondz dolls too come with second outfits reminiscent of the second outfits included with the Fashion Design Gear up dolls, forth with a piece of jewelry in the same vein as the main collection.

Bratz Forever Diamondz Rollin' Runway Commercial

Forever Diamondz was one of the commencement flagship collections to include every bit many dolls as it did, which left room for a lot of playsets to exist added to the lineup. Some of the main collection dolls came packaged in a 3-in-one Jewelry Pack that included a doll, a pack of 4you jewelry, and a themed jewelry box. Similarly, a Fashion Design Kit including five plain t-shirts, jewels, glitter, applicators, and storage box reminiscent of Sharidan's kit from the Passion 4 Manner Diamondz film was released; I was lucky enough to buy this set for ane dollar off eBay a few years agone, and it has since become a sought-afterward set for some Bratz collectors. Some of the Forever Diamondz playsets were but recolored versions of older playsets, like the Bout Bus, Limo, and Aeroplane. Two of the playsets featured in the Forever Diamondz collection, the RC Classic FM Cruiser and Way Testify On The Become/Rollin' Rail, served as integral components of the Passion 4 Style Diamondz pic. The Cruiser is modeled afterwards the machine that Sharidan'south mother loans the girlz when their truck gets stolen, and the Rollin' Runway fix is the primary truck that the girlz bulldoze across the country that doubles as a runway stage for on-the-go way shows. The Rollin' Rail set would proceed to bring together other iconic Bratz playsets similar the Flashback Fever Retro-Ride Van, Stylin' Salon 'N' Spa, and Stone Angelz Party Plane to be reproduced with new colour schemes flavour subsequently season. The Rollin' Track is a personal favorite playset of mine that I finally purchased off Facebook Marketplace earlier this yr; it plays a snippet of the Bratz vocal "You've Got Information technology" and has options to plug in an MP3 player or apply an FM radio to play songs! Mine is currently on brandish with all of my Forever Diamondz dolls walkin' the rails on it.

THE Moving picture

Something that will always confuse me, and probably other Bratz fans, is that the movie tie-in to Forever Diamondz is titled Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz. Maybe the championship was Passion 4 Way Diamondz because that was the original name of the collection, or perhaps considering it was the fourth Bratz flick featuring the girlz as teens so at that place was an emphasis on the 4. Titles bated, Bratz Passion 4 Mode Diamondz probably ranks as ane of the nigh talked-about Bratz movies from its drama to the memes it has inspired. In my stance, it is i of the best Bratz films for many reasons, including its plot that sees the Bratz (and their competitors at Your Thing Magazine) leaving Stilesville to go on a cross-country road trip to seek out America's next teen fashion designer as part of the reality contest series America Rocks Fashion. Throughout the film, the Bratz run into mishaps and hazard as they deal with the theatrics put on by goggle box host Byron Powell and the conniving acts done by villainous contestant Mandy Pickett. Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz is the last Bratz film to be distributed past 20th Century Play tricks and features the all-star voice cast from Rock Angelz, Genie Magic, and the first season of the Bratz television series. The cast is comprised of primary players Tia Mowry (Sasha), Dionne Quan (Yasmin), Olivia Hack (Cloe), Soleil Moon Frye (Jade), Lacey Chabert (Kaycee), Kaley Cuoco (Kirstee), and Wendie Malick (Burdine), who are joined by Cree Summer (who previously played Aloncé in the Bratz television serial and Zell in Genie Magic) as Mandy and Jessica DiCicco (who previously played Roxxi and Fianna in the Rock Angelz picture and video game and the Bratz television series) every bit Sharidan. The motion-picture show was released on DVD on September 26, 2006 and was shown on Nickelodeon in the United States, though I am unsure if information technology premiered on the network or was shown after its DVD release.

Bratz Passion four Fashion Diamondz Promotional Trailer

Something I bask nigh Passion 4 Fashion Diamondz is that information technology takes the Bratz out of Stilesville while remaining true to the origin story established in Rock Angelz. The films following Passion 4 Manner Diamondz brand no mention of Bratz Magazine or any of the universe established in the earlier films or television serial, aside from the city of Stilesville and some characters of form. Interestingly enough, this is also the terminal film to characteristic Byron and Burdine as main characters; later on this, the Tweevils simply appear in Girlz Really Rock and the characters from Your Matter Magazine only remain integral to the idiot box series and some of the video games. Perhaps the shift from how often these characters appeared in future media was a blessing in disguise as it allowed the brand'southward futurity films to explore other locations and characters, merely we tin get into that in hereafter anniversaries! I recall Passion four Fashion Diamondz having a stiff marketing endeavour when I was a kid. 1 memory I vaguely retrieve is being in unproblematic school and bookmarks promoting the film existence given out in the library; in that location was also a bookmark for a different moving picture targeted toward a male demographic too, which is likely what I ended upward with as the school was strict with keeping everything gendered at the time. I can find no information on this bookmark despite my several attempts to search for it over the years, so it may but remain as one of those obscure Bratz items that will remain "lost" indefinitely.

Bratz - Diamondz (from the "Limited Edition" version of the Forever Diamondz album)

THE Album

The Forever Diamondz album is, hands down, one of the best Bratz albums to exist. Rock Angelz came in strong as a major musical endeavor from a toy brand, with Genie Magic existence a great follow-up composed mostly of leftover songs from its predecessor and tracks from the television series. Forever Diamondz, all the same, has a fresh sound from start to terminate (bated from "My Mental attitude", only it all the same fits in pretty well). Just like Rock Angelz and Genie Magic, Forever Diamondz was headed by hitmaker Matthew Gerrard. Featuring vocals from Lauren Evans and Elizabeth Ashley Saunig, Forever Diamondz features 14 main tracks: "Ooooh Fashion" (an absolute banger and cover/reimagining of David Bowie's 1980 song "Mode"), "Wazz Up", "Continue It Upwards", "What's Goin' On", "All-time Friends", "My Attitude", "Express Yourself", "You've Got It", "Simply Having Some Fun", "Let Go", "Hang On", "Forever Diamondz", "Beautiful" (a encompass of Christina Aguilera'southward 2002 song of the same proper noun), and "Que Tal". A special edition version of the album features bonus tracks "Unwritten" (a embrace of Natasha Bedingfield's 2004 song of the aforementioned proper name) and "Diamond Girls". More than recently, a limited edition version of the album was uncovered featuring bonus tracks "Hollaback Girl" (a comprehend of Gwen Stefani'south 2004 song of the aforementioned name) and "Diamondz" (which has get incredibly popular since this version of the album was discovered). A collector's edition of the album came packaged with an exclusive bangle featuring a Bratz logo and musical note charms. Forever Diamondz would keep to nautical chart at #6 on the Billboard Kid Albums Chart and is often regarded as one of the brand's all-time albums to date.

THE VIDEO GAME

Following up the Stone Angelz video game is Forever Diamondz, which takes many of the elements established in the one-time while expanding on its universe. The Forever Diamondz video game allows players to play as each of the core 4 Bratz girls every bit they complete tasks for three issues of Bratz Magazine, shop the hottest habiliment collections, and travel around the globe in search of a hot young fashion designer. The video game follows some elements of the movie, merely differs greatly the same mode that Rock Angelz does in order to fit a gameplay narrative. New locations added in Forever Diamondz are Miami and New York Urban center, and the game features appearances from other Bratz characters like Roxxi, Fianna, Phoebe, Siernna, Vinessa, Katia, Kumi, Cameron, Dylan, Eitan, Koby, Cade, and Bryce. I finally had the chance to play Forever Diamondz earlier last yr when I set my erstwhile GameCube console after nearly xv years. I admittedly love the Forever Diamondz game and the other Bratz games that follow the aforementioned format. Getting to explore Stilesville and live a virtual Bratz lifestyle is so much fun, which is probably why the Bratz games continue to receive and so much praise. Bratz fans have gotten a taste of new game content with the release of Total Fashion Makeover back in Apr of this year, but nothing hits quite the same as the original games. Not to mention, many of the GameCube and PS2 versions came with bonus fashion packs (which can exist seen here) while some PS2 versions came with a bonus Bratz-themed Top Trumps card. Bratz fans actually had information technology all dorsum in 2006!

THE LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS

Bratz Forever Diamondz on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter in June 2006.

Bratz Forever Diamondz on the encompass of The Hollywood Reporter in June 2006.

Every flagship Bratz collection has a myriad of lifestyle products to accompany it and Forever Diamondz was no exception. The Forever Diamondz drove was supported by dress, cosmetics, home decor, electronics, books, magazines, sports equipment, and school supplies. Forever Diamondz marked the introduction of the brand'southward "4you" line, which included costume pieces that replicated the doll's clothing and accessories. Everyone could live their Forever Diamondz fantasy in 2006 with the amount of lifestyle products MGA produced to support the line, further proving the make's ability as a lifestyle brand.

IN RETROSPECT...

Forever Diamondz is one of the most important flagship collections in the Bratz brand. Though it is criticized for kickstarting the era of cookie-cutter fashions in the brand's doll lines and often referred to as a bottom version of competitor My Scene's "My Bling Bling" line, it continues to be celebrated in and out of the Bratz community because, despite the criticism, information technology still produced a strong collection of dolls and necktie-ins. Lest we forget, Forever Diamondz was one of the peaks of the brand as Bratz became the number-one fashion doll by the 4th quarter of 2006. Iconic! Non only that, merely I am certain this drove holds a lot of nostalgia for both diehard and coincidental Bratz fans. This drove reminds me of a big shift in my life equally my female parent and I moved to a new urban center, and I had a difficult fourth dimension adjusting to going to a new school and making friends. Having Babyz Forever Diamondz Cloe as 1 of my first Bratz dolls reminds me of a time where I was lonely and sought out my dolls as a grade of escapism from everything I was dealing with at the time. Passion iv Way Diamondz is also one of my comfort movies and I cannot even begin to explain the chills I become every fourth dimension I heed to "Allow Go".

Thank yous to Melissa Boock for designing the Forever Diamondz range! Your work has lived in the hearts of Bratz fans for 15 years now and nosotros cannot give thanks yous plenty for providing united states with Forever Diamondz.

If yous are interested in learning about all of the Forever Diamondz products and media mentioned in this retrospective, cheque out the Bratz 2006, Bratz Babyz 2006 Dolls, Bratz Babyz 2007 Fashion Packs, and Bratz Kidz 2006 Dolls database pages, likewise as the Forever Diamondz pages in the Media Profiles section of Stilesville Key!

Thank you so much for reading this retrospective of the Forever Diamondz line! Make sure to check out Lookin' Bratz on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok and stay tuned for more Forever Diamondz content throughout the calendar week!

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P.S. I will be updating the Database soon with hundreds of new products! I have been incredibly busy over the past few months, just I promise I will become to piece of work on it soon. Stay tuned!