Pulling Skeletons Out of My Childhood Closet

Published by admin under Pandemonium on February 16, 2010

I had the pleasure of receiving The Rainbow Brite Adventure Pack from Mom Select that was an interactive CD with games,puzzles, animated short, and their theme song. They even gave me a few copies that I passed out to a few friends to check out.

Rainbow Brite may have been a year or so before my birth, but I grew up watching reruns and even had several of the color kids’ dolls and plush sprites haha. I remember watching over and over the episodes and movies my mom had recorded on the TV for me. My initial reaction to the reboot of this beloved character from my childhood was that it’s not a cute and cuddly toddler anymore it’s a sexualized tween with an attitude. I was a bit disappointed and bothered by this. What was wrong with her in the first place? Nothing. Rainbow Brite was adored and loved by many just the way she was. A lot of companies these days have been pulling skeletons out of my childhood closet and dressing them up like something new, and by doing so I just feel like they are ruining it. I wish companies would be able to create new wholesome characters like the original Rainbow Brite that parents could feel at ease about introducing to their children. I was actually really looking forward to sharing this character with my girls, but was hesitant after checking out Halmark’s page for myself.

I did go ahead and share the activity CD with the girls, and we played some games and watched the little animated short together. It turned out the girls really liked it.

Maybe I’m just being an over protective mother. However I didn’t see anything wrong with the way Rainbow Brite looked before and saw no reason for the recent “updated” look. The character could have been easily rebooted without it; just my opinion.