Star Fairies

Star Fairies
Genre	Animation Drama Adventure
Written by	Mark Seidenberg Rich Fogel
Voices of	Drew Barrymore Billy Barty Michael Bell Holly Berger Susan Blu Marianne Chinn Didi Conn Jonathan Winters Frank Welker Jean Kasem Howard Morris Arte Johnson Ta-Tanisha B.J. Ward Jerry Houser Matthew Gotlieb Don Messick Michael Nouri Shavar Ross
Music by	Hoyt S. Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer	Mitch Schauer
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	Syndication
Release	October 1985

Star Fairies was a doll toy series of the 1980s made by the Tonka company. The dolls had different costumes and personalities. Star Fairies was adapted into a televised cartoon movie, made by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1985.

TV movie

The movie is about a princess star fairy named Sparkle who lives up in the clouds in Castle WishStar. Sparkle's job is to grant wishes to children who wish upon a star, but lately she has been overwhelmed by the increasing number of wishes being made. So she asks for help and receives not one, but five new star fairy helpers named: True Love, Whisper, Jazz, Spice, and Nightsong. As the story goes on, fairies meet a little girl named Hillary (Drew Barrymore), who is upset but cannot think of a wish to make her happy. Hillary and other star fairies then seek help from Princess Sparkle. When Hillary and the Star Fairies return to Castle WishStar, they discover Princess Sparkle's Wand has been stolen by a group of short, hairy elves, who have also made off with the WishingWell. This sends them on a journey to recover the wand.

Tonka Toys, Star Fairy Dolls

In the early 1980's Tonka Toy's manufactured an unusual line of dolls called the Star Fairies the series consisted of six dolls. All dolls were marked on the back of their heads Hornby (c) 1983. They stood about 6 1/2" tall. They had swivel heads; fully moveable arms/legs with a twist waist, the legs were also bendable. They had adorable pointed elfish ears and pixie faces. Each fairy came with her own purple brush, a silver star wand and a white base (so each could stand upright). The wings were made of a fabric and placed over a flexible plastic white cut-out frame. These fairies were said to make your wishes come true;

Princess Sparkle- was a blonde with blue eyes. She wore a pale pink gown, silver crown and had pale pink wings. [[1]][[2]]

Whisper- had dark brown hair with brown eyes. She wore a lovely lavender gown and had matching lavender wings. [[3]] [[4]]

Spice- had lovely dark red hair with green eyes. She wore a short golden yellow dress and had dark yellow wings. [[5]] [[6]]

True Love- had platinum blonde hair with brown eyes. She wore a short white dress with magenta and pale blue wings. [[7]] [[8]]

Night Song- had straight dark brown hair with brown eyes and a lovely brown flesh tone. She wore a pale blue and white dress with matching blue wings. [[9]] [[10]]

Jazz- had straight blonde hair with blue eyes. She had an interesting pink and wine outfit with harem-like sheer pants with matching wine and pink wings. [[11]] [[12]]

A special deluxe edition Royal Princess Sparkle was made too. She had special holographic wings encased in plastic and came with a special star wand thatwould allow you to look thru it to see the lovely multi-rainbow colors trapped in her wings. This version of the Princess Sparkle had a more elaborately designed outfit in purple, white and silver. Her crown also was different from the one on the standard version doll. She also came with a brush and white base. [[13]]

Some of the other accessories that came with these dolls were;

Lavender the Magical Unicorn- this was a lovely lavender colored unicorn/pegasus with a silky white hair mane/tail and a pearly spiral horn. Like the fairies he had clip-on pale pink and lavender wings which attached to a bar located on his sides. Underneath the bar was a small protrusion so that a Star Fairy Coach could also be attached to this body so he could whisk the fairies away to the clouds and Castle Wish Star. Lavender came with his very own hair brush too, however, he was not marked. Only the inside of the coach had a number (34315)imprinted on it, the coach was a pale pink with a lavender interior and wheels and was highlighted with silver accents. He was sold and packaged in two versions, by himself [[14]] as well as paired with the coach [[15]].

There were also the Star Fairies Animal Friends these three animals were made of a soft PVC and covered with a soft flocking. They were especially designed so that the Star Fairies could sit on them. The most unique feature was their eyes, which had white "stars" on them. They were given special powers and helped the fairies with their wishful tasks [[16]];

Dipper- the playful little grey kitten had blue eyes. His bottom was stamped Tonka (c) Tonka Corp. 1985, made in Taiwan 807654. [[17]]

Lady- the elegant young light grey swan had grey eyes. Her bottom was stamped Tonka (c) Tonka Corp. 1985, made in Taiwan 807656. [[18]]

Jitter- the shy baby light beige bunny had orangey brown eyes. The bottom was stamped Tonka (c) Tonka Corp. 1985, made in Taiwan 807652.

There was the play center Castle Wish Star where the fairies lived and played together. Imbedded in the clouds, this lovely celestial lavender castle had a white stairway leading to two doors. On the inside was a special sleeping chamber, a throne for the Princess, a cloud bathtub complete with a privacy door and a place to hang the fairies extra clothing. There was also a merry-go-round (or May Pole) with purple ribbons, upon which three dolls could be placed and spun.[[19]][[20]]

External links

• Star Fairies at IMDb