Let's start some shit: Which is better, Holly Hobbie or Strawberry Shortcake? - ThreadSky

anthrodiva.bsky.social • 45 days ago

Let's start some shit:

Which is better, Holly Hobbie or Strawberry Shortcake?

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Holly Hobbie was on a lot of greeting cards when I was in high school & college, and was part of the Gunnie Sax aesthetic. I liked the watercolors, and would always prefer that to the cartoon style of Strawberry Shortcake, which came later.

crinoidsoup.bsky.social•45 days ago

All brought to us by Little House on the Prairie.

twinsetpat.bsky.social•44 days ago

Somehow I missed it completely. I never read the books, and was a teen when the television show was on (and thought it was for kids and grandparents).

crinoidsoup.bsky.social•44 days ago

I, um, wish I could have missed it. Had a mother who was a giant fan of Michael Landon. Lordt, I saw every episode...more than once😖

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

Yes! Very akin to Gunne Sax!

marspidermonkey.bsky.social•45 days ago

Strawberry! I loved her when I was little! I don’t even remember Holly…

jewbilee.bsky.social•44 days ago

Me either!

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

You might be slightly younger than me, so Strawberry would be in the ascendant

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

She's definitely more vibrant of the two!

niais.bsky.social•45 days ago

(my plastic strawberry shortcake that smelled like plastic strawberry is still burned into my mind)

manigarm.bsky.social•45 days ago

I can still smell the hair on Lemon Baby.....it haunts me....

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

I still know what Love's Baby Soft smells like, so I feel you

lyse.bsky.social•44 days ago

Omg - those creepy ads!!!

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

Oh I know that smell

jewbilee.bsky.social•44 days ago

Strawberry Shortcake!

librarianjenne.bsky.social•44 days ago

I'm a why not both? kinda gal (Strawberry gets an edge for being a redhead, but Holly has a nice bonnet.)

huber.bsky.social•44 days ago

People bought me lots of Strawberry Shortcake stuff because I was a redhead. I don’t think my family put any deeper thought into it.

bluelemon7.bsky.social•45 days ago

I missed Holly Hobbie but was way into Strawberry Shortcake and her calico cat. I loved Apple Dumpling especially. I think her sidekick was a turtle?

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

Pig I think (according to Wikipedia).

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

As a child they were fairly interchangeable for me, and I didn't have an opinion, but then I went to visit my dad for the summer and my mom decorated my room in INTENSE Strawberry Shortcake without my consent.

I think the cover finally died when I was about 26.

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

I literally just learned Holly Hobbie is an actual living human.

crickwooder.bsky.social•45 days ago

70s childhood, 80s teen, 90s college student. I had a Holly Hobbie lunchbox, Colorforms, doll, the whole shebang. I *think* this was mainly driven by my mom and aunt, though I read and reread this to pieces (I got it when I was home sick one day; it's permanently associated with ginger ale)

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

We are for sure the same generation

lorib.bsky.social•44 days ago

What?

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

Yup! That's the creator's actually last name. She's still alive!

scribblegurl.bsky.social•44 days ago

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

Low stakes fight for Friday night!

scribblegurl.bsky.social•44 days ago

Also, the correct answer is Holly.

niais.bsky.social•45 days ago

HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME CHOOSE.

manigarm.bsky.social•45 days ago

My parents bought me a ton of Holly Hobby. My grandmother bought me Strawberry Shortcake.

The women of my household were at war in 1983...

martinkoenigsberg.bsky.social•44 days ago

Wot about Polly Pockets? That was my daughter's jam...

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

Great question! The youngest of Gen X probably played with them, because they were introduced in 1983.

martinkoenigsberg.bsky.social•44 days ago

Ah. Thought they were older.

I'm a Boomer... GI Joe/Action Man... Then Green Army Men - then @Airfix ... then wargaming minis....

Just so you have another side to the equation...

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

I want to say I remember them being introduced, but I was likely babysitting the kids who had them.

My brother had GI Joe (dismembered and thrown down a toilet as an "experiment") and green army men (enormous base in backyard). I certainly had my Barbies, specifically Malibu Beach Barbie.

niais.bsky.social•45 days ago

I feel like Holly Hobby was of the 70s (I had a soft doll that's probably in my parents garage) - and Strawberry was the psychedelic early 80s. Because right after came RAINBOW BRITE.

manigarm.bsky.social•45 days ago

I LOVED RAINBOW BRITE OMG!

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

Those stockings kick ass

brewergnome.bsky.social•44 days ago

I used to have rainbow brite sheets as a kid. They were the coolest

robinofbroccoli.bsky.social•44 days ago

They made Rainbow’s boots and we wore them! 😍

galastronomer.bsky.social•43 days ago

I had a Holly Hobby soft doll. As well as Color forms!

I had a bunch of Strawberry Shortcake dolls, sheets, etc.

And Rainbow Brite herself and Starlight. 🌈

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

I just went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. Close! Holly was born 1968, and Strawberry in 1972. Both women illustrator, both freelance, both working for American Greeting Card Co.

scribblegurl.bsky.social•44 days ago

But bizarrely, Strawberry did not hit her heyday until the 80's.

anthrodiva.bsky.social•44 days ago

I'm impressed with the legs on these gals! They are still getting cartoons and even live action shows made!

niais.bsky.social•44 days ago

That is so cool! Thanks for looking. 💖

kelliedbrown1.bsky.social•45 days ago

I had the sort doll Holly Hobbie and the colorforms.

lorib.bsky.social•45 days ago

Me too!

anthrodiva.bsky.social•45 days ago

Hahaha!!! I'm evil

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