An RB fan on Facebook has told me that the new RB dolls are being sold in Mexico (with Spanish text on the box), but are listed as distributed by Mattel!! I wonder how on earth that happened? I'm hoping to get some pictures from him soon and will share them here if I do. I guess now we know why RainbowBrite.com added a Spanish feature.

.
I've seen Gen 4 dolls for sale on ebay Brazil a month or two ago. Then again, they speak Portuguese there and not Spanish. No idea how they got there or who is behind them.

I wonder if Mattel is continuing with the line there or they are just for distribution by Mattel in Mexico? That's weird.

Cool. My sister lives in Mexico City, I will have her check too.

.
I really hope she can find out what's going on with this.

Me too cause if there are going to be new dolls there I need to make a friend fast, lol.

Are these the same dolls that were released by Playmates or entirely new dolls based on the new character designs?

Wardah wrote:Are these the same dolls that were released by Playmates or entirely new dolls based on the new character designs?

The same dolls as far as I know.

I asked Toyguru (mattel rep) about this yesterday and today his response was

"Mattel does not currently hold the license for Rainbow Brite."

:-( so... i'm not sure what this fan is seeing in mexico but they must be confused.

Here's a photo of the packaging with Spanish text on it. The close ups are too fuzzy to tell whether it says anything about Mattel or not, but so far I can't see it.