Record sales of over a million soon had the critics eating their hats. Their success opened up a previously neglected children's market for pop.
接連而出的「東方快車」、「滾石小子」、來自香港的「草蜢」，甚至開麗自己推出的小虎二軍﹘﹘「紅孩兒」，都是這種類型。