They had their own identities, with a manufacturing process to match. (Photo Credit: Bettmann/Corbis/Getty Images)Ī Cabbage Patch Kid was more than just something for children to play with. Take a leaf through the range of dollsĬhicago, IL-, The Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, rage of the doll market this holiday season, were the objects of near-riots at several department stores as hundreds of people, some waiting at the doors for hours, scrambled to. Timeline mentions a “testimony from two child psychologists” that was featured in publicity for the product.īabyLand General Hospital made sure the Kids were nurtured before being stacked in trucks and transported to stores. Each came with a certificate to give the impression of a special, once-in-a-lifetime deal. Yes, these dolls could be adopted, rather than purchased. The hook for young ones was the adoption process. A backstory was devised whereby he’d stumbled across the magical cabbage patch as a kid. Little did he suspect what would come when he began releasing fabric-based “Little People” while still an art student in the 1970s.Ī legal dispute with artist Martha Nelson Thomas, an associate of his who had originally produced some dolls, may have suggested turbulent times ahead.Ĭabbage Patch Kids, as licensed by Coleco from 1982, are Roberts’ design.
The creator of this storm was Xavier Roberts from Georgia. Sold Out Sign for Cabbage Patch Dolls (Photo Credit: Jacques M.
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