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Cabbage Patch Kids are a
brand of doll created by Xavier Roberts. First introduced as "Little
People", the original dolls were all cloth and were available at local
craft shows, and later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland,
Georgia.
The dolls attracted the attention of toy manufacturer Coleco, who began
mass
producing them for the public in 1983. The Coleco Cabbage Patch Kids had
large, round vinyl heads and soft fabric bodies, and were produced from
1983-1989. After Coleco's licensed expired, the Cabbage Patch Kids were
later mass produced by other companies, including Hasbro, Mattel, Toys R
Us, and currently Play Along.
The gimmicks of the dolls are their uniqueness and the fact that they
were adoptable. No two were exactly alike; each doll had a different eye
color, facial features, hair, and/or outfit. In the mass-produced dolls,
subtle differences were introduced with a computer for each run. Each
comes with a unique birth certificate signed by their creator, Xavier
Roberts.
At the peak of their popularity, the dolls were a must-have toy for
Christmas. Parents across the United States flocked to stores to try to
obtain one of the Cabbage Patch Kids for their children, with fights
occasionally erupting between parents over the hard-to-find dolls. In
later years, Coleco introduced variants on the original Cabbage Patch
Kids, and derivatives of the original line of dolls continued to be
marketed.
Although the Cabbage Patch Kids fad has largely passed, there remain a
significant number of die-hard collectors.
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