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From hand-painted prototypes to rare limited editions, here are 10 Cabbage Patch dolls that continue to soar in popularity. 1. 1983 Beatrice Cicely Doll With Adoption Papers Etsy
1983, December: A photo of a Cabbage Patch Kid in the arms of a little girl was the cover of Newsweek magazine and the subject of jokes on Johnny Carson regularly. 1984: Sales for Cabbage Patch Kids branded products, from toys to children's apparel, set a children's merchandising record setting of $2 billion.
Babyland General Hospital is the fictional "birthplace" of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls located in Cleveland, Georgia. Xavier Roberts converted a former clinic into a retail facility for the sale of his dolls, originally called "Little People." It is presented as a birthing, nursery, and adoption center for premium Cabbage Patch Kids.
Roberts created his own version in 1978, and in 1982 he licensed the dolls to Coleco for mass-production under the name Cabbage Patch Kids. Roberts travelled from state to state in the southeastern United States attending craft fairs and folk art exhibitions where he sold these Chinese-crafted dolls.
Billion Dollar Babies executive producer Dan Goodman draws a direct line from the Cabbage Patch Kids craze to future Black Friday mob scenes. "I think there's no denying the fact that it had a ...
Cabbage Patch Kids. ... When the soft-sculpture dolls went national in the early '80s, people couldn't "adopt" enough of these for around $30. As with many youth-oriented collectibles, condition ...