
In this handout image provided by Topps, a “Garbage Pail Kids” card is shown in New York City.
#Make your own cabbage patch birth certificate Patch#
They’re still coming out of the patch today
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Meanwhile, a set of twins from Roberts’ “Little People” range fetched $3,500! Don’t forget the all-important certificate. But in the 21st century, the value has skyrocketed due to their nostalgic collectability.įor example, Medium refers to a kimono-clad Tsukuda Japan version from 1985. People may have battled for Cabbage Patch Kids back in the day. Something that companies and consumers probably didn’t foresee was the future market. ThoughtConotes that “Different head molds, eye shapes and colors, hairstyles and colors, and clothing options did make each one look different than the other.” 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.
