USPS stamp depicting the Cabbage Patch Kids craze of the 1980s.
The Cabbage Patch Kids were dolls produced from 1983_1989 by Coleco. They had large, round vinyl heads and soft fabric bodies.
The gimmick of the dolls was their uniqueness. No two were exactly alike; each doll had a different eye color, facial features, hair, and outfit. The subtle differences were introduced with a computer for each run. Each came with a unique birth certificate signed by their creator, Xavier Roberts.
They were the must-have toy one 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.
Cabbage Patch Kids were later parodied with the typically grotesque Garbage Pail Kidstrading cards. The parody led Roberts to sue Topps, the maker of Garbage Pail Kids, for trademark infringement. The parties eventually settled out of court, with Topps agreeing to redesign the cards so that the artwork would not resemble Cabbage Patch Kids so closely.
External links
Cabbage Patch Kids Official Site (http://www.mycpk.com/)
The dolls were a must-have toy for Christmas at the peak of their popularity.
Parents across the United States flocked to stores to try to obtain one of the CabbagePatch Kids for their children with fights occasionally erupting between parents over the hard-to-find dolls.
CabbagePatch Kids were later parodied with the typically grotesque Garbage Pail Kids trading cards.
They were the CabbagePatchDolls and they were the most wildly successful dolls of the 1980s.
C abbage PatchDolls were the brainchild of Xavier Roberts, a sculptor living in Georgia.
T he dolls were unable to sustain the long term popularity enjoyed by some other dolls through the years but in a short period of time became the biggest fad of the 1980s.
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