Xavier roberts introduced the world to his little people or cabbage patch kids in 1976 in new york and sold the rights to a major toy manufacturing company in 1982. Wicked cool toys, a jazwares company, was founded in 2012 to make playtime the most fun ever. Cabbage patch kids werent actually born in a field of vegetables, but out of the entrepreneurial mind of a 21yearold art student, xavier roberts, in helen, georgia. Coleco contracted with a number of factories to make the dolls. These cabbage patch dolls from 1984 in an original box have a price guide value in the range of 175. Most of the cloth bodies and clothes were made across the border in mainland china. The top countries of suppliers are vietnam, china, and taiwan, china, from which the percentage of cabbage patch dolls supply is 5%, 33%, and 16% respectively. The weird, rabid history of the cabbage patch craze timeline. Coleco manufactured the dolls during their first few years. Boys, girls, and collectors can enjoy these pre1990 cabbage patch kids. He changed the name to cabbage patch kids, based on the childhood fable that new. The cabbage patch kids toys go on record as the most successful new doll. Although each cabbage patch kid is inscribed with the name xavier roberts, the doll manufacturers have released a variety of individual names for both boy and girl dolls, including abigail london, annie jane, aurora hazel, alex aaron, andrew max and benjamin aiden.
Shop for cabbage patch doll clothes here and you can also find american girl doll clothes, barbie clothes, and so much more. Buy cabbage patch kids 14 kids brunette hairblue eye girl doll in glitz fashion. They experienced popularity in the 1980s, and original cabbage patch dolls made before 1990 are considered vintage. The cabbage patch kids toys go on record as the most successful new doll introduction in the history of the toy industry. In 1982, roberts and his friends were unable to keep up with the orders and thus signed a contract with coleco, a toy manufacturer, which could massproduce the dollswhich were now to have plastic heads and be called cabbage patch kids. Though xavier roberts was the creator of the cabbage patch kids brand, many of the brands defining characteristics such as the dolls overly round faces and that they came with an adoption certificate were taken from martha nelson thomas, an american folk artist from kentucky. Cabbage patch kids was a staple to the american childhood during the.
Girls and their favorite dolls can be ready for any adventure. Vintage cabbage patch dolls pre1990 for sale in stock. Each doll in the new collection comes with a unique oneofakind name, birth date, birth certificate and adoption paper from babyland general hospital. Your old cabbage patch doll could be worth thousands of dollars. There are 36 suppliers who sells cabbage patch dolls on, mainly located in asia. Cabbage patch kids shop for cabbage patch kids online. Wholesale cabbage patch kids collectible cuties friends. The manufacturer ownership passed from coleco to hasbro and officially landed with mattel where new versions of the doll were bornsome a bit more dangerous than others. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as. Original cabbage patch dolls are still sought today by. Cabbage patch kids 14 kids brunette hairblue eye girl. Over the years, a number of companies have manufactured cabbage patch kids. The cabbage patch dolls also known widely as cabbage patch kids were created by xavier roberts. More information on identifying the old 1980s cabbage patch dolls.
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Before roberts became involved in the toy industry, thomas had created and marketed her own line of dolls, called doll babies, which she sold at local arts and craft shows and markets. He began to produce the dolls through his babyland general hospital in cleveland, georgia in 1979. The doll was in such rabid demand that shoppers camped overnight at toy stores, stormed displays, and mobbed parking lots. Met with much fanfare at the international toy fair in new york, the cabbage patch kids were featured on newsweek and mass production of them shortly began after their large debut. By the end of the year almost 3 million of the cabbage patch kids toys have been adopted but demand has not been met. These baby dolls have soft bodies and sculpted heads, resembling the iconic cabbage patch cutie feel and look. Such was the epic cabbage patch kids craze of 1983. The baby so real baby doll features expressive eyes and more than 60 baby sounds and phrases. How to know whether a cabbage patch kid is a first edition. The name change to cabbage patch kids was made in 1982 when xaviers company, original appalachian artworks, began to license a smaller version of the. Since 1978 authentic cabbage patch kids and little people created by xavier roberts, cuties, adoptimals, and other cabbage patch toys and gifts are available at. With the deal reached between roberts and toy manufacturer coleco, 1983 was when the cabbage patch kids really began to take off. The horrors of cannibal cabbage patch kids ripleys. Every doll also came with a signature on its rear end that of xavier roberts, the manufacturer and supposed creator of the cabbage patch kids.
By fall 2015, wicked cool toys will debut its line of new cabbage patch kids products, including 14inch dolls featuring eight different fun fashion themes. More information on identifying the old 1980s cabbage. Met with much fanfare at the international toy fair in new york, the cabbage patch kids were featured on newsweek and mass production of. The manufacturer should have packaged the doll better to not bring down value of a cabbage patch doll. However, in 1982, coleco took over production and began creating 16inch dolls with vinyl heads and soft bodies. While the coleco company produced the dolls between their primitive years, 1982 until 1988, the craze of the cabbage patch began to decline and in 1994, many years after coleco filed for bankruptcy, mattel began producing cabbage patch kids. She has the original birth certificate and is manufactured by coleco.
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