'80s kids remember their very first Cabbage Patch Kid.
over the dolls. I do remember that I wanted one — and didn't get one. I am sure my newly divorced mom made it clear to me that she was picking her battles and fighting for a doll was not one of them. The next year, for Christmas, I got a kit to make my own Cabbage Patch Kid . My semi-homemade doll had yellow yarn hair and green eyes, and I named her Olive. She was beloved, and the last doll I ever had as a child.
The craziest thing about Cabbage Patch Kids is that, to this day, each one is unique. When you see them lined up, they vary by hair, skin color, eye color, and outfit. Of course, this means that you mightand must learn to love whichever you receive. This is easier to understand for children because the dolls come with adoption papers — and the request to swear an oath of adoption. You are being asked to parent a unique doll, and that feels like quite a responsibility.
I went down a Google rabbit hole trying to figure out what a hassle it is, in the factory, to make each doll different. No one seems to be spilling details about that. From a glance at the , it looks like they sometimes just swap outfits and eye color. But still, that’s a lot of fussing that goes into keeping each doll one-of-a-kind.There have been Cabbage Patch Kids during every Christmas season since that fateful 1983 rush. But the, from Coleco to Hasbro to Mattel and so on to today’s owner of the license, Jazwares. The original dolls were 16 inches high.
Also, the dolls made in Georgia have a fleet of “nurses” who help introduce them to customers. Visitors can shop at
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