This was possible by creating dolls with different colored eyes and hair. The coleco produced a number of specialty lines of the dolls during their peak time and it is these limited edition style cpks that often fetch the highest prices at auction. These cabbage patch kids come with a special key that unlocks the heart locket of a cpk adoptimal pet. Hasbro took over the rights to produce cabbage patch dolls in 1988 after coleco filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy,8 and continued to make the dolls with various gimmicks, including dolls that. Vintage designer line cabbage patch kid boy ellery coleridge. Cabbage patch kids twins doll set coleco 1985 limited edition.
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While the original little people by xavier were handcrafted, later in 1982 coleco purchased the rights to start producing very similar dolls under the name cabbage patch kids. Vintage cabbage patch kids girl doll, brown hair, brown eyes, not in box. Identifing the old coleco and hasbro cabbage patch dolls. While some cabbage patch kids are baldies, most cpks have yarn hair.
Cabbage patch kids, originally known as little people, became a popular toy in the early 1970s. I am an individual doll collector, doctor and artist specializing in cabbage patch kid repairs, restores, and reroots. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as. How to know whether a cabbage patch kid is a first edition. They were a huge success and have continued to remain popular throughout the years.
It became a highly successful toy company in the 1980s, known for its massproduced version of cabbage patch kids dolls and its video game consoles, the coleco telstar dedicated consoles and colecovision. 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. I am an individual doll collector, doctor and artist. Common types are the bubble n bath and drink n wet newborns. Chapter 11 for coleco, of cabbage patch fame chicago. Most of the cloth bodies and clothes were made across the border in mainland china. Maybe you adopted one of your own as a child or were among the parents who spent hours in line trying to buy. You are buying a designer line cabbage patch kids doll. It is a limited edition set of dolls, all original, hardly played with great shape original clothes and pacifier, no paperwork but original huge box with some wear, of the popular coleco doll line,cabbage patch kidsthese twins. Nov 23, 2019 rumors swirled about new shipments and arrivals of batches of the moonfaced dolls. The weird, rabid history of the cabbage patch craze timeline.
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In later years, coleco introduced variants on the original cabbage patch kids, and derivatives of the original line of dolls. Vintage cabbage patch dolls pre1990 cabbage patch kids, known as cpks for short, are a line of softbodied dolls that are just waiting to be adopted. The cabbage patch kids were made at a rate of 100,000 dolls a week at hong kongs kader industries. Shoppers shoved and grabbed, all to get hold of a cabbage patch kids doll. The collection includes three xavier roberts soft sculpture dolls. The original soft handmade dolls called little people created by xavier roberts under the original appalachian artworks label ran from the late 1970s and took on the cabbage patch kid name from the early to mid 1980s.
Dolls free delivery possible on eligible purchases. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as needle molding. Unfollow cabbage patch dolls to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. In 1985, coleco came out with the cabbage patch doll. Coleco kids were mainly sold in the united states and canada, so the cabbage patch kids sold in other countries are considered foreign to us collectors. Some of the more popular doll lines to come out under the cabbage patch kids name included the birthday kids, splash n tan kids, and pretty crimp and curl. Vintage 1980s cabbage patch kid doll, paci face girl, wheat loops blue eyes 1985. Coleco wound up filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1988, and hasbro assumed the rights for making cabbage patch dolls. Cabbage patch kids wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. A number of different cabbage patch dolls exist, including the following. Aug 23, 1986 the new manhattan showroom of coleco industries is a world of fantasylike settings and cheery background music, populated by those fabulously successful cabbage patch kids and such recent. If youre looking for colourful and cheerful collectable dolls, then these are for you. Aug 20, 2014 the history channel cabbage patch kids 1980s christmas toys duration. The holiday toy craze of 1983 inspired a line of counterfeit kids that were.
Cabbage patch kids have been produced with black, brown, light brown 3, blond 4, red, and orange hair. However, in 1982, coleco took over production and began creating 16inch dolls with vinyl heads and soft bodies. Kids were 1618 inches tall depending on the factory. Roberts finally licensed the doll to toy manufacturer coleco in 1982.
By 1999, 95 million cabbage patch dolls had been sold around the globe. Cabbage patch kids were born in 1978 and were based on a fictional story. In 1982, coleco bought the rights to mass market the dolls and. Original cabbage patch kids 1983 cpk collection dolls toys. The 1980s version of cabbage patch dolls were dolls that each had an individual look and name, so no two dolls were the same.
Not surprisingly, there is a wider variation among hairstyles in the girl dolls than in the boys. Dec 16, 2018 hasbro took over the rights to produce cabbage patch dolls in 1988 after coleco filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy,8 and continued to make the dolls with various gimmicks, including dolls that. Cabbage patch kids vintage collectors edition 35th anniversary doll target. The real xavier roberts, who invented the cabbage patch kids dolls, had no trouble adopting out his dolls in 1983, for real kids around the country vied to be one of the few whose parents were able to buy them one. It seemed that every mom and dad in the united states spent frantic days searching for cabbage patch kids to put under the christmas tree.
Parents stood in long lines outside store doors trying to find one of the promised dolls for their childs christmas present. Check out our web site for more details on real life baby dolls. Price guide dianas patch custom cabbage patch kids and. Roberts converted an old clinic into a hospital from which to sell his dolls, originally called little people. The year there were no cabbage patch dolls duration. It is a limited edition set of dolls, all original, hardly played with great shape original clothes and pacifier, no paperwork but original huge box with some wear, of the popular coleco doll line, cabbage patch kidsthese twins are twice as nice a boy and a girl. The dolls were still bestsellers, but in six years, hasbro never. Coleco aa preemies had brown tufts and caucasian preemies had tan or yellow tufts. Vintage cabbage patch kids that are worth a fortune antiques. Although the short supply was initially cursed by many parents, coleco went. I am not affiliated with original appalachian artworks, jakks pacific, xavier roberts, babyland general hospital, playalong, coleco, mattel, hasbro or cabbage patch kids. The value of an individual doll depends on popularity, date of manufacture, and number of dolls currently available for sale.
Such was the epic cabbage patch kids craze of 1983. Vintage cabbage patch kids that are worth a fortune. 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. This particular set of cabbage patch kids was inspired by mark twains adventures of tom sawyer. Price guide dianas patch custom cabbage patch kids. In 1982, coleco bought the rights to mass market the dolls and cabbage patch kids came to define the word fad in the 1980s. In 1984, coleco added cabbage patch preemies and koosas to their line, and sold approximatley 20 million dolls over the course of the year. Worlds away from the beauty of antique porcelain dolls, cabbage patch dolls have a friendly, kidfromnext door appearance. They have soft bodies and feature adorable faces that children find hard to resist. Manufactured by coleco 80s and later hasbro, mattel, toys r us. Cabbage patch kids baby doll readhead, green eyes 1988 coleco. Collector information, identification my cabbage patch kids.
Babyland general hospital is the birthplace of cabbage patch kids and is located in cleveland, georgia. Remember finding a cpk from a foreign factory does not guarantee rarity or high. Spain cabbage patch kids was in english, but all of the writing on the box and the adoption papers were in spanish. The history channel cabbage patch kids 1980s christmas toys duration.
During 1985, coleco produced special edition kids such as twins, world travelers, and. Mar 20, 2020 the real xavier roberts, who invented the cabbage patch kids dolls, had no trouble adopting out his dolls in 1983, for real kids around the country vied to be one of the few whose parents were able to buy them one. Details about cabbage patch kids bunny fur slippers shoes white. They are a bit harder to find and very sought after by us collectors. Vintage cabbage patch dolls for sale in stock ebay. The company changed the name from little people to cabbage patch kids and went on to sell millions of the dolls.
The real history of cabbage patch kids dolls had little to do with bunnybees. Cabbage patch dolls in the pre1990 group are split into two phases. These three dolls have been designed to mimic the descriptions of tom sawyer, huckleberry finn, and becky thatcher. As the years went by, various lines of dolls were produced, including corn silk dolls with silky hair instead of yarn hair, special dolls like birthday cabbage patch dolls, dolls you could swim with and dolls with hair. However, if your doll sports the appropriate brand for its body type, then you can be assured that your cabbage patch kid is authentic. Babyland general hospital in cleveland, ga is the birthplace of the cabbage patch dolls. They rolled out various new lines, dolls for younger kids, and smaller dolls.
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