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Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImageSince their debut in the early ’80s, Cabbage Patch Kids have captured the hearts of millions of children and collectors across the globe. Thanks to their creative ...
Cabbage Patch Kids drew serious shoppers at Christmas 1983. (Andy Hosie/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images) ... Roberts had come across Thomas's dolls at a craft fair and wanted to sell them in ...
Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982. They were inspired by the Little People soft sculptured dolls sold by Xavier Roberts as collectibles. The brand was renamed 'Cabbage Patch Kids' by Roger L. Schlaifer when he acquired the exclusive worldwide licensing rights in 1982. [1]
Thomas briefly let him sell her Doll Babies, but stopped. Thomas sued Roberts and won an undisclosed amount after the case was settled out of court. Roberts created his own version in 1978, and in 1982 he licensed the dolls to Coleco for mass-production under the name Cabbage Patch Kids.
Here's a look at the front page of the Asbury Park Press from 41 years ago.
Cabbage Patch Kids at this time sold for $30 to $150; Thomas's Doll Babies supplies cost about $16 total. [5] After the court case Martha continued to create art throughout her life. Some of her projects included making toys based on her children's drawings and making toys using socks. Martha and her family sold these creations at local craft ...
If you’re an ‘80s baby, either you were obsessed with Cabbage Patch Kids or you never understood the hype. The dolls were huge in the early ‘80s, and for...
In May 2002, 4Kids Entertainment launched a home video division called 4Kids Entertainment Home Video and appointed FUNimation Productions as the exclusive distributor for their Yu-Gi-Oh!, Cubix, Cabbage Patch Kids and Tama and Friends properties. [41] By 2002, 4Kids got $140 million in Pokémon revenue. [42] [43]