| In this series of articles on collectible
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| | production. The dolls that Roberts
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| dolls we're going to start by reviewing
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| | himself made were all cloth with cloth
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| one of the most famous collectible dolls
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| | sculptured faces. The dolls that were
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| of all time, the Cabbage Patch Kids.If
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| | made by the toy companies had cloth
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| you're old, or maybe even not that old,
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| | bodies but vinyl heads so that they would
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| you remember the Cabbage Patch Kids.
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| | stand up to more wear and tear. When
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| What you probably don't know is what
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| | Hasbro took over they started making all
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| happened to these once hot items that
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| | vinyl dolls but eventually when the dolls
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| have all but disappeared.The first
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| | were made again in 2004 they went back to
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| Cabbage Patch Kids were created by a man
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| | the cloth body and vinyl
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| by the name of Xavier Roberts. He began
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| | head..Unfortunately, after the initial
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| making his dolls through his very own
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| | craze and the mass marketing that
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| Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland,
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| | followed, Cabbage Patch Kid popularity
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| Georgia in the year 1979. His "sales"
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| | really fizzled after the 80s. There were
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| pitch was to display the dolls in kind of
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| | just too many out there and the novelty
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| a hospital like setting and putting up a
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| | was gone. Originally it was expected
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| sign saying that they were "up for
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| | that the value of these dolls would
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| adoption". He made these dolls look like
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| | someday reach astronomical proportions.
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| real babies. Needless to say, they were
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| | But the oversaturated market and the
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| an immediate hit and people couldn't get
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| | eventual easy access to these dolls have
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| enough of them. When Coleco toy company
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| | made them virtually worthless today,
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| saw what a hit they were, they bought the
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| | though some of the very early dolls can
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| rights to them from Roberts in 1982. In
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| | still bring in a nice price on Ebay.
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| 1988 when Coleco filed for bankruptcy,
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| | Later models, however, won't bring in
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| Hasbro took over production of the
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| | much.Part of the problem was that as the
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| Cabbage Patch Kids. Mattel then took
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| | dolls started to gain in popularity the
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| over production in 1994 and then finally
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| | manufacturer of the time tried all kinds
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| in 2004 Play Along Toys and 4kids
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| | of gimmicks with the dolls instead of
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| Entertainment took over making these
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| | sticking with the original concept of a
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| things.Your standard Cabbage Patch Kid
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| | simple baby doll dressed in baby clothes
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| was about 15 or 16 inches in height.
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| | that needed to be adopted. The newer
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| However, as time went by these dolls were
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| | dolls were no longer sweet, huggable and
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| made in a variety of styles and sizes.
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| | adoptable. The dolls that were
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| At any one period of time there may have
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| | reintroduced in 2004 went back to the
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| been as many as a dozen different styles
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| | original concept but by that time it was
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| and sizes of Cabbage Patch Kids in
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| | just too late.
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