They purchased a deserted medical clinic in Cleveland, Georgia, and renamed it “ opens in a new windowBabyland General Hospital” from which the dolls were now “born” and “adopted.” Employees wore doctors’ and nurses’ uniforms, and the dolls were kept in bassinets.
During production, each doll received a unique name, taken from the 1938 Georgia birth records, so that no two dolls had the same name or look.īy 1978 Roberts couldn’t keep up with the demand for his dolls, so he enlisted the help of some friends and together they formed Original Appalachian Artwork, Inc. Roberts let interested buyers know that these dolls were not for “sale” but instead were up for “adoption,” providing birth certificates and adoption papers for the new adoptive “parent” to sign. Once Roberts recognized the marketing potential of his individual creations, he named them “The Little People” (not to be confused with the Fisher-Price figures). Originally designed as handmade soft sculpture dolls with carefully painted eyes and hand-stitched mouths, these creations contained no plastic parts. Ultimately, this commercial phenomenon resulted from the amalgamation of three major factors: a brand new toy concept, a manufacturer’s (Coleco Industries Inc.) underestimation of raw materials needed, and a saturated marketing campaign.Īlthough Coleco officially debuted Cabbage Patch Kids in 1983, the dolls actually originated in 1976 in Cleveland, Georgia, from the work of 21-year-old folk artist, opens in a new windowXavier Roberts. Mobs and brawls were opens in a new windowreported throughout the United States as the dolls’ scarcity magnified. By the Christmas 1983 shopping season, Cabbage Patch Kids were the “must have” toy of the year, and shoppers would line up for hours just to purchase one. used to generate these playthings, but I did recognize that they were in extremely high demand and relatively low supply. In 1983, at the age of 13, I wasn’t interested in Kendall as “just a doll,” I was more fascinated by the fact that he was “one-of-a-kind.” At the time I didn’t understand the mathematical algorithms and computational complexities Coleco Industries, Inc. In fact, I only recall true fondness for four dolls: opens in a new windowBaby Tenderlove, Raggedy Ann, Darci cover girl, and my Cabbage Patch Kid-Kendall Walter Winner. As a child who preferred playing outside with sticks and leaves, only a handful of dolls ever really captured my attention.
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