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Cabbage Patch Craze Brought Town to Ground Zero
In Cleveland Georgia, BabyLand General Hospital remembers the 1983 Cabbage Patch Kids craze that stunned a mountain town. Neighbors recall fights over the last dolls as nationwide buyers crowded stores and collectors paid high prices. The dolls, created by Xavier Roberts, evolved from handmade items to mass production by Coleco, with millions sold in the 1983 season and enduring popularity in later years.
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Robin Davis
Becky Campbell
Pruitt
America
Campbell
Baby- Land General
Wisconsin
Cleveland
Xavier Roberts
Roberts
NBC
Rosie O’donnell
Coleco Toy Company
Atlanta
England
Germany
Australia
BabyLand
Xavier
Make Believe Cabbage Patch
Claudia Perez
Orlando
Fla
Mattel
Brownie Poitier
Babyland General Hospital
Coleco