For those who were of a certain (young) age in 1983, there’s no need to recount the phenomenon of Cabbage Patch Kids. They took the toy world by storm when they first hit the market, creating an ...

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 some people, they’re still cherished ...

Christmas morning 1983: All the presents in the Fleming household had been unwrapped — or so I thought. But then a package that had been hidden behind the tree “caught” my Dad’s eye. It was for me.

In the '80s, Cabbage Patch Kids were the most coveted toys on the market. With their round plastic heads, floppy cloth bodies and winsome, folksy styling, Cabbage Patch Kids are instantly recognizable ...

Forty years ago a toy baby doll prompted a nationwide fad. Which prompted a Black Friday riot like no one had ever seen. Over, yes, a doll. “Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch ...

It was forty years ago, so the memory has likely degraded beyond recognition, but what I seem to recall is that I never expected to be given a Cabbage Patch Kid. A couple of my first-grade classmates ...

Cabbage Patch Kids are 40 years old but remain America's most sensational toy story. The pudgy baby dolls ignited a first-of-its-kind consumer craze during the Christmas shopping season of 1983 — ...

A Syracuse University alumnus who came up with the name “Cabbage Patch Kids” will be featured in an upcoming episode of a History Channel series about iconic toys. Cabbage Patch Kids were originally ...

Pat Benner of Hanover Twp. was just telling her granddaughter about surviving a riot and walking away with three Cabbage Patch Kids dolls in Wilkes-Barre in November 1983. Soon, they’ll be able to ...

Narrated by Neil Patrick Harris, the Cabbage Patch Kids-focused documentary 'Billion Dollar Babies' is in select theaters Friday Joe and Pat Prosey are proud parents to thousands of Cabbage Patch Kids ...

Every Cabbage Patch Doll I received as a kid had a birth certificate that cited its place of birth as Babyland General Hospital. At 42 years old, I decided to finally visit the hospital in Cleveland, ...