Cabbage Patch Kids Type Inventor Xavier Roberts Company (1982–1988) (1988–1994) (1994–2003) (2003) (2004–2011) (2011–2014) (2015–present) Country Availability 1978–present Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of dolls sold by and registered in the United States copyright office in 1978. The doll brand was one of the most popular toy of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises in the United States. The characters appeared in many other Cabbage Patch merchandising products ranging from animated cartoons to record albums to board games. Download 100 Greatest Dance Hits 90s Rar here. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Production history [ ] Creation and development [ ] According to Roberts, as a 21-year-old art student, he utilized the quilting skills he learned from his mother and the historic technique of 'needle molding' to develop his own line of fabric sculptures. He called these hand-stitched, one-of-a-kind, soft fabric sculptures 'The Little People'.

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(Other soft sculpture dolls dating back to the 19th century were created using similar needle molding techniques.) His Little People were not offered for sale, but were 'adopted' each with their own individual name and birth certificate. Instead of paying a purchase price, those adopting Little People would have to pay an adoption fee. The Little People were first offered for adoption at arts and crafts shows, then later at, an old medical clinic that Roberts and his friends-turned-employees converted into a toy store, in. An early transaction at Babyland General Hospital worth noting is the adoption of the only Little People quintuplets ever born at the facility. Bennie and Jeannie Shelton of Cumming, Georgia paid $5,000 to adopt the one-of-a-kind set of five identical dolls. Also worth noting is one of Roberts' very first Little People dolls he ever created sold at an auction in Virginia in the early 80's for $3,000. Instances like this are among the reasons why Roberts was a self-made millionaire by the time he was 26 years old.