Talk:Cabbage Patch Kids

message: The dolls were originally invented by a Kentucky artist named Martha Nelson Thomas. Xavier Roberts took her idea without permission. 
http://www.vice.com/video/the-secret-history-of-cabbage-patch-kids-011 
http://www.vice.com/video/the-secret-history-of-cabbage-patch-kids-011
A court case was filed in 1979, and went to trial in 1985. Ms Thomas settled for a small (undisclosed) sum. Cooljazz2 (talk) 21:57, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Incorrect attribution of origin of the product. 

message: Can someone who is familiar with the backstory for these dolls confirm whether this section is correct? Although I know nothing about the dolls' story, the edit on 02:15, 17 January 2008 by 69.180.1.60 appears to be complete nonsense. As it stands, the section is in need of a copyedit as well, but I suspect the whole edit should be reverted.  --Jarsyl (talk) 01:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin and Etymology: complete nonsense? 

message: : Each came with a unique birth certificate signed by their creator, Xavier Roberts.
Did he really sign all the birth certificates? Did he use a signature machine? -- Toytoy 09:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The birth certificates 

message: : Later variants also featured a less toxic vinyl in the manufacture of their heads.
What is the source of this information?  I can't find any mention of it via google.
Jorge1000xl 20:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toxic Vinyl 

message: My primary recollection about Cabbage Patch Kids is that no two were the same -- yet this article does not refer tot he concept once. Was this true or was this a 'feature' of just one iteration, and not particularly a feature of the brand? Malak1000 (talk) 10:09, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the "uniqueness" was overstated by the media at the time, touting that each was unique because of computer assisted design.  Having every actual doll ever manufactured to be unique would be impractical on a mass scale, so I think there were "unique aspects" included in the package, like the birth certificate that had a name different and birthdate (so you could potentially make thousands of dolls exactly the same but have a unique name for those dolls).  After names are exhausted, you could reuse the names again by changing the hair colour of the doll and still be able to call the doll unique.  As said in a previous discussion, changing the date each year means you can start the cycle again every year.  Doing this gives you a huge range of combinations.  So they may well have been unique, but not to the extent the media would have sensationalised it to be. These are my opinions only and not based on sources. HuggaBounce (talk) 09:41, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Two the Same 

message: This article needs:
* Photos
* Variations, including Koosas
* Christmas rampages/violence attributed to trying to buy these toys in 1983.
Thanks,Chris Griswold  (☎☓) 09:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expansion 

message: Some one who had a short position in the shares claimed that there was a surplus of
dolls. He then claimed that he had sacked a secretary for impersonating an employee
of the Wall Street Journal.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.170.8 (talk) 10:24, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Selling 

message: Does anyone know if the signature of the 15th anniversary doll is different?  I know it is suppose to have the 15th anniversary logo but I have seem a signature that does not look at all like the others.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.205.217.20 (talk) 22:29, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  15th anniversary dolls 

message: The opening paragraphs confused me as it seemed that the Cabbage Patch doll name was registered in 1978. It was not. The article makes plain that the original hand-stitched dolls were called 'Little People'. The name change came in 1982 when the dolls went into mass production. The opening paragraphs contradicted the later detail so I have inserted the correct information. In 2018, the dolls celebrated 40 years of the 'Little People' and 'Cabbage Dolls', not simply 'Cabbage Patch Dolls'.
(86.179.96.107 (talk) 00:37, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original hand-stitched creations (Little People) and mass produced versions (Cabbage Patch Dolls). 

message: The title doesn't quite agree with the content of the page. Which one is the correct name? Or were both used? Some details here would be nice. Paul Ebermann (talk) 00:12, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: if anyone is trying to suggest they are called "cabbage kids" then I suggest adding a "Mandela Effect" section to the article. 2600:6C46:4000:EA00:F9F1:8C34:2A72:BAF8 (talk) 16:13, 29 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cabbage Kids or Cabbage Patch Kids?