DailyDi Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 New cabbage patch kid is adorable! 1 Link to comment
rusty pins Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 They still make Cabbage Patch kids? I thought they went out with hula hoops, pet rocks, mood rings and those fake dog leashes people walked around with. 1 Link to comment
square_duck Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 It looks like there are still diapers available for these.....you cant have a best friend unless hes padded as well!!! ? Link to comment
beallucanb Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Every 20 years or so, they seem to revive some fad or toy, in hopes they can sell another couple a million of them. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Cabbage Patch Kids have never left, they just don't get the attention they used too. Link to comment
square_duck Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, beallucanb said: Every 20 years or so, they seem to revive some fad or toy, in hopes they can sell another couple a million of them. Does this mean that they might bring back the pet rock!!!??? I always wanted on if those!!!! ?? 1 Link to comment
Little Cub Pants Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, square_duck said: Does this mean that they might bring back the pet rock!!!??? I always wanted on if those!!!! ?? Yeah, those were hilarious!?? It even came with an manual! LOL!? 35 minutes ago, DailyDi said: Cabbage Patch Kids have never left, they just don't get the attention they used too. For some reason I thought of the candy.?????? 1 Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, BabySpiderBoy said: Yeah, those were hilarious!?? It even came with an manual! LOL!? For some reason I thought of the candy.?????? Not Sour Patch Kids lol 1 Link to comment
waynecook52 Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 hula hoops will NEVER stop selling 2 Link to comment
ValentinesStuff Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 4 hours ago, square_duck said: Does this mean that they might bring back the pet rock!!!??? I always wanted on if those!!!! ?? I had a pet rock for a while. I trapped a wild one, and eventually set him free again. Link to comment
square_duck Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, ValentinesStuff said: I had a pet rock for a while. I trapped a wild one, and eventually set him free again. Cool beans!! Link to comment
rusty pins Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I remember in the heat of the Cabbage Patch craze getting up at 4am and standing in a line with about 100 people when a local store advertised they were getting Cabbage Patch kids. I'm guessing this was around 1983 and since I worked the second shift at the time, I was asked by a family friend if I would do so in order to get one for their 4 year old daughter who wanted one more than anything for Christmas. Yeah, I stood in line for 3 hours in the cold and was maybe around the 45th person. When the doors were opened I was almost trampled in the stampede! I grabbed one and I'm glad I did. Within less than 5 minutes all 100 available dolls were gone. Who would have thought that just coming up with the idea of a birth certificate for a doll would cause such a craze! I also remember at the time talking with the owner of a toy store who said the manufacturer would ship them in plain boxes or in boxes marked as a different product because people were hijacking trucks of Cabbage Patch dolls at the time. Insane! Link to comment
AbabeBill Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I hijacked one of those cabbage patch doll trucks, that were shipped incognito! Turned out, it was full of pet rocks ? 1 Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, rusty pins said: I also remember at the time talking with the owner of a toy store who said the manufacturer would ship them in plain boxes or in boxes marked as a different product because people were hijacking trucks of Cabbage Patch dolls at the time. Insane! This is true! There's actually a market for the "blind box" dolls that were sold by QVC and shipped in plain boxes with the doll in a bag inside instead of the bright yellow box. Link to comment
Little Lindsey Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Supposing someone wanted to partake in a random act of kindness (sometime after payday...), would there be a way to gift this to you? Or send a gift card via e-mail for wherever this doll is available? Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 19 minutes ago, Little Lindsey said: Supposing someone wanted to partake in a random act of kindness (sometime after payday...), would there be a way to gift this to you? Or send a gift card via e-mail for wherever this doll is available? Gift card would probably be easiest. He's at Target (online not in store) Thanks for thinking of me! He's the first adorable boy they've made in a few years. My collection is girl heavy. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 28 minutes ago, Little Lindsey said: Fingers crossed he stays in stock til next week! I just splurged on a new friend myself. I wanted an American Girl doll when I was a kid but my mom always said they were too expensive. Well, now AG has, among other sports, Team USA soccer uniforms (I love the USWNT) so I used that as an excuse to finally get my doll. I even created her to look like my favorite player. Very cool! Cappage Patch were THE toy of my youth, and I had one as a boy - be it after a six-month wait for my parents to find one in stock lol. Link to comment
beallucanb Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 22 hours ago, square_duck said: Does this mean that they might bring back the pet rock!!!??? I always wanted on if those!!!! ?? Sure how much do you want to pay for a pet rock? The quarry down the just down the road from my house, can furnish you any size pet rock you would desire, mind you some of the really large pet rocks are expensive to ship because they are very heavy. LOL 1 Link to comment
rusty pins Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 20 hours ago, DailyDi said: This is true! There's actually a market for the "blind box" dolls that were sold by QVC and shipped in plain boxes with the doll in a bag inside instead of the bright yellow box. Believe it or not, I actually came across one brand new in one of those blind boxes a few months ago when I was cleaning out a storage closet in the house. I don't think back in 1983 it came from QVC though. I don't think QVC existed back then but I may be wrong. We actually got it from the above mentioned toy store (I knew the owner well because I went to school with her daughter all my life). She had put one aside for us when she got a few, but I was able to get the one at the other store first by waiting in line for 3 hours. At that time we weren't sure the toy store owner would be able to get one, so after I bought the one at the other store just in case, we weren't going to tell her we already had one after all she did to put one aside for us. I thought it might be worth some money, original Cabbage Patch doll from 1983 never used but I figured it's just like Beanie Babies. Not worth much anymore. Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/13/2021 at 6:56 AM, rusty pins said: Believe it or not, I actually came across one brand new in one of those blind boxes a few months ago when I was cleaning out a storage closet in the house. I don't think back in 1983 it came from QVC though. I don't think QVC existed back then but I may be wrong. We actually got it from the above mentioned toy store (I knew the owner well because I went to school with her daughter all my life). She had put one aside for us when she got a few, but I was able to get the one at the other store first by waiting in line for 3 hours. At that time we weren't sure the toy store owner would be able to get one, so after I bought the one at the other store just in case, we weren't going to tell her we already had one after all she did to put one aside for us. I thought it might be worth some money, original Cabbage Patch doll from 1983 never used but I figured it's just like Beanie Babies. Not worth much anymore. Cabbies don't go for a lot these days, but sometimes its about finding the right home where a doll will be loved, rather than stuck in an icky box Link to comment
Wet Knight Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 8:41 PM, DailyDi said: Very cool! Cappage Patch were THE toy of my youth, and I had one as a boy - be it after a six-month wait for my parents to find one in stock lol. The toys in my youth (1940s) were a prewar Yo-yo and a Top made from an Indian coin with a broken knitting needle forced through the hole in the center of it, Oh, and a Fort made out of match boxes glued together. Link to comment
Little Lindsey Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 On 8/12/2021 at 2:26 PM, DailyDi said: Gift card would probably be easiest. He's at Target (online not in store) Thanks for thinking of me! He's the first adorable boy they've made in a few years. My collection is girl heavy. Payday arrived, check deposited. All I need now is your email. ? Link to comment
Little BabyDoll Christine Posted August 18, 2021 Share Posted August 18, 2021 Nothing beats a 36" "companion" doll. You can share Alice bands and tiaras Dolls expect to be treated in a certain way that "Boy"'s are just not capable of understanding that is almost built into every little girl from the time she is 4. Compare that picture to one of me Link to comment
DailyDi Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/17/2021 at 4:30 PM, Little Lindsey said: Payday arrived, check deposited. All I need now is your email. ? sorry, missed this post. mike@ecnad.com Link to comment
Little Lindsey Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 10 hours ago, DailyDi said: sorry, missed this post. mike@ecnad.com ? Link to comment
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