It's been 40 years since a Georgia art student turned a talent for soft sculpture into a nationwide craze. Xavier Roberts traveled to art shows in 1977 with handmade, nearly life-size dolls that came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Claim: Cabbage Patch dolls were designed to get people accustomed to the appearance of mutants following a thermonuclear war or were modeled upon mentally defective children. One legend that I have ...

Xavier Roberts' cuddly-toy business grew into a billion-dollar empire in the space of a few years. What was it about these dolls that made Christmas shoppers turn violent in 1983? "Is that what ...

Thirty years ago the Cabbage Patch doll craze swept through the high streets like a toy tornado. Parents camped out – and even got into fights - so desperate were they to get their hands on the smushy ...

A children's craze from yesteryear is staging a comeback as the Cabbage Patch Kids return to High Street store shelves. This summer will see the revival of the 80s toy craze as a whole new generation ...

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 — ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Since it’s Back to the Future Day and all, it seems like the perfect time to revisit one of the ...

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 ...

An avid Cabbage Patch Kids fan has dedicated three rooms of his flat to his collection of more than 600 dolls that he says are his children. Bachelor Dan Knowlton, 41, has spent thousands of pounds ...