Who here is old enough tor remember the Cabbage Patch Riots of 1983?

I member. I also member my mom buying my sisters the knock off Cabbage Patch dolls hoping the wouldn't notice. That went over like a turd in a punch bowl.

I was 17, yes I remember it but it was sensationalized. Black Friday was Black Friday long before 1983. Black Friday was a bigger deal back then, before Amazon and Black Friday deals starting before Thanksgiving. Back then, most folks had much less disposable income and no credit cards, so women would save all year to do some serious shopping on Black Friday. It was a true event.

I remember my mom trying to find a couple for my sister's two girls. I think she wound up finding them somewhere out of town but I don't remember where. That was definitely one of the hot items that year

I witnessed it first hand.

Was at Lake Forest Mall before opening standing outside DH Holmes on the mall entrance side. There was a crowd impatiently waiting. Men and women.

The doors opened and there was a mad dash for the escalators, as the Cabbage Patch Kids were on the 2nd floor.

The stampede was so violent, 2 women got trampled on the escalator and needed medical attention (bleeding and broken bones) and the stampede broke the escalator. Men and women fighting and wrestling, grabbing at boxes. It was wild. All for a stupid doll that was the must have gift.

That video didn’t show riots, it showed polite well spoken Americans waiting patiently in a line to purchase an item. Got any footage of these supposed riots?

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Who here is old enough tor remember the Cabbage Patch Riots of 1983?

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I do. My parents were cheap and bought some knock-offs some family was selling on Sherwood Forest.

I remember the carrying on, but was a few years too old to want one. My parents expressed their great relief and happily bought me Calvin Klein jeans and a Duran Duran album for Christmas instead.

Before my time. I remember the Turbo Man riots of 1996 though

Yeah, it was a thing, but I was in HS, and so it wasn’t on my radar.