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re: Who here is old enough tor remember the Cabbage Patch Riots of 1983?
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:53 am to greenbean
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:53 am to greenbean
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It was a true event.
It was. I have good memories of my grandma, aunts, cousins, my mom and me hitting Cortana Mall on Black Friday. We moved the T’giving celebration to our house because it was closer to the mall, and they would spend the night. The mall was packed, opened at 6 am, and money was flying. It was the place to see and be seen.
This post was edited on 11/23/24 at 9:16 am
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Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:54 am to RollTide1987
I was 13 and didn’t have any sisters. So, in our house, there was no Cabbage Patch mania. The closest I came to it was seeing girls on the school bus arguing over who’s Cabbage Patch doll was cuter.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:56 am to RollTide1987
I still cannot talk about it. Too painful.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 8:58 am to RollTide1987
I was in 6th or 7th grade. I remember the news reports but I don’t remember any family partaking in that insanity.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:00 am to greenbean
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Back then, most folks had much less disposable income and no credit cards,
Okay on the income, but are you going back to the 1950’s, because woman seemed to have more credit cards in the 60’s and 70’s. It was common for women to carry credit cards from every major store and gas station they frequented.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:11 am to RollTide1987
Hard to believe a gay man from Dahlonega Ga stirred up such a shitstorm
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:12 am to RollTide1987
cant remember exactly where it was, but some morning drive radio duo pulled a brilliant prank because of it
they publicized that there would be an airdrop, WKRP-style, of Cabbage Patch Kids to the parking lot of a local mall
they announced that a helicopter full of CBKs would be dropping them, each with little tiny parachutes, and that a photographer in the chopper with a high-resolution camera would be taking pictures of buyers’ credit cards
on the designated day, dozens of gullible shoppers stood in the parking lot holding their Visas and MasterCharge cards up to the sky, waiting in vain for their butt-ugly little dolls
they publicized that there would be an airdrop, WKRP-style, of Cabbage Patch Kids to the parking lot of a local mall
they announced that a helicopter full of CBKs would be dropping them, each with little tiny parachutes, and that a photographer in the chopper with a high-resolution camera would be taking pictures of buyers’ credit cards
on the designated day, dozens of gullible shoppers stood in the parking lot holding their Visas and MasterCharge cards up to the sky, waiting in vain for their butt-ugly little dolls
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:16 am to RollTide1987
It was madness...pure madness. People turned into animals. Friends turned on each other. Relatives cut each others throats.
I saw a Meemaw tear the face off of a young single mother.
If you were in the 'Patch, you were in the shite, and you'd never be the same after
I saw a Meemaw tear the face off of a young single mother.
If you were in the 'Patch, you were in the shite, and you'd never be the same after
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:18 am to VABuckeye
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Yeah, and Beanie Babies was just as bad.
I remember the cabbage patch being worse than the beanie babies. Both dumb as frick.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:26 am to RollTide1987
I didn't participate, but I watched from afar.
Good friends had a daughter of 'that' age where a Cabbage Patch doll was wanted.
The girl was the only child of two only children with Grandparents.
After Christmas I asked if C. had gotten the doll. Laughter followed. Mom and Dad got her one. Three of the Grandparents (two divorced) also each got her one.
Somehow, there was no duplication.
A couple of months later when they came to my place for dinner, there was not a single Cabbage Patch among the toys C. brought to play with.
Good friends had a daughter of 'that' age where a Cabbage Patch doll was wanted.
The girl was the only child of two only children with Grandparents.
After Christmas I asked if C. had gotten the doll. Laughter followed. Mom and Dad got her one. Three of the Grandparents (two divorced) also each got her one.
Somehow, there was no duplication.
A couple of months later when they came to my place for dinner, there was not a single Cabbage Patch among the toys C. brought to play with.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:51 am to LSUballs
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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.
And no birth certificate!
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:59 am to RollTide1987
Ha, we were so poor growing up that my mom made my sister and I both one instead.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 9:59 am to RollTide1987
I had a closet full of them. My mom did the same thing I did when trying to find a popular, sold out toy for Christmas. Go to a Walmart in a small town with a mostly old population. They always have those things in stock.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:06 am to Grinder
Omg , I was there as well. A friend with me was injured but it was because we were heading up the down escalator , when it came to a screeching halt she lunged forward and her little slides with heels got stuck in the groove and she bit the dust. Needed dental and medical attention It was an experience for sure
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:19 am to VABuckeye
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Yeah, and Beanie Babies was just as bad.
For the lonely cat ladies, maybe.
The cabbage patch phenomenon was shorter but more intense--and it's something the kids really wanted. I'm not sure they cared as much about beanie babies.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 10:28 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:20 am to Grievous Angel
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The cabbage patch phenomenon was shorter but more intense--and it's something the kids really wanted. I'm not sure they cared as much about beanie babies.
Teddy Ruxpin was up there one year, too. And I remember the My Buddies. Don’t know if it was ever a “craze,” but that damn jingle sure was catchy. Haven’t heard it in maybe over 30 years, and I’m singing the lyrics to the melody in my head right now. It’s quite the ear worm that will be stuck in my head all day. shite.
Speaking of worms, there were the Glow Worms sometime around that era. Not a phenomenon, but popular. And of course, every kid in America must have had a Lite Bright. And nobody’s mentioned the greatest thing to come out of the Cabbage Patch Kids craze. It spawned the Garbage Pail Kids trading card parody. I couldn’t have given a frick about the Cabbage Patches, but the Garbage Pail Kids were my jam.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:46 am to RollTide1987
I member. Think they were still tough to come by for a couple of years even after.
Posted on 11/23/24 at 11:55 am to VABuckeye
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Yeah, and Beanie Babies was just as bad.
This was just as bad
Posted on 11/23/24 at 12:02 pm to RollTide1987
Was 11, but as a boy I didn’t give a shite about those dolls. I do remember a girl that was a year older than me and she had one.
I thought it odd that she was 12, and was carrying it in her arms out in public
I thought it odd that she was 12, and was carrying it in her arms out in public
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