Cabbage Patch Kids were the toy back in the 1980s. These pudgy baby dolls had humble beginnings but caused a frenzied shopping season so memorable, we’re still talking about it 40 years later. From ...
WILKES-BARRE – Northeast Pennsylvania’s infamous Cabbage Patch doll riot that made international headlines 40 years ago made the big screen locally Friday. “Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of ...
Pat Benner of Hanover Twp. was just telling her granddaughter about surviving a riot and walking away with three Cabbage Patch Kids dolls in Wilkes-Barre in November 1983. Soon, they’ll be able to ...
Into every generation, a toy craze is born. And if it happens to be born in an Appalachian cabbage patch where a Bunnybee can sprinkle it with magic crystal dust, chances are that toy craze will never ...
Editor's note: This story is adapted from a story published Nov. 29, 2023, on the 40th anniversary of the Great Cabbage Patch Kids 'Drop.' What started as an offhand joke turned into a viral moment ...