Cabbage Patch Kids: Inside the CHAOS of the MUST-HAVE Toy of the 80s | rETro

Black Friday flashbacks anyone? ET is looking back at how Cabbage Patch Kids became one of pop culture’s biggest phenomenons. After demand surged leading up to the holiday season in 1983, multiple reports of arrests and injuries at toy stores popped up across the country: all because of those round-faced, 16-inch dolls! We’re breaking down this iconic toy craze, and nine year-old Drew Barrymore tells ET which one she wants most. Fun fact: JoJo Siwa has her OWN Cabbage Patch doll!

[@carolyn9157]

I grew up in the eighties crazes of the Cabbage Patch Kids. I have eleven of them now collector's items in my doll cabinets.

[@ravenbaa7989]

I have 12

[@Kyle_literally]

I probably have close to 30-40 ish😅

[@sabrina19ization]

I still collect and love them

[@shevettejackson.]

Cool

[@TheKat1959]

I put 600+ miles on my ‘68 Beetle 🪲 to finally find one for a niece, at that point 120+ miles round trip. It was insane the way people were over those dolls. Her mother put it out as ‘Santa’. She came over to me and said, I know you got this for me. Santa 🎅 said that he was sorry but he didn’t think SO many children would want them and he didn’t make enough of them. She was 3 y.o. She was totally okay with Santa over it. So she asked for a big Hershey bar in her stocking. Asked if I could break it up so she could share. She was such a good person to be so young. She still has that doll. I don’t think either of her daughters can play with it 😊😊😊 Y’all have a blessed day today and every day 😊❤️🌎

[@ALT-vz3jn]

That is so sweet, you’re the best uncle! 🥰

[@evanie9864]

even though it’s 2022, I still want one!

[@BUNNYZLIVEZONTHEMOON]

2023 for me but sameee

[@melm4760]

I still collect Cabbage Patch Kids.

[@shevettejackson.]

Cool

[@Shadow-bq6rf]

I still have my cabbage patch from 1984 I was six years old

[@missy_loveu]

I STILL HAVE THE ADOPTION PAPER OF MY CABBAGE DOLL

[@musicbuff9]

I collect them. I have over 100. Love them

[@niabelizaire3596]

These dolls are so cute! 💚👶🏾

[@shaylagoogle3097]

I just got a cabbage patch kid at a garage sale! It has original tag on it. Good size dolls. Love it.

[@laughlearnmore4363]

nice to see other people who love cabbage patch kids dolls :)

[@julieshepard1616]

I old ones should be worth a lot of money. Back in the day when they first came out. My lil sister had one💯

[@isabellind1292]

Well, don't throw them out before checking...some earlier, rarer one's are worth $Thousands!💰💰

[@alfy80mc]

Still love them and have keep some!! ✨

[@bebaaliciacreations]

Cabbage patch doll my favorite and I asked to santa claus for a new one.

[@BellaEstrella017]

Omg , I absolutely loved those dolls when I was little ❗️🥰♥️

[@funtimeerika3602]

I had nine cabbage patches back in '83

[@jessicarabbit7629]

I miss the 80's

[@SlimMichaelSpaghetti]

I don't, sorry

[@krisrhood2127]

I have 4 of them. I never wanted anything so much in my life

[@isabellind1292]

Were children suppose to believe babies came from cabbage patches, lol?!😊

[@mztweety1374]

This is what I remember when I see posts about the Stanley Cup riots😂😂😂

[@Timbrock1000]

As a kid in the 80's, I could NEVER understand the craze for Cabbage Patch Kids. Especially with boys wanting them! I asked my parents for a VERBOT for Christmas instead!

[@sharker102s]

the reason boys wanted them because they were practicing when they got older and became fathers they could pass them onto their own kids and they were also new type of trend where you weren't cool if you didn't have any and as a young boy I always wanted but could never afford one

[@alison2649]

Wow that closing scene wth the teacher holding the doll? I had him! That exact one ! His name was Christopher 💘

[@devaalwine7224]

Cadence I remember your brother on growing pains very massy and very nice

[@karlaavila8218]

My little sister has one of those back in 2014

[@peace.404]

My brother and I had the even cooler cabbage patch kid preemies!

[@TheKat1959]

Do you still have yours? They were SO cute 🥰 BUT, that baby powder ‘scent’. 🤭😉 My niece’s cousin Grandfather bought one for them each with all the clothes and accessories. That sweet smelling baby powder was something else. They were even harder to find than the full sized ones. Yet he found two because the others sold out. He told his secretary to buy the dolls for them no matter the cost. Found them in NYC or Chicago. They thanked him. He said they’d have them or bust. I told him he could of found hens teeth faster. SO tiny and cute. I think they packed them up the day after 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣 I cannot remember if they were girls or boys. One had a mint green sleeper on. Have a blessed day today and every day 😊😊😊

[@barbmcelderry9164]

I was a Premie, so I should have one of them.

[@ravenbaa7989]

I have my neon preemie baldie with a pacifer in his mouth his name is Patrick wayne

[@tiktokplug7275]

*this year has been wired but I hope it’s gets better in 2021 stay safe and stay blessed ❤️*

[@isabellind1292]

You're very nice...stay well, too, thx!😊🍀🌎👍👍

[@princessalysonsweatwinter]

Candace Cameron Is In The Cabbage Patch Kids Commercial

[@rosecruz1344]

she's known as DJ from Full House

[@horrorfan2000]

@@rosecruz1344She’s also known to be a religious nut. 😂

[@jacquelinecotto9291]

I grew up with cabage patch kids dolls

[@mastersword12345]

I can't help but associate these dolls with their alternate version, the "garbage pail kids"...

[@peace.404]

Garbage PAIL kids. I guess u hadda be there!

[@darlenegattus8190]

I remember a sign in 1984 at a Sears that said we are all out of Cabbage patch kids, premies and koosas. It was only November.

[@SlimMichaelSpaghetti]

I bet you could be my mom

[@sabrina19ization]

❤❤❤I still collect them

[@JosephBergren]

0:44 Do we think the pokemon kid is a young Pete Davidson?

[@chesca7295]

Omg it was 😂

[@srso4660]

Looks like him

[@boh3692]

0:12 poor Drew, it seems to me that just that year her mother made her become a cocaine addict in those bars she used to take her to. this smile makes me so much tenderness poor poor little one

[@Nyashka_Emo1737]

I LOVE TOYYYYYYYYYY!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Kyle_literally]

I collect them!

[@user-yf2sd2ft1t]

samee! at the moment we have about 32

[@ravenbaa7989]

I still have mine from those days cuddles my vanilla scented boy sam

[@emckinney8816]

I even had just only a CPK swimming pool my parents bought from Zayre

[@sharker102]

that's cool

[@emckinney8816]

@@sharker102 you're welcome

[@damaniqphillip2756]

nice

[@Dentistroleplay01]

I don’t care if people say they are ugly or creepy *they are amazing and I still have loads* 😅

[@cantnomo81]

i love candace cameron

[@stephsconcerts3627]

i still have mine is her name is donna

[@Cr_goat007]

In 1996 the doll was eating the girl hair so hard because the battery was strong then they call the cops then he broke the doll into pieces

[@michelleespinoza1140]

I remember want I was little girl we want a cabbage patch kids for Christmas and we open the Christmas gifts we have 4 cabbage kids

[@rachael943]

Ok but that cereal was NASTY. N A S T Y

[@kgrizz3193]

Are these dolls worth anything

[@SonofGreece1821]

2:00 that is literally DJ tanner?!

[@rickp77570]

2:12... yes.

[@mariansims647]

I had the twins set Cabbage Patch Kids I also had a preemie Cabbage Patch Kid and one single Cabbage Patch Kid I love them I'm looking for three on right now one for my daughter and one for my granddaughter who happened to be born this year and one for myself yes I'm a I'm still a big fan of the Cabbage Patch Kid yes I am love them forever it

[@zachalamari1496]

JoJo Siwa has her own doll OMG

[@ravenbaa7989]

So

[@zachalamari1496]

@@ravenbaa7989 well I was telling deez

[@tamazgha415]

Je possède une d'origine une vraie ❤

[@Demonte202]

I found Ice spice

[@melanietrujillo1709]

This video had no sound. Otherwise it was good. I love these dolls. Still collect them to this day and I have my original one.

[@srso4660]

It does have sound tho

[@supercorp45]

I hatted that cabbage patch doll , in Jamaica i got one and i cry .

[@barbmcelderry9164]

???

[@ayoolukoga9829]

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[@valentinaminauro352]

What is this have to do with Cabbage Patch Kids?

[@ayoolukoga9829]

@@valentinaminauro352 Your question is misguided and has probably evolved from a lack of education. It is likened to a fireman putting on his firemans helmet and you asking why is the firemans helmet yellow?

[@MartyMcFly3]

As a little boy, it was Garbage Pail Kids all the way!!!!

[@TheKat1959]

I bought all the cards for my niece. They were SO funny with hilarious names. Have a blessed day today and every day.

[@barbmcelderry9164]

I have five CPKs and a pack of GPKs.

[@markamark123]

Garbage Pail Kids anyone?

[@TheKat1959]

With their hilarious names 😊👍😀😃😄😁😆😊😂🤣

[@supercorp45]

1983 i was 3 years old and i got that doll when i was ten that's why i didn't like it , come to think of it i hatted all dolls.

[@barbmcelderry9164]

That’s you.

[@TheSouthIsHot]

Xavier Roberts stole the design for Cabbage Package Kids from Martha Nelson Thomas and her Doll Babies. The man is a con.

[@marquitafreese]

🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅

[@benazalert4774]

Is it me or is these dolls really creepy 👺

[@davidchipps]

TOUGH SH*T

[@mariasalgado982]

What?? I like American girl doll better