Cabbage Patch Kids, Tickle-Me-Elmo, Furbies! Toy crazes that rocked '80s and '90s

We dig into the Vault, with original coverage of Cabbage Patch Kid mania, the Tickle-Me-Elmo craze, the furor over Furbies and more.
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[@m0L3ify]

The Cabbage Patch frenzy happened in '84, too. People were fighting over them in stores and scalping them for $100+. I was only 8 at the time but I remember it well. No one could get their hands on one. It was nuts. My mom had to hand-sew her own version of them for us for Christmas using imitation plastic heads she got at the fabric store.

[@mariaalexander427]

If only I could rewind the hands of time.😔

[@samanthajenkins2036]

It's 2024 and I just got got three of the cabbage patch dolls on eBay and I just love them. I uses to have three of them. Two i rescue that someone threw outside and one my aunt bought me before she died

[@8213apice]

Cabbage patch dolls was so popular ❤❤

[@tinmanlover1994]

My nana got me a tickle me elmo when I was a little girl i don't remember how old I was but i loved him

[@carolsaw5721]

I remember my Rosa 🥬 cabbage doll yes I remember it was huge as kid

[@JUJUDATGIRL]

My cabbage patch doll smelled like marshmallows a unique doll that will be truly missed

[@KidVarsityy]

Wow $75 down for a doll that doesn't talk? $75 in 1984 is like 219.74 in 2023-2024. interesting. I still miss the 80's.

[@crisbwilliams]

I found a Tickle me Elmo/ Cabbage Patch doll at the Goodwill for $1 each. Sad to see what people will do for a toy that they will get rid of for nothing.

[@megspitzer9406]

This was WAY before Squishmallows became popular!

[@melissacooper8724]

I wonder if the reason that the Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo were popular because they are soft and cuddly.

[@megspitzer9406]

@@melissacooper8724Beanie Babies were also popular in the 80s and 90s, too, because they're cuddly, too

[@laquintaknox5907]

I love the cabbage patch dolls and now my son has tickle me Elmo

[@sabrina19ization]

I collect cabbage patch dolls and furby

[@kissfanatic2654]

18:12 that would have been my favorite aisle!!

[@jeannine7002]

Idol