It all began in 1976 when the original creator Xavier Roberts was still discovering his signature craft. In 1983, one year after their official release as the Cabbage Patch Kids, they became the most successful new doll introduction in the toy industry's history.

Additional shows include Cabbage Patch Kids: The New Kid, a stop-motion animated special produced by Goldhill Entertainment, and aired on the FOX Kids Network programming block on August 26, 1995.

A plot of land on which cabbage is grown.

In 1983, a Cabbage Patch Kids doll was a 16-inch doll, usually with a plastic head, a fabric body, and yarn hair (unless it was bald). What made them so desirable, besides the fact that they were huggable, was both their supposed uniqueness and their "adoptability."

The cabbage patch myth possibly originates in various beliefs and practices around plants and fertility. In Scotland, it was common for children to place cabbage leaves outside their homes if they were asking fairies to bring them a new sibling, says Quinn.

Snacktime Cabbage Patch Kid The problem was, the dolls didn't discriminate between food, fingers, or hair. While the doll didn't actually eat the hair and fingers, they would get stuck and many times the results were painful. In at least one case, the doll pulled a child's hair out from the root.

Garbage Pail Kids Garbage Pail Kids is a series of sticker trading cards produced by the Topps Company, originally released in 1985 and designed to parody the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, which were popular at the time.

Not only does the cabbage symbolize wealth, it's valued as a food source as well. During the harsh winter months in northern China, you might see stockpiles of bai cai. That's because it's a hearty vegetable that keeps for a long time: even when the outer leaves wither, the inner leaves are still good.

NEW YORK -- In November 1983, America went bonkers for Cabbage Patch Kids. The dolls were so scarce and demand was so high that riots broke out in stores, parents were ready to drive hundreds of miles to buy them, and desperate gift-givers were willing to pay big bucks for a rare doll.

In Greek mythology, cabbages sprang from the tears of Lycurgus, king of Thrace, after he was driven mad by Dionysus; thus, they were considered a remedy for drunkenness.

This included children's hair and fingers. The doll also did not feature a power switch to turn off the motor in case of an emergency. As a result of these hazards, Mattel voluntarily recalled the Cabbage Patch Snacktime doll in 1997. You may be entitled to compensation if your child was injured by a dangerous toy.

With so many toys being manufactured overseas where safety standards are less stringent, there's a high potential of risk. Vintage and antique toys may also contain unacceptable levels of lead. And by “antique,” we don't mean ancient. Toys made in the 1970s and 1980s have been shown to contain high lead levels.