If you are an 80s kid this one will take you right back! This isn't the trend that is terrible as much as the people who surround the trend that are terrible! Genius Marketing made the Cabbage Patch Kid the must have toy for kids in 1983, but the company wasn't prepared for how well their marketing worked. The demand was much greater than the supply and people lost their minds!
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https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/cabbage-patch-kid-riots-christmas
www.thevintagenews.com/2021/11/12/the-surprisingly-violent-story-of-the-cabbage-patch-kids-riots/?chrome=1
https://www.eightieskids.com/the-cabbage-patch-riots-when-toy-stores-descended-into-chaos-over-a-doll/
https://www.grunge.com/772261/the-strange-truth-about-the-cabbage-patch-kids-craze/
https://www.rediscoverthe80s.com/2014/11/black-friday-origins-1983-cabbage-patch.html
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