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CABBAGE PATCH
KIDS, 1983
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THEN: Step
aside, Care Bears:
Before kids were
tickled pink
by Elmo, they
learned that ba-
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cabbage. (Seri-
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NOVEMBER 23, 2017
THEN: If you’re unfamiliar with the Star
Wars franchise, you must be living in a
galaxy far, far away with no Wi-Fi.

After the surprise success of the first
film, George Lucas moved as quickly as
possible on the now-collectible action fig-
ures, making millions on “Early Bird Cer-
tificate Packages,” which were vouchers
many kids received for the holidays saying
they would receive the almost 4-inch-tall
toys in a few months by Kenner toy com-
pany, NBC News reported.

Starting at just $2.79, it was easy to rack
up hundreds of the mini classic figurines.

More than 300 million were sold between
1978 and 1985, ranging in more than 100
characters. NOW: It’s the Catch-22 of children’s
toys: Don’t take them out of the package.

One eBay seller has 80 figures from the
Early Bird Certificate Package sealed in the
original packaging for $12,950. Ironically,
the most valuable figures since their incep-
tion are the cause of a manufacturing flaw:
a brown-haired Luke Skywalker and a Han
Solo whose head
is too small.

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ously, what repressed person thought of
this?) Probably the biggest appeal of these
creepy-eyed dolls was that fact that, for a
time, they were unattainable. Toy stores
were never fully stocked that year, making
it even more difficult to find individual cab-
bage kids specifically with freckles, dimples
and red plaits. The dolls were in such rapid
demand that a Wisconsin radio announcer
joked that a B-29 bomber would drop 2,000
dolls into Milwaukee County Stadium,
Timeline reported. At least a dozen people
showed up.

NOW: The Cabbage Patch brand lives
on, though most dolls are collectibles or
holiday-themed toys that are moderately
priced. But an original 1983 one will cost
you: One Amazon item is listed as “Exclu-
sive Cabbage Patch Kids 25th Anniversary
PREEMIE - Caucasian Girl - Hair and Eye
Color Varies” for $170. I’d love to be a fly
on the wall of the UPS guy who delivers
an “exclusive caucasian preemie” to some-
one’s door.

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1989 foulkeways.org
215-283-7010 T H E N :
What’s more
exciting than
unwrapping a handheld,
PORTABLE video game
console with
the choice
of five differ-
ent games?
Think about
it, where
would the
Nintendo Game Boy
tech world
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be now
without this
chunky pocket-sized game that you always
forgot in Mom’s minivan? As exciting as
Tetris and Super Mario Land were, the in-
flux of Game Boys must be credited in part
with the Pokémon craze, which has ex-
panded from the simple video games, TV
shows and playing cards to countless mov-
ies, costumes, spinoffs, augmented reality
interactive apps and other merchandise.

NOW: Generations of the Game Boy
were released — the Game Boy Pocket,
Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance,
Nintendo DS — but the original will cost
you today. Some eBay sellers price it as
high as $979.99, but just the console itself
goes for $1.17 — games not included. Play
at your own risk.

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