Remembering the snacktime kid the terrifying doll that eats. Etsy your place to buy and sell all things handmade. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kids retro junk commercial. Cabbage patch kids, originally known as little people, became a. Not recommended for children due to the injuries they caused when they were first released. Snack time red head cabbage patch doll with images. The voluntary recall by the worlds biggest toymaker came after several highly publicized cases of cabbage patch snacktime kids dolls sucking. Kids being kids, it didnt take much for fingers and hair to get trapped in those. The value of an individual doll depends on popularity, date of manufacture, and number of dolls currently available for sale. Remembering the snacktime kid the terrifying doll that eats childrens hair the first hot christmas toy i recall from my own distant childhood is probably the cabbage patch kid. One line of cabbage patch kids dolls, the cabbage patch snacktime kids, was designed to eat plastic snacks.
Cabbage patch dolls, those iconic 80s toys that came with their own adoption certificates and famously squishy bodies, seemed so harmless. Consumer product safety commission cpsc, voluntarily announced today a refund program for all dolls purchased since the toys introduction in the fall of 1996. See more ideas about cabbage patch kids, cabbage patch and patch kids. Cabbage patch kids snack time kid taddy corrigan dob june 15th product information item weight. Vintage rare 1985 cabbage patch kids doll by coleco new in box vintageraredolls.
Their outfits dont come off, but the hat part of the customer comes down. Jose gomez said his sister got tangled up in her snacktime kid. Today known as the cabbage patch kids, this worldwide phenomenon continues to capture the hearts and imaginations of children and adults everywhere. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kids 1990 toys commercial. The first hot christmas toy i recall from my own distant childhood is probably the cabbage patch kid. Remembering the snacktime kid the terrifying doll that. The cabbage patch snacktime kids did not have switches, but could be. The snacktime kids doll involved a motorized mouth mechanism that allowed the doll to eat plastic foods. They had nothing on actual cabbage patch kids dolls that seemed to develop a taste for children. Few toy lines have been as successful as the cabbage patch dolls. Sadly, the kids couldnt tell carrots from fingers or hair from spaghetti and went off the market. By 1995, the cabbage patch line had passed through the hands of several highprofile toy companies starting with coleco, then hasbro, and finally ending in the hands of mattel. Collectible snacktime cabbage patch doll easy price guide.
Doll clothes superstore cabbage patch kid doll clothes and 1516 inch baby dolls blue princess dress. Safety experts alarmed by chomping cabbage patch kids. But two months after the toy manufacturer voluntarily recalled its finger and hair. If you find one mislabeled on craigslist or ebay contact the seller immediately before the listing is cancelled and give them your info so you can complete a private sale. The doll was unleashed on the masses in the fall of 1996 and more than 500,000 were recalled less than a year later by the u.
But the best feature was that you could hold her close and feed her little plastic snacks, just like a real baby. I have a cabbage patch snacktime kid, new, still in unopened box. Product title cabbage patch kids rocker doll, blonde hairbrown eye girl average rating. One of their most infamous ones was the snack time cabbage patch doll. Unfortunately you cant sell her anywhere because the dolls are recalled. The cabbage patch snack time kid doll, which is supposed to eat plastic chips and other fake food, has no onoff switch, and mrs mize said she tried to prise the doll off carlys head with no. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kid, mattel, 1995 rare, recalled item, not for children, adult collectors only. But there is perhaps no better example of a nightmare bad idea this side of lawn darts than the snack time cabbage patch kid. The mechanism enabling this was a pair of oneway smooth metal rollers behind plastic. Though many dozens of toys are recalled each year, most involve.
Collectors gobble up recalled dolls mattel had intended to send its haireating snacktime kids cabbage patch dolls back to the land of misfit toys. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kid doll rare 1995 mattel never removed from box. This beloved childrens toy received an upgrade where you could feed it snacks and it would chomp down whatever you gave it. Cabbage patch kids newborns drink n wet snack time blue eyes. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kid rare doll amelia marla. It was supposed to eat little plastic snack foods through a motorized mouth. Dec 22, 2015 in 1978, xavier roberts, a young artist from the small town of cleveland, georgia, brought to life his handstitched soft sculpture artworks known as little people. Etsy uses cookies and similar technologies to give you a better experience, enabling things like. Mattel has a long history of making controversial toys. Vintage rare cabbage patch snacktime snack time kids red head mib collectors item only libertybellesvintage. No store or websites are allowed to sell recalled toys. Snack time cabbage patch doll its so cute until it decides to grab your hair and not let go.
I find a cabbage patch kid snack time in mint condition. The snacktime kids dolls featured batterypowered mechanical jaws designed to mimic real chewing action when they were fed some plastic food. I got the cow and the caterpillar and both are just adorable and have that distinct cabbage patch smell you know. This is a recalled snacktime 1990s cabbage patch kid doll. Snacktime cabbage patch kids 10 classic toys that could kill. Cabbage patch kids werent actually born in a field of vegetables, but out of the entrepreneurial mind of a 21yearold art student, xavier roberts, in helen, georgia. The cabbage patch kids first christmas was number one in its time slot on abc. In order to help feed this crazy, mattel was consistently releasing new versions of the doll. Her name is jerilyn beth and was born in the cabbage patch on october 1. If you are cabbage patch collector then this is a musthave item for your collection these doll is the holy grail of cabbage dolls only lasted a very short time on the shelves. We may fondly recall the past as a simpler time, but we do know a lot more now than we did then.
Snack time red headed cabbage patch doll there is a backpack attached to her and her mouth is open like she drinks or eats and maybe it goes back there into the backpack. I find a cabbage patch kid snack time in mint condition never opened its made in 1995 by mattel this is the african american i know that it was taken off the selfs because it ate girls hair finger skin even pulled the hair right out of the scalp and i also have the white one too. Cabbage patch kids snacktime kid, mattel, 1995 dolls for. The first talking cabbage patch kids were released. The voluntary recall by the worlds biggest toymaker came after several highly publicized cases of cabbage patch snacktime kids dolls sucking in youngsters fingers and hair, and not letting go.
Cabbage patch kids were launched into the world in 1982, and have been a mainstay at toy shops ever since, having produced hundreds of variants over the decades. And they probably were until the cabbage patch kids snacktime kids dolls rolled off the assembly line. The iconic 80s toys enjoyed continued success in the 90s and beyond. They could only do one thing, but they were pretty popular in the early 2000s. The famous cabbage patch kids have been hiding this secret. The most dangerous banned childrens toys of all time. This toy was a flop for mattel, due to a couple overlooked flaws in its design that lead to a full product recall. The cabbage patch kids snacktime kids just didnt know when to quit. In 1976, roberts became fascinated with a german fabricsculpture technique from the 19th century known as needle molding. Manufacturers, didnt include a mechanism that could stop the doll from eating in the event that something other than plastic carrots and french fries manage to. The most dangerous kids toys you didnt know can kill. In response to concerns related to its cabbage patch kids snacktime kids dolls, mattel, inc. Snack time cabbage patch kids, with a moving mouth and metal roller that the owner could feed snacks into it was recalled after children got their fingers caught in the roller a colonial viper toy from battlestar galactica recalled for its plastic missiles being a choking hazard.
While the snacktime cabbage patch doll was marketed as a doll who loves to snack and really chews. Mattel pulls plug on haireating cabbage patch doll the. Cnn safety experts alarmed by chomping cabbage patch. Coleco industries filed for bankruptcy, but the dolls continued to be made, with the licensing rights being granted to hasbro industries and later to mattel. In the 1980s, cabbage patch dolls were extremely popular and all the little girls wanted one. To date, approximately 500,000 cabbage patch kids snacktime kids dolls have. Cabbage patch kids were launched into the world in 1982, and have been a mainstay at toy shops ever since, having produced hundreds of variants over. Before i ever saw the actual doll i heard about the doll that eats hair story in the news.
Safety experts alarmed by chomping cabbage patch kids december 30, 1996 web posted at. The idea behind the doll, released for the 1996 holiday season, was simple. The gimmick behind the hardheaded, softbodied baby dolls was. This is one of the holy grail cabbage patch snacktime doll this is brand new in the box and is very very rare. Its not entirely surprising that a cabbage patch kids doll ended up trying to eat children.