In my collector's blog
The Copycat Collector, I posted
today about my small collection of Christmas Cabbage Patch Kids. Every Tuesday I post one of my toy collections, and during Christmas month, I've been adding the few Christmas toys that I have. I thought I'd blog about it here today, because three of the four dolls I have featured, were designed by me when I worked at Mattel in the mid-90s. (Important note: Cabbage Patch Kids are NEVER to be referred to as 'dolls', they are always 'kids, or babies, or preemies, or whatever! One mustn't break the rules of the Cabbage Patch!) These particular cute li'l babies were sold through the Avon Company, and were in their catalogs, not sold in stores. So there's no special package or box that they came in. Just a poly bag. But they are cute, don't you think?
One of the babies, the one in the red dress, is a prototype. The little applique image is actually a drawing, showing what the final sewn applique will look like. I think it's kind of nice to have that little artwork on there, rather than the perfect machine made patch, visible on the green dress baby.
The funny Christmas tree one, is a collectible special edition Cabbage Patch Kid from OAA (Original Appalachian Artworks) named Treena. She is from 1995. I meant to sell her years ago on eBay, but just never could bring myself to do it. I think I'll hang on to her. She sorta looks like a combination of a Christmas tree and the Statue of Liberty, don't you think?
3 comments:
wow, that artwork is cool. i love seeing your collections :)
I'm not a collector of Cabbage Patch dolls, but yours look so good together, but you just can't sell the green Cabbage Patch, she is just too funky and cute!
Oh dear, I called them dolls! I read your story after commenting, I promise not to break that rule again! :)
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