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“The dolls retail for anywhere from $27 to $30 locally but Zayre’s was offering them at the discount price of $17.99,” the Times Leader reported.Ĭabbage Patch dolls came with a birth certificate and adoption papers. In the days leading up to Black Sunday, Zayre’s advertised they had the dolls in stock. “Checkout lines were 25 to 30 people deep as shoppers clung tightly to the dolls,” the newspaper reported.Ī cashier told a reporter, “I’ve worked at this store for two years and I’ve never seen anything as crazy as this.” Those who managed to get one of the store’s inventory of 240 dolls held onto them with all desperation as other customers tried to tug them away. Packages with the dolls were thrown in the air, leading to many shoppers jumping with arms raised high similar to an outfielder making a homerun saving catch at the fence line. “When the doors opened at 8:50 a.m., ten minutes early, the pushing, shouting shoppers cleaned out the store’s stock of 240 of the popular dolls in 30 minutes,” the Times Leader reported.ĭuring the melee, the store manager jumped onto the counter and yelled for the crowd to calm down while waving the bat. Then a second officer, a third, a fourth and eventually a fifth police officer were at the scene, including five store security guards.Īn assistant store manager stationed himself behind a counter holding a baseball bat for protection. One city police officer arrived as the crowd grew larger.
After daybreak, there were shouts from the growing crowd for the store to open early. Shoppers began waiting outside Zayre’s as early as midnight for the 9 a.m. Sunday’s rush began after the store advertised in newspapers that it had the doll for sale,” the Times Leader reported. “Cabbage Patch dolls have been almost impossible to find in many area stores. In an era prior to video game systems and cellular phones becoming popular Christmas presents, Cabbage Patch dolls were a major craze. The suspect was not apprehended,” the Times Leader reported about the chaotic event. Police said bystanders grabbed the doll from the man as he was fleeing the store. “The woman was knocked to the floor while trying to hang onto a doll being snatched from her hands by an unidentified man who fled out the front door. A Kingston woman suffered three broken ribs and a broken right leg, spending several weeks in a wheelchair. 27, 1983, and bull rushed their way inside in hopes of getting their hands on a Cabbage Patch doll.Īfter the donnybrook scene, five women were transported to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Lots of winners in this list.Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience.Īn estimated crowd of 1,000 stood outside the Zayre’s Department Store on Spring Street, Wilkes-Barre, on Nov.
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(Also, feel free to pass this list on to anyone expecting a baby and searching for really awesome, memorable baby names. (I only included the ones with a first and middle name given.) When the days are gray and lonely, I'll just pick up my chin and grin and.read this list.
I had to have them all in one easily accessible place for me to enjoy on a whim. Seeing that Cabbage Patch Kid names make me extremely happy, I thought I would list the ones that people shared on Facebook. Ha! She made one for my cousin, Greg, because he was always threatening to turn our Cabbage Patch Kids into coleslaw.
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She spent hours perfecting how to paint their lips and eyelashes. My mom even took a class with my aunt on how to make PORCELAIN Cabbage Patch Kids. (Are you still stuck on that awesome picture of us? Wishing you had one of those duck sweaters?)Ĭabbage Patch Kids were just taking over the world when I had this picture taken. My sister's doll was FLOSS BARBIE, which is a beyond awesome name. My sister carried hers, too, but, as you can see in this picture, she wasn't taking hers to school! I swear other girls were taking theirs to school that day besides me. I carried her plastic head with me everywhere I went and I was in FIFTH GRADE. I don't think I have ever been more excited in my life. My mom asked me to go get something out of the Ram Charger parked in the garage and when I went out, there was the Cabbage Patch Kid box sitting on the hood and my dad behind it ready with a camera. I had opened up all of my presents from my parents and received all of my Santa gifts and still did not spot a Cabbage Patch Kid, the one thing I REALLY wanted. I still remember the Christmas I got her. Denise is my middle name, so seeing her middle name on her birth certificate made me extremely happy.