The new movie is called, “Billion Dollar Babies: The True story of the cabbage patch kids”
Director Andrew Jenks talks:
-How crazy it was to find a cabbage patch kid in 1983
-The fights that would break out at department stores
-The idea was allegedly stolen from artist Martha Nelson Thomas. Artist Martha Nelson Thomas sued Xavier Roberts, manufacturer of the Cabbage Patch Kids, after he allegedly copied her doll babies. The case settled for an undisclosed amount
-The craze was real