Cabbage Patch Kid Signature Colors
Cabbage Patch Kids were copyrighted in 1978 and 1982, but mass-market dolls were not sold until 1983. Each year Coleco, and then later companies changed the colour of the signature. Identifying Year of Manufacture Cabbage Patch Dolls by Signature Colors Listed below are the years of manufacture, the color of the signature, and the manufacturer of the Cabbage Patch dolls for that year 1983 - Black (Coleco) 1984 - Black (Coleco Preemies and Foreign Kids, Green (Coleco and Foreign Kids) 1985 - Blue (Coleco and Foreign Kids).
Check what material the head of the Cabbage Patch doll is made of. The original dolls were made entirely out of cloth whereas later editions had vinyl heads. Turn the doll over and look on his left butt cheek for Xavier Roberts' signature.
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The color of the signature changed each year; for example, blue in 1985, red in 1986 and aqua in 1987. There are several ways to identify authentic Cabbage Patch dolls, including signature, body tags and copyright notice. Expert Cabbage Patch doll collectors can be consulted for further information on the authenticity of a particular doll.
New collectors should be aware that fake kids may look almost identical to the authentic dolls. True Cabbage Patch Kids have his trademark signature on their left butt cheek. The color of the ink used depends on the year, but the most common colors were blue and green.
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Ascertain the materials used to make up your Cabbage Patch Kid's hair. Hair was traditionally made out of yarn, though some models with softer cornsilk hair were also. How to tell when a Cabbage Patch Doll was made? If you have a few Cabbage Patch Kids lying around the house, you can actually tell which year it was made by checking out the ink on its buttocks.
On its cheek, there's a signature, and based on the color, you can determine the year your doll was created. Check out the color key below. 1983.
Cabbage Patch Kid , with signature on bottom
The Key to Signature Colors One famous way to tell if the doll was a real Cabbage Patch doll or not was if it had the creator, Xavier Roberts, name signed on it's bum. The age, manufacturer, and authenticity of a Cabbage Patch can generally be ascertained by a quick look at the doll's left butt-cheek. There should be a signature and date, and the colour of the signature corresponds to the year/manufacturer/model: * 1983 - Black (Coleco) * 1984 - Black (Coleco) Preemies and Foreign Kids, Green (Coleco and Foreign Kids) * 1985 - Blue (Coleco and Foreign Kids.
It was claimed that each Cabbage Patch Kids doll was unique. Different head molds, eye shapes and colors, hairstyles and colors, and clothing options did make each one look different than the other. It seems that the people took the promise lightly, going by the vast numbers of second-hand Cabbage Patch Kids around.
It's easy to check the date of a Cabbage Patch Kid by looking at its bottom! There you'll find the signature of Xavier Roberts, and, often, a date. The ink coklours changed each year, the earliest being black (no date).
