Editing Cabbage Patch Kids (section)

===Coleco years===
[[File:Cabbage patch kids logo.gif|thumb|alt=logo for Cabbage Patch Kids]]
After changing the dolls' name to Cabbage Patch Kids, Schlaifer contacted all the major doll companies in the country. Most declined, commenting that the look of the Little People was too ugly to sell on the mass-market.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=213040&c=10|title=Cleveland's Cabbage Patch Kids turn 25|publisher=AccessNorthGA.com|date=2008-09-07|access-date=2010-08-07|archive-date=December 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205111035/http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=213040&c=10|url-status=dead}}</ref> Coleco, then famous for its success with electronic toys, were sold on becoming the Master Toy licensee, including an advertising guarantee.

At the peak of their popularity, between 1983 and 1986, the dolls were highly sought-after toys for Christmas.<ref>{{cite magazine |title= Booming Sales in Toyland |magazine= Time|date=1984-12-10 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,955377,00.html|access-date=2010-03-03 | first1=John S. | last1=DeMott | first2=Other | last2=Bureaus | first3=Rosemary | last3=Byrnes}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title= TOYS: Trouble in the Cabbage Patch|magazine=Time|date=1988-05-16 |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,967387,00.html|access-date=2010-03-03}}</ref> [[Cabbage Patch riots]] occurred as parents literally fought to obtain the dolls for children. In later years, Coleco introduced variants on the original Cabbage Patch Kids, and derivatives of the original line of dolls continued to be marketed.