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Continuing on with my "toys that have nothing to do with Halloween but kind of do" series, here's a look back at some of the smaller toys from the Mad Scientist collection. You know the one. The one fronted by that weird Dr. Wily-esque guy in a lab coat. The only that had big playsets that let you dissolve clay monsters and create visuals like the climax scene in either Gremlins movie. The toys featured in this article are on the simpler side, but they were some of my favorites, because I do so love shallow tubs full of neon ooze with funky titles.

Posted by Matt on 10/24/2006. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 113 comments

Ditto. I’m nearly 24 and I had a Cabbage Patch Kid. The only thing I remember about it was that he was a Ginger. He was later replaced with a My Buddy, with which I took a ball-point pen and played Connect-the-Dots with his freckles.

Chestnuts roasted by ColonelCatsup @ 10/27/2006 2:03 AM

**gush** In the words of stimpy YEEEEEE yeeee.
Im not alone. Doc SCarealot Mines name was joey and he was dressed in a yankees uniform so I guess that gives him some redeeming value. And yeah they were for girls and boys nooow I remeber.

MissJess cool. What are these strange creatures of the cabage patch you speak of ? The seem so familiar just cant place a face on the product.

Chestnuts roasted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:05 AM

ColonelCatsup , dont even get me stated on “My Buddy” I played with him till I was like 10 or 11. I also had a sick fasination with chucky so that was the closest I was getting to him. Till I got my chucky doll that is.

Chestnuts roasted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:08 AM

KOOSAS!!!!

Sorry. Cushe-They were called Cabbage Patch Koosas. The animal friends of the CPKids. I feel much better that I know the name now. It took a lot of google-ing…but I found ‘em.

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 10/27/2006 2:29 AM

koo…saaaas? Cool. God lord those thngs are wierd looking. They have all the unatural in-human cherubic features of cabage patch kids with a bestial twist. I knew I’de seen those before Thanks.

Chestnuts roasted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 2:44 AM

I remember my cabbage patch kid, he had short curly hair and his name was rosco. When I wanted to have him be a girl I named him roseanne. I quickly changed him back to Rosco though but when I was jealous of the girls clothes my older sisters had for theirs I told them he was a girl I just changed him. My Grandma made some Cabbage patch kids with those cheap doll heads and I remember the next door neighbor ripped the head off of my sisters doll and my grandma always put off sewing the head back on and never did it! HA!! My Grandma also sewed a bunch of clothes for them. I had a troll doll that was a little smaller then my CPK so I put on some CPK clothes on him. For a while I lugged him around more then the other dolls, I actually put pj’s on him when it was time for bed a few times! He had yellow hair.

Chestnuts roasted by Goob @ 10/27/2006 2:55 AM

I always thought bald Cabbage Patch Kids looked like Alfred Hitchcock… Find a bald Cabbage Patch Kid, put in a suit and tie and imagine it saying “Good evening!”

Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 10/27/2006 9:18 AM

I’m pretty sure my sister had a Cabbage Patch Kid. I don’t think I did. I did, however, have Rainbow Brite sheets and a big plush Lurky that I loved to death. My friends always tell me never to reveal that stuff, but I think at X-E it’s ok.

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 10/27/2006 9:42 AM

I never had a cabbage patch, but I did have a koosa. I guess he was supposed to be a dog or something.. All I really remember is that the way his ears were shaped, and since they were all hard, they were perfect to chew on.

Mmmmmm… koosa ears.

Chestnuts roasted by RUrahrah @ 10/27/2006 10:00 AM

Jeebers! My heart is dying a slow death with every hour I spend at work actualyl working ad not reading a new halloween post..

On the side note:

My Cabbage patch doll was Christopher. He was originally Bert (or Burt, i forget), but I was not about to roll with a kid named Burt (or Bert). He ruled the land, even after My Buddy, even After the WWF pillow guys came out; I had Macho Man OOooooooooooooH YEAH! DIG IT!

Then…he was lost, LOST forever!!! /tear….

then i discovered girls…but the GI Joes stayed, damnit!

Chestnuts roasted by Fitzyroo @ 10/27/2006 10:41 AM

I had two CPkids I had a girl named Martha and a boy named Barry-Malcolm he was blad, but I don’t think he ever looked like Alfred Hitchcock?

I remember my Mom and Grandma making clothes for Martha and matching clothes for me! I used to bring Martha to school and we’d be wearing the same outfit.

When naming your CPkid did you go for the name given on the birth certificate or name or give a name you wanted? I went with the birth certificate I don’t think I’d be creative enough to think of a name like Barry-Malcolm.

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/27/2006 11:35 AM

Barry-Malcolm, eh? Can’t say I really understand the hyphenated first name. Were the Cabbage Patch Adults just indecisive?

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 10/27/2006 11:50 AM

Never had a CPK, but I did have a Pound Puppy that had my name inscribed on his dog collar. Named him Butterscotch because that was his color reminded me of.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/27/2006 11:51 AM

I’m a guy, and I had a Cabbage Patch Kid too. He and My Buddy would always be with me. Anyone else ever actually name My Buddy? I’m pretty sure I had a sweet imagination as a kid, but I still went with Buddy as My Buddy’s name.

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 10/27/2006 12:20 PM

I had an old sock.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash and "Mr. Crispy" @ 10/27/2006 12:27 PM

I got a rock.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/27/2006 12:33 PM

I still have my Cabbie. Her name is Carrie, and she’s burried under the blankets on my bed somewhere. She even has her original yellow felt dress with the appliqued pink satin heart. I also had a Pound Puppy I named Buster (I went through a phase of calling everyone that, and it somehow stuck to the dog), but he’s long gone, sadly.

Starwenn goes to the Icee/Slurpee machine in the X-E lounge to get herself some Artic Blast or Pitch Black frozen goodness. Every lounge needs an Icee/Slurpee machine. Oh, and she put out her own fresh, home-made pumpkin bread, since everything in the cupboards expired in the last decade and nostalgia-lovers cannot live on smelly pasta alone.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/27/2006 1:29 PM

My CPK’s name was Petunia Vivian. I remember scribbling on her butt with green marker so I could sign my name next to Xavier Roberts or whoever’s name was down there.
Remember the CPK’s that could eat? And there was some horror story about one eating a kid’s hair or something…at least, that’s what my mom told me. I was freaked out, but maybe it was just my mom’s way of saying “I’m never fighting department store crowds for one of those things again.”

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2006 1:39 PM

I remeber that. I actually saw a news cast with the little girls hair stuck in the dolls mouth and the more she struggled the more hair the doll took in, The kittle girl looked very upset. There was some kind of epidemic with that.

Chestnuts roasted by cushe @ 10/27/2006 1:52 PM

well i always thought it was weird my male cousin had a cabbage patch but i guess not.. my toy vision didn’t expand far past gi joe and video games

I always thought bald Cabbage Patch Kids looked like Alfred Hitchcock… Find a bald Cabbage Patch Kid, put in a suit and tie and imagine it saying “Good evening!”

ha this literally had me laughin out loud! we should make our own countdown entries

Chestnuts roasted by drbong @ 10/27/2006 3:15 PM

The little buggers had plastic “snacks” like celery, carrot sticks, and cheese sticks that were pushed into their pie-holes and activated the mechanism for “eating.” Then, they developed a taste for flesh, then, since cannabalism is generally frowned upon as unacceptable snacking, decided on hair as a substitute.

*whirr*
*whirr*
*whirr*
*munch*
*munch*
*munch*
*squish-squoosh*

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/27/2006 3:19 PM

I had a bag of used hypodermic needles and a soap on a rope.

Chestnuts roasted by Deuce @ 10/27/2006 3:41 PM

I only kept the name on the birth certificate for my first cabbage patch, the rest I re-named for one reason or another. I know one came with the name Jessica…and something about having a junior of myself freaked me out. I never had one that ate food, but I did have a bald one that smelled like powder, and after some time, came to look like it was stricken with a mystery disease that caused it to be riddled with white legions all over its head. I also had one with hair you could crimp. It made my hands sticky. I’m bored.

Chestnuts roasted by MissJess @ 10/27/2006 4:17 PM

Oh yeah, the crimpy ones. I remember being mildly intersted in those…were they around the same time as the flesh-eating CPK’s?

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/27/2006 4:55 PM

I’m shocked and awed that you all can remember their names. I had one, but I have no clue what her name was.

By the way, 100th post. :)

Chestnuts roasted by broomstickjockey @ 10/27/2006 5:06 PM

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