Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids

Nov 24, 2023

1h 34m

★ 0.0

Overview

Doll hospitals, cabbage ‘births,’ a four-year legal battle over the origin of the idea and a billion-dollar toy brand that put the wheels of modern-day Black Friday shopping riots into motion. This is the unbelievable true story you never knew about the toy craze that started it all, the Cabbage Patch Kids.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Believe Entertainment Group

NBCUniversal

Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

Neil Patrick Harris

Self – Interviewee

Xavier Roberts

Self – Interviewee

Connie Chung

Self – Interviewee

Al Kahan

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Billion Dollar Babies: The True Story of the Cabbage Patch Kids

Overview

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