Those from the 70s and 80s can sell for as much as $25,000 to $35,000 a piece. Now the couple displays and sells Cabbage Patch originals. Then, as they met more Cabbage Patch parents, the Proseys sent gifts back and forth - eventually arranging play dates at their dream playground. "There was such response, a woman phoned us and asked, could I do it again?" "He was a real kid doing real stuff," he said. Soon, Joe Prosey was writing a column in a collectors' newsletter using Kevin's voice. The following weekend, he dressed Kevin the wetsuit and took him waterskiing - even though has he got strange looks from others. "I thought, that'll fit a Cabbage Patch Kid." She said she thought, "Now, I could actually build a place for my kids," and the amusement park was born.Īs for Joe Prosey, he got hooked in the 1980s one day when he was at a waterskiing event and saw a miniature sample of a wet suit hanging on a shop wall. "They went from freckles to teeth to glasses and toothbrushes, and before you know it, our whole house in Baltimore was filled with Cabbage Patch Kids," said Pat Prosey.īut when her father offered the couple a farm two hours south in Leonardstown, Md., they jumped at the chance to find room for their growing collection. "She was kind of cute and when I got her got her home, Joe thought I had lost my mind," she said.īut soon, she found a boy, named Kevin, and today he is the spokesman for what has become their personal Cabbage Patch empire.Īfter Meg and Kevin, came the "preemies" and the ones with freckles. Pat Prosey got her first Cabbage Patch Meg in 1985 for $50. By 1990, 65 million had been "adopted," according to his web site. Each doll was different and came with a double-barreled name and a birth certificate.īy the end of 1981, the Cabbage Patch doll had made the cover of Newsweek magazine, and he had sold nearly 3 million kids. His concept - adoptable "Little People" - was developed in 1976. The soft dolls with the wrinkled faces were created by Xavier Roberts, a 21-year-old art student from Georgia, who adopted a German technique for sculpture with his mother's quilting skills, according to his the Cabbage Patch Kids website. "Mother said one day I would probably collect some type of doll when I was older," she said. The obsession all began with Pat Prosey, a former paint store technician, who had loved baby dolls as a girl. We have a 6,000-foot building - do the math." "We don't say how much money we have into the collection," said Pat Prosey. "It's a 24-hour job, seven days a week," said Joe Prosey.
And since 1994, they have operated an "adoption center" for Cabbage Patch originals.
So far, the Proseys have spent $2,000 on their luxury playground.
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