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Subject: Re: The Cabbage Patch Caper?
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Date: Tue, 6-Dec-83 00:22:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  6 00:22:03 1983
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According to articles in the Los Angeles Times and information
presented on the Larry King Show, the cabbage patch doll  is created
with a computer which generates random features on the doll.  The
doll can be either male or female, negro or caucasian, and has
unique facial features and fingerprints.  A child buying the doll
has the impression that the doll is her very own because of this
uniqueness.  Accompanying the doll are a set of adoption papers
which reinforce this impression.  In addition Coleco mails a
birthday card to the owner one year after the purchase.

This doll which originally listed for $20 has been sold for over
$100 at stores in New York and one person flew to England because he
heard a rumor that the dolls were available in London.  This coming
Friday the Larry King show will auction on radio one doll for charity 
provided they can find a doll to auction.

David Whiteman
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