Friday Jan 20 2017 Baby Land General

In 1977 Xavier Roberts created the cabbage patch dolls. I was fortunate enough to have met him at the Montreal toy show the year they were introduced . The bulk of the Cabbage Patch Dolls are imported and sold in Dept sores but he has built this visitor center and sells the original hand made ones here and on line . They are crafted by local artisans around Cleveland.

This is the building that is called Babyland General where all cabbage patches are born. It has an area for kids birthday parties as well as a meeting room for about 200 people. The rest of the space is used as a retail store

This is the nurse delivering the baby cabbage patch. Notice the intervenes bottle.

After they are born they are taken to the nursery where the nurse weighs, checks their heart beat and gives them a name.

These are pictures of some of the displays in the show room