Editing Cabbage Patch Kids (section)

===Mattel years===
In 1994, [[Mattel]] acquired the licensing rights to the dolls from Original Appalachian Artworks. Their first Cabbage Patch dolls hit the stores in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=New York Times News |date=1995-11-26 |title=MATTEL HOPES CABBAGE KIDS GET NEW START |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/11/26/mattel-hopes-cabbage-kids-get-new-start/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Mattel Cabbage Patch dolls were not limited to cloth bodies and included dolls made from [[Polyvinyl chloride|vinyl]], resulting in a more durable play doll. The Mattel dolls are mostly sized 14" or smaller, and most variants were individualized with a [[gimmick]] to enhance their collectibility, e.g. some dolls played on water toys, swam, ate food, or brushed their teeth.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

Some Mattel lines include the updated Kids line of basic cloth dolls that came with [[birth certificate]]s, the OlympiKids that were made to coincide with the [[1996 Olympics]], and the Cabbage Patch [[Flower|Fairies]]. In January 1997, Mattel recalled the franchise's Snacktime Kids dolls after numerous complaints that they were chewing on children's hair and fingers.<ref>{{cite news|accessdate=January 25, 2023|date=January 7, 1997|first=James T.|last=Madore|newspaper=Washington Post|title=Mattel Pulls Plug On Hair-Eating Cabbage Patch Doll|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1997/01/07/mattel-pulls-plug-on-hair-eating-cabbage-patch-doll/4eb10f53-a923-44bc-a3b0-683ef5d764a9/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1997-03-03-9703020208-story.html|title=Mattel Pulls Plug On Hair-Eating Cabbage Patch Doll|first=Stacy|last=Singer|publisher=Orlando Sentinel|date=March 2, 1997|accessdate=January 25, 2023}}</ref> Also, to celebrate the dolls' 15th anniversary, Mattel created a line of exclusively female dolls with reproduction face molds, dressed in a reproduction dresses reminiscent of the original line and packaged in retro style box. These were 16 inches tall, the same measurement of the first Coleco Cabbage Kids.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}