Cabbage Patch Kids Though Xavier Roberts is the creator of the Cabbage Patch Kids brand, many of the brand's defining characteristics, such as the dolls' overly round faces and that they came with an adoption certificate, can be traced back to Martha Nelson Thomas, an American folk artist from Kentucky. Before Roberts ever became involved in the toy industry, Thomas created and marketed her own line of dolls, called Doll Babies, which she sold at local arts and craft shows and markets. The two crossed paths at a state fair in 1976 and Roberts began purchasing her dolls to sell at a profit
San Diego Derby Dolls Diego Derby Dolls and General Manager, Isabelle Ringer, were highlighted on Mike Rowe's CNN Program 'Somebody's Gotta Do It' in episode entitled 'Derby Dolls.' San Diego Derby Dolls The San Diego Derby Dolls (SDDD) is a roller derby league based in San Diego, California. Founded in 2005, the league originally had one travel team, called the "Wildfires"; two home teams, named the "Swarm" and the "Diego Rollers"; a "B" team, known as the "Hard Corps"; as well as a junior training team called the "Juvenile Dollinquents". It currently consists of three teams, two of which are travel teams which compete