After the initial wave of CPK fever, there was need for a new type of Kid. Officially known as "Cabbage Patch Babies", everyone in the know calls them Beanie Butt Babies (BBBs). Now don't be confused with the 1990s craze for beanie babies, which didn't appear until the year after Coleco/Hasbro stopped making BBBs.
You got a sneak peek at a couple BBBs last month when we wrote about repairing scrapes on heads and faces. BBBs are the smallest of the Kids--less than a foot high--but what really sets them apart is the inclusion of a beanbag in their torsos that lets them sit upright (although it doesn't do anything for their standing).
To show you what this looks like, here is a Kid we disassembled because he reeked of cigarettes. We soaked each of the components in cheap vodka, a trick that a professional costumer shared with us years ago.
Because they were supposed to be younger than a normal Kid, BBBs tended to come with sweet, infant-appropriate clothes. Here are a few typical examples.
Of course, we here at CP Rehab aren't slaves to foolish consistency. Instead we try to have a little fun and play to the individual personalities of each Kid.
Lil Pooh is "comin' atcha!"
Chow Fat is on his way to the Himalayan monastery.
Carmine "Babycakes" Carpelli found a way to unwind after a long day.
And Tony got a pony. What is wrong with pony?
Stay tuned to our next entry because the BBBs will be back.
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