. >> reporter: jennifer was 13 when she got corinne marie, one of the last dolls on the shelf. >> you'lltoy aisles, you'll fight in the toy aisle. >> i never expected riots in department stores. >> reporter: xavier roberts created the cabbage patch kids, unlike any other dolls at the time, distinctive and diverse, a unique name and birthday. >> you weren't buying a doll but adopting a cabbage patch baby. >> reporter: the curator, they just inducted the kids into the toy hall of fame. >> i got a tip some were arriving in the department store, lined up one at a time. >> like a speakeasy. >> reporter: a craze that paved the way for tickle me elmo. they're still on the market and delivered daily at baby land general hospital in georgia. >> a beautiful baby girl. >> they have the cabbage patch hospital. she said, we're going. absolutely. >> reporter: for adults, it's nostalgia. >> baby. >> reporter: for kids, it's a chance to hold the dolls, even adopt one, without all that pushing and shoving. turns out it was not just a passing fad. >> why have you held on to her so long? >> i can't imagine