This was one of the relatively lower price range stage, from around $40 - $80. She had played around with The Cabbage Patch as we would with dolls nowadays, but since they provided the “façade” of it being an adopted child she treated it in the manner she imagined she would treat her own child when she was older. Later one day she lost the doll, she said she was very sad about it but eventually she moved on from the loss, to other products. She especially felt better when the fad died.
The Cabbage Patch Kids is in the stage just off of maturity and into decline, as there sales have dropped a large amount, yet they are still making sales on a new and not as enthusiastic generation that is prone to technology. As well, they seem to still be making enough money off of the consumers who would purchase it for memorabilia