The Nation - News from Dec. 4, 1985

The collar worn by one of the popular Cabbage Patch dolls could endanger children if they place it around their own necks, a consumer group said in Washington. A bright medal on the collar of the Cabbage Patch Koosa attracts children, and it is just their nature to try to place the collar around their own necks, said Ann Brown, chairman of the Consumer Affairs Committee of Americans for Democratic Action. Officials at Coleco, the company that makes the dolls, said the collar design had been changed. The committee’s 14th annual pre-Christmas report on toy safety also criticized some packaging, toys difficult to use or to assemble and items that it called a poor value either because of cost or lack of play interest.