<Tr> <Th> Availability </Th> <Td> 1978--present </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of soft sculptured doll - like creatures sold by Xavier Roberts and registered in the United States copyright office in 1978 . </P> <P> The idea was stolen from a North American folk artist by the name of Martha Nelson Thomas . </P>

When did the cabbage patch dolls come out