Troll Dolls

A wizard troll doll from the 1990s.

      A Troll Doll (Danish: Gjøltrold) is a type of plastic doll; with furry up-combed hair depicting a troll, also known as a Dam doll after their creator Danish woodcutter Thomas Dam. The toys are also known as good luck trolls, or gonk trolls in the United Kingdom.

• Damworld's official website
• Read more about the history of Troll dolls at Wikipedia
• The Hair Raising History of Trolls

      The dolls were first created in 1959 and became one of the United States' biggest toy fads in the early 1960s. They became briefly popular again during the 1970s through the 1990s and were copied by several manufacturers under different names. During the 1990s, several video games and a video show were created based on troll dolls. In 2003, the Dam company restored the United States copyrights for this brand, stopping unlicensed production. In 2005, the Dam company modernized the brand under the name Trollz, but it failed in the marketplace.

Video Fan Base at YouTube for Trolls:

• Obsessed With Troll Dolls
• The Troll Hole Museum
• My Troll Collection
• Las Vegas collector of massive troll collection

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