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 inspiration came from trolls in old Scandinavian folklore. [1] The toys are also known as good luck trolls.

2020年4月9日 · The troll dolls’ mile-high Day-Glo hair channeled a hippie aesthetic, while their wrinkled faces and exaggerated features echoed the surreal, psychedelic artwork that appeared on record sleeves...

2019年11月22日 · Learn all about troll dolls, including dates of production, characteristics, and the secondary market value for these popular dolls.

2019年5月20日 · Trolls in their collectible form were first created by Thomas Dam and his family, in Denmark in the 1950s. The first Dam trolls were carved in wood. Later, they were made of soft rubber, and finally, vinyl. The trolls made by Thomas Dam's company became known as "Dam Things," and these are the most popular trolls with collectors today. Most ...

2021年8月31日 · The classic Good Luck Trolls remained on the market, respecting the original designs, but for those who wanted something more modern, they launched the DreamWorks Trolls, colorfully dressed dolls with a more cartoon and …

2021年11月27日 · Dolls or not, trolls are immensely popular with collectors and have been since their creation in the 1960s. These toys created a fad in the '60s, '70s, and '90s. With the release of the "Trolls" movie in 2016, their popularity is on the rise once agai

2017年12月22日 · Nevertheless, the story of the Troll Doll is a bit older than the 1990s and leads us to Danish-born Thomas Dam, who carved some of the first samples of these toys from wood. Thomas was likely inspired by his father, a poverty-stricken woodcarver, who, in the 1930s had created a similar simple toy, also out of wood, that was gifted to his sister.

2016年11月4日 · troll dolls were the original beanie babies. Trolls in 1965. | Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images When the troll takeover of America hit, it hit hard.

2016年3月21日 · Inspired by local lore of certain magical forest creatures, Dam presented his daughter with the world’s first troll doll, who had magical powers and loved to make people happy. Unlike the plastic trolls that existed in the 1960s and 1990s, this original 1959 troll doll was carved from wood and had glass eyes and woolen hair.

2011年2月16日 · Invented in 1959 by a Danish woodworker, troll dolls became a North American toy craze in the early '60s and again in the '90s. Thomas Dam carved his first troll doll as a gift for his...