A small plastic doll with furry hair, created in 1959, and becoming a fad in the 60's 70's and 90's, these dolls were made to look like trolls. Thomas Dam, a fisherman, could not afford to buy his young daughter a christmas gift, and instead carved out a little troll out of wood to give her. When other children saw her new doll, they wanted one too.

In the 90's there were many types of trolls, ranging in size from miniature gumball machine prizes and pencil toppers to dolls over one foot tall.