Monday, March 22, 2010

Monster Trolls

A lot of people find trolls unappealing, even rather creepy.  If you are one of those people, you should probably skip this post.

Still here? Okay then:

During the 1960s troll craze, competing toy manufacturers were constantly striving to outdo each other, coming up with trolls of ever increasing novelty or ever cheaper production: whatever they could do to get a market edge. Well, someone in Hong Kong, observing both the 1960s troll fad and the concurrent monster craze, combined the two, creating what is now one of the most disturbing, and most-sought, trolls out there: the Frankenstein's Monster Troll. He proved so popular, two other monsters were added about a decade later: the Wolfman and King Kong.

 "We promise not to come alive at night and terrorize 
your other toys. Really."

3 comments:

  1. They remind me a little bit of Homer Simpson.

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  2. oh, they don't scare me!
    hey, i posted about your troll collection on my blog :)

    xoxo

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  3. Hi Christine, you're right: they definitely have a "Homer Simpson" belly.

    Thanks PP!

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