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<span style="font-family: "tahoma"; font-size: large;">In the mid 1960s, Thomas Dam created political finger puppets for the American market. <span style="color: red;">An elephant was designed for Republicans</span>, and <span style="color: blue;">a donkey was designed for Democrats</span>. (I remember these finger puppets being given out at political conventions in the mid-to-late 60s.) These party trolls were approximately 3 inches tall. Most of them had the 1964 "Dam Things Establishment" Copyright embedded around the finger hole (at the bottom) of each puppet and "Design Dam Patent" stamped on one foot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">My sweet granddaughter has fallen in love with troll horses. Her favorite color is pink. Look what "Dran Ma" restored and can barely wait to give to her for the holidays!</span>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-90593938329735960852016-03-26T08:17:00.001-07:002016-03-26T08:17:08.750-07:00Trolls Official Teaser Trailer #1 (2016) - Justin Timberlake Animated Mo...Can you guess where I will be on my birthday?<br /><br />
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Above is a custom-restored Scandia House Troll that I gave to my sister for Christmas. As you can see, she is celebrating the New Year with a Bud Light! (Yes, I know. There was no Bud Light in the 1960's and early 1970's.)<br />
<br />Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-30908318066215200092014-08-22T09:24:00.006-07:002014-08-22T09:24:55.883-07:00The Creator of Beautiful Dam ThingsThomas Dam was born in Denmark on October 2, 1909. He loved and spent most of his life in his hometown of Argir, <span>a village in the Faroe Islands. On January 11, 1986, he passed away, just before the second "troll craze" hit.</span><br />
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Maria Joensen Dam, wife, sews and stuffs troll dolls - while Thomas Dam "puts on the finishing touches".<br />
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Thomas Dam in his later years, enjoying the ocean breezes of the Faroe Islands. <br />
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This photograph of Thomas Dam and his largest equine creation was taken in Denmark sometime during the early-to-mid 1960s.<br /><br />Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-67299807044980235432014-06-14T18:44:00.002-07:002021-04-09T12:14:44.984-07:00Original (No Restoration Needed) "Iggy Normous" Cave Troll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #8d3a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: x-large;">In the 1960s, the largest Dam dolls on the market were known as the "Iggy Normous" trolls. They were anywhere from 10.5 to 12 inches in height (not including the hair). Probably the best known of the Iggy Normous Trolls was Dam's Cave Troll. This 1964 version of the Cave Troll originally had a 2-inch, (cream colored) plastic, sharp-tooth or bear-claw piece hanging from his neck. "Ugh" was missing this before I got him - so, I replaced it with </span><span style="color: #8d3a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: x-large;">an authentic Bison (American Buffalo) tooth.</span><span style="color: #8d3a00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: x-large;"> White Icelandic mohair now takes the place of his once rotting gray hair. Real rabbit fur, dyed in a leopard pattern, now covers his body - instead of the original deteriorating costume.</span>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-87077308483531638802012-12-19T06:56:00.000-08:002012-12-19T06:56:06.859-08:00<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, JOY! I will soon be retiring from over-the-road trucking and will soon be free to return to my troll hobby (and the wonderful on-line community associated with it).</b></span><br />
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Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-38153440100386391252007-06-18T12:30:00.000-07:002007-07-09T08:40:19.471-07:00A Dam, Damn Rare, Animal!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN5wXCRxS2XORZeRlr7F-ColxU33cHngErRoXEQC7RTeY7JGym9xstAo9Mi52mEUKjWY9OMTegL_VNpdA-yxxIMuF_tCMsFHNQJxs6DFAoCWNTAprPW1xcSImgtR9N8_Er1ik/s1600-h/Sherill's+Large+Reindeer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077489601227993842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN5wXCRxS2XORZeRlr7F-ColxU33cHngErRoXEQC7RTeY7JGym9xstAo9Mi52mEUKjWY9OMTegL_VNpdA-yxxIMuF_tCMsFHNQJxs6DFAoCWNTAprPW1xcSImgtR9N8_Er1ik/s400/Sherill's+Large+Reindeer.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Folks, I had to wipe the drool off of my chin when Sherill (a fellow collector) shared this EXTREMELY RARE animal with me! This LARGE, WHITE, reindeer is just one of only a hundred that were manufactured in Denmark during the 1960s - and he is the only one known to reside in the United States. The newer "hang tag" around his neck was signed and given to Sherill by the son of Thomas Dam, Niels Dam (who also verified this masterpiece's authenticity).</div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1154637389589287922006-08-03T13:28:00.000-07:002007-03-12T10:50:39.926-07:00My 2006 State Fair of Texas Entry<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/1600/Tailed%20Troll%20-%20Front.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/320/Tailed%20Troll%20-%20Front.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/1600/Tailed%20Troll%20-%20Back.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/320/Tailed%20Troll%20-%20Back.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/1600/Tailed%20Toes.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6476/612/320/Tailed%20Toes.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p>I could not resist! My 1965 Scandia House edition of the large (6.75 inches) tailed troll will be entered in this year’s doll show at the Texas State Fair. This bigger version of Dam’s doll with the fur-tipped rear appendage has uniquely detailed finger and toe nails. Many of the larger tailed trolls were dressed in burlap tunics with brown yarn belts tied around them. Sometimes, there were various “charms” strung on the belt. Generally, the charms were made of either felt or plastic. A red felt diamond, two types of green felt leaves, a plastic four-leaf clover and a plastic lantern filled with colored rings are just some of the charms I know of.<br /><br />Tailed trolls are highly prized among collectors with the smaller (around 3 inches) versions being “all the rage” and selling for hundreds of dollars. Most of them were originally sold “in the buff”, but a few petite individuals with “butt extremities” were also dressed in burlap garments.</p>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1141091736519378552006-02-27T17:55:00.000-08:002006-02-27T17:59:52.416-08:00A Dam Trollish Santa<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Dam"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Dam%27s%20Big%20Santa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Dam's BIG Santa! <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a> (www.theplaymakers.com)Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1141091267951864772006-02-27T17:34:00.000-08:002006-03-01T18:27:28.936-08:00Before the creation of his famous trolls, . . .Thomas Dam was recruited by a large Swedish department store to assist in the creation of a two-story Santa Claus for their 1956 Yule display. The majority of this "jolly old elf" was made of metal, but the rubber face and hands were designed and handcrafted by Dam.*<br /><br />*Information obtained from <a href="http://www.theplaymakers.com">www.theplaymakers.com</a>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1140645342289562082006-02-22T13:55:00.000-08:002006-09-15T06:15:53.740-07:00Restored Robin Hood Troll<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Robin%20Troll.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Robin%20Troll.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />This is a larger classic Robin Hood troll, which I have "liberally" restored. His badly decaying velveteen coat, velveteen hat and deteriorated arrow case were used as patterns and were recreated in suede leather. Robin's missing green felt pants and brown felt belt have been replaced. The damaged dyed chicken feather that was in his cap has been exchanged for a quail feather. The once broken arrow now sports a handcrafted stone spearhead, and the bow he holds was hand-carved from wood. (I'm rather proud of it.)<br /><br />Unlike many of the 7-inch character trolls, this one is not a coin bank. <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1140644468333702502006-02-22T13:41:00.000-08:002006-09-15T06:17:23.230-07:00Human Troll Tootsies<div align="right"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/My%20Troll%20Feet.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/My%20Troll%20Feet.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />These are not life-size replicas of Dam troll feet. These are my actual feet! <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1134088601438356702005-12-08T16:36:00.000-08:002006-09-15T06:18:53.590-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Large%20&%20Odd%20Trolls%202.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Large%20%26%20Odd%20Trolls%202.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Large character and other odd trolls (view from right side) <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1134088477023285172005-12-08T16:34:00.000-08:002006-09-15T06:19:11.883-07:00<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Character%20Trolls.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Character%20Trolls.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A variety of character trolls . . . <a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a></div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1134088192688503402005-12-08T16:29:00.000-08:002005-12-08T16:29:52.690-08:00Discovering the TrollAs a kid in the 1960s, I hated Barbie (the doll). Being overweight and average in appearance, I could not relate to her. Her physical attributes were of porno proportions. She had a tight prudish mouth, a rigid hair style and ridiculously tiny feet. In my contempt, I would pull the head of my little sister’s Barbie off and replace it with the head of a Little Kiddle – nearly wetting myself from laughter at the discrepancy!<br /><br />Then I discovered the troll doll. Now, there was a doll I could relate to! It was a little chubby, like me. My troll had a broad warm smile and unkempt, long, soft hair. Even the wide feet of the doll (with its stubby toes) were identical to mine. The card that came with my troll, explaining its magic and the good luck it would bring, was just icing on the cake . . .Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1134087660346824222005-12-08T16:21:00.000-08:002005-12-08T16:21:00.350-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Large%20Troll%20Animals.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #006600; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Large%20Troll%20Animals.jpg'></a><br />Large Dam Animals! <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1134087509977284452005-12-08T16:18:00.000-08:002005-12-08T16:18:29.983-08:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/640/Small%20Troll%20Animals.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #006600; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/24/2094/400/Small%20Troll%20Animals.jpg'></a><br />Small Dam, Happy Gang & Rauls animal trolls - my favorites! <a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1121651729811879952005-07-17T17:33:00.000-07:002007-03-02T21:58:42.376-08:00A Dam Rare Animal Troll!<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/24/2094/320/ReindeerTroll1.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #006600 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #006600 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #006600 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/24/2094/320/ReindeerTroll1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The elusive reindeer troll - the "Holy Grail" of the Dam animal trolls. <a href="http://picasa.google.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />To the best of my knowledge, only two versions of the 3-inch animal trolls had articulated heads <strong>and</strong> cloven hooves, the reindeer troll and a rare European version of the cow troll.</div>Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9352451.post-1111708198036375822005-03-24T15:40:00.000-08:002005-03-24T17:04:41.210-08:00Character TrollsBelow are some examples of character trolls. The outfits on the Dam bride and groom dolls were adapted from a 1960s McCall’s pattern. The Playboy Bunny troll is a Thomas Dam/Scandia House classic. Most of the Bunny trolls had eyelashes; however, in the 3-inch versions (as seen beneath), many were produced without lashes.Iveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13221505169825239504noreply@blogger.com0