Thomas Dam never intended to be a toymaker. This Danish baker found himself out of a job after World War II, and he ended up creating the original troll dolls (and elves) for his children and ...

The Troll dolls were first introduced in 1959, when Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam, too poor to afford a Christmas present for his young daughter Lajla, carved a doll for her based on ...

A smiling troll. | Justin Taylor, Flickr // CC BY 2.0 Even though Thomas Dam lost his creation to the public domain in America in the '60s, his company soldiered on in Europe. The '80s saw another ...

Danish sculptor Thomas Dam produced the original troll doll. Ink Drop/Alamy. In early 2017, brothers Justin, Travis and Griffin McElroy had just wrapped up a live-taping of their hit podcast ...

Glendale, CA – April 11, 2013 – DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) has acquired the IP for the iconic Troll franchise from the Dam Family and Dam Things of Denmark with plans to ...

Dam dreamed of a troll movie, even experimenting with Claymation before his death in 1989. But the family business Dam Things became tied up in efforts to stop imitators. They were successful in U ...

Rachel's deconstruction of trolling last night (video) got me thinking about the word "troll." Like: 1. Where did those freaky troll dolls come from anyway? In 1959, Thomas Dam could not afford to ...

The Good Luck Trolls, with their frizzy, pastel-colored hair, are coming to the big screen via DreamWorks Animation. Skip to main content Plus Icon Click to expand the Mega Menu ...

DreamWorks Animation is trolling for its own toy story, licensing the classic Happy Troll Doll character from Danish company Dam Things for the bigscreen. Continue to Variety SKIP AD.