Back to the 90s Series
In a nutshell; the 90s were awesome. Why wouldn’t we want to remember them. Rant! indulges in little nostalgia.
When I was probably about 10 years old, I was obsessed with Trolls.
Back in the 90s, some marketing genius managed to sell the idea to pre-teens that Trolls weren’t ugly, hairy, warty dudes-with-height-problems that hid under bridges and ate goats. In fact, Trolls were cute little plastic guys with pointy hair that came in a flood of fruity smells. They were excellent for impaling on pencils, liked to hang out with Barbie and made pretty cool dressing table decorations.
I had a drummer Troll with orange hair and a green drum kit, a tutti frutti Troll with strawberry smelling pink hair and I also had a little Troll with blue hair that adorned the rear of my HB pencil and made a great I’m-bored-in-maths distraction.
ps. when I say had, I actually mean have.
ha ha the Trolls first appeared (in UK at least) in about 1965… all different sizes and damned expensive too! My last one came from a charity shop in the north of England in about 1975. A nineties phenomenon? For some, maybe…