Comments on: Featured bead: “Russ troll” bead

By: Dave Robertson

Dave Robertson — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:14:02 +0000

You should see some of the photos we have of this bead hanging out with garden gnomes

By: troll beads

troll beads — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:45:48 +0000

too cute,
like the dwarf from snow white story

By: Nancy Levine

Nancy Levine — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:53:35 +0000

I’m really glad to be introduced to this blog via the “Russ Troll” beads. I love the beads and I love the idea that the founder of “Rings and Things” is held in such affection that an iconic bead celebrates him.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:29:30 +0000

I saw an Etsy shop selling “Dammit dolls” too, handmade gremlins that you chuck when you’re made

By: Dawno

Dawno — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:35:16 +0000

I get it now that you mention the troll dolls. I guess after being a moderator on a very large forum (over 20k members) the word troll just took on a totally new meaning and I’d forgotten all about those cute little things. Did you also know they had an alternate name? Dammit Dolls – that’s what they were called when I was little, but of course I wasn’t allowed to call them that! Their inventor’s name was Thomas Dam. I always thought they were called that because it’s what parents would say when they stepped on one while walking down the hall barefoot in the dark…

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:39:12 +0000

Or over a rainbow? Is it a pot of gold thing?

By: oldguy

oldguy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:37:05 +0000

Founder seems about right for a guy that old.
But why a troll? Does he live under an iconic bridge?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:01:54 +0000

I think it has much more to do with those kitschy Russ Berrie trolls than with the trolls of folklore!

By: Dawno

Dawno — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:56:29 +0000

That’s too cute! Interested why the moniker troll was chosen, though…