Norfin® Trolls
Troll dolls with gaudy hairstyles in a multitude of different costumes.
Troll dolls have had their ups and downs since their creation in the late 1950s, being popular in one decade and much less so the next. When this pack was issued in 1992, they were ‘big’! Each of the 54 cards has a different photographic image of a troll doll with colourful, furry up-combed hair. The indices are larger than normal. The box came in a blister pack with a double-sided backing sheet►
Above: Norfin® Trolls playing cards published by Fundex, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 1992. Made in U.S.A or Belgium. 52 cards + 2 Jokers in tuck box. Size: 63.5 x 89 mm. © 1992 The Troll Co.
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By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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