Grown-Ass Kids Club
Grown-Ass Kids Club
Andrea Shapiro and Ryan Wright
What Troll Dolls Were Trying to Tell Us
49 minutes Posted Jan 20, 2026 at 5:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail They were everywhere. They were unsettling. And somehow… we loved them. This week, Andrea and Ryan explore the 90s Troll doll craze — where it came from, how it exploded across brands, and why these tiny, unhinged creatures captured our hearts. What started as a cute collectible turns into a surprisingly deep conversation about nostalgia, identity, and the parts of ourselves we keep buried. Turns out Troll dolls may have been holding a mirror to our repressed inner chaos all ...