The Original Battle Trolls was a brand of action figures produced by Hasbro from 1992 to 1993. They were made in attempt to market the popular concept of troll dolls to young boys in the early 1990s.
Overview
Introduced in 1992 at $4.99 to $6.99,[1] the trolls were marketed with the slogan “Big Haired Dudes with Bad Attitudes”[2][3] and were actually quite large at approximately 4 3/4 inches tall (not including roughly 4 inches of hair). The line did not establish a story arc to provide a unifying narrative for the characters as a group. However each individual troll was provided a brief biographical profile (in parody of a G.I. Joe file card), and, details on their cardbacks as how to properly "neglect" them suggested that the owner hide them in "a dark, smelly place" and keep them "cranky, mean and ready to fight anything or anyone for years!". In association with their tough nature, many of them had facial stitches and their toes poking through their boots.