r/raleigh • u/FcUhCoKp • 7d ago

News Giant trolls are coming to Dix Park, and the public is invited to help build them

https://www.wral.com/lifestyle/giant-trolls-dix-park-raleigh-october-2025/
257 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

18 comments sorted by

57

u/FcUhCoKp 7d ago

Check out his work: https://www.thomasdambo.com/works

Raleigh often gets their art projects wrong, but these trolls are uber cool.

16

u/CriticalEngineering 7d ago

Oh his trolls are amazing!

CBS Sunday morning did a story about them

https://youtu.be/3nMueP3sQzA

40

u/Koops1208 7d ago

My wife and I saw this one in Breckenridge, CO a few years ago and we’ve been fans since then. Super cool that we’re getting so many!

3

u/jonya2016 7d ago

I've seen this one too and was surprised how big it is. You can't get a feel for the scale of these things until you're up close.

2

u/bandalooper 6d ago

We saw his work at Bernheim Forest outside of Louisville. Fantastic stuff!

29

u/tylenator 7d ago

Awesome! Just went to the Dix park block party last night and it was way more fun than it had any right to be. They are really doing some cool stuff

3

u/ChuushaHime 6d ago

how was parking at that event, out of curiosity? i went to a few events at dix a few years ago but the parking situation was horrendous so i stopped going altogher, although i'd like to go back if they have good solutions in place now that are better meant to manage the volume

2

u/tylenator 6d ago

They had parking lot attendees and signs up for full lots. I found a spot at one of the newer parking lots they built for the play plaza pretty quickly

16

u/CarltonFreebottoms 7d ago

forgot there were 5 being installed at Dix until the Dix Park Conservancy made an update this week

also cool there will be individual ones installed in High Point and Charlotte... "here Charlotte, you are 20% as cool as Raleigh"

7

u/Appropriate_Sky_6571 7d ago

Ohh I saw these in Illinois. They are very cool. Happy to see them come here

5

u/[deleted] 7d ago

[deleted]

2

u/Appropriate_Sky_6571 7d ago

Yes I think so. It’s been a few years but I remember we walked through some gardens

7

u/kenosis_life 7d ago

Saw the ones in Maine recently - they are really cool!

5

u/Delmarva-Melissa 7d ago

Yay! I want to help. I hope I’m off work that day! 🤞

3

u/kendraro 7d ago

Dang I am going to have to leave the house and come to Raleigh.

5

u/ProbablyBeOK 7d ago

Seriously cool for Raleigh.

2

u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 4d ago

lololol

1

u/Musashi_Joe 5d ago

Came across one of these in a park in Austin earlier this year. They are very cool, I'm excited about these!