Polyvinyl chloride dolls manufactured by the Spanish company Star Toys (later Starline) inspired by the cartoon series The world of David the Gnome directed by Claudio Biern Boyd and produced by BRB internacional and Miramax films for Spanish Television in 1985.
The original idea is from the Dutch book The gnomes by illustrator Rien Poortvliet and writer Wil Huygen. David is a gnome, a doctor by profession, married to Lisa and with twin children Lily and Harold, the book conveys positive values of solidarity, justice, kindness and ecology.
The Spanish TV series was a huge success and was exported to almost all European countries. In 1987 it arrived in the United States retouched for censorship reasons: Lisa's breast size was reduced and the images of her breastfeeding her children were not shown (!!!): the late 20th century culture in this country has been intrinsically hostile to breastfeeding, including the arrest of women for breastfeeding in public on charges of exhibitionism: it was not until 1993 in Florida, 1994 in the state of New York and 1997 in California that laws were passed to allow breastfeeding.