Brands has been the parent company of Slinky since 2013 -- it also manages Shrinky Dinks, the plastic oven craft that became popular in the 1970s. But before that, the toy, which continues to be ...

Slinky’s been around for 75 years, and sales have been strong: There are more than 350 million of the metal, sometimes plastic toy out there. During the pandemic, people are buying lots of ...

That someone was me. The toy -- a brightly colored mini-plastic Slinky -- was one of his favorites. No, it had not been recalled and it isn't likely to be. You see, the toy has no paint on it so ...

The toys now sell for about $4 to $5. James also was credited with expanding the Slinky line to include the Slinky Jr., plastic and neon-colored versions, the Slinky Dog -- made newly popular by ...

The original Slinky Dog -- a waggling spring between a plastic head and tail -- helped boost sales when the company was struggling. It was modified in the 1990s to resemble the Toy Story figure.

The Toy Hall of Fame welcomed the Slinky to its ranks in 2000 ... 4-year-old child experiences burning rubber (or in this case, plastic) on the original Big Wheel, careening down the sidewalk ...

In the 1970s plastic slinky toys were manufactured and marketed as a safer alternative to the original metal design, as they didn’t present a hazard when inserted into electrical sockets.

Slink is, of course, based on the iconic Slinky toy, invented in the 1940s by naval ... who gives educational seminars on topics like “plastic corrosion.” The Speak & Spell was created by ...

The toys now sell for about $4 to $5. James also was credited with expanding the Slinky line to include the Slinky Jr., plastic and neon-colored versions, the Slinky Dog -- made newly popular by ...