"Plastics, the original molder. After learning that he could produce his own disc more cheaply, in 1955 Morrison designed a new model, the Pluto Platter, the archetype of all modern flying discs. He sold the rights to Wham-O on January 23, 1957, and in 1958 Morrison was awarded U.S. Design Patent D183,626 for his product. In June 1957, Wham-O co-founders Richard Knerr and Arthur ""Spud"" Melin gave the disc the brand name ""Frisbee"" (pronounced ""friz'-bee"") after learning that Northeastern college students were calling the Pluto Platter by that term, which derived from the name of the Connecticut-based pie manufacturer, Frisbie"
"made after 1982. The man behind the Frisbee's success, however, was native Southern Californian Edward ""Steady Ed"" Headrick , hired in 1964 as Wham-O's new general manager and vice president in charge of marketing. Headrick soon redesigned the Pluto Platter by reworking the mold, mainly to remove the names of the planets, but in the process, fortuitously increasing the rim thickness and mass, creating a more controllable disc that could be thrown more accurately. With the change in marketing strategy to promote Frisbee use as a new sport sales of the toy skyrocketed. In 1964, the first professional model went"
"very high melting temperature. However, the substance did not have all the properties needed to replace rubber. In 1949, toy store owner Ruth Fallgatter came across the putty. She contacted marketing consultant Peter C.L. Hodgson (1912–1976). The two decided to market the bouncing putty by selling it in a clear case. Although it sold well, Fallgatter did not pursue it further. However, Hodgson saw its potential. Already US$12,000 in debt, Hodgson borrowed US$147 to buy a batch of the putty to pack portions into plastic eggs for US$1, calling it Silly Putty. Initially, sales were poor, but after a ""New"
"Pluto (Disney) Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon dog created in 1930 at Walt Disney Productions. He is a yellow-orange color, medium-sized, short-haired dog with black ears. Unlike most Disney characters, Pluto is not anthropomorphic beyond some characteristics such as facial expression. He is Mickey Mouse's pet. Officially a mixed-breed dog, he made his debut as a bloodhound in the Mickey Mouse cartoon ""The Chain Gang"". Together with Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, and Goofy, Pluto is one of the ""Sensational Six""—the biggest stars in the Disney universe. Though all six are non-human animals,"
"were instead intended as chew toys. Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s. He then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50 million were sold. Besides the ubiquitous yellow rubber duck with which most people are familiar, there have been numerous novelty variations on the basic theme, including character ducks representing professions, politicians, or celebrities. There are also ducks that glow in the dark, quack, change color, have interior LED illumination, or include a wind-up engine that enables them to ""swim"". In 2001, ""The Sun"", a British tabloid reported"
"bone to Dinah the Dachshund (in her first cartoon appearance), but every time he wakes up, he cannot seem to understand how Dinah got a hold of his bone and wants it back. The Sleepwalker (1942 film) The Sleepwalker is a cartoon released by the Walt Disney Company in 1942. Pluto is seen, happily sleeping while licking his bone. Dinah the Dachshund, watching from a hole in a fence also wants the bone too, so she closes up and carefully pulls Pluto's bowl which contains the bone away from him and to herself. Pluto's tongue detects that the bone is"
"Pluto's Party Pluto's Party, also known as ""Plutos Party"" (Germany), ""La Fiesta de Pluto"" (Argentina), ""La Fête de Pluto"" (France) and ""Plutos födelsedagsfest"" or ""Plutos födelsedagsskiva"" (Sweden), is a cartoon in the Mickey Mouse series, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures on 19 September 1952. It's Pluto's birthday and Mickey Mouse is busy preparing the party things for his birthday dog, Pluto. First, Pluto tries to eat the cake, but is caught by his master, Mickey Mouse, when it is time for his bath. As soon as Pluto is looking more neat and tidy, he"
"share to new construction toys like Lego. She sold the company to Meccano Ltd in 1960, who continued manufacturing Bayko for another seven years. Charles Plimpton Charles Bird Plimpton (31 October 1894 – 29 December 1948) was an English inventor and businessman. He invented Bayko in 1933, a plastic building model construction toy, and one of the earliest plastic toys to be marketed. He established Plimpton Engineering in Liverpool, England, to manufacture the toy, which was sold across the world for over 30 years. Charles Plimpton was born in 1893 in Peckham, London, to John Calvin Plimpton, an American citizen,"
"a figurine whose extruded ""hair"" could be styled. In 1995 an educational software CD-ROM game, ""Play-Doh Creations"" was released. In 2003, the Play-Doh Creativity Table was sold. Play-Doh related merchandise introduced during the 2007 anniversary year included the Play-Doh Birthday Bucket, the Play-Doh Fifty Colors Pack, the Fuzzy Pumper Crazy Cuts (a reworking of the 1977 Fuzzy Pumper Barber & Beauty Shop), and the Play-Doh Creativity Center. In 2012, ""Play-Doh Plus"" was introduced. It is lighter, more pliable, and softer than regular Play-Doh. More than two billion cans of Play-Doh were sold between 1955 and 2005, and, in 2005, Play-Doh"
"popular children's toys of the 1994 Christmas season. The game was released again in 2008, without the spins (possibly to keep the game at a lower price than the original) and changing the color from green to orange. However, in 2012, the color was turned back to green (though the design of the gator from the 2008 version remained). Gator Golf Gator Golf is a children's miniature golfing toy from the American game company Milton Bradley. It was released in 1994. In the game, children take turns putting into the mouth of a motorized plastic alligator figure, which then flings"
"Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato which can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. These parts usually include ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. The toy was invented and developed by George Lerner in 1949, and first manufactured and distributed by Hasbro in 1952. Mr. Potato Head was the first toy advertised on television and has remained in production since its debut. The toy was originally produced as separate plastic parts with pushpins that could"
"Bayko Bayko was an English building model construction toy invented by Charles Plimpton, an early plastics engineer and entrepreneur in Liverpool. First marketed in Britain it was soon exported throughout the British Commonwealth and became a world wide brand between 1934 and 1967. The name derived from Bakelite, one of the world's first commercial plastics that was originally used to manufacture many of the parts. Bayko was one of the world's earliest plastic toys to be marketed. Bayko was primarily intended for the construction of model buildings. The rectangular Bakelite bases had a square grid of holes, spaced at 3/8"
"Pleo PLEO is an animatronic pet dinosaur toy manufactured by Innvo Labs, a company located in Hong Kong and Nevada. The toy has the appearance and (imagined) behavior of a week-old baby ""Camarasaurus"" dinosaur. It was designed by Caleb Chung, the co-creator of the Furby, Chung's company Ugobe first sold Pleo and was manufactured by Jetta Company Limited. The species of dinosaur chosen allows for concealing the sensors and motors needed for the animation, since it has a big body shape and relatively large head. According to their website, each Pleo would ""learn"" from its experiences and environment through artificial"
"the toy, Lerner finally convinced a food company to distribute the plastic parts as premiums in breakfast cereal boxes. He sold the idea for $5,000. But in 1951, Lerner showed the idea to Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, who conducted a small school supply and toy business called Hassenfeld Brothers (later changed to Hasbro). Realizing the toy was quite unlike anything in their line, they paid the cereal company $2,000 to stop production and bought the rights for $5,000. Lerner was offered an advance of $500 and a 5% royalty on every kit sold. The toy was dubbed Mr. Potato Head"
"a fishing lure in 1948, he molded the object in plastic, fashioned a game around it, and formed the H. W. Schaper Mfg. Co., Inc. to manufacture and publish the game. In the fall of 1949, the game was launched on the market, and sold through Dayton's department stores. Schaper sold 5,000 ""Cootie"" games by 1950, and over 1.2 million games by 1952. Schaper Toys manufactured a host other games including the well-known ""Ants in the Pants"" and ""Don't Break the Ice"". While most children's games of the period were made of paper and cardboard, Schaper Toys was one of"
"Charles Plimpton Charles Bird Plimpton (31 October 1894 – 29 December 1948) was an English inventor and businessman. He invented Bayko in 1933, a plastic building model construction toy, and one of the earliest plastic toys to be marketed. He established Plimpton Engineering in Liverpool, England, to manufacture the toy, which was sold across the world for over 30 years. Charles Plimpton was born in 1893 in Peckham, London, to John Calvin Plimpton, an American citizen, and Caroline Augusta Plimpton (née Bird). Plimpton's father later moved his family to Liverpool where he established his own company, J.C. Plimpton & Co"
"The Sleepwalker (1942 film) The Sleepwalker is a cartoon released by the Walt Disney Company in 1942. Pluto is seen, happily sleeping while licking his bone. Dinah the Dachshund, watching from a hole in a fence also wants the bone too, so she closes up and carefully pulls Pluto's bowl which contains the bone away from him and to herself. Pluto's tongue detects that the bone is gone before he wakes up and is shocked to see that Dinah is licking his bone. Furious, Pluto chases after Dinah through the neighbourhood starts sleepwalking and, while in this state, gives his"
"one produced by Mattel and unveiled in 1960 in its talking Chatty Cathy doll, and later toys like the Talking Mister Ed puppet. Blaze could say 11 different things like, ""How about some hay?""; he could also whinny and neigh. A toy like this, that could gallop and move realistically when the horse was rocked forward and backward, was something special. Blaze was made of what Mattel called ""hi-impact plastic"" with black-and-white markings (a pinto pony), and a molded black saddle and red blanket. Blaze also had attached reins, fixed hand-posts, and 2-position foot rests. The stand was made of"
"""StarCraft"", and ""Daytona USA"". A successful electronic toy of the company was the Pense Bem, a toy computer introduced in 1988 that asked questions to kids on geography and history. Another product, the Teddy Ruxpin, is a teddy bear that moves and tells stories, licensed by Tectoy for release in Brazil. The Magic Star, a plastic singing toy based on a character from ""Monica's Gang"", was popular in the 1980s and later was rereleased in 2013. Other toys include the Mr. Show electronic question and answer game, as well as Sapo Xulé, a frog doll wearing sneakers, and toys developed"
"States market in 1966 and promoted it as a creative children's toy. In 2013 the Spirograph brand was re-launched worldwide by Kahootz Toys with products that returned to the use of the original gears and wheels. The modern products use removable putty in place of pins or are held down by hand to keep the stationary pieces in place on the paper. The Spirograph was a 2014 Toy of the Year finalist in two categories, over 45 years after the toy was named Toy of the Year in 1967. The original US-released Spirograph consisted of two different-sized plastic rings, with"
"Estrela"" (Toys Star) Childs and Smith (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England): Knickerbocker (North Hollywood, California): Maline: Amusement Engineering Inc.: Sega Enterprises Inc.: Midway: Mattel: Simpsons-Sears (Canada): Good Play (Germany): Remco Controlled Space Flight (CSF): BlueBird Toys: Milton Bradley Company (Canada): Galoob Micro Machines: Kool Toyz, contracted for Target Stores and KayBee Toys by Jasman Toys: Jasman Toys Chopper Command: Jasman Toys Chopper Patrol: Jasman Toys Command Force Chopper Patrol: Jasman Toys ""Spider-Man 3"": RoboFly custom Set: Draganfly Innovations. Acquired RoboFly production rights: VertiBird VertiBird was the name of a line of toy helicopter products made by Mattel between 1971 and the early"
"prices as high as $1,000. Friendly Floatees Friendly Floatees are plastic bath toys marketed by The First Years, Inc. and made famous by the work of Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer who models ocean currents on the basis of flotsam movements. Ebbesmeyer studied the movements of a consignment of 29,000 Friendly Floatees—yellow ducks, red beavers, blue turtles and green frogs—which were washed into the Pacific Ocean in 1992. Some of the toys landed along Pacific Ocean shores, such as Hawaii. Others traveled over 17,000 miles, floating over the site where the ""Titanic"" sank, and spent years frozen in Arctic ice to"
"Private Pluto Private Pluto is a cartoon made by Walt Disney Productions in 1943. In this cartoon Pluto is in the army and he gets antagonized by two chipmunks, later known as Chip 'n' Dale, in their first appearance. This short showcases Pluto as a soldier. Pluto is a guard dog on a military base. He's told there are saboteurs, and is assigned to guard a pill-box (gun emplacement). First, Pluto tries to follow marching orders, contorting himself into quite a mess. Then, he engages in hijinks with two chipmunks who are using a cannon to store and crack their"
"The confusion between Goofy and Pluto are also mentioned in an episode of ""Full House"" by Dave Coulier's character, Joey. Tina Fey used the term ""Goofy Pluto"" to refer to seemingly disparate roles for guest stars on ""30 Rock,"" namely the mismatch between Jennifer Aniston playing a character in the show in the same episode in which the cast of ""Night Court"" appears as themselves in the episode titled ""The One with the Cast of ""Night Court""."" Pluto (Disney) Pluto, also called Pluto the Pup, is a cartoon dog created in 1930 at Walt Disney Productions. He is a yellow-orange"
"out before a corrected version appeared. Toy Play was the first (and so far only) merchandiser to produce a Color Castle playset, the Light Up Musical Castle, which included small articulated figurines of Rainbow Brite, Red Butler, Twink and Puppy Brite. The playset's box showed pictures of forthcoming product (a Rainbow Brite and Friends Sprites' village playset, an in-scale Starlite with brushable mane, as well as figurine 2-packs to include Rainbow Brite and Twink, Red Butler and Romeo, Patty O'Green and Lucky, Canary Yellow and Spark, and Murky Dismal and Lurky) though these were never produced. There was also a"
"to Waddingtons was renegotiated (as was the Clue/Cluedo license to Parker Brothers/General Mills by Waddingtons). By 1974, Parker Brothers had sold 80 million sets of the game. In 1975, another anniversary edition was produced, but this edition came in a cardboard box looking much like a standard edition. Parker Brothers was under management by General Mills as the first six Monopoly Tournaments were held. See ""The ""Monopoly"" Tournaments"" below. Kenner was combined with Parker Brothers and spun off as Kenner Parker Toys in 1985. Regular and Deluxe 50th Anniversary editions of ""Monopoly"" were released that same year. The spinoff game"
"its ""Century of Toys List"" of the 100 most memorable and most creative toys of the 20th century. The Game of Cootie The Game of Cootie is a children's dice rolling and set collection tabletop game for two to four players. The object is to be the first to build a three-dimensional bug-like object called a ""cootie"" from a variety of plastic body parts. Created by William Schaper in 1948, the game was launched in 1949 and sold millions in its first years. In 1973, ""Cootie"" was acquired by Tyco Toys, and, in 1986, by Hasbro subsidiary Milton Bradley. The"
"Playful Pluto Playful Pluto (1934) is a classic Walt Disney cartoon, directed by Burt Gillett. It was the first cartoon to showcase Pluto as a major character. While Mickey Mouse is working in his garden Pluto keeps bothering and interrupting him. After a while Pluto swallows a flashlight and gets stuck on a piece of flypaper. The cartoon is well known for a classic scene where Pluto gets stuck on a sticky piece of flypaper. This scene, animated by Norm Ferguson, has been described as vital in the history of character animation, because for the first time an animated character"
"Mrs. Tittlemouse in 2000. A Mrs. Tittlemouse embossed plate was produced between 1982 and 1984. Mrs. Tittlemouse appeared on the lid of a Huntley & Palmer biscuit tin in 1955, and in 1973, The Eden Toy Company of New York became the first and only American company to be granted licensing rights to manufacture stuffed Beatrix Potter characters in plush. Mrs. Tittlemouse was released in 1975. In 1975, Crummles of Poole, Dorset began manufacturing Beatrix Potter enamelled boxes, and eventually released a diameter enamelled box depicting Babbitty Bumble and Mrs. Tittlemouse holding her book. In 1977, Schmid & Co. of"
"Juro Novelty Company Juro Novelty Company was a toy company headed by Sam Jupiter, and later by his daughter Vivian Kaplan. The company manufactured first composition, then plastic ventriloquist puppets and dolls from as early as 1949, till 1977, at which time they were acquired by the Goldberger Doll Co. Some of the puppets included Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smiff, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd , Danny O'Day, Little Ricky, Lester, and Velvel. They also made Dick Clark and Pinky Lee dolls in the 1950s. Goldberger continued to offer the Charlie McCarthy and Danny O'Day dolls after their acquisition of Juro, as"
"also available with DCC and sound.) Tyco Toys Tyco Toys was an American toy manufacturer. In 1997, it was acquired by Mattel. Mantua Metal Products was a Woodbury Heights, New Jersey, metalworks business founded in 1926 by John Tyler and family. In the 1930s Mantua began to manufacture HO scale model trains of die-cast metal, and became a leading hobbyist brand. From 1942 to 1945, production of model railroad products was suspended as the company participated in manufacturing of precision measuring and mapping equipment for the U.S. Army and Navy in World War II. The company received the Army-Navy ‘E’"
"the toy for $5,000, to a cereal company. The toys were planned to be a premium giveaway in cereal boxes. But when Lerner found a better deal offered by toy manufacturer Hassenfeld Brothers (now Hasbro), Lerner and the manufacturer bought the rights back for $7000. HasBro officially named the toy, Mr. Potato Head. In 1964 and 1975 George Lerner’s original designs got their plastic head and size upgrades respectively, in order to comply with government issued safety regulations. Lerner was also an inventor and made furniture and other toys. Lerner died in 1995. George Lerner George Lerner (1922–1995) was the"
"was acquired by Tyco Toys, which is now a division of Mattel Inc. In the deal, Tyco sold the rights to four Schaper games including ""Cootie"" to Hasbro's Milton Bradley division. ""Cootie"" is manufactured and sold today through Milton Bradley with legs featuring in-line skates, sneakers, and other fanciful accessories. ""Big Mouth"" (1968) is a game for 2 to 4 players. Each player is given a giant fork, a green insect, and a paper plate that contains 6 different plastic food items (bananas, carrots, grapes, lemons, pineapples, strawberries). The players take turns using a spinner. If a spin yields a"