"three children. Lu died in 1987. There is a disc golf course in Holladay, Utah named in his honor. Morrison died in his home at the age of 90 on February 9, 2010. Walter Frederick Morrison Walter Frederick ""Fred"" Morrison (January 16, 1920 in Richfield, Utah – February 9, 2010 in Monroe, Utah) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, best known as the inventor of the Frisbee. Morrison claimed that the original idea for a flying disc toy came to him in 1937, while throwing a popcorn can lid with his girlfriend, Lu, whom he later married. The popcorn can"
"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"
"airfoil shape which enabled them to be thrown, with practice, in various trajectories. The name Frisbie was picked up by Wham-O, a California-based firm who had acquired the rights to the ""Pluto Platter"". As the pie tin was the same shape, it was discovered that children were already using the term for the flying disc and therefore a spelling amendment to avoid trademark infringement gave birth to the name Frisbee. The Bridgeport pie factory closed in 1958; Frisbie brand pies were bought out by Table Talk Pies. In 2016, Dan O’Connor, a Fairfield, Connecticut resident, Frisbee player, and historian acquired"
"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"
"""We worked fairs, demonstrating it,"" Morrison told the ""Virginian-Pilot"". The two of them once overheard someone saying the pair were using wires to make the discs hover, so they developed a sales pitch: ""The Flyin-Saucer is free, but the invisible wire is $1."" ""That's where we learned we could sell these things,"" he said, because people were enthusiastic about them. Morrison and Franscioni ended their partnership in early 1950, and in 1954 Morrison formed his own company, called American Trends, to buy and sell Flyin Saucers, which were by then being made of a flexible polypropylene plastic by Southern California"
"Toy Vault Toy Vault, Inc. was founded in 1998 and is a designer and manufacturer of plush toys, plush apparel, board games and other novelty items. Perhaps best known for their Monty Python toys, Toy Vault also holds licenses for such properties as Godzilla, ""The Princess Bride"", Jim Henson's ""Labyrinth"", KISS, ""Trigun"" and others. In January 2013, Toy Vault announced that they had acquired the table-top game, plush, and novelty item license to the cult favorite television show ""Firefly"", and later announced the title of the first game under this license, ""Firefly: Out to the Black"". Three months after its"
"possibilities of her characters and tales with spinoffs such as a Peter Rabbit doll, an unpublished Peter Rabbit board game, and a Peter Rabbit nursery wallpaper between 1903 and 1905. Similar ""side-shows"" (as she termed the ancillary merchandise) were produced over the following two decades. In 1947, Frederick Warne & Co. gave the John Beswick Factory of Longton, Staffordshire rights and licences to produce the Potter characters in porcelain. Mrs. Tittlemouse was among the first ten Beswick figurines produced in 1948, and was followed by Mr. Jackson in 1974, Mother Lady Bird in 1989, Babbitty Bumble in 1989, and another"
"company was not profitable. Expansion into other toy arenas also failed. In December, 1937, W.O. Coleman sold American (Chicago) Flyer to Alfred Carlton Gilbert, a former Olympic pole vaulter who first made a name for himself in the toy industry earlier in the century when he created and manufactured Mysto Magic sets for youthful magicians. Circa 1913, his A. C. Gilbert Company also became the makers of Erector Set metal construction toys, which were 'inspired' by the English-made Meccano sets of which it was a U.S. distributor. The two toy magnates were just finishing shooting on Gilbert's game reserve in"
"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"
"ornament, and in 1985 a Flopsy music box. Stuffed toy manufacturers had sought licensing rights as early as 1906 for Potter's characters, but it was not until the 1970s that an English firm was granted worldwide rights. Their labour-intensive products were unprofitable however, and in 1972, The Eden Toy Company of New York became the exclusive manufacturer of Potter characters. Although Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor were released as plush toys, they were associated with the ""Peter Rabbit"" tale and not with that of ""The Flopsy Bunnies"". None of ""The Flopsy Bunnies"" characters were released as Eden plush toys. In"
"was the first to exploit the commercial possibilities of her characters and tales with a Peter Rabbit doll, an unpublished Peter Rabbit board game, and a Peter Rabbit nursery wallpaper between 1903 and 1905. Similar ""side-shows"" (as she termed the spinoffs) were produced over the following two decades. In 1947, Frederick Warne & Co. granted Beswick Pottery of Longton, Staffordshire rights and licences to produce the Potter characters in porcelain. In 1948, Timmy Tiptoes became one of the first ten figurines, and was followed by Goody Tiptoes in 1961, Chippy Hackee in 1979, and Timmy and Goody under an umbrella"
"Putty went worldwide, becoming a hit in the Soviet Union and Europe. In 1968, it was taken into lunar orbit by the Apollo 8 astronauts. Peter Hodgson died in 1976. A year later, Binney & Smith, the makers of Crayola products, acquired the rights to Silly Putty. , annual Silly Putty sales exceeded six million eggs. Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame on May 28, 2001. In addition to its success as a toy, other uses for the putty have been found. In the home, it can be used to remove substances such as dirt,"
"companion Pluto—for a short subject, ""Lend a Paw"") and again from 1946 to 1952. The last regular installment of the ""Mickey Mouse"" film series came in 1953 with ""The Simple Things"" in which Mickey and Pluto go fishing and are pestered by a flock of seagulls. In the 1950s, Mickey became more known for his appearances on television, particularly with ""The Mickey Mouse Club"". Many of his theatrical cartoon shorts were rereleased on television series such as ""Ink & Paint Club"", various forms of the Walt Disney anthology television series, and on home video. Mickey returned to theatrical animation in"
"were produced with her approval over the following two decades. After Potter's death in December 1943, Frederick Warne & Co. granted licences to various firms for the production of merchandise based on the Potter characters. Beswick Pottery of Longton, Staffordshire released six porcelain figurines beginning in 1965 depicting characters or scenes from the tale: Flopsy, Mrs. Tittlemouse, Benjamin Bunny, Peter Rabbit Digging, a Flopsy and Benjamin Bunny tableau, and a tableau depicting the sleeping bunnies under the lettuce. and, in 1984, Schmid & Co. of Toronto and Randolph, Massachusetts released a Flopsy Bunnies music box, a flat ceramic Flopsy Christmas"
"Fame. The ""Little People"" name, registered and trademarked by Mattel and Fisher-Price in 1985, came from Mattel following the lead of consumers who referred to the early Play Family playsets as ""those little people"". Little People started in 1950 with the ""Looky Fire Truck"" and three round-headed fire men (attached permanently to the toy). Following the success of this toy, in 1952 and 1953 Fisher-Price developed the ""Super-Jet"" and ""Racing Rowboat"". Another early Little People precursor, the #959 ""Safety School Bus"", was introduced in 1959. The set included a school bus together with six independent figures made out of tall"
"skinny pegs of cardboard tubes wrapped in lithographs simulating clothes. The toy gained instant popularity and other sets soon came out. In 1960, Fisher-Price introduced two additional toys with removable figures; ""Snorky the Fire Engine"" and the ""Nifty Station Wagon"". The Nifty Station Wagon came with two adult figures and one child figure, thus the first ""Play Family"" was born. In 1985, Fisher-Price trademarked ""Little People"" and formally changed the name of the brand. Today, Little People are known and sold throughout the world. A Nifty Station Wagon in mint condition, in the box, could command up to $1,000,000 among"
"Disney, along with other studios, lobbied for passage of the act to preserve their copyrights on characters such as Pluto for 20 additional years. Pluto first appeared as a nameless bloodhound tracking the escaped convict Mickey in the film ""The Chain Gang"" (September 1930). A month and a half later, Pluto appeared as Minnie Mouse's dog named Rover who comes along with her and Mickey on a picnic. By his third appearance, in ""The Moose Hunt"" (1931), Pluto is Mickey's pet, now named ""Pluto"". Several months had passed between the naming of what was believed to be the ninth planet,"
"Howard J. Morrison Howard J. Morrison (born 1932) is noted for his numerous contributions to the toy industry. Most notable is his work with Ralph H. Baer designing the game ""Simon"" while working for Marvin Glass at Marvin Glass and Associates. On leaving Marvin Glass and Associates, Morrison and his partners Jeffrey Breslow and Roben Terzian, were inducted into the Toy Industry Association Hall of Fame in 1998. Some of their best selling products include The Animal, Ants in the Pants, Guesstures (originally named Gestures), Brain Warp, California Roller Baby, Real Talking Bubba, Masterpiece, My Size Barbie, Casey Cartwheel, Jennie"
"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"
"Inventor Walter Frederick Morrison. With the flying saucer, Headrick envisioned not a better selling toy, but a redesign and invention of something bigger. Headrick's solution was the Frisbee design which was awarded U.S. Patent #3359678, and is the Frisbee disc design the world is familiar with today. With his new Frisbee design patent, Ed saw the potential to create something more with the Frisbee. Headrick began a marketing and advertising blitz. With Ed's position at Wham-O, he began not only to heavily market the Frisbee by promoting the trick throws and games you could play, but he shifted the focus"
"1937. It was briefly the highest-grossing film of all time before the success of ""Gone with the Wind"" two years later, grossing over $8 million on its initial release, the equivalent of $ in 1999 dollars. During the production of ""Snow White"", work had continued on the ""Mickey Mouse"" and ""Silly Symphonies"" series of shorts. ""Mickey Mouse"" switched to Technicolor in 1935, by which time the series had added several major supporting characters, among them Mickey's dog Pluto and their friends Donald Duck and Goofy. Donald, Goofy, and Pluto would all be appearing in series of their own by 1940,"
"Gymnast and Hot Wheels Criss Cross Crash. Together with others, Morrison shares over 100 toy-related U.S. patents. Howard J. Morrison Howard J. Morrison (born 1932) is noted for his numerous contributions to the toy industry. Most notable is his work with Ralph H. Baer designing the game ""Simon"" while working for Marvin Glass at Marvin Glass and Associates. On leaving Marvin Glass and Associates, Morrison and his partners Jeffrey Breslow and Roben Terzian, were inducted into the Toy Industry Association Hall of Fame in 1998. Some of their best selling products include The Animal, Ants in the Pants, Guesstures (originally"
"so we had to look for something else. ... We changed it to Pluto the Pup ... but I don't honestly remember why."" Disney says they have no documents to support or refute the connection. Unofficially, even Disney's animators believed that Walt Disney chose the name to capitalize on the sensation of the newly named planet. Pluto was initially a minor character until 1934 when Disney animator Norm Ferguson gave the dog a key role in the cartoon ""Playful Pluto"". Pluto becomes entangled with a sticky piece of flypaper, and Ferguson expanded the sequence significantly. The segment became a classic,"
"the Monkey, Maurice and Doris the Mice, Oswald the Ostrich, Sally the Sea-lion, Peter Pup the dog, Poppy the Parrot, Mr. Peregrine Esquire the penguin, and Prudence and Primrose Kitten. Willie the Worm and Zebbie the Zebra. A separate series of 15-minute episodes, ""Muffin the Mule"", was broadcast from 1952, with his signature tune ""We want Muffin"". Muffin became a television star, and a wide range of spin-off merchandise was made using the Muffin character, including books, records, games and toys. A die-cast movable puppet was produced by Lesney Products, ""the first toy to be marketed under licence as a"
"the late 1940s onwards; by the early 1960s some 146 different companies were involved in merchandising Noddy alone. In 1948 Bestime released four jigsaw puzzles featuring her characters, and the first Enid Blyton board game appeared, ""Journey Through Fairyland"", created by BGL. The first card game, Faraway Tree, appeared from Pepys in 1950. In 1954 Bestime released the first four jigsaw puzzles of the Secret Seven, and the following year a Secret Seven card game appeared. Bestime released the Little Noddy Car Game in 1953 and the Little Noddy Leap Frog Game in 1955, and in 1956 American manufacturer Parker"
"to Darrow, and he asked the Todds for a written set of the rules. After that night, Darrow went on to utilize this and distribute the game himself as ""Monopoly"". Because of this act the Todds refused to speak to Darrow ever again. After the game's excellent sales during the Christmas season of 1934, Parker Brothers bought the game's copyrights from Darrow. When the company learned Darrow was not the sole inventor of the game, it bought the rights to Magie's patent. Parker Brothers began selling the game on February 6, 1935. Several people, mostly in the Midwestern United States"
"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"
"lighted pistols. Girls wanted Ohio Art Company's tin lithographed tea sets and Little Chefs Stoves, Ideal Toy Company's diaper-wetting Betsy Wetsy, and Mattel's 1959 adult-bodied fashion doll Barbie first produced on March 9, 1959. Boys wanted Daisy BB guns, Lincoln Logs, and miniature Matchbox vehicles. In 1955, Walt Disney's ""Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier"" saw the production of 'coonskin caps' and other frontier-themed toys. View-Masters, Silly Putty, and Slinky were bestsellers. Mr. Potato Head, a toy of plastic face parts that could be stuck into a potato, was the first toy to be advertised on network television, and"
"due to the coal mine, as well as a major glass manufacturer and its status as a midwestern railroad hub. Today Streator's economy is led by heavy-equipment manufacturer Vactor, food distributor U.S. Foodservice and glass bottle manufacturer Owens-Illinois. The city is the hometown of Clyde Tombaugh, who in 1930 discovered the dwarf planet Pluto, the first object to be discovered in what would later be identified as the Kuiper belt; and George ""Honey Boy"" Evans, who wrote ""In the Good Old Summer Time."" Streator hosts annual events including Streator Park Fest; an Independence Day celebration, the Roamer Cruise Night and"
"and used as the mask worn by the character Michael Myers in the ""Halloween"" film franchise. In 2002, Kirk's captain's chair from the original ""Star Trek"" was auctioned for $304,000. In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Kirk tied with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin as the No. 6 most popular space hero. Captain Kirk has also been portrayed in feline form. First, anthropomorphically, in two episodes of the 1975 Filmation Saturday morning animated children’s series ""The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty"". The cartoon is based around the title character’s fantasies about being various heroic felines based on popular culture icons. Later came"
"confusion, the Italian diecast toy company Martoys, after two years of production, changed its name to Bburago in 1976. Although the Marx name is now largely forgotten except by toy collectors, several of the products that the company developed remain strong icons in popular culture, including Rock'em Sock'em Robots, introduced in 1964, and its best-selling sporty Big Wheel tricycle, one of the most popular toys of the 1970s. In fact, the Big Wheel, which was introduced in 1969, is enshrined in the National Toy Hall of Fame. Marx's toys included tinplate buildings, tin toys, toy soldiers, playsets, toy dinosaurs, mechanical"
"potential, and sold it (and others like it) in his store as a sideline to his homebound business of manufacturing small commercial popcorn machines. Eventually, he created a game around his creation, and, in 1949, molded it in plastic and formed the W. H. Schaper Mfg. Co. Inc.. Schaper offered Dayton's, a local department store, several ""Cootie"" sets on consignment and the game proved a hit, selling 5,592 by the end of 1950. By 1952, Schaper's company sold 1.2 million ""Cootie"" games, and thereafter, a million games a year. By the mid-1960s, Schaper's company was selling more than twenty-five different"