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Just got in some slinky toys at Blast From The Past. They are packaged in an original style box. I had several when I was a kid. As I recall, I would spend ten minutes playing with this metal spring toy and about three weeks trying to untangle it after it would mysteriously hook itself together.
I had always chalked up its success to the massive t.v. advertising campaign and the catchy jingle, but I just learned that the toy debuted in 1945 before television. Darned if I know how they sold a spring to millions of people as a kid’s toy without the power of television. I can only imagine that the inventor’s presentation to the toy company executives must of been way better than the guy who tried to sell them the piece of wood.
Spring Fever