The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.–Sam Levenson To a real child anything will serve as a toy.–John Cowper Powys Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas Day in the company of children is one of the few occasions on which men become entirely alive.–Robert Wilson Lynd No matter how old you are, if a little kid hands you a toy phone… you answer it.–Dave Chappelle I like to do nice things for my grandchildren – like buy them those toys I’ve always wanted to play with.–Gene Perret Jackson Brown, Jr.Ī toy has no gender and no idea of whether a girl or boy is playing with it.–Letty Cottin Pogrebin Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries.–H. It’s like a staircase, and I am the slinky.–Jarod Kintz I have three step brothers and one step sister. Time is the continuous loop, the snakeskin with scales endlessly overlapping without beginning or end, or time is an ascending spiral if you will, like a child’s toy Slinky.–Annie Dillard Bend me in a million shapes, and eventually I’ll spring back to what I originally was.–Sylvester Stallone I’ve kind of fashioned my life after a Slinky. If time is a staircase, reality is a Slinky.–Louis Menand She was buying clothes and I was putting Slinkies on the escalator.–Steven Wright Slinkys now come in both metal and plastic, and in various colors, but still provide simple joy to children (and the adults who remembered playing with the toys when they were young) If you are intrigued, there is a marvelous history of the toy here. In 2001, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania made Slinky the Official State Toy of Pennsylvania.
The Slinky was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2000. In 1999, the United States Postal Service issued a Slinky postage stamp. His wife came up with the jingle, which you can see and hear in several versions on YouTube.
James quit his day job and went into full-time production, setting up a shop in Philadelphia. When Gimbels in Philadelphia allowed him to set up an inclined plane in their toy department during the Christmas season, he sold out of his entire stock in 90 minutes, and a toy classic was born.
His wife Betty gave the toy its name, a Swedish word meaning sleek and graceful. After months of experimentation, he decided he had found the right wire and design, took out a loan of $500 and had a local machine shop make 400 of the toys. Intrigued, he decided to see if he could create just the right steel and tension to turn it into a toy. In 1943, he accidentally knocked a torsion spring off a workbench and watched the spring “walk” along the floor. Richard James, a naval engineer, invented the slinky. Yes, August 30 we celebrate the springy toy that has brought so much fun to children. The cereal boxes come in three colours: Yellow, Pink and Blue.What walks down stairs, alone or in pairs.A minimum of order of 100 boxes was required, and 200 were ordered. Real versions of Springtastic cereal were given away at the BFDI X Inanimate Insanity 2023 Experience meet-up to VIP attendees.The composing, mixing, and the credits instrumental were made by PS3tronic, who had created 80s remixes of Inanimate Insanity songs.There are two versions VHS or 80s/90s broadcasting version (featured in Spring On the Breakfast!) and a High Quality (HQ) version.The ending credits in Spring On the Breakfast! feature an instrumental version of the commercial jingles.This commercial is a parody of various popular cereal commercials from the 90s.Girl 3 (Live Action played by Melanie).Girl 1 (Live Action played by Sabrina).You never have to feel alone with SPRINGTASTIC! Sink into a bowl of sugar, milk, and plastic!Ī toy in every box, frosted with tar and silicone. Spring-Spring-Spring, Spring-Spring-Spring-Tastic! You need a balanced breakfast cereal to bring out your best. When you wake up in the morning feeling slow and depressed, Backups Zach Timson Agraj Joshi Ben Cross Andrew Grabowski
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