Slinky is making the jump to digital and social media with a marketing push centered on crowdsourcing a new jingle. The Just Play legacy brand is betting that consumers will have nostalgia for its ...

Betty James, who named the toy her husband invented -- the Slinky -- and rebuilt the toy company he abandoned, making the springy plaything a pervasive part of American culture, has died.

It was exactly 70 years ago, on the evening of Nov. 27, 1945, that Richard James demonstrated a new product at Gimbels department store in Philadelphia. It was the Slinky, and it was a hit: He ...

An investment by a private equity firm is giving life to the Michigan-based company that makes the classic Slinky toy.

Clay makes it easier for Micron to make noise during construction of chip plants Updated: Jan. 21, 2025, 3:01 p.m. | Published: Jan. 21, 2025, 6:00 a.m.

Our favorite mechanical master of woodworking, [Matthias Wandel], is at it again, this time making an endless staircase for a Slinky. Making an escalator out of 2×4’s and other lumber bi… ...

"What walks down stairs, Alone or in pairs, And makes a slinkity sound? It's Slinky..." She was the one who finally realized the profits of the invention and extended the Slinky empire—literally.

“White Noise,” to be released on PMR Records on March 24, premiered today on Zane Lowe’s BBC 1 broadcast; listen to the full song below.

It’s a 3D printed Slinky, the kind that rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, and makes a slinkity sound. Conventional wisdom says you can’t print a Slinky, but that didn’t stop [mpclauser ...

The “grzzzzzink” sound that the rolled-steel Slinky makes while in motion is but one aural memory of childhood for many baby boomers and their offspring.