Sunday, March 27, 2011

The Slinky

The Slinky. Possibly one of America's greatest toy inventions was accidentally created by  Richard T. James. James, a mechanical engineer, gave birth to the Slinky one day while at work. James worked with naval vessels and was handling some tension springs when suddenly he dropped one. After observing the spring bounce around on the ground, an idea was formed. James tweaked the Slinky spring and had them mass produced. Since the toy was created, nearly 300 million Slinkys have been purchased.  That is a lot of $$$!

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6 comments:

  1. BestofMinecraftMarch 28, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    very interesting :) following

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  2. Thomas MagnussenMarch 28, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Thats sick, so meaningless item selling for that amount.

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  3. Magz KillgoreMarch 28, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Actually a pretty sweet idea for a blog dude! Following.

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  4. cool_ciclerMarch 28, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    Incredible how that could sell so much

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  5. BrixtonMarch 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    Does anybody know how slinkys came about? Like how were they invented?

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  6. DrejMarch 29, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    Awesome idea for a blog.

    I only had one of those rainbow-colored plastic slinkies that kept getting entangled...:(

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