WHAM O MAGIC WINDOW EBAY MOVIE
In 1962, they sold a limbo dance kit to take advantage of that fad and in 1975, when the movie Jaws was released, they sold plastic shark teeth. In the 1960s they produced a US$119 do-it-yourself bomb shelter cover. With other products, Wham-O tried to capitalize on existing national trends. Around 20 million Super Balls were sold that decade, and the NFL named the Super Bowl games after it. In the early 1960s Wham-O created the Super Ball, a high-bouncing ball made of a hard elastomer Polybutadiene alloy, dubbed Zectron, with a 0.92 coefficient of restitution when bounced on hard surfaces.
In 1959 Wham-O marketed a slightly modified version, which they renamed the Frisbee-and once again a Wham-O toy became a common part of life through the 1960s. In 1955 inventor Fred Morrison began marketing a plastic flying disc called the Pluto Platter. Shortly thereafter, the company had another huge success with the Frisbee.
"Hula Hoop mania" continued through the end of 1959, and netted Wham-O $45 million (equivalent to $418 million in 2022 ). 25 million were sold in four months, and in two years sales reached more than 100 million. (The name had been used since the 18th century, but till then was not registered as a trademark.) It became the biggest toy fad in modern history. In 1957, Wham-O, still a fledgling company, took the idea of Australian bamboo "exercise hoops", manufactured them in Marlex, and called their new product the Hula Hoop. Marengo Ave in Alhambra, California and then, in 1955, moved their manufacturing plant to neighboring San Gabriel, California where they remained until 1987, when they sold the plant to Huy Fong Foods. When they outgrew the garage, Knerr and Melin rented a building on S. The powerful slingshot was adopted by clubs for competitive target shooting and small game hunting. The name "Wham-O" was inspired by the sound of the slingshot's shot hitting the target. Their first product was the Wham-O Slingshot, made of ash wood, which Knerr and Melin promoted by holding demonstrations of their own slingshot skills. In 1948 they formed the WHAM-O Manufacturing Company in the Knerr family garage in South Pasadena.
WHAM O MAGIC WINDOW EBAY TV
Check out this TV commercial from 1981.Įxplore classic toys and games that captured our attention and never let go.Richard Knerr (1925–2008 ) and Arthur "Spud" Melin (1924–2002 ), two University of Southern California graduates who were friends since their teens, were unhappy with their jobs and decided to start their own business.
Wham-O initially sold magic sand dyed in three colours (red, blue, and yellow) and packaged it in a color-matched bottle with a genie on it. While nature-made beach sand is hydrophilic (attracted to water), Wham-O used chemistry to transform Magic Sand into the unexpected: hydro phobic! The secret was in a coating of trimethylhydroxysilane-a silicon-based substance that made Magic Sand water-repellent. While Magic Sand seemed to have emerged from magician David Copperfield’s playbook, there was good science behind the hocus-pocus. Teachers loved Magic Sand because it checked all the boxes for science class experiments parents loved it because it was non-toxic and didn’t make a gloppy mess. Miraculously, as soon as Magic Sand contacted air, it dried instantly. But in water, Magic Sand displayed its … well, its magic … by repelling water.Ĭhildren could mold and build structures that held their shape underwater but disintegrated as soon as they were scooped out. At first glance, it looked and acted much like regular beach sand, with a granular and free-flowing texture. Released in 1981, Magic Sand was the sand that refused to get wet. Long before Kinetic Sand arrived in 2014, Wham-O used chemistry to create Magic Sand-a toy substance that defied nature.
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