Buy a replica 1957 edition now on Amazon. In 1943, mechanical engineer Richard James invented the Slinky by accident. While working on devising a spring to hold shipboard marine torsion meters ...

January 23rd, 1957, Frisbee inventor Walter Morrison sold the rights to his creation to toy company Wham-O!, setting the stage for the release of one of the most popular toys of all time. But the ...