Originally intended as a way to stabilize sensitive instruments on ships during World War II, the Slinky is quite simply a helical spring with an unusually good sales pitch. But as millions of chil… ...

Dive Brief: Slinky, the 75-year-old walking spring toy marketed by Just Play, is making its social media debut with a campaign seeking a new jingle, according to a news release. The effort, Slinky's ...

Set it on your desk, slap a Slinky on there, and watch it go. Forever. As you can see in the dramatic video below, NESM is mesmerizing. The slinky topples end over end, but never stops.

While it wears completely unique bodywork, the SWB Zagato is based on the high-performance Giulia Quadrifoglio, packing a twin-turbo 2.9 liter V-6 and the ZF six-speed manual gearbox available in ...

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 ...