But for all of its ambition, a number of hurdles stand in Wham-O’s way. With consolidation having gripped the toy business for years, running an independent producer of low-tech toys isn’t simple.

In 1948, two college-aged friends bought a pair of falcons and began to train them by shooting pieces of meat in the air using homemade slingshots that they made themselves. According to Tim Walsh, ...

Wham-O’s mixture of new with nostalgia “could be a really smart move in today’s climate,” said Laurie Schacht, chief executive of the Toy Book, the toy industry’s leading trade publication.

Wham-O Manufacturing Co. of California produced its first Frisbees on this day in history, Jan. 23, 1957. The beach toy began as a 19th-century campus activity and is now a worldwide sport.

Fad toys come and go. Only in the case of WHAM-O, they don't go. This year the creators of the Frisbee, Hula Hoop and Super Ball, turns 75 ...

O n January 23rd, 1957, Frisbee inventor Walter Morrison sold the rights to his creation to toy company Wham-O!, setting the ...

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Wham-O, the iconic toy company that has been igniting imaginations and creating lifelong memories for generations of children and families, is thrilled to ...

Ogden, N.Y. (WHAM) If this smiling face looks familiar, that's because Mariana Lippincott-Diaz has been on your TV screen before.BACKGROUND: Squeezing out kindn ...

While major toy companies including Wham-O, Mattel, and Hasbro dominate the list of the top toy gifts from when boomers were kids, many of the toys were invented by individuals who then sold their ...