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.

Wham-O toys often had an air of originality that Knerr called the “wow” factor. He defined it as the moment when “you’re . . . showing it off and everybody says, ‘What’s that?

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 president Todd Richards said the Critical Content relationship would be a boost for the 70-year-old independent company’s portfolio of toys and games. “Wham-O products have always ...

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.

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

STAMFORD, Conn., June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Anjar Co. & Becker Associates, the exclusive licensing agency for Wham-O, sign Winning Moves Games USA in a deal to market classic, retro-style Wham ...

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 ...

EXCLUSIVE: Critical Content, a leading independent nonfiction production studio, is forming a TV development deal with Wham-O, maker of classic toys like the Frisbee Disc, Hula Hoop and Slip ‘N ...