Wham-O is known for some fun and crazy summer games and toys, but sometimes their backstories are even crazier.

Before Knerr and Melin dominated the novelty toy ... 1959. Wham-O entered the sporting goods market in the 1950s as a kind of segue between their death utensils and the popular outdoor products ...

The southern California toy outfit, founded in a South ... We think there's a way to make our products the new cool,” said Wham-O President Todd Richards. 'Being outside can be the new iPhone.” ...

Online sales, meanwhile, can be tricky for a company that depends on consumers holding its products in their hands. And while the specific style and name of Wham-O toys are copyrighted ...

Wham-O dominates the outdoor water category with its trademarked Slip'N Slide and other water-related products, noted Jim Silver, publisher of Toy Book magazine in New York. Wham-O figured out ...

"What was unique about Wham-O is that we made products that became toy categories of their own. We want to do that again," Richards said. The Wham-O factory wasn't run like a traditional business ...

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 ...

Online sales, meanwhile, can be tricky for a company that depends on consumers holding its products in their hands. And while the specific style and name of Wham-O toys are copyrighted ...

Wham-O has consistently delivered products that inspire active play and foster lasting connections. The New York Toy Fair, taking place at Jacob K. Javits Center from September 30 th - October 3 ...

"Wham-O founders Arthur ‘Spud’ Melin and Richard Knerr … bought rights to the toy in 1955 ... such as sports fields and Frisbee-related products, should be fully prepared, and primary ...