THE TOYBOX — When I was young, successfully getting a metal slinky to travel down the entire flight of stairs was a challenge I enjoyed, pretty much every time I encountered a good-quality slinky.

n 18-ounce plastic cup n Metal Slinky n STEP 1: Hold the top ring of the Slinky to the bottom of the plastic cup. n STEP 2: Gently swing the Slinky back and forth, allowing the Slinky to hit the ...

According to a Reddit comment on the older video, the man’s techniques are named “Rainbow Technique #1, 2” and so forth. So he won’t be swapping out a metal slinky any time soon, but there ...

Plus there is always that familiar soundtrack of cascading metal (or plastic) -- "It has a nice, soothing sound to it," she says. The character Slinky Dog from the 'Toy Story' movies is based on ...

A spiraling legacy has fascinated and frustrated Lestine Lewis for decades. Today, 40 years after that first encounter, her quandary remains: Just how do you get a Slinky to step down the stairs ...

And the classic metal Slinky is still produced in Hollidaysburg, said Lauren Diani, senior marketing manager at Alex Brands, which now owns the Slinky — although a handful of other Slinky items ...

The Slinky, Swaim said, is a Pennsylvania story. It is also a women’s story. Yet, getting legislators to adopt his cause has been a challenge.

Pennsylvania has a state dog, a state insect, a state fossil, and even a state beverage. Why then, Bob Swaim wonders, can’t it also have a state toy?

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 ...