Which Toy Story Slinky Dog toys are best? Slinky Dog from “Toy Story” is based on an original toy from Slinky that was released in 1952. It was redesigned in 1995 following the release of the first ...

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. She was 90.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Remember the Slinky? That classic, endlessly entertaining toy has been twisting and tumbling for nearly 80 years — and it's still ...

In 1943 during World War II, Richard James was working as an engineer in the United States Navy. As he worked on a new ship, a torsion spring suddenly fell to the floor. Rather than gracing the ground ...

There are few sights more satisfying than watching a Slinky descend a flight of stairs, and lining the toy up just right to walk down every step elicits the same feeling as sinking a three-pointer, a ...

What started as a mechanism to keep equipment stable on board a Navy ship ended as one of the most recognizable toys of the 20th century. And at the helm of it all was Betty James, one of the first ...

And makes a slinkity sound? Unless you have somehow lived an existence free of a certain metal coil toy, you probably can figure out that this refers to the Slinky. The classic toy -- the one that's ...

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. She was 90.