Wham-O, the Glossary
Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States.[1]
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66 relations: Africa, Alhambra, California, Australia, Blowgun, Bomb shelter, Bombardier Inc., Boomerang, Brand, California, Carson, California, China, Coefficient of restitution, Comics, Crossbow, Dart (missile), Department store, Exhibition shooting, Fad, Fraxinus, Frisbee, Generic trademark, Hacky sack, Hula hoop, Huy Fong Foods, Hydrophobic sand, ICM Partners, Jaws (film), Kathryn Minner, Ken Westerfield, Limbo (dance), Los Angeles Times, Machete, Magnet, Marlex, Mattel, National Football League, Packaging, Personal watercraft, Pistol, Polybutadiene, Rat Fink, Richard Knerr, Roller racer, San Gabriel, California, Schwinn Bicycle Company, Sea-Doo, Shark, Silly String, Slingshot, Slip 'N Slide, ... Expand index (16 more) »
- American companies established in 1948
- Toy companies established in 1948
Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
Alhambra, California
Alhambra (from "Alhambra") is a city located in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately eight miles from the Downtown Los Angeles civic center.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Blowgun
A blowgun (also called a blowpipe or blow tube) is a simple ranged weapon consisting of a long narrow tube for shooting light projectiles such as darts.
Bomb shelter
A bomb shelter is a structure designed to provide protection against the effects of a bomb.
Bombardier Inc.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian business jet manufacturer.
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Boomerang
A boomerang is a thrown tool typically constructed with airfoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight.
Brand
A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Carson, California
Carson is a city in the South Bay and the Harbor regions of Los Angeles County, California, located south of downtown Los Angeles and approximately away from Los Angeles International Airport.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
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Coefficient of restitution
The coefficient of restitution (COR, also denoted by e), is the ratio of the relative velocity of separation after collision to the relative velocity of approach before collision.
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Comics
a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information.
Crossbow
A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun.
Dart (missile)
Darts are airborne ranged weapons.
Department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category.
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Exhibition shooting
Exhibition shooting or trick shooting is a sport in which a marksman performs various feats of skill, frequently using non-traditional targets.
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Fad
A fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period.
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Fraxinus
Fraxinus, commonly called ash, is a genus of plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae, and comprises 45–65 species of usually medium-to-large trees, most of which are deciduous trees, although some subtropical species are evergreen trees.
Frisbee
A frisbee (pronounced), also called a flying disc or simply a disc, is a gliding toy or sporting item that is generally made of injection-molded plastic and roughly in diameter with a pronounced lip.
Generic trademark
A generic trademark, also known as a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that, because of its popularity or significance, has become the generic term for, or synonymous with, a general class of products or services, usually against the intentions of the trademark's owner.
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Hacky sack
A footbag is a small, round bag usually filled with plastic pellets or sand, which is kicked into the air as part of a competitive game or as a display of dexterity.
Hula hoop
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Huy Fong Foods
Huy Fong Foods is an American hot sauce company based in Irwindale, California. Wham-O and Huy Fong Foods are Privately held companies based in California.
Hydrophobic sand
Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound.
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ICM Partners
ICM Partners was a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., and London.
Jaws (film)
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley.
Kathryn Minner
Kathryn Elizabeth Minner (January 3, 1892 – May 26, 1969), sometimes credited as Katherine Minner, was an American character actress who specialized in playing "little old ladies" in movies, on various television shows, and in a series of television commercials for Southern California Dodge dealers.
Ken Westerfield
Kenneth Ray Westerfield is an American pioneering frisbee disc player, who achieved numerous disc sports accomplishments in the 1970s.
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Limbo (dance)
Limbo is a popular game, based on traditions that originated on the island of Tobago.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Machete
A machete is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife.
Magnet
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field.
Marlex
Marlex is a trademarked name for a crystalline polypropylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
Mattel
Mattel, Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment company founded in Los Angeles by Harold Matson and the husband-and-wife duo of Ruth and Elliot Handler in January 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. Wham-O and Mattel are manufacturing companies based in Greater Los Angeles and toy companies of the United States.
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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Packaging
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.
Personal watercraft
A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat.
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Pistol
A pistol is a type of handgun, characterised by a barrel with an integral chamber.
Polybutadiene
Polybutadiene is a synthetic rubber.
Rat Fink
Rat Fink is one of several hot rod characters created by artist Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, one of the originators of Kustom Kulture of automobile enthusiasts.
Richard Knerr
Richard Knerr (30 June 1925 – 14 January 2008) was an American inventor best known for marketing the Frisbee and Hula hoop.
Roller racer
A Roller Racer, or Flying Turtle as it was originally named by the inventor, is a toy human-powered vehicle for children.
San Gabriel, California
San Gabriel (Spanish for "St. Gabriel") is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California.
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Schwinn Bicycle Company
The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name.
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Sea-Doo
Sea-Doo is a Canadian brand of personal watercraft (PWC) and boats manufactured by Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP).
Shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.
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Silly String
Silly String (generically known as aerosol string) is a toy of flexible, sometimes brightly colored, plastic string propelled as a stream of liquid from an aerosol can.
Slingshot
A slingshot or catapult is a small hand-powered projectile weapon.
Slip 'N Slide
Slip ’N Slide is a children's toy invented by Robert Carrier and manufactured by Wham-O. It was first sold in 1961.
South Pasadena, California
South Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Splatter Up
Splatter Up is a T-ball toy released in 1988, designed by WET Design,, Steve Rushin, Sports Illustrated, 4 February 2002 (retrieved 11 February 2012) under the Worlds of Wonder brand.
Super Ball
A Super Ball or Superball is a toy bouncy ball based on a type of synthetic rubber invented in 1964 by chemist Norman Stingley.
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States.
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic
Super Elastic Bubble Plastic was the brand name for a children's toy manufactured from the 1970s through the 80s by Wham-O. It consisted of a tube of viscous plastic substance and a thin straw used to blow semi-solid bubbles.
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Television advertisement
A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization.
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The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)
"The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)" is a song written by Don Altfeld, Jan Berry and Roger Christian, and recorded by 1960s American pop singers Jan and Dean.
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Throwing knife
A throwing knife is a knife that is specially designed and weighted so that it can be thrown effectively.
Tom Morey
Tom Hugh Morey (15 August 1935 – 14 October 2021), also known by the moniker Y, was a musician, engineer, surfboard shaper, and surfer responsible for several technological innovations that have heavily influenced modern developments in surfing equipment design.
Toy
A toy or plaything is an object that is used primarily to provide entertainment.
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Trac Ball
Trac Ball (or Trac-Ball, or Tracball) is typically a game of catch played by two or more people wherein both participants wield an oversized glove/racquet/basket, passing a ball back and forth.
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Variety store
A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, auto parts, dry goods, toys, hardware, furniture, and a selection of groceries.
Walter Frederick Morrison
Walter Frederick Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee.
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Wheelie
A wheelie, or wheelstand, is a vehicle maneuver in vehicle acrobatics in which the front wheel or wheels come off the ground due to sufficient torque being applied to the rear wheel or wheels, or rider motion relative to the vehicle.
Wheelie bike
A wheelie bike, also called a dragster, muscle bike, high-riser, spyder bike or banana bike, is a type of stylized children's bicycle designed in the 1960s to resemble a chopper motorcycle and characterized by ape hanger handlebars, a banana seat with sissy bar, and small wheels.
See also
American companies established in 1948
- Affiliated Foods Southwest
- American Signature
- Appleton-Century-Crofts
- Associated Artists Productions
- Buckle (clothing retailer)
- Capital Airlines (United States)
- Detroit's Marwil Bookstore
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- E. J. Korvette
- El Rancho Hotel and Casino
- Era Aviation
- Fingerhut
- Fluke Corporation
- Follett Ice
- Foodland Hawaii
- Hexcel
- Marie Callender's
- McKinley Elevator Corporation
- Miller and Lents
- Miracle-Ear
- Mountain Press Publishing Company
- Papa Cristo's
- Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989)
- Rada Manufacturing
- Ravn Alaska
- Realart Pictures Inc.
- Robert Half
- Rollins, Inc.
- Rural Metro
- Salal Credit Union
- Saturn Airways
- Screen Gems
- Service Electric
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad
- Sunny's Surplus
- Toys "R" Us
- True Value
- Tuttle Publishing
- U.S. Concrete
- Varian Associates
- Varian Medical Systems
- Wham-O
- Windstream North Carolina
- World Airways
- Yankee Stores
Toy companies established in 1948
- Kader Group
- Wham-O
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wham-O
Also known as Arthur "Spud" Melin, Arthur Melin, Aspectus, Bubble Thing, Instant Fish, Water Wiggle, Wham-O, Inc., Wham-o magic window, Whammo, Whamo.
, South Pasadena, California, Splatter Up, Super Ball, Super Bowl, Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, Television advertisement, The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena), Throwing knife, Tom Morey, Toy, Trac Ball, University of Southern California, Variety store, Walter Frederick Morrison, Wheelie, Wheelie bike.