Talk:Wham-O

Incorrect information.

Before my edit, the article said that Wham-O invented the hacky sack. They actually just bought the rights to it. -User:Not a slave

stockholders meetings

I edited the stockholders meetings paragraph. The original read:

When Wham-O was still a publicly traded corporation, at least in the 1960's and 1970's, a major benefit to stockholders who were fortunate enough to attend the annual shareholders meeting at the corporate headquarters was access to a virtually unlimited supply of free products. At the conclusion of the meeting, crates of Frisbees, etc. were opened up and all present were allowed to take away as much as they could carry. As word spread, the annual meeting became packed with southern California children taking the day off from school [personal remembrance of this contributor].

And was entered anonymously. If we knew who the person was, we could have them document it someplace so we could cite it. As is, I'm satisfied that this is useful material, but at some point we should get real documentation. -- Akb4 07:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Richard Knerr, Wham-o founder dies

Martin, Douglas (January 18, 2008), "Richard Knerr, 82, Craze Creator, Dies", New York Times, pp. C9

Schwartz, John (January 20, 2008), "The Joy of Silly", New York Times, pp. WK5

Nelson, Valerie J. (January 17, 2008), "Richard Knerr, 82; co-founded Wham-O, maker of the Hula Hoop and Frisbee", Los Angeles Times

-- SWTPC6800 (talk) 19:50, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

List of products

A bunch of products (like Wham-o magic window) of this company may not meed notability criteria, but could be notable in a list of products. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 21:58, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Merge or redirect

I don't believe that at least some of the products are notable on their own, and need to be either merged into this article or redirected here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:04, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

 Partly done - Wham-o magic window merged here. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:30, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

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Wham-O Bird

I can't believe it! The most fantastic beautifully engineered toy of the early 1960s, made by Wham-O of course, is not mentioned! I was eleven years old when the Wham-O Bird came out in 1961, and quite a few kids had them. They would slowly flap their way across the living room under their own power, provided by a tightly wound rubber band to make the wings flap. By far much more interesting than a yo-yo or the contemporary Etch a Sketch! Do a search for Wham-O Bird, there are a few of these old mechanical birds left. I found this link (6-26-17), which I'm sure is quite temporary: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/267330927855505850
Linstrum (talk) 06:55, 26 June 2017 (UTC)

The Wham-O Bird Ornithopter has been added. Good call! – AndyFielding (talk) 09:58, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

No Water Wiggle article?

Really? They were huge when I was a kid. I think they were eventually withdrawn from the market because people kept getting hit in the face with them. (I believe the instructions warned about using only moderate water pressure, but of course that'd just spur kids to experiment.) Wham-O's other products seem mild by comparison. Unfortunately I'm not a toy historian, or I'd start one myself. – AndyFielding (talk) 09:55, 23 February 2022 (UTC)