And Slinky Dog, which debuted in 1952, enjoyed a renaissance in 1995 after starring in the movie Toy Story. One noteworthy bomb, though, ... with lots of small competitors.

“Every time I had a couple of quarters I would go buy myself a slinky.” Now, Suazo has more than 1,100 slinkies. She has traditional ones, plastic ones, metal ones, big ones and small ones.

Hollidaysburg, the starting point of those slinky journeys around the world, is a small town 90 miles east of Pittsburgh.