The character Slinky Dog from the 'Toy Story' movies is based on Slinky's 1952 canine outing. (Alex Brands) Inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000 , the Slinky has taken various forms.

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 “Toy Story” movie.

That same year, the Slinky was named the official toy of Pennsylvania. She passed away in 2008. Slinkys no longer cost one dollar, but one dollar in 1945 is equivalent to about $13.56 today .

Still, the Slinky was not a one-man operation. It was Richard James’ wife, Betty James, who in 1944 came up with the name for the toy by looking through the dictionary, choosing it “because ...

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 ...

And Slinky Dog, which debuted in 1952, enjoyed a renaissance in 1995 after starring in the movie Toy Story. One noteworthy bomb, though, was the fabric-covered Slinky earlier this decade.

It’s a toy story. The new History Channel docuseries, “The Toys That Built America,” premiering Sunday (Nov. 29) at 9 p.m., uncovers the surprising history of iconic products such as the Slin… ...

Betty James, retired president of James Industries, plays with a toy Slinky that made the family company famous on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2001, in Hollidaysburg, Pa. James was inducted into the Toy ...

Arriving on the toy market in 1945, the Slinky was the brainchild of Penn State graduate Richard James. Just after meeting his wife, Betty, James was called up by the Navy to serve in World War II.

Moreover, the wave that moves through the toy travels parallel to the compression of the Slinky, making it a "longitudinal" wave, the same type of wave as a sound wave.