Did Ya Know?

Where did that Frisbee come from?

The story involves 1950s college students playing catch with cake tins and pie pans – sometimes from the Frisbie Pie Company of New England.

There was already a plastic flying disk on the market called the Pluto Platter, and the students nicknamed it Frisbie. When Wham-O bought the rights to that plastic disk in 1957, they respelled the nickname and made it official.

Because Frisbee remains a trademark, the more earthbound generic term is flying disk.

 Hall of Fame winner!
 In 2003, the alphabet block was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. Requirements for inclusion in the National Toy Hall of Fame are that the toy has an icon status and is recognized, respected and remembered by a wide range of the population, was popular for an extended period of time and fosters learning, creativity and discovery. Forty-two toys have   been inducted in the National Toy Hall of Fame since it was it was established in 1998