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Slammer Whammers
{{unreferenced, date=September 2010 Slammer Whammers were a brand of Milk caps made by the Los Angeles-based company Imperial Toy Corporation, in the 1990s. They were one of the leading brands of pogs during the milk cap craze that swept Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom in 1994–5. Product The standard Slammer Whammers product was a blister pack containing 24 milkcaps and 2 slammers. Imperial Toy Corp. released various sets of milkcaps under the Slammer Whammers name, for example ''Biker Bugs'', ''Wise Guys'', ''Skull Squad'' and ''Wild Things''. There were 288 slammer whammers to collect. This 288 set comprised 12 individual sets of 24 caps to collect. There were also sets of 24 caps that were not part of the 288 big set (for example Dino Dudes, Ink Drops, Pure Poison, Cyberdudes, Mini Monsters and Splatter Bugs). In 2006, Funrise Funrise is an American toy manufacturer and distributor. History Funrise Toy Corporation designs, manufactures, and distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slammer Whammers Wild Things
Slammer may refer to: *SQL Slammer, a computer worm *AIM-120 AMRAAM, an American missile, nicknamed Slammer * Sholef / Slammer, an Israeli self-propelled howitzer gun *''The Slammer'', a children's talent show on British television *Slammer Guitars, a budget subsidiary of Hamer Guitars *Penn Jillette's house in Las Vegas, known as "the slammer" *Slammer (ride), at Thorpe Park theme park, England *Slammer, an entity who changes a telephone carrier of a telephone line illegally ( Telephone slamming) *British Slam-door trains, also known as slammers *Slammers, a mercenary unit in the science fiction Hammerverse *A type of POG, a children's game *"The slammer", a colloquial term for prison See also * Alabama Slammer, a cocktail *Tequila Slammer A tequila slammer (known in Mexico as a ''muppet'' or ''mópet'') is a cocktail served in a rocks glass. It is made with tequila and a highly-carbonated lemon-lime flavored soda or ginger ale. Method The drink gets its name from the way ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk Caps (game)
Milk caps is a children's game played with flat circular cardboard milk caps. Players make a stack of these caps, and take turns to drop a heavier "slammer" object onto it, causing the caps to be disrupted. Each player keeps any face-up caps and is to restack the face-down caps, repeating the process until none land face-down, at which point the player who collected the most caps wins the game of milk caps. The game is also known as Pogs, under which name it was sold commercially in the 1990s. The name originates from Pog, a brand of juice made from passionfruit, orange, and guava; the use of the juice's caps to play the game preceded the game's commercialization.Lewis, Tommi: "Pogs: The Milkcap Guide", page 23. Andrews and McMeel, 1994 History The game of milk caps possibly originated in Maui, Hawaii, during the 1920s or 1930s, or possibly with origins in Menko, a Japanese card game very similar to milk caps, which has been in existence since the 17th century, during the Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Toy Corporation
Imperial Toy Corporation is a North Hills, California-based toy company founded in April 1969 by Fred Kort, best known for producing rubber animals. One of their best known products is an articulated Godzilla action figure that is available in several sizes and was regularly seen in the sitcom, ''Roseanne''. They also made a licensed toy of the alien from ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' in 1978. Peter Tiger and Art Hirsch purchased the company from the Kort family in 2006, by which time the company had made over 900 products. It went bankrupt in 2020 and was acquired by another rack toy company, Ja-Ru, Inc.. Original Products *Halloween Spoooks: Boney Benny and Booo the Bat *Apollo Moon Exploring Series *The Hungry Mouse in the Cheese House (two rubber mice with rubber Swiss cheese wedge) (1970) *Silly Dilly Sky Diving Poopatroopers (1971) Licensed products *''Jaws'' (1975) *The Phantom Jet (1975) *''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977) *Hanna-Barbera's World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blister Pack
A blister pack is any of several types of pre-formed plastic packaging used for small consumer goods, foods, and for pharmaceuticals. The primary component of a blister pack is a cavity or pocket made from a formable web, usually a thermoformed plastic. This usually has a backing of paperboard or a lidding seal of aluminum foil or plastic. A blister that folds onto itself is often called a clamshell. Blister packs are useful for protecting products against external factors, such as humidity and contamination for extended periods of time. Opaque blisters also protect light-sensitive products against UV rays. Uses Blister packs are used to package products such as toys, hardware, medication, etc. Many blister packaging machines use heat and pressure via a die to form the cavity or pocket from a roll or sheet of plastic. In recent years, improvements in cold forming—specifically allowing steeper depth/angles during forming, which minimizes the amount of material used for eac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funrise
Funrise is an American toy manufacturer and distributor. History Funrise Toy Corporation designs, manufactures, and distributes toys for children. The company offers a line of preschool toys, as well as toys for kids of various age groups. It serves customers through its showrooms. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Van Nuys, California with additional offices and showrooms in Bentonville, Arkansas; Minneapolis Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ontario, California; Kowloon, Hong Kong; Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom; and Nuremberg, Germany, as well as Australia. As of June 8, 2007, Funrise Toy Corp. is a subsidiary of Matrix Holdings Ltd. Products Current toys and games * Gazillion Bubbles * Bright Fairy Friends * Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty * Gla'more * Mighty Fleet * Cat (partnered with Caterpillar Inc.) * Fart Ninjas Former distributed toys and games * Tonka (partnered with Hasbro and Basic FUN) * Herodrive (partnered with DC Comics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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