Slinky

Pros: Kids love to play with Slinky.
Cons: To many to mention.

We were invited out to a birthday party one afternoon. It was for a little boy who was in my son's preschool. The birthday party was going very well. There were ten little tots playing in the backyard. The parents of this birthday boy decided to...

Pros: It's fun. It's relaxing. It's inexpensive.
Cons: plastic ones don't make that jingly noise.

I had a Slinky when I was growing up. Everyone did. Back then, Slinky was a tinny, silver-colored, metal spring. Of course, today there are plastic Slinkies in every color of the rainbow, and a few colors that even go beyond the rainbow. There are also...

Pros: Sensuous, Sinuous, Sexy, Scintillating
Cons: Some may confuse this as a toy for kids

What walks down the stairs, alone or in pairs?

If you answered "log", welcome to Planet Earth. The rest of you, of course, answered in knee-jerk fashion, "It's Slinky!" And, sorry, no points if you said, "Mr. Potato...

Pros: Wonderful for adults
Cons: Bad for kids -- especially small ones

This is not a toy for children. I, as an alleged adult, love the thing, though. I had one of these around my office for years and used it as a stress reliever. The metal was cool and soothing, and I could put one half in one hand, one half in the other...

Pros: appeals to all ages, a timeless toy, high fun-to-cost ratio
Cons: Kinked slinkies can never be repaired, can be hard to find

It’s no secret. I love the slinky.

The story actually starts with one of my business school friends, who kept a small metal slinky in his car. I thought that was pretty cool, so when I saw a small metal slinky at Pic ‘N’ Save for about a...

Pros: hours of fun
Cons: tangles somewhat easily

Like everyone I know, I had a slinky when I was growing up. My brother had one too and we used to have slinky races to see who could get their slinky to the bottom first. The coils of wire are fascinating to all ages. Yes, I do play with my children's...

Pros: It's a slinky, and it's fun
Cons: It's plastic,, whats up with that?

Since my kids are too old for toys, I now have to go out and buy them for myself. The first toy on my list has always been the slinky. Maybe it's a female thing, but the thrill of making this little 4 inch stack reach lengths of 6 feet catches my...

Pros: brings lots of fun to kids
Cons: tangles up easy

I would like to talk about a gift I got when I was a child it was a slinky it was fun to play with it on the stairs and toss it between my hands this toy brought alot of good times to me If I was a kid I would want this toy stell but since I am adult I...

Pros: Fun, stylish, classic
Cons: Plastic ones break too easily

The quiet rustling when you move it between your hands. The strange metal that always is cool to the touch. The attempts as a child to walk it down the various obstacle courses that we set up for it. The simple amusement that one finds at any age in...

Pros: Simple, Easy to Use, Amusing ... Also can be educational ...
Cons: Metal ones can get twisted and knotted pretty badly if care is not taken. You can get cut from the metal ones.

Pros: Fun for hours. Hipnotizing. Nice to look at
Cons: Gets tangled easily

One of the all time great toys that have ever been invented. The slinky is up there with such heavyweights as play-dough and the hula hoop and the Frisbee. The toy is a very simple, it is a coiled snake that you roll down stairs. The toy baffles the...

Pros: It exist.
Cons: None. What doesn't kill you only makes you....

The Slinky is many things if it is one.

A simple worm, it lies outstretched on the couch. Passive, it allows itself to be posed in different positions according to the aesthetic taste of the participating individual(s). Don’t forget...

Pros: great fun and learning toy, metal one is preferable, compact
Cons: plastic one is not worth a dime

It is an old-timer and those are always the best and most versatile toys. We own a plastic and a metal slinky. The metal one has outlived and outplayed the plastic one by far (plastic one is mangled). So we use the metal slinky for fun and...

Pros: It is a slinky
Cons: Only good can come from it.

Good old slinky. What fun this little crumple of wires is. It is wonderful in it's simplicity. Simply a big flexible spring. There are endless things you can do with it. There are very many variations on the color also. I got my first slinky when I...

Pros: Makes your kids Imagination, Makes a great gift!!
Cons: Brakes easily

Ok who wouldn’t what this great toy? Yes at first it can look a little boring, but what you see before you is a brilliant plaything. It can do anything your imagination can think up.

I had several slinkys' when I was young and just got one...