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When it comes to toys, usually only the newest with the coolest technology get hot. But Shrinky Dinks are proving the exception to the rule. The plastic that shrinks when you bake it, a favorite in… ...
Big Time Toys introduces a child-safe version of a 70's classic - the INCREDIBLE SHRINKY DINKS MAKER®. The oven will be available this fall at retaile ...
In 2001, Spin Master Toys offered an Incredible Shrinky Dinks Maker, which used a lightbulb as the heating element and was a safer option for kids, who no longer needed parental supervision in ...
In a bid to revive the trend, Canadian-based Spin Master Toys recently released its “child-safe” Incredible Shrinky Dinks Maker. For about $30, the toy comes with the “oven,” three sheets ...
Shrinky Dinks' maker, Spin Master Toys of Toronto, says it is sold out of its inventory of 400,000 kits and is trying to manufacture more before Christmas. "We had no idea it would be this big ...
Furthermore, Shrinky Dinks are moving beyond their reputation as a kid’s toy and scientists are finding practical applications for the whimsical sheets of plastic—namely, according to a recent ...
Khine also managed to print metal patterns on Shrinky Dinks, and that could help make solar cells more efficient. "We haven't come close to pushing the limits of this technology yet," she said ...
Fairfield-based toy company Alex Brands announced Wednesday that it has acquired the Shrinky Dinks line of products.Alex Brands had been licensing the brand for use in its Alex Toys product line ...
The first time artist Heather Bauer played with Shrinky Dinks, a craft toy popular in the 1970s, she was a kid. “I loved them,” she says. “You watched them bake and it was cool.” Now ...