The slotted, plastic ball has wound its way into the fabric of America. And, unlike so many other cheap, plastic toys, it's still made in America, in Shelton, Conn.

I get it — kids love their bouncing, beeping, action-packed plastic toys. Well-meaning relatives and friends love buying them plastic toys. Completely avoiding plastic would be a herculean task.

National Toy Hall of Fame Class of 2017: paper airplane, Clue and the Wiffle Ball. Tracy Schuhmacher. Democrat and Chronicle. ... The plastic ball cut with holes slowed the game, ...

In this week's episode of 'The Toy Shop,' we get nostalgic and explore the ... in 1987, the Pogo Bal was a small, inflatable ball surrounded by a plastic disc (like the planet Saturn but ...