Meet Grinby, Boingo, GeeGee, Slats, T.K. and Scopes, cousins of the popular Koosh Ball toy — a “cross between a porcupine and a bowl of Jell-O” that goes “koosh” when you catch it.
OddzOn Products, Kooshmakers to the world, has literally put a new face on its product. By Christmas, these six fibrous friends will sit beside cash registers at 30,000 stores nationwide. Price: $7 to $8.
For the past three months, Koosh Kins have ranked among the top 10 non-TV- promoted toys, according to The Toy Book, a trade publication. Says associate publisher Jim Silver: “If ((OddzOn)) created some sort of animation, they could do even better.” That may be next. OddzOn hopes to spin off a TV program (Koosh Kin Kartoons?) and may soon have Koosh Kins klinging to sleeping bags and lunch boxes.
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