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United States. Patent Office (1947). Official gazette of the United States Patent Office [microform]. Internet Archive. Washington: The Office. OBIE". JDL Associates. 2016-02-06. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05 . Retrieved 2023-06-10. Ayoub, Sarah (May 27, 2021). "Pop it, a hit: how a rainbow, reusable bubble wrap fidget toy became a playground must-have". The Guardian . Retrieved August 29, 2021. [ dead link] This time around, I am holding my breath for my own personal reasons. Though I managed to avoid even the Wonder Woman-themed fidget spinners four years ago, my kid is in year two now, and more aware of what’s cool (read: not me). So I’ve caved for the sake of five minutes’ peace. In the comic book Robotmen of the Lost Planet, the titular robots have very similar designs compared to the original Jo-Bo.

In Toys, a gigantic robotic head on the assembly floor of the toy factory resembles a Martian Popping Thing. Later in 1985, Archie McPhee had started distributing the Obie design instead as The Popping Martian Doll, marketed as a stress toy and manufactured by a company named Aliko in Taiwan. [13] [14] By 1988 the name was changed to the Martian Popping Thing, and by 1991 was redesigned so that the mouth was a nose and the toy resembled a clown. [15] This version was manufactured in Taiwan under that name until 2008 when it was then being distributed simultaneously by Schylling under the name Panic Pete [16] and in 2007 as Bug-Out Bob when being distributed by Toysmith [17] as well as the Popping Martian when being distributed by Tobar. [18] The mechanical design of the Pop-It bubble popper was originally invented in 1975 by Theo and Ora Coster of Theora Concepts: a married Israeli couple who had invented many games including Guess Who? and Zingo! [6] Incidentally, Theo was a former classmate of Anne Frank. [6] Indeed, fidget toys have been available for kids to use for therapeutic purposes for a while now, with local and international therapy stores like Taylor’s offering pop its, and other similar toys like Pop Toobs and Simpl Dimpls. Auzin, John. "Squeezable pop-out action toy" (PDF). Google Patents. United States Patent and Trademark Office . Retrieved 2022-11-21.Panic Pete, also known as Jo-Bo, Obie, The Martian Popping Doll, The Martian Popping Thing, Popping Martian or Bug-Out Bob is a novelty rubber squeeze toy invented by John M. Auzin. According to the BBC, inspiration for its design came from a dream Ora Coster had when her sister, an artist, passed away from breast cancer. She is quoted as saying "...imagine a large field of breasts, that you can push the nipple' [...] She went to him and said do a carpet of nipples that you can press from one side to the other. And he did just that.” [7]

In the episode " One Last Job" of Adventure Time, Tiffany is seen squeezing a parody of the Martian Popping Thing. In December 2022, Schylling announced a new Panic Pete version, NeeDoh Panic Pete. Though identical in design to their current iteration, the colors are instead various fluorescent colors. This is a combination between their two toy products, NeeDoh (a novelty squeeze ball), and Panic Pete. [22] In popular culture [ edit ] Films [ edit ] In The Mask, a Martian Popping Thing is taken from Stanley Ipkiss when he is apprehended by police. Due to the way the item is shipped to us, the color you receive will be chosen at random. No matter which color you receive, you’ll get a fun pop-up toy that jumps six feet. And as a fun bonus, the top of the yellow handle has a small, fun image to give your pop-up toy a pop of personality.Martian Cuke - The Forgotten Cousin of the Martian Popping Thing". Slightly Less Disappointing Blog from Archie McPhee. 25 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-25 . Retrieved 2022-11-21. Hayes, Stephanie (July 8, 2021). "Pop It! fidget toys are in everyone's hands. But why?". Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved August 29, 2021. Isbister is currently working with specialists in children’s social-emotional learning, including Dr Julie Schweitzer of University of California Davis, to do research on the impact of fidget objects on attention for people with ADHD. In The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, an item labeled "Squeezy", vaguely resembling Panic Pete, can appear during gameplay.