Hot Popper
by : Justin Discoe
The Hot Popper came in as an inventor submission, maybe from Bang Zoom? At the time, not a lot of the designers wanted to work on inventor submissions, but why not? It's your job and you are designing toys!
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Tyco R/C
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Mattel
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