stackyFACTSThe world's most irresistible popping toy is manufactured via a rapid vacuum suffocation process.
The world's most irresistible popping toy is manufactured via a rapid vacuum suffocation process. Two flat sheets of thin polyethylene film are unrolled over heated steel cylinders. One cylinder has hundreds of hollow dimples, and a vacuum physically sucks the hot, sagging plastic into the holes to form cups. The second hot sheet is immediately rolled over the top, permanently trapping mundane factory air inside the pockets.
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