Pop it
stress-relieving toy
A Pop-It (also known as Go Pop and Last One Lost) It consists of a usually brightly colored silicone tray with poppable bubbles, similar to bubble wrap, that can be flipped and re-used. They come in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes, including wearable formats. It is marketed as a stress-reliever and rose in popularity in the spring of 2021 due to TikTok influencers as well as boredom and stress attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Origin
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!.
The idea came to Ora Coster in a dream in 1974, when her sister died from breast cancer. Following her dream, Ora told Theo to "imagine a large field of breasts, ladies’ breasts, that you can push the nipple" and asked him to "do a carpet of nipples that you can press from one side to the other", according to the couple's son.
At first, there were no buyers to manufacture the toy because its rubber construction made mass production expensive. In 2009, it was acquired by Montreal-based company FoxMindGames. Many iterations of the prototype were made, and the product material was ultimately changed by them to silicone.
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