Abe Bookman marketed the original Magic 8 Ball first as a paperweight and then as a fortune-telling toy. That response would not have rattled Bookman. He might have tried again later, as another ...

But was the Magic 8 Ball always intended as a children’s fortune-telling toy? And why, of all things, is it shaped like a billiard ball? If you were to grab the Magic 8 Ball off your desk right ...

The iconic, fortune-telling Magic 8 Ball was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest toys of all time. Wadlow’s Truth or Dare grossed more than $95M worldwide off a $3.5M estimated ...