Wooly Willy enters the digital age

March 11, 2009

Smethport Web – by Nathan Muller

If you’re still drawn to the traditional Wooly Willy magnetic toy, you’ll appreciate its digital counterpart in the form of a downloadable application or “app” for your iTouch or iPhone.

You can have this classic toy, invented here in Smethport, at your fingertips wherever you go for only 99 cents. Take a peak!.

The app allows you to draw ‘magnetic shaving’ mustaches and other hair on either the traditional Wooly Willy and Hairdo Harriet images, or any image of your own. Don’t like the results? Just shake it up and start again!

Since the 1950s, Wooly Willy has been providing hours of fun. Now you can re-live those moments anytime, anywhere. You can get the Wooly Willy app right here!

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