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===Mold-A-Rama=== The [[Mold-A-Rama]] is a brand name for a type of vending machine that makes [[blow molding|blow-molded]] plastic [[figurine]]s. Mold-A-Rama machines debuted in late 1962 <ref>{{cite news |first=Martin |last=Rossman |title=Machine Molds Items While Customer Waits |work=Los Angeles Times |date=29 October 1962 |page=B8 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Keilson Puts in Molding Units |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |magazine=Billboard |date=4 May 1963 |page=53 }}</ref> and grew in prominence at the [[1964 New York World's Fair]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mold-Rama Draws 'Em |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43 |magazine=Billboard |date=12 December 1964 |page=43 }}</ref> The machines can still be found operating in dozens of museums and zoos.<ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Benderoff |title=Old Technology Proves a Modern-Day Classic |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/09/04/old-technology-proves-a-modern-day-classic/ |work=Chicago Tribune |date=4 September 2006 |access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Steve |date=17 August 2016 |title=Smelly, Plastic and Nostalgic, Mold-A-Rama Celebrates 50th Birthday at Brookfield Zoo |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-mold-a-rama-50th-birthday-20160817-story.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |access-date=18 August 2016}}</ref>
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