Slime is a toy product manufactured by Mattel, sold in a plastic trash can and introduced in February 1976.[2] It consists of a non-toxic viscous, squishy and oozy green or other color material made primarily from guar gum.[3] Different variations of Slime have been released over the years, including Slime containing rubber insects, eyeballs, and worms.
The late 1970s also introduced a Slime Monster board game; the object of the game is for the player to avoid having their game piece slimed on by a foot-tall plastic monster with slime oozing from its mouth. Other toy companies have produced their own slime, such as Hordak's Slime Pit playset as part of the Masters of the Universe toys in the 1980s and Ecto-Plazm play gel[4] sold with selected figures in Kenner's Real Ghostbusters toy line. Playmates Toys' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles figure line introduced a Retro-