Selects: What Is A Mold-A-Rama?
Stuff You Should Know
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4.5 • 82.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In the 1960s, a very cool machine debuted at the Seattle World's Fair - the Mold-A-Rama. It made real plastic toys on-demand from melted plastic pellets, to the delight of children and adults alike. They didn't last too long, but can still be found at various locations all over the United States and their retro-cool stylings are still a hit. Learn all about these cool machines in this classic episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.7 | Hey, everybody, Chuck here on a Saturday. |
| 0:06.9 | I hope you're enjoying some breakfast cereal and maybe watching cartoons on the telly. |
| 0:11.5 | But maybe take a pause and listen to this curated episode from February 2018. |
| 0:16.3 | What is molderrama? |
| 0:18.8 | I'm not even going to tell you what molderama is if you don't know. |
| 0:21.2 | It's not gross. |
| 0:22.8 | It's not something that lives on your walls when it's too humid. |
| 0:27.1 | It's actually a pretty cool, fun machine from days gone by. |
| 0:30.9 | So I hope you enjoyed this episode all over again right now. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio. |
| 0:48.0 | Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark, and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant, and there's |
| 0:53.6 | Jerry over there |
| 0:54.7 | And this is stuff you should know. |
| 0:56.7 | Arama |
| 0:57.1 | There you go |
| 0:59.8 | You know it's kind of funny that you did that little do-dood-do |
| 1:04.7 | Because I'm going to go ahead and plug this right off the top |
| 1:09.9 | Okay |
| 1:10.6 | We're doing this show on Mold Arama Which, spoiler I'm going to go ahead and plug this right off the top. Okay. |
| 1:21.6 | We're doing this show on Moldorama, which, spoiler, is a machine that made and still makes these little plastic things. |
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