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Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and MouseTrap in the 1960s that delighted generations of children, has died. He was 99. Meyer’s creations arrived in the postwar ...

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What does it take to keep kids amused? Before the invention of electronic games and smartphones, that was a more complicated question for parents. Burt Meyer provided many of the answers. Meyer, who ...

Burt Meyer, the inventor behind iconic toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite, and MouseTrap, has died at age 99 Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite and ...

The inventor behind classic toys like Lite-Brite, Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and many iconic board games has died at the age of 99 after a life of adventure and bringing joy to generations of kids all ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine. By Richard Sandomir In the early 1960s, the toy inventor Burt Meyer went to an ...