The New Yorker

Under the Children’s Christmas Tree

WE now bring you the toy headlines as of this hour. Hula hoops are back (about $2 all over town), but Batman items are fading fast, and monster and spy gear are all but forgotten. War toys—unlike war ...
WSOC-TV

Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots, Lite-Brite creator Burt Meyer dies

The creator of many of our favorite childhood toys has died. Burt Meyer was 99. He died on Oct. 30 at a retirement community in Burr Ridge, Illinois, The New York Times reported. Meyer worked at ...
The Times Leader

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Lite-Brite toys created by Burt Meyers part of the museum’s collection sitting in an arrangement at The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, N.Y. The Strong National Museum of Play via AP A ...
Boston Herald

Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

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 ...