The Chicago-based toy designer also had a hand in creating Lite-Brite and Mouse Trap. It wasn’t all fun and games.

Born in 1926 as Burton Carpenter Meyer, he enlisted in the Navy and served for two years as an aircraft mechanic. After ...

Lite-Brite and Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots toymaker Burt Meyer has died at the age of 99. Meyer also created board games like ...

Starting in the 1960s, he collaborated on the designs of classic toys like Mouse Trap, Toss Across and Mr. Machine.

I’m a geek. And as a geek, I love my tech toys. But over time I’ve noticed toys are becoming harder to understand. Some modern toys resemble advanced devices. There are flying toys, walking toys, and ...

Burt Meyer, the creator behind some of the 20th century’s most beloved toys, including Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite ...

Philip Lee is an ad man, a great admirer of vintage Macs and a lifelong collector of toy robots. From those three pieces of Lee’s life comes Classicbot, a line of designer toys that turns historic ...

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 ...

Burt Meyer, the inventive mind behind some of America's most iconic toys, has died at the age of 99. A rep for the ...

Don't worry about having to memorize the phrase, "Klaatu barada nikto," in Kevin Hardy's house, because Gort isn't there. Not that Hardy wouldn't pounce on the chance to place a bid if Gort ever ...

Several snowmobiles navigated speedily over arctic ice and snow in Alaska’s outback in late June. This scene might seem ordinary except that the recently unveiled snowmobiles are unmanned, autonomous, ...