The History of Lite Brite - 1967
Lite Brite was a genius concept. It’s also still really popular thanks in part to the Netflix Series Stranger Things that used Lite Brite in an episode. Lite Brite was an idea that came from 3 Chicago toy designers. Burt Meyer, Marvin Glass and Henry Stan. They were in New York City for the 1966 toy fair and were in awe of the colorful window displays. They thought it would be pretty impressive if they could design a toy that mimicked that same colorful light display. Today we'll take a look at the history and evolution of this popular toy, created in the 60s but has lived on through generations.
You can still get the toy today, if you want to get one for yourself below is the link I used to purchase lite brite for this video.
https://amzn.to/3QGZCnL
These lite brites are the ones my daughter wished I had boughten:
https://amzn.to/3Q6xABA
Sources
https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/art...
https://mishpacha.com/hit-the-lights/
Attribution
By Dhscommtech at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
By Terabass - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Kent Kanouse - photo of New York City 1965
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kkanouse/
Lite brite peg close-up
Jenn Durfey
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dottiemae/
Photo by Jong Myung Lim form PxHere
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1624145?u...
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