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Simon, one of numerous games designed by Marvin Glass and Associates

Marvin Glass and Associates (MGA) was a toy design and engineering firm based in Chicago. Marvin Glass (1914–1974) and his employees created some of the most successful toys and games of the twentieth century such as Mr. Machine, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, Lite Brite, Ants in the Pants,[1] Mouse Trap, Operation, Simon, Body Language, and the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.[2][3][4]

History

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Marvin Glass and Associates was founded in 1941. Its founder, Marvin Glass, was an entrepreneur and the creative force behind Marvin Glass and Associates. His salesmanship and uncanny ability to spark creativity in the designers he employed was unparalleled. In 1949, he licensed a "novelty item" to H. Fishlove & Company called Yakity Yak Talking Teeth. This item was invented by Eddy Goldfarb, who worked with Marvin Glass for a very short time after World War II.

The first big hit for Marvin Glass was Mr. Machine, a toy invented by a former watchmaker named Leo Kripak. A child could take Mr. Machine apart and put him back together. It was licensed to Ideal Toys and became such a hit that Lionel Weintraub, its president, made it his company mascot and featured it in many of Ideal's early TV ads. The company became so successful that Marvin Glass got his company logo printed on every package for the items it invented and licensed.

The organization's general counsel, James F. Coffee, and accountant Ernest Sonderling, were the architects of the successful business model whereby the designs and inventions were patented and licensed to various toy companies and manufacturers who would pay running royalties based on sales. Outside counsel, chairman and founder of the Intellectual Property Department at McDermott Will & Emery, Robert J. Schneider, was responsible for procuring the patents and protecting them from infringement. Mr. Schneider is currently co-chair of the Intellectual Property Department of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP.[5]

Joseph M. Burck was a senior designer at Marvin Glass through the mid-1960s to early 1980s and invented or designed many of MGA's hottest items such as Inch Worm, Lite-Brite, Astrolite, Which Witch, Masterpiece, SSP Racers, Chu-Bops, and the Evel Knievel line of toys (Burck was Knievel's personal guest at the infamous Snake River Canyon jump.) Burck holds 10 US patents for items developed by MGA. Time Magazine named Lite-Brite one of the top 100 toys of all time.[6]

Marvin Glass died in 1974. Two years later, managing partner Anson Isaacson, partner Joseph Callan and designer Kathy Dunn were shot and killed and two others seriously wounded at the company's offices in Chicago. The perpetrator was 33-year old Albert Keller, a designer suffering from paranoid delusions who then killed himself.[7][8][9][10]

MGA was contracted by Bally-Midway to design coin-operated video games during the 1980s. Some of the games produced by MGA during this era include Tapper, Domino Man and Timber.

The company continued in operation until 1988. Several partners from Marvin Glass and Associates subsequently started Chicago-based Big Monster Toys.

Designs

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YearProductManufacturer
1959Tic Toy ClockIdeal
1960Mr. MachineIdeal
1961Great GarlooMarx
1961PopZaBallMattel
1961Robot CommandoIdeal
1962Bop the BeetleIdeal
1962GaylordIdeal
1962GolferinoHasbro
1962King ZorIdeal
1963Ambush!Hasbro
1963Dandy the LionIrwin
1963Jungle HuntMilton Bradley
1963King of the HillSchaper Toys
1963Mouse TrapIdeal
1963Penny the PoodleMarx
1964Clancy the GreatIdeal
1964Crazy ClockIdeal
1964Interior Decorator SetIrwin
1964Perils of PaulineMarx
1964Rock 'Em Sock 'Em RobotsMarx
1964Time BombMilton Bradley
1965American Flyer All Aboard SetsGilbert
1965Fish BaitIdeal
1965James Bond 007 Action ToysGilbert
1965Mystery DateMilton Bradley
1965OperationMilton Bradley
1965Tigeroo Bike SirenIdeal
1966Babysitter GameIdeal
1966MosquitoMilton Bradley
1966Thing DingSchaper Toys
1967CarefulIdeal
1967Clean SweepSchaper Toys
1967Fang BangMilton Bradley
1967Lite BriteHasbro
1967That Kid DollHasbro
1968Big MouthSchaper Toys
1968Bucket of FunMilton Bradley
1968Little Lost BabyIdeal
1968Sand Lot SluggerMilton Bradley
1968Situation 4Parker Brothers
1969Ants in the PantsIdeal / Schaper Toys
1969Astro SoundHasbro
1969AstroLiteHasbro
1969Dynamite ShackMilton Bradley
1969Finders KeepersCardinal
1969Humor RumorWhitman
1969Sketch a ToonUnknown
1970Brink BallLakeside
1970Mad Marbles[11]Lakeside
1970Mind MazeParker Brothers
1970Mr. MadIdeal
1970Rattle BattleParker Brothers
1970Snoopy and the Red BaronMilton Bradley
1970SSPKenner
1970The Tiny Tim of Beautiful ThingsParker Brothers
1970TwiddlerParker Brothers
1970The Wall Walker[12]Kenner
1970Which Witch?Milton Bradley
1971Alley UpHasbro
1971Gnip GnopParker Brothers
1971InchwormParker Brothers
1971MasterpieceParker Brothers
1971Smash Up DerbyKenner
1971Stay AliveMilton Bradley
1972Big M-XMatchbox
1972Blythe DollKenner
1972Bops 'n RobbersMarx
1972Don't Blow Your TopSchaper Toys
1972Skittle HorseshoesAurora
1973Flip ItAurora
1973Silly SammyMarx
1973Super Sunday Football[13]Hasbro
1974Body LanguageMilton Bradley
1974Evel Knievel Stunt Game[14]Ideal
1974Fighting Furies pirate action figuresMatchbox
1974The InventorsParker Brothers
1974Jack Be NimbleSchaper Toys
1974The Miss America Pageant[15]Parker Brothers
1974Planet of the Apes[16]Milton Bradley
1974Ricochet RacersHasbro
1974Trip HammerMilton Bradley
1974Tug BoatParker Brothers
1975Hugo: Man of a Thousand FacesKenner
1975Shrunken Head Apple Sculpture kit[17]Milton Bradley
1974Electronic Table Tennis[18]Ideal
1977Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Puppets & TrolleyIdeal
1978Laser AttackMilton Bradley
1978SimonMilton Bradley
1979ManiacIdeal
1979Super SimonMilton Bradley
1980Chu-BopsAmurol
19814 wheel drive toy used in Attak Trak (Masters of the Universe)Mattel
1982Stuff Yer FaceMilton Bradley
1985Rocks Bugs and ThingsIdeal
1988C.O.P.s and CrooksHasbro
1988SmoocheesFisher-Price Toys

References

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  1. ↑ "Interview: Making Fun—Jeffrey Breslow's 30+ Years of Toy and Game Making". 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Sharon M. Scott, Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia (ABC-CLIO, 2010), ISBN 978-0313351112, pp. 131-132. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. ↑ Stephen Van Dulken, American Inventions: A History of Curious, Extraordinary, and Just Plain Useful Patents (NYU Press, 2004), ISBN 978-0814788134, p. 38.Excerpts available at Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Glass still makes toys at age 57", UPI in Hendersonville Times-News, April 22, 1971.
  5. ↑ "Taft starts adding lawyers following Shefsky merger". January 2014.
  6. ↑ "All-TIME 100 Greatest Toys - TIME".
  7. ↑ "Goes berserk, kills three: Toy firm worker then kills himself". Chicago Tribune. 28 July 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Man Kills 3, Shoots Himself", UPI in Milwaukee Journal, July 28, 1976.
  9. ↑ Jaume, Glenn (2017-06-04). "The History of Mouse Trap: Murder, Playboys and Plagiarism". Best Play. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  10. ↑ "Palladium-Item (Richmond, Indiana) 29 Jul 1976, Thu Page 25". Palladium-Item. 1976-07-29. p. 25. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  11. ↑ Coopee, Todd (5 July 2021). "Mad Marbles from Lakeside (1970)". ToyTales.ca.
  12. ↑ "The Wall Walker By Kenner 1971 | #533941933". Worthpoint. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  13. ↑ "Vintage 1973 HASBRO SUPER SUNDAY FOOTBALL GAME IN BOX COMPLETE MINT MEGA RARE | #1847499692". Worthpoint. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
  14. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US3984105A/en
  15. ↑ US patent 3861686, Howard J. Morrison & Bette M. Kaelin, "Chance device for use with board game apparatus", published 1975-01-21, assigned to Marvin Glass and Associates
  16. ↑ US patent 3871659, Jeffrey D. Breslow, Gordon A. Barlow, Joseph M. Burck & Howard J. Morrison, "Board game apparatus", published 1975-03-18, assigned to Marvin Glass and Associates
  17. ↑ US patent 4003142, Howard J. Morrison & Robert K. Allen, "Sculpturing kit and method for producing dehydrated forms from hydrated articles", published 1977-01-18, assigned to Marvin Glass and Associates
  18. ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US3993309A/en?inventor=Breslow&before=priority:19741231&after=priority:19740101
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