![]() In fact the toy was so popular that it was inducted into the US National Toy Hall of Fame in 1998 and The American Toy Industry Association named it as one of the 100 most memorable toys of the 20th century. More than 100 million Etch A Sketch, each with their own trademark red frame and white knobs, sold worldwide. Ohio Art snapped up the toy after Cassagnes put it on display at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1959. The Parisian engineer, born in 1926 was first inspired to create the Etch A Sketch during the '50s after peeling a translucent sticker off of a light switch plate and found pencil markings transferred onto the opposite face, according to the Toy Industry Association. It was also became the tool of jealous brothers and sisters who made their siblings' drawings vanish before they had a chance to boast about it. The good news was that if you weren't pleased with your creation, you just shook the slate clean and the drawing would disappear, allowing users to start over. But the device only let you draw in straight lines, so making it bend to the will of whatever it was you wanted to draw was quite a skill. His invention brought joy to so many over such a long period of time," said Larry Killgallon, president of Ohio Art.įor those who don't remember, the Etch A Sketch worked by allowing users to sketch images by turning the white knobs on either side of the slate, encased in its signature red plastic. "Etch A Sketch has brought much success to the Ohio Art Company, and we will be eternally grateful to Andre for that. THE man behind one of the most iconic children's toys of the '80s and '90s has died, aged 86.Īndre` Cassagnes - inventor of the Etch A Sketch - the toy which let you draw on a plastic slate using two twisting knobs passed away in Paris on the 16th of January, US toy manufacturer, Ohia Art announced today.
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