[game_preservation] RIP Hans Beck

[Andrew Armstrong]

It's up to you if you want him added - I was certainly a Lego man 
myself, never got on with Playmobil (what? you can't take it apart? 
boring! hehe).

Sad to see another figurehead of play die however. I hope the toy 
preservation movement is on top of helping preserve his memory.

Andrew

Devin Monnens wrote:

> Hans Beck, the creator of the Playmobil toy line, died last Friday at 

> age 79.

>

> http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2009/02/rip-hans-beck-i.html

>

> While he's not a game maker, I grew up playing with the toys he 

> created, and so was deeply moved to hear of this. I don't think 

> toymaking goes on the Memorials site (though we do have Joseph A 

> Weizenbaum, the creator of ELIZA, and Richard Knerr, maker of the 

> Frisbee), but he's an important enough guy to deserve a bow of 

> respect. And after all, toys are facilitators of play, which is a part 

> of all games, even if not all play is a game.

>

> -- 

> The sleep of Reason produces monsters.

>

> "Until next time..."

> Captain Commando

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