Transformers creator and poker champion Henry Orenstein dead at 98
Ynet reported. He came to the US in 1947 and became a wildly successful toymaker, most notably for creating the Transformers toy line. The figurines have since inspired numerous adaptations, from a comic book series to an animated TV show and the blockbuster film franchise.Orenstein is also credited with creating the popular 1950s doll “Betty the Beautiful Bride.”“In less than a year, more than a million and a half of these dolls were sold,” he said in a 1989 interview that labeled him “the father of the Transformers,” Ynet reported. His other inventions include poker table hole-card cameras, which allow TV audiences to see players’ secret strategies and bluffs.