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Breaking News: Henry Orenstein, the Holocaust survivor and toymaker who was the force behind the Transformers toy line, has died at 98.

BREAKING NEWS

Henry Orenstein, the Holocaust survivor and toymaker who was the force behind the Transformers toy line, has died at 98.

Saturday, December 18, 2021 2:42 PM EST

Mr. Orenstein put together a deal between Hasbro and the Japanese company Takara, which led to Hasbro's introduction in 1984 of Transformers, toy robots that could turn into vehicles or beasts.

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