Former NASA Engineer Turned Super Soaker Inventor Just Got Very Rich

Lonnie Johnson ’s having a good calendar week . The former NASA engineerjust won $ 73 million in a royalties disputewith the toymaker Hasbro for inventing the Super Soaker , the coolest toy you ever had growing up . The suit also breed royal house for Nerf which Johnson also masterminded because he is awesome .

This is a happy termination for many reasons including the fact that Johnson is lastly getting the mention he deserves for inventing some of America ’s favorite toy . Not only did Hasbro violate the royalty organization that they themselves agreed to , they did it for years and years , more or less swindling an inventor out of his punishing earned reward . As if this giant corporation require the money which amounted to just a tiny fraction of the net profit that toys like Super Soaker and Nerf brought them .

So Lonnie ’s really rich now . It should be mention that he was pretty rich before , having made an estimated $ 20 million off of over $ 1 billion in spheric gross sales for the Super Soaker . But once your chance seeps into the century of millions of dollar mark , you ’re in another league . Anybody need to have a Super Soaker fight — with cognac ? [ AJCviaCore77 ]

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