Super Soaker inventor finally gets paid his royalties of $72.9 million.

[Creepn]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Lonnie-Johnson.jpg



It’s been nearly 25 years since former NASA engineer Lonnie Johnson first licensed the water gun toy that became the iconic Super Soaker. On Wednesday, the inventor soaked Hasbro (HAS (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=has&ql=1)) in arbitration, reportedly receiving (http://www.ajc.com/news/business/super-soaker-creator-awarded-729m-from-hasbro/nbjmm/) $72.9 million worth of sales royalties from the toymaker as part of a dispute over underpaid royalties.

“In the arbitration we got everything we asked for,” Johnson’s attorney Leigh Baier told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The arbitrator ruled totally in Lonnie’s favor.”

According to the newspaper, the agreement stemmed from a 2001 inventors dispute in which Hasbro had agreed to pay Johnson royalties for the sales of his products...

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/bulls-eye---super-soaker-inventor-scores-huge-payday-232255648.html

:greedy

Congratulations Lonnie and thanks for inventing something that brought me happiness as a kid. Also, thanks for your many other inventions that opened the way to improving the way we do things globally.

[Spur-Addict]

Super Soakers were awesome back in the day. If you had the backpack you were Juggernaut status.

[leemajors]

Super Soakers were awesome back in the day. If you had the backpack you were Juggernaut status.

they were awesome until they inevitably broke a couple weeks/months later.

[resistanze]

Super Soakers were awesome back in the day. If you had the backpack you were Juggernaut status.

:lol I had one of those, bullied niggas around the block. I was literally the super soaker version of Omar, kids running inside when I approached.

[Creepn]

:lol I had one of those, bullied niggas around the block. I was literally the super soaker version of Omar, kids running inside when I approached.

:lol That's awesome.

I was poor as a kid so I got the medium sized one but I still loved it. I used to get jealous of the kids holding the big ones tho.

[Spur-Addict]

They were fragile, but worth it. But running up on a group of people with the backpack is summer time gold, Scarface tbh.

[leemajors]

They were fragile, but worth it. But running up on a group of people with the backpack is summer time gold, Scarface tbh.

Yeah, that's why you always stuck a regular water pistol in your back pocket, to shoot people in the eyes when your super soaker broke :lol

[Spur-Addict]

Yeah, that's why you always stuck a regular water pistol in your back pocket, to shoot people in the eyes when your super soaker broke :lol

The ones with the plug in the back where you filled it :lol Classic

[resistanze]

:lol That's awesome.

I was poor as a kid so I got the medium sized one but I still loved it. I used to get jealous of the kids holding the big ones tho.

This is the closeest pic I could find:
http://images.sscentral.org/reviews/zx1000_00.jpg

Shit was not fair AT ALL, the nozzle just pumped out a big tube of water. :lol

[jeebus]

We had the 50 and 100 growing up. Damn 100's air pressure ball always got water in it :/


The ones with the plug in the back where you filled it :lol Classic

sons that little guy was a lifesaver. You definitely aim for the eyes with that one.

[The Gemini Method]

I remember those days--walking around like John Matrix and blastin' fools with two of the heavy-duty cannons...it was fun though often times we'd have to play in the backyard most of the time because folks with the real weaponry often were patrolling the neighborhood.

[DJR210]

Super Soakers were awesome back in the day. If you had the backpack you were Juggernaut status.

Lmao

[DJR210]

they were awesome until they inevitably broke a couple weeks/months later.

Mine never broke. You must have been the kid everyone pushed to the ground.

[The Reckoning]

water balloon launchers were our thing. we'd always have launcher fights with the neighbors across the street...and sometimes tried to hit people on motorcycles with them.


we'd build potato guns too. that shit was dangerous but fun as hell.

[RD2191]

I remember when my parents bought me the monster xl. Took the east side park by storm. That was a good summer. :lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

u know its bullshit when u have 3-4 bottles to fill up to attached to the soaker, didnt fkn make sense why the need for multiple bottles when 1 should be enough and light enough to run around with

i had the one where u can rotate handle on the nozzle where it shoots, lol instead of shooting straight it would shoot the person to my right or left even though the gun isnt pointed at them...

[ChumpDumper]

Only TDMVPDPOY could ruin his own childhood with a Super Soaker.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Super Soakers were awesome back in the day. If you had the backpack you were Juggernaut status.

Yep, I knew a kid with one - king of the mf'ing neighborhood. I had this one, got the damn job done, tbh.

http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/super-soakers-500-5.jpg?w=500&h=287

[leemajors]

Yep, I knew a kid with one - king of the mf'ing neighborhood. I had this one, got the damn job done, tbh.

http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/super-soakers-500-5.jpg?w=500&h=287

We bought some of those in college on clearance for like $10 in '97 :lol

[slacker77]

Man this thread brings back some old,but good memories.

[Spur|n|Austin]

We bought some of those in college on clearance for like $10 in '97 :lol

:lol nice - could prob sell it and get a $10 gain on it now!

[leemajors]

Mine never broke. You must have been the kid everyone pushed to the ground.

Negative, Ghostrider. Shit broke all the time when they first came out in 1990.

[resistanze]

Only TDMVPDPOY could ruin his own childhood with a Super Soaker.

:lol

[JMarkJohns]

Yep, I knew a kid with one - king of the mf'ing neighborhood. I had this one, got the damn job done, tbh.

http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/super-soakers-500-5.jpg?w=500&h=287

Had two of these (actually still have them, and they still work). I would use the shoulder strap and tether the two together, sling them over shoulders, and have a gun in both hands. Get the air chambers loaded, and full blast, double barrel. Could also tuck them behind my arms and have arms free to launch water balloons.

They are over 15 years old and they still work. Had them in a plastic crate for about a decade until my nephew was old enough.

Glad this guy got his dues. Can't imagine life without my Super Soakers.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Avante chasing kids around the hood back in 95, tbh

http://www.tattoomachineequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/supersoaker-costume-usa-halloween.jpg

[RD2191]

:lmaothat was a good one^

[leemajors]

:lol nice - could prob sell it and get a $10 gain on it now!

they got destroyed at a keg party at some point :depressed

[DeadlyDynasty]

Me and my bro would fill ours with pee before assaulting the neighbors. Poor little Renato and his sister Jamie...they got caked in our piss.

[Holden_Caulfield]

i was the poor kid with the two pistols :lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

btw the guy in OP's pick looks like he's in blackface

[skut_farkus]

This just in! Kfc stocks have sky rocketed!

[Spur|n|Austin]

This just in! Kfc stocks have sky rocketed!

http://i.imgur.com/QY11BjI.gif

[jag]

http://www.wcnews.com/chrisreid/supersoakers_2010_1_high.jpg















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[Trainwreck2100]

not bad, but not as big a pay day as the guy who stands to get royalties from madden stands to get. Also i hope his lawyers don't fleece his ass

[cute_spursfan]

im happy for homeboy ;)

[UZER]

Dat nigga deserved his coin. Good for him :tu

[Trill Clinton]

congrats to this brotha.

[Dirk Oneanddoneski]

n!ggers: invented the super soaker but not the wheel or a written language :lol

[Spur|n|Austin]

n!ggers: invented the super soaker but not the wheel or a written language :lol

You're about as cool as a fanny pack full of pogs.

[ChumpDumper]

invented the super soaker but not the wheel or a written language :lolDid you invent anything?

[KL2]

i was the poor kid with the two pistols :lol


Same here, so small they literally took a second to fill up :cry

[RD2191]

Same here, so small they literally took a second to fill up :cry
:lol

[DMX7]

I even had the keychains.

http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/1995/SSKeychain_images/iS_supersoaker_keychains_01.jpg

[mouse]

I sorta remember my first super soaker............dam, what was her name?

[Suspect]

I had the super soaker 3000, I was a BOSS. 4 differect nozzles with the back pack and strap

http://www.isoaker.com/Armoury/Analysis/1998/CPS3000_images/iS_supersoaker_cps3000_01.jpg

[mouse]

Pics?

[DeadlyDynasty]

I sorta remember my first super soaker............dam, what was her name?
Rosy Palms

[SA210]

i was the poor kid with the two pistols :lol


Damn, you were lucky. Y'all had water?

[RD2191]

Damn, you were lucky. Y'all had water?
:lmao

[Holden_Caulfield]

Damn, you were lucky. Y'all had water?
:lmao

bro we put tapatio sauce to make it more lethal tbh :lol

[Koolaid_Man]

why are all the white people in this thread trying to ignore yet another example of institutionalized racism attempting to suppress black accomplishments....I have a more serious example that I've been waiting to revisit

[oh crap]

damn, this thread takes me back.

[cantthinkofanything]

water balloon launchers were our thing. we'd always have launcher fights with the neighbors across the street...and sometimes tried to hit people on motorcycles with them.


we'd build potato guns too. that shit was dangerous but fun as hell.

LOL. We lived on the 4th floor of the dorm in college. We'd open the window and launch water balloons at motorcycles. Never hit one...which I guess is a good thing.

[cantthinkofanything]

why are all the white people in this thread trying to ignore yet another example of institutionalized racism attempting to suppress black accomplishments....I have a more serious example that I've been waiting to revisit

word man. No one wants to recognize.

[cantthinkofanything]

1jUBbCgMWmE

[Darius McCrary]

I had a standard blue soaker, and a green. Eventually I got one of those that had two little reseviors on top and one on the back. It had a great stream but hardly held any water. Good memories.

[Darius McCrary]

http://s3.amazonaws.com/rapgenius/filepicker%2FEQi0jRD0TLa3zsQpuwaL_supersoaker.jpg

[cantthinkofanything]

tbh, I missed out on most of this shit.

This is what I had to go into battle with...

http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mbgMb0va2yNBd-jIFH3jUJw.jpg

or if I wanted to be tricky

http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m8I1LntGgIJHUFc8kI_CgKA.jpg

[SA210]

:lmao

bro we put tapatio sauce to make it more lethal tbh :lol

:lmao we jacked medical gloves from the hospital (when my grandma was sick) when I was a kid and made water balloons with my neighbors mangeta. They were the deadliest water bombs ever :lmao

[cantthinkofanything]

:lmao we jacked medical gloves from the hospital (when my grandma was sick) when I was a kid and made water balloons with my neighbors mangeta. They were the deadliest water bombs ever :lmao

My dad used to take me to the hospital when he made rounds sometimes and I would steal the prescription pads.

[Thebesteva]

I think my childhood ended the moment this super soaker came into the series


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc

[Darius McCrary]

I think my childhood ended the moment this super soaker came into the series


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc
Wow that's real? 2006 I was outta the super soaker game so I never heard about this.

That's incredible

[The Reckoning]

would be funny to have that for the gf tbh

[Thebesteva]

I found this review of the oozinator on a kids website


Make sure to lock your door, May 4, 2006A Kid’s Review
My parents are strongly against playing with my oozinator alone, they want me to know a someone first and WAIT a while till I can use my oozinator. I thought this was stupid so I often lock my door and play with my oozinator alone. I also get with my buddies and friends, and we play with our oozinators together when we leave the house. And sometimes, we get on the computer or read magazines to help us learn how to shoot ooze better
Afterwards, we go around, oozing everyone in town. Everyone loves our ooze! They also like the gun, and often want to play with it too! We’re nice, so we often let them ooze us, too.. BUT MAKE SURE YOUR PARENTS DON’T CATCH YOU PLAYING WITH YOUR OOZINATOR. They say it’s unnatural, but we just want to have fun!”

[DMC]

Shocked that the "inventor" was black, based on who started the thread tbh.