Sequence was invented by Douglas Reuter in Minnneapolis, MN in the early 1970's. The manufacturing and distribution rights were Licensed to Jax, Ltd., Inc. in 1981. Sequence made its first appearance at the New York Toy Fair in February, 1982 and was first sold to the public in about April, 1982.

When were sequences invented?

We dug around for the answer, and what we found was entirely unexpected: Sequins can be traced all the way back to the one and only King Tut, who was alive from 1341 to 1323 B.C. According to Smithsonian magazine, when Tut's tomb was discovered in 1922, his garments were covered in “gold sequin-like disks.” Historians ...

When did Sequence become popular?

In the late 1960s, sequins began to be widely used by popular musicians like The Supremes.