Introduced in 1913 by A.C. Gilbert, Erector sets allowed children to build working models of everything from bridges to locomotives using metal beams, gears, and motors. Dubbed “the toy that builds ...

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Jeff Himler Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024 12:01 a.m. | Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024 12:01 a.m. Build it, and they will come. That’s proven true with a wide-ranging collection of vintage Erector set construction toys ...

Jo Ann Poole, now married and the mother of two, remembers Christmas morning, 1952. She was 9 years old, and like countless other American kids in similar scenes that day, she was eager, excited and ...

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HAMDEN >> Deep in your basement, or perhaps in the boxes up in the attic, maybe, just maybe you have a miniature steel girder, a flat nut or other metal pieces from a long-ago beloved Erector Set.

If we were to talk to engineers about the childhood toys which most inspired them, it’s likely that the older among them would mention either Meccano or Erector Set. These similar construction toys ...

What if, when you didn’t need that dining table anymore, it could be transformed into a bookcase or a chandelier? That’s the idea behind this oversized erector set designed by Form Us With Love, a ...

You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...