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 ...

Thirty plus years ago, my mom and dad gave me one of the best birthday gifts ever -- a bright yellow ABS plastic toolbox filled with metal beams, screws and nuts, pulleys, a motor, and a variety of ...

What happens when you combine the ease and convenience of flat-pack, ready-to-assemble furniture with the fun and whimsy of the Legos you loved as a child? Well, now we know. For decades, the French ...

PARIS, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of the Gears of War™ franchise will now be able to bring the game to life as they build model vehicles offered by Erector®, a division of Meccano®. The brand ...

Sonic the Hedgehog is back in the land of toys with five Erector sets available exclusively at Toys R Us, Erector announced today. The partnership between Sega and Erector has produced three playsets ...

I'm sure many of us spent hours during our youths fumbling with the bolts, nuts, gears, motors, pulleys, and various metal plates and grids of Erector sets. It's been a toy of exploration for many ...

Jul. 17—LEWISBURG — Kids and kids-at-heart came out to the Miller Center on Saturday to celebrate the fun of yesteryear. The A.C. Gilbert Heritage Society's 2022 National Convention was held on ...

THE MAN WHO CHANGED HOW BOYS AND TOYS WERE MADE By Bruce Watson Viking. 216 pp. $24.95 The title of Bruce Watson's strange little biography of Alfred C. Gilbert may seem hyperbolic, but it is entirely ...

Boys — and some girls — have been building like crazy since A.C. Gilbert developed Erector sets in 1913. A peak period of construction was in the 1940s. “Santaville Engineers Present ...” announced a ...

As a youngster of seven or eight, I received an Erector Set for Christmas. It included stamped-metal parts, metal wheels, some pulleys, lots of nuts and bolts, and an electric motor with a rudimentary ...