Born in 1939, I was given my first Erector set sometime around the end of World War II, and my first American Flyer model train -- another product of the A.C. Gilbert Co. -- a couple of years ...

The first Erector sets were a marvelous array of sturdy metal pieces and parts, nuts and screws, ... A.C. Gilbert is riding a commuter train between New York City and New Haven, Conn.

Sold for: $1,900 First introduced in the early 20th century, the #10 Erector Set by A.C. Gilbert was packed with hundreds of metal parts, gears, pulleys, and even a working motor, allowing young ...

The Erector Set, however, had real metal bolts and nuts, a small motor, lifelike girders, ... He founded the Mysto Magic Co. and traveled between New York and New Haven on the train.

Slinky, Erector Sets and Nintendo: The toys you loved the most through the decades Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star Updated Tue, December 24, 2024 at 6:19 PM UTC ...

Erector sets — still available today from toymaker Meccano — have inspired many inventors and scientists. In 1948, William Sewell, a Yale Medical School student, used Erector pieces to create the ...

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 ...

In “Erector Sets, model trains, and the new “maker” culture,” William Brown, director of the Eli Whitney Museum in New Haven, talks about the museum’s current exhibit on 1909 Yale graduate Alfred ...

Salem native A.C. Gilbert is famous for winning an Olympic gold medal and inventing the Erector Set. But he also saved Christmas during World War I.

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2017. How many times have you said, “If I had only kept my old toys, I’d be sitting on a gold mine today”? The catch is you would have ...