If you grew up in the baby boomer era, you probably had toys that feel completely foreign to kids today. Many of those ...

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 ...

NEW HAVEN >> Some came for a history lesson, some came for nostalgia and others just came to play. The New Haven Museum celebrated the 100th anniversary of Alfred Carlton "A.C." Gilbert filing his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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If this infinitely reconfigurable furniture line reminds you of your childhood toys, it’s because it’s by the same company. Building Ikea furniture is like playing with an Erector Set that gives you ...