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 ...

NEW HAVEN - Long before LEGOS appeared on the scene, kids used their imaginations building their elaborate creations with A.C. Gilbert's Erector Sets. The sets used metal beams and nuts and bolts to ...

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 ...

Introduced nearly a century ago, the Erector set was the new toy for a new age. Initially packed in sturdy red wooden boxes, Erector sets included tools, equipment (screws, nuts and bolts and steel ...

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