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 ...

Maybe we're a little old school, but we still think of Erector sets as being the kind of toys that let a budding architect or engineer put together buildings, cranes and other structures by ...

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 ...

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 ...