On Nov 30, 8:54*pm, "Pete S" wrote:
Seems that fewer and fewer kids are learning about building things with toys
that use real nuts and bolts these days. *I think that's too bad.
I just gathered up my own small collection of Gilbert Erector set stuff and
put up a webpage about it.

It's at:

http://www.spaco.org/MachineShop/Ere...ErectorSet.htm

The period I'm interested in is the 1940's and 1950's. *Shortly after that
era they started taking all the fun out of it with plastic parts and low
power battery motors.

Pete Stanaitis
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Cool!

I grew up on New Haven, CT and lived a few blocks from this museum:

http://www.eliwhitney.org/new/

As I'm sure you already know, Erector Square was/is located in New
Haven, CT. They made American Flyer trains there as well.

I went to school with A.C. Gilbert's grandson, Neil who became a
patent attorney. Very nice person.