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.


I got a set in '59 or '60 with the heavy AC motor. It disappeared a
few pieces at a time over the next decade. The only thing I had left
was the motor.