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 ...

RACINE - Racine Heritage Museum, 701 Main St., will be filled with Erector set models from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Dave Blood, an Erector Set collector and president of the A.C. Gilbert Heritage ...

THE MAN WHO CHANGED HOW BOYS AND TOYS WERE MADE By Bruce Watson Viking. 216 pp. $24.95 The title of Bruce Watson's strange little biography of Alfred C. Gilbert may seem hyperbolic, but it is entirely ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2017. How many times have you said, “If I had only kept my old toys, I’d be sitting on a gold mine today”? The catch is you would have needed to ...

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 ...

A.C. Gilbert is a legend in these parts, born and raised in Salem, where he developed a passion for competition and innovation and launched his first business enterprise. He is most famous for winning ...

You probably give little thought to the stairs you go up or down to reach different levels of your home, deck or patio. I’ll wager that if I handed you a measuring tape, a framing square, a pencil and ...

View post: See the Radical 2026 Audi S3 Interior Before You’re Supposed To Click above for high-res image gallery of the American Modular Tooling by PWM While heading out to our first press conference ...

Architectural replica project exhibits can be constructed from blocks, Legos, erector sets, or other materials. Project exhibits are submitted for judging at the annual Marion County 4-H Showcase. You ...