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 ...

DANVILLE – Jennifer Klein remembers the day more than 10 years ago when her husband Bill discovered in his mother's attic the Erector Set he had as a boy. "It was like Christmas for him," Jennifer ...

PARIS, Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fans of the Gears of War™ franchise will now be able to bring the game to life as they build model vehicles offered by Erector®, a division of Meccano®. The brand ...

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 ...

It's the Mount Everest of boys' Christmas presents. The top toy, bar-none, on little Frankie Sargent's wish list. The be-all, the end-all, the Holy Grail of .... well, let's just say it's the Climax ...