#Erector

[foone]

So during a meeting the question came up "is Meccano the same as Erector Sets?" and I had to look it up.

So Meccano started making a constructor set in 1901, in England, where metal strips are connected with other pieces using nuts and bolts. It was an important introduction to mechanical engineering for a lot of kids.

And in 1913, a construction set was launched in the US, called Erector. It similarly involved metal strips that could be connected together with nuts and bolts, and was an important introduction to mechanical engineering for a lot of kids.

So they're not the same, just similar toys in different countries.

Except, in 1990, Meccano purchased the Erector brand, and unified their toys. And both companies, now merged, were purchased by the Canadian toy company Spin Master (creators and owners by PAW Patrol) in 2013. They're still making Meccano in Europe, but Meccano sets in the US are sold as "Erector by Meccano", to tie back into the name brand better known in America.

Anyway, if you want to ask me "are you a boy or a girl?", this is the kind of answer I'd have to give you.

[tacomawheels]

My Christmas train

[gameraboy2]

1960 Gilbert Amusement Park Set

[transformers-mosaic]

Transformers: Mosaic #257 - "Size Matters"

Originally posted on September 24th, 2008

Story, Art - Simon Reeves Letters - Sean Moore

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wada sez: Erector has easily one of the most infamous names of any Transformer ever.

[monkeyssalad-blog]

1951 Meccano ad by totallymystified

[matador-baukasten]

Anker Universal Baukästen auf der Weltausstellung in Barcelona 1929.  

Fotoquelle:  Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya

[dare-to-dm]

I'm pretty sure I know which one is going to win, but I'm still curious.

Inspired by a dream I had in which I was playing with my beloved K'Nex. The feeling was immediately so recognizable and satisfying.

I had several of these growing up. Definitely tell me what I missed!

[jim752]

See erector spinae muscles in the lower back.

[misforgotten2]

When I was his age I would get Erectors all the time but I was too young to know what to do with them.

Popular Science - October 1953

[coridallasmultipass]

Why are we calling him "Alpha Dave" when we could be calling him "Big D"?

[hasdrubal-gisco]

they should make powerlifting belts for demure towel boys with itty bitty waists. and wemon

[mal-ruben]

im doing the ranks in my au rn why is blaster and soundwave the only communication officers

[vintage-tech]

Every boy needs an Erector. And girls like Erectors too!

[julio-viernes]

Más y más caídos, más y más tarea, OK (lo siento Scott, pero hay que hacerle sitio en página a Shane). Ahora es Shane McGowan el que se nos ha muerto a los 65. Nuestro borrachín favorito, fanático del punk rock y que lo vivió en primera línea, "poguero" descerebrado nº 1. Bueno, ese fue tal vez Sid Vicious, que además cuenta la leyenda que lo inventó él...

Años antes de que existieran The Pogues, el grupo por el que Shane pasará a la historia, cayó en mis manos "Chiswick Aquaria", que traía dos temas muy sencillos y muy buenos de unos tales The Nips, "Gabrielle" y "Vengeance". Un LP donde venían otras cosas estupendas (Textones, "Vacation"; Disguise, "Hey Baby"; Physicals, "Be Like Me"; Dan Kelleher, "I Couldn´t Help But Cry") y que aún conservo.

Los Nips resultaron ser el primer grupo de McGowan, bueno, el segundo porque antes eran los punkis Nipple Erectors, pero como Nips eran mejores. Tenían mejores canciones. La primera un medio tiempo pop, casi una lenta, en una onda no muy lejana a los que podían hacer en USA unos Rubinoos; la segunda más movida, que sonaba a unos Clash en popi minimalista o algo así.

Acabé viendo en una tienda el single de los Nips y, por supuesto, me lo compré.

[stone-cold-groove]

Gilbert American Flyer model planes.