I got into the Type III erector sets when I was a kid. Fair weather friend Scotty hauled his circa 1963 set out ONCE for us to play with, and didn't want to do it again. He was a strange kid. At 12 years old, my parents got me the big Senior Powerline Sears set and I had my OWN to play with. Scotty wasn't invited over. I built everything. When I got older and did little 8mm films, I made a "moonbase" and used the various radar models with special "landing feet" on them on my terrible moon landscape. I still have that set. A few years ago, I got a 10063 Action Conveyor set, knowingly missing parts, great box, at a great price with an unused conveyor belt. Just a few weeks ago, I got ANOTHER, complete one, and comparing inventory found out that my original 10063 wasn't in fact missing too much at all. These are the first forays for me into the earlier sets. I still have the motor for my dad's original set, which is long gone, probably a 1940 Ferris wheel set, as I remember him telling me that he built that. One thing I tell people about Erector sets is never EVER throw anything away that you find...incomplete sets, empty boxes, bags of small parts....they all have a home out here. Now, because Americans step up to any challenge, old crusty boxes and pieces are getting restored or at least cleaned up for further use. These toys for the most part can go ANOTHER hundred years!
Thank you for this video. I had a 10 1/2 Gilbert Erector Set in 1948 when I was 13. I'm just writing my life story now and will be including the fun I had with my Erector Set.
Wonderful video! I had a later version of the lead toy soldier casting set. It must have been early 1960s and was one of my most favorite Christmas presents of my youth.
Amazing. Really great video. So much awesome stuff, the 100+ ft. bridge, the custom Big Boy locomotive, and that 135lb. biggest ever Erector set, wow! I'm going to have to dig around my mother's basement and find my old set!
This is a very cool video. I became a fan of AC Gilbert toys when I got my first Erector set when I was about 10. I bought an Amusement Park set a couple years later and I still have both sets. Erector sets are great toys.
this is so cool ive got a big tot box of all kinds of complete sets and none complete sets and other little parts of stuff that i found around the house that i added to all the metal erector sets i have
Lead soldiers weren't just a Gilbert thing. When my dad was growing up, it was all marbles and lead soldiers for fun. Dad said his mom gave him a special pan for the stove that was all his and never used for food. Dad would get these little ingots of lead and melt them, and the little pan and a spout that let you pour (probably was a gravy pan) the lead into a mold. You cooled it off, pried the soldier out, and painted him!
Do you know where I can get an information booklet for an old Erector Set ( about 1950)? I have the page with illustrations of models you can build....Lift bridge, Airplane Ride, Parachute Jump, Ferris Wheel, Elevator., etc.?
I just bought the Meccano Multimodels #9550 for my grandson. It's supposed to make 50 models, but the instruction manual only includes about 20 models. Would you know why that is? How can I get the instruction man. for the other 30 models? I've been unsuccessful using the official Meccano website.
I got into the Type III erector sets when I was a kid. Fair weather friend Scotty hauled his circa 1963 set out ONCE for us to play with, and didn't want to do it again. He was a strange kid. At 12 years old, my parents got me the big Senior Powerline Sears set and I had my OWN to play with. Scotty wasn't invited over. I built everything. When I got older and did little 8mm films, I made a "moonbase" and used the various radar models with special "landing feet" on them on my terrible moon landscape. I still have that set.
A few years ago, I got a 10063 Action Conveyor set, knowingly missing parts, great box, at a great price with an unused conveyor belt. Just a few weeks ago, I got ANOTHER, complete one, and comparing inventory found out that my original 10063 wasn't in fact missing too much at all. These are the first forays for me into the earlier sets. I still have the motor for my dad's original set, which is long gone, probably a 1940 Ferris wheel set, as I remember him telling me that he built that.
One thing I tell people about Erector sets is never EVER throw anything away that you find...incomplete sets, empty boxes, bags of small parts....they all have a home out here. Now, because Americans step up to any challenge, old crusty boxes and pieces are getting restored or at least cleaned up for further use. These toys for the most part can go ANOTHER hundred years!
Thank you for this video. I had a 10 1/2 Gilbert Erector Set in 1948 when I was 13. I'm just writing my life story now and will be including the fun I had with my Erector Set.
Wonderful video! I had a later version of the lead toy soldier casting set. It must have been early 1960s and was one of my most favorite Christmas presents of my youth.
Amazing. Really great video. So much awesome stuff, the 100+ ft. bridge, the custom Big Boy locomotive, and that 135lb. biggest ever Erector set, wow! I'm going to have to dig around my mother's basement and find my old set!
This is a very cool video. I became a fan of AC Gilbert toys when I got my first Erector set when I was about 10. I bought an Amusement Park set a couple years later and I still have both sets. Erector sets are great toys.
Great video !!
Rest in Peace Dave Blood, you are missed . . . . .
this is so cool ive got a big tot box of all kinds of complete sets and none complete sets and other little parts of stuff that i found around the house that i added to all the metal erector sets i have
I havent seen my electric metal case for decades. Perhaps it is still there someplace. The Erector set was the "peak" toy. The ultimate.
Lead soldiers weren't just a Gilbert thing. When my dad was growing up, it was all marbles and lead soldiers for fun. Dad said his mom gave him a special pan for the stove that was all his and never used for food. Dad would get these little ingots of lead and melt them, and the little pan and a spout that let you pour (probably was a gravy pan) the lead into a mold. You cooled it off, pried the soldier out, and painted him!
Loved the video ........ but the audio, not so much!
Oh, the Zeppelin! Love this video, especially...did I ever say the word "Zeppelin"?
Just bought 1938 Erector Set 4 1/2.
Do you know where I can get an information booklet for an old Erector Set ( about 1950)? I have the page with illustrations of models you can build....Lift bridge, Airplane Ride, Parachute Jump, Ferris Wheel, Elevator., etc.?
I just bought the Meccano Multimodels #9550 for my grandson. It's supposed to make 50 models, but the instruction manual only includes about 20 models. Would you know why that is? How can I get the instruction man. for the other 30 models? I've been unsuccessful using the official Meccano website.