Meccano
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Meccano is a British brand of construction set created in 1901 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England. The system consists of reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, and
Meccano tractor
An early Meccano set on display in the Edinburgh Museum of Childhood
Advertisement in Pears' Annual Christmas, 1920
Instruction book for the 1956 Meccano No. 7 and 8 Outfits, showing a model of a walking drag line excavator built with the red and green Meccano pieces of the time
Erector Set
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Erector Set was a brand of metal toy construction sets which were patented by Alfred Carlton Gilbert and first sold by his company, the Mysto Manufacturing Company of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913.
Meccano
…building of working models and mechanical devices. In 1913, a very similar construction set was introduced in the United States under the brand name Erector. In 1990, Meccano bought the Erector brand and unified its presence on all continents. In 2013, the Meccano brand was acquired by the Canadian toy…
Print advertisement for Erector Set, circa 1922
An early Erector set
Some components of a modern Erector Set
Exhibit in the Museum of the City of New York