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  2. Girder and Panel building sets - Wikipedia

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    The Girder and Panel Building Set construction kits enabled a child to build plastic models of mid-twentieth century style buildings. Vertical plastic columns were placed in the holes of a Masonite base board and horizontal girders were then locked into the vertical columns to create the skeletal structure of a model building. Brightly coloured ...

  3. Erector Set - Wikipedia

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    Erector quickly became the most popular construction toy in the United States, most likely because it was the only construction set at the time to contain a motor. [citation needed] In 1914, the name was changed to "The Mysto Erector, The Toy That Resembles Structural Steel". In 1916, the company was reorganized and became the A.C. Gilbert Company.

  4. A. C. Gilbert Company - Wikipedia

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    The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set, which is a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world, and made chemistry sets, microscope kits, and a line of inexpensive reflector telescopes.

  5. Construction set - Wikipedia

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    A construction set is a standardized piece assortment allowing for the construction of various different models. Construction sets are most often marketed as toys . Popular construction toy brands include Lincoln Logs and LEGO .

  6. Meccano - Wikipedia

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    Meccano is a brand of model construction system created in 1898 by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, England.The system consists of reusable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, and plastic parts that are connected using nuts and bolts.

  7. Tinkertoy - Wikipedia

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    The construction set was designed in 1914—six years after Frank Hornby's Meccano sets—by Charles H. Pajeau, who formed the Toy Tinker Company in Evanston, Illinois, to manufacture them. Pajeau, a stonemason, designed the set after seeing children play with sticks and empty spools of thread. Pajeau partnered with Robert Pettit and Gordon ...

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