Need a New Home for Old Erector Sets?

Posted onOctober 28, 2024October 28, 2024AuthorDavid GilbertLeave a comment

Are you looking for a new home for one or more old Erector Sets you no longer want? Here are some suggestions for donating your Erector set: If the set contains parts that are in good shape and sufficient to Read More …

Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932

Posted onJanuary 1, 2023November 8, 2023AuthorDavid Gilbert1 Comment

Fourth Edition On October 2, 2023, the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society released the fourth edition of Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932. Recent revisions include: Retrieve a listing of the revisions and corrections to the Fourth Edition Read More …

Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1933-1962

Posted onNovember 9, 2022November 8, 2023AuthorDavid Gilbert2 Comments

Third Edition The Third Edition to Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1933-1962 was released on April 23, 2023. Minor revisions to the text include: This guide is a comprehensive update to the 1998 edition of Greenberg’s Guide to Read More …

Cover of the 1939 American Flyer catalog

1939: A Snapshot of American Flyer

Posted onMarch 27, 2014November 1, 2023AuthorDavid Gilbert2 Comments

Above: Cover of the 1939 American Flyer catalog Although best remembered for the S gauge trains of the 1950s that it made as a division of the A. C. Gilbert Company, American Flyer was initially an independent company whose origins Read More …

Gilbert Hall of Science in Chicago

Posted onJune 11, 2022June 11, 2022AuthorDavid Gilbert1 Comment

The A. C. Gilbert Company opened a Gilbert Hall of Science in Chicago, Illinois at the Congress Hotel in October 1953. These photographs, taken by the Chicago photography studio Du Bois, The Drake, are courtesy of Mark Castiglione, owner of Read More …

The Mysterious Walking Robot

Posted onMarch 21, 2022May 10, 2022AuthorDavid Gilbert1 Comment

Jim Mietlicki writes: Anyone who builds with Erector knows that when you try to follow the instructions in the manual, the models just don’t seem to work right. I honestly think A. C. Gilbert was deliberately unclear in his model Read More …

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