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Erector Sets is the trade name of a very popular toy construction set in the United States.
All Erector sets consists of a variety of unique pieces such as small metal beams with regular holes for bolts,
nuts, screws, and mechanical parts such as gears, pulleys, and small electric motors.
The history of Erector sets began in 1911 by its inventor A.C Gilbert and was manufactured by the A. C. Gilbert Company
at the Erector Square factory in New Haven, Connecticut, from 1913 until its bankruptcy in 1967. The Gabriel company of
Lancaster, Pennsylvania bought the Erector name, and continued to make nearly-identical sets into the 1970s and 1980s.
Erector sets are currently sold under the "Erector" set name , however they are actually Meccano sets manufactured by Meccano S.N.
of France, part of the Nikko Group of Japan. In the U.S. Erector sets are now distributed by Schylling.
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