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Erector sets (1929 and 1922) (media.piefed.ca)
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Hello boys! Girls? Sorry, come back in 60 years and we'll let you design and build Mars rovers. But it's 1929 right now. No engineering toys for you.

Exclusion aside, thinking-toys for kids are good stuff. Erector sets were first sold in 1913. The company went into decline after the death of the founder in the 1960's, and was bought by another company in 1990.

That $25 kit in 1929 dollars is close to $500 today!

Another ad, 1922,

Erector set 1922

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

When you've built your 5-foot model of a real trans-atlantic (sic?) Zeppelin, your pals will flock from miles around to look it over

Lonely autistic boys thinking their special interest will get them friends, existing as an exploitable market since 1922.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I'm from the 1960s, and we used to visit friends who had the better toys all the time.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    A video game console was the only toy that brought me to anyone's house. The cool stuff--like a giant Millenium Falcon--was a brief draw, but you couldn't really play with it. It was more like going to the museum. A 5-foot-zeppelin doesn't sound like a toy you can play with.

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