I had a Vertibird - thanks for reminding me about it! There's something about toys like that at a formative period in your development that means that small de

I had a Vertibird - thanks for reminding me about it! There's something about toys like that at a formative period in your development that means that small details seem to stick in your memory. I can even now remember the feel or the rotating spring that took the horizontal rotation of the shaft through 90 degrees to meet to the propeller blades, and which wobbled to a blur when the machine was running. I seem to remember it didn't hurt much when you got hit by it, and you could trip over it repeatedly without breaking it, so it was very well designed for a typical 8 year old. I didn't have the erector set, but plenty of lego. The technics stuff had come out and I built all sorts of stuff with it. I remember getting this http://technicopedia.com/853.html http://technicopedia.com/853.html which was released in 1977 for christmas.