> My favorite "make stuff toys" of the 70's were my Erector set and Lego set of course. I can't resist telling this story: As a little kid, I could not figure

> My favorite "make stuff toys" of the 70's were my Erector set and Lego set of course. I can't resist telling this story: As a little kid, I could not figure out why my erector set was so superior to all of my friends' kits. I finally asked my parents about it: My grandfather worked for AC Gilbert as a tool and die maker, and he made a lot of the original tooling for the erector set. (We had the original big red metal box filled with pieces (from the 30s?), and another cardboard box with the overflow.) We also had a killer American Flyer train set (also an AC Gilbert product), and the Lead Castor kit: Molten lead for kids! Hard to imagine in the current age. https://picclick.com/Vintage-Ac-Gilbert-Kaster-Kit-Furnace-To-Cast-325153257633.html?refresh=1 https://picclick.com/Vintage-Ac-Gilbert-Kaster-Kit-Furnace-T... Fortunately, we did not have the Gilbert Atomic Energy Kit. I probably lost enough brain cells on the lead.