If we were to talk to engineers about the childhood toys which most inspired them, it’s likely that the older among them would mention either Meccano or Erector ... the 2020s child, but it ...

Introduced in 1913 by A.C. Gilbert, Erector sets allowed children to build working models of everything from bridges to locomotives using metal beams, gears, and motors. Dubbed “the toy that ...

The catch is you would have needed to have kept them in the original package or in pristine condition — and that’s nearly impossible for a child ... and the Erector Set was first marketed ...