The early sets are called “Type I” and are easily identified by their 1 1/8” wide girders. These sets were produced from 1913-1923. In 1924, the New Erector was introduced.

Erector Part History – an Excel spreadsheet from the late Girders & Gears website listing all the Erector parts and part numbers from 1913-1962. Several of the downloads below are high-resolution scanned JPG images saved in compressed ZIP format.

My intent is to present an overview of Erector from 1913 to 1988; essentially a “poor man’s guide” to Erector sets. All questions won’t be answered here, but many will. There are no copyrights implied either.

2023年1月1日 · On October 2, 2023, the A. C. Gilbert Heritage Society released the fourth edition of Bill Bean’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets, 1913-1932. Recent revisions include: A few typos and errors have been corrected in the text.

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The document provides a detailed overview of A.C. Gilbert Erector sets from 1913 to 1988. It describes the different types of sets produced over the years, highlights key details about sets from each era, and provides a brief year-by-year summary of sets from 1913 to 1923.

Make a colorful Carnival setting with the action models which this remarkable Erector Set can build! Powerful 110 volt A.C. Electric Engine with forward and reverse gears motorizes many completed models. Boiler and Fly Wheel parts enable you to construct big Power Plant! Set has Electro-Magnet and Lights.

As the story goes, Alfred C. Gilbert invented the Erector sets by observing the steel work along the New York, New Haven Railroad, in 1913. Although there were other metal construction toys available, the most prominent of which was Meccas made by Hornby in England.

Study of these sets and notes from Bill Bean’s book Greenberg’s Guide to Gilbert Erector Sets 1933 - 1962 were the sources of information presented here. The A. C. Gilbert company made many changes in parts fi nishes and parts designs through the years.

Erector Set (trademark styled as "ERECTOR") was a brand of metal toy construction sets which were originally patented by Alfred Carlton Gilbert and first sold by his company, the Mysto Manufacturing Company of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1913. In 1916, the company was reorganized as the A. C. Gilbert Company.