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Here on page 511 of the Sears 1969 Christmas Wish Book are a few Erector Sets. This was probably the year (±a few) that I got my first Erector Set. It had quite a lot of parts, including a motor. Although I already had a natural interest, it was gifts like this that helped nurture what would become a life-long pursuit of things mechanical and electrical, eventually leading to my earning an electrical engineering degree.

Here is my son, Philip, with a helicopter that I built for him out from an Erector Set we gave him for Christmas back around 1990. To this day, he doesn't know which end of the screwdriver goes toward the screw... pretty sad.

Use the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' inflation calculator to see what items cost in today's dollars. That $16.99 Erector Set would cost $101.25 in 2010 money.





Posted 11/20/1020