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o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:37 am

Lunch Money wrote:Nice! Looks good, O'Malley!

Erector sets... apparently they're not what I first thought they were.

You've never heard of erector set!

The ones I used are actually a more modern cheap knockoff though.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:43 am

I was mostly being cheekie, but Erector WAS a wee bit before my time. Lego ruled the 'construction toy' world, and I also had a go with "Construx" (not similar to lego, but you could build stuff with it) and "Capsella", which featured capsules containing various gears'n'motors, for construction small useless machines.

Er...

Right, pop filters!

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:58 am

Erector was before my time too, I mean I'm only 20. My dad played with them.

I'm a lego child too though.

In fack I still have 2 giant boxes filled with them in my closet.

And, OMG!!!!!!! Capsella!!!!!!!!!!

I had thoes things too. I remember one of them had yellow floaters and a propeller that made it travel through the water. I had another one too that was voice activated.

We must be around the same age.

o'malley · Post by **o'malley** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 6:00 am

Oh, sorry...

pop filters, yes...

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:02 am

omalley wrote:I remember one of them had yellow floaters and a propeller that made it travel through the water. I had another one too that was voice activated. We must be around the same age.

The voice-activated ones must've been after my time.

I had the yellow floaters and propellors, though.

I'm 31.

Pop filters... wonder if we could've made one with Capsella? (JK..)

SaviorNeeded · Post by **SaviorNeeded** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:28 am

One thing nice about being old, I had all the cool toys. I had Tinker Toys when they were all wood; yes--I was born before the Age of Plastics. And my Erector Set was NOT battery powered. It had a plug in motor with an open-to-the-air gear train that could literally crush your finger. And believe it or not, my Mr. Potatohead required a REAL potato and all the face parts had two sharp spikes each to jam into the potato. Yes, I was born before the Age of Lawyers.

The Age of Plastic Lawyers...

And don't get me started about my Daisy Red Rider!

Pop shields--has anybody ever actually bought a real one?

Tom

Rabban · Post by **Rabban** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:30 am

I haven't heard of Erector, either. But I did grow up on Meccano. Is Erector anything like that (hopefully, you have heard of meccano)?

SaviorNeeded · Post by **SaviorNeeded** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 8:36 am

If I recall my Erector lore correctly (boy, I like the way that phrase rolls off the tongue, don't you?)--Erector was originally built in the USA but eventually went out of business until raised from the dead by Mecanno, a French (or English?) company.

"Erector Lore Correctly" The new hit by SaviorNeeded.

Tom

SparkySpark · Post by **SparkySpark** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 9:25 am

Ah - that explains it! I'm also used to Meccano but have never heard of (the kinky) Erector. And Capsella - the last time I used it was when I was fourteen and used a capsule for making a candle. And lego of course - I especially enjoyed the space lego. And my all-time-favourite: Castillos! This is a lego-like thing for constructing medevial castles and it's fabulous. Now my nieces and others use them and "I just show them how to build"

. http://www.historialago.com/maq_000_exi ... los_01.htm

I haven't any pop filter as yet, but at least I have quit singing into an old (but not smelly) cotton sock!

/SparkySpark

rollasoc · Post by **rollasoc** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:18 am

They are only about a tenner in Maplins stores. (UK)

Rollasoc

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 12:40 pm

erector was probably the dutch name for meccanno

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:02 pm

Disclaimer: - Don't shoot me, I'm only the messenger.

Read an Axl Rose biog a while back. He used to use 'last night's whores tights' for a pop shield. Changing them daily for 'inspiration'. Apparantly - "The fishier the better"

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 1:19 pm

vurt wrote:erector was probably the dutch name for meccanno

Nonono, we had meccano & lego. I never heard of erector before. It probably was only sold in Amsterdam in selected zones.

Rabban · Post by **Rabban** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:47 pm

SaviorNeeded wrote:If I recall my Erector lore correctly (boy, I like the way that phrase rolls off the tongue, don't you?)--Erector was originally built in the USA but eventually went out of business until raised from the dead by Mecanno, a French (or English?) company.

"Erector Lore Correctly" The new hit by SaviorNeeded.

Tom

Thanks, dude, for the Erector lore!

Cheers,

Rabban

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Jan 18, 2005 5:50 pm

Rabban wrote:
Thanks, dude, for the Erection

Cheers,

Rabban

sorry but someone had to

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