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Re:Lego Finds Discontinued Set For Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years by mwexler on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @09:41AM (#4871073)
For those in the US, Meccano's are what are now sold here as "Erector" sets. The older Erector sets were actually a slightly different design from the 1920s by Gilbert, but those are long gone and sorely missed by many.
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Re:Lego Finds Discontinued Set For Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years by Tipzntrix on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @09:47AM (#4871109)
I wonder how much research the marketing team did on setting up their brand with that name, considering their consumers are parents and young children.
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Re:Lego Finds Discontinued Set For Boy Who Saved Up For 2 Years by panzagl on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @10:40AM (#4871382)
Erector sets were around long before the prurient connotations were made.
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