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100 Greatest Toys with Jonathan Ross
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| Friday 10 December 2010
| Jonathan Ross
Posted on 12/20/2010 12:15:33 PM PST by arderkrag
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To: Celtic Cross
You do not want to know where the batteries go!
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:23:25 PM PST
by
Harold Hill
(I always think there's a band, kid)
To: a fool in paradise; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:24:55 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Cowman
like racing chainsaws.
This post is made of awesome.
83
posted on
12/20/2010 1:25:32 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.)
To: arderkrag
Obviously not an American list.
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:25:50 PM PST
by
Pan_Yan
To: Celtic Cross
85
posted on
12/20/2010 1:29:12 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.)
To: JoeProBono
Gilbert is best-known as the inventor of the Erector Set. In their heyday, thirty million of the build-it-yourself toys were sold, creating generations of engineers, tinkerers, and backyard builders. But Gilbert was as skilled at marketing as he was at magic. To promote the Erector Set and his other toys, he created an entire world for boys. Contests, magazines, the Erector Institute of Engineering, and the A.C. Gilbert Hall of Science in Manhattan were just some of his innovations. By the time he died in 1961, millions of Gilbert boys had built America.
The English list has Meccano in at number 16 - from wiki -
In 1901 Frank Hornby, a clerk from Liverpool, England, invented and patented a new toy called “Mechanics Made Easy” that was based on the principles of mechanical engineering. It was a model construction kit consisting of perforated metal strips, plates and girders, with wheels, pulleys, gears, shaft collars and axles for mechanisms and motion, and nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. The perforations were at a standard ½ inch (12.7 mm) spacing, the axles were 8-gauge, and the nuts and bolts used 5/32 inch BSW threads. The only tools required to assemble models were a screwdriver and spanners (wrenches). It was more than just a toy: it was educational, teaching basic mechanical principles like levers and gearing.
You could say that Mr. Gilbert was late to the party since he didn't “invent” the Erector Set until 1911.
Interestingly, Meccano was bought out and is now owned by a French company that sells the same Meccano in the US under the Erector Set name...:^)
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:33:05 PM PST
by
az_gila
To: JoeProBono
Gilbert is best-known as the inventor of the Erector Set. In their heyday, thirty million of the build-it-yourself toys were sold, creating generations of engineers, tinkerers, and backyard builders. But Gilbert was as skilled at marketing as he was at magic. To promote the Erector Set and his other toys, he created an entire world for boys. Contests, magazines, the Erector Institute of Engineering, and the A.C. Gilbert Hall of Science in Manhattan were just some of his innovations. By the time he died in 1961, millions of Gilbert boys had built America.
The English list has Meccano in at number 16 - from wiki -
In 1901 Frank Hornby, a clerk from Liverpool, England, invented and patented a new toy called “Mechanics Made Easy” that was based on the principles of mechanical engineering. It was a model construction kit consisting of perforated metal strips, plates and girders, with wheels, pulleys, gears, shaft collars and axles for mechanisms and motion, and nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. The perforations were at a standard ½ inch (12.7 mm) spacing, the axles were 8-gauge, and the nuts and bolts used 5/32 inch BSW threads. The only tools required to assemble models were a screwdriver and spanners (wrenches). It was more than just a toy: it was educational, teaching basic mechanical principles like levers and gearing.
You could say that Mr. Gilbert was late to the party since he didn't “invent” the Erector Set until 1911.
Interestingly, Meccano was bought out and is now owned by a French company that sells the same Meccano in the US under the Erector Set name...:^)
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:33:05 PM PST
by
az_gila
To: arderkrag
I can’t believe lawn darts didn’t make the list, we always had a blast with those...
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:34:19 PM PST
by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Pan_Yan
If I had a nickel for every time I saw that exact ad in Spider-Man...
There a company I have been a big fan of for some time now (http://www.classictoysoldiers.com/) that still makes classic toy soldiers. You can order them by the box full. I order them to do mass combats in D&D/Conan/Whatever I happen to be running. I also buy them at the flea market once in a while, but brick-and-mortar stores that carry them are rare if you don't want to pay a 100% markup rate.
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:35:06 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.)
To: Hatteras
No sleds or wagons either :(.
90
posted on
12/20/2010 1:35:46 PM PST
by
Neverforget01
(It Could Have Been Worse Is Not A Defense For Bad Policy)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:36:25 PM PST
by
linear
(Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.)
To: FlJoePa
BWAHAHA!!!!!
I remember that Creepy Crawlers thingmaker.....
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:36:46 PM PST
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono
#102 Paddle Ball
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:40:04 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Neverforget01
Honest, The flexible flyer was the gift that just kept giving for generations!
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:41:44 PM PST
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: a fool in paradise
“This friggin’ thing is warped!”
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:41:52 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Welcome to the Gator Nation Will Muschamp)
To: arderkrag
I hope Gary Gygax is looking down and smiling.
Freegards
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:43:11 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: FlJoePa
Battling Tops was a great one as well. Do you remember Whizzers? They were tops (much larger than the battling tops) that you would gear up and let go. We used to have similar battles with them in the 2nd grade boys bathroom. If you want to relive your childhood, be careful not to order the "Whizzinator" by mistake...
Man who wore Whizzinator sent to state prison (http://www.mcall.com news breaking December 20, 2010)
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:45:54 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: Pan_Yan
In fact, this image is almost reminiscent of that ad...
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:53:43 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.)
To: dfwgator
TSA Agent play set:
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posted on
12/20/2010 1:54:32 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(The establishment clause isn't just against my OWN government establishing state religion in America)
To: arderkrag
100
posted on
12/20/2010 1:54:48 PM PST
by
Clay Moore
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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