Op 07/11/2019 om 19:17 schreef Dick Balaska:

> Toys bought his stuff and CBS bought Gabriel.
> CBS also owned Fender Guitars and Steinway Pianos through other 
> acquisitions. (And of course, they owned Michael Jackson and Billy Joel. 

> 

In: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erector_Set they have a little 
different story ending:

[quote]
A.C. Gilbert died in 1961,[1]:186 and the company went into decline, 
filing for bankruptcy in 1967.[1]:191 The product was redesigned, adding 
many plastic parts, but the "clunky" looking models failed to compete 
with the new, more-realistic scale plastic models coming onto the 
market. The Gabriel company of Lancaster, Pennsylvania bought the 
Erector brand name and continued to market the recently redesigned 
system. Sales were slow, and by the 1980s the trademark Erector was 
acquired by Ideal Toys and then Tyco Toys. In 2000, Meccano bought the 
Erector brand and unified its presence on all continents. The two brands 
are now sold under the Meccano brand name, with the Erector Set being 
marketed as "Erector by Meccano".
[/quote]

-- 
Thomas

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