On 11/9/19 2:29 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> 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 

>> large company.)
>>
> 
> 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]
> 

Ships passing in the night apparently.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS#Gabriel_Toys

Gabriel Toys
CBS entered the video game market briefly, through its acquisition of 
Gabriel Toys (renamed CBS Toys), publishing several arcade adaptations 
and original titles under the name "CBS Electronics", for the Atari 
2600, and other consoles and computers; it also produced one of the 
first karaoke recording/players. CBS Electronics also distributed all 
Coleco-related video game products in Canada, including the 
ColecoVision. CBS later sold Gabriel Toys to View-Master, which 
eventually ended up as part of Mattel.



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