Op 09/11/2019 om 17:58 schreef Dick Balaska:
> 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.
> 

LOL
Showing how reliable/complete info can be or not. History is always more 
complicated. ;-)

I get the impression that CBS did /not/ aquire the Erector /brandname/ 
apparently together with Gabriel Toys but were interested in the video 
game branch. If I read the info right: the "trademark" Erector was 
acquired by Ideal Toys in the 1980's while (at the same time?) Gabriel 
Toys was acquired by CBS. Which explains why you can now find "Erector 
by Meccano" sets. http://www.meccano.com/about

Oh well...

-- 
Thomas

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