tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post116493276883289349..comments2023-12-24T18:29:26.864-05:00Comments on BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY: Erector SetsBookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-1165083711210669502006-12-02T13:21:00.000-05:002006-12-02T13:21:00.000-05:00Actually I had a plastic version in my youth. Prob...Actually I had a plastic version in my youth. Probably because my mother was the type who would worry I would hurt myself on all the metal. But she also let me play with those cool metal Tonka trucks with no problem. Those were a lot more dangerous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15624230.post-1165014809371916992006-12-01T18:13:00.000-05:002006-12-01T18:13:00.000-05:00I had a different reponse to thoseErector sets fro...I had a different reponse to those<BR/>Erector sets from my 60's childhood...<BR/>I didn't want one. My parents suggested I might want one for the<BR/>coming Christmas, which made such a<BR/>toy instantly un-cool. I started buying comic books when I was ten and<BR/>by the time I was twelve comic books<BR/>were my major passion. Any toys I would have desired would have been<BR/>comic book related, and my parents<BR/>were trying to discourage my "addiction." Building stuff with<BR/>miniature girders seemed too boring to<BR/>me, and so I nixed the gift idea. But<BR/>I didn't get any comic book toys either, like that awesome Justice League playset that I saw in the Sears<BR/>catalog. I even got my mom to take me<BR/>to Sears so I could lay my wide eyes<BR/>on the playset, and perhaps mope and<BR/>pout enough to get Mom to give in.<BR/>Imagine my immense disappointment that<BR/>the local Sears didn't have one on<BR/>display. You had to order it through<BR/>the catalog only. Hmmmpphh! <BR/>I never did get to see the JLA playset<BR/>close-up, except for photos of tiny<BR/>statues of the characters, in Ebay<BR/>auctions, going for ungodly prices.<BR/>So I didn't get the Erector set that<BR/>I could have had for the asking. And<BR/>I didn't get the JLA playset that I<BR/>wildly desired but that Mom refused to<BR/>order from the Sears catalog. <BR/>Man, I was one stubborn kid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com