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Remembering back when I was probably 5 - 10 years old playing with a Tinker toys building set! That familiar tall cannister that held the most fun building toys of all time! The wooden knobs with there circular holes, wooden joining pieces such fun we had with these! Coming up with abstract designs and funny structures, whatever you could imagine! The set came with some instructions for particular designs that you could follow and build too! I remember making cars out of tinker toys with my sister and brother and then racing them around the hardwood floor! Tinker toys can still be purchased today, I don't think they ever really go out of style! Hope you enjoy this lens and maybe it will jog your memory of times you played with these great building toys!

History of Tinkertoys Building Sets


A stonemason from Evanstone, Illinois was the inventor of Tinkertoys, his name is Charles Pajeau. He established the 'Toy Tinkers' Company. He was inspired to create Tinkertoys by watching children play with pencils, pens and empty thread spools. Designing his first set of Tinkertoys in his garage. He took his designs to a toy fair in 1914 but turned out that no one was interested in them. Using some great marketing skills he hired midgets dressed in elfs costumes to play with these tinkertoys in a display window in a Chicago department store. This got the public's attention. Due to this a year later he had sold over 1 million sets of Tinkertoys!

Tinkertoys Building Sets

Educaitonal and creative building toys. Create amazing designs included in the set or come up with fun designs of your own. This jumbo set comes with 102 pieces.
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