Tinkertoy Building Sets
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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!
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Did you play with Tinkertoys, feel free to share your thoughts, comments...
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sheilamarie Oct 4, 2010 @ 3:53 pm | delete
- I remember when my sister got a set. I thought they were really cool.
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oztoo
Sep 11, 2009 @ 5:15 am | delete
- Funny, I don't remember them. Maybe we didn't have them. I liked meccano though. Just building things was fun. Great lens.
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puzzlemaker
Sep 8, 2009 @ 9:19 pm | delete
- I played with them. And still play with them sometimes! My daughter noticed the pink ones you've featured. We've never seen those before.
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WindyWinters
Sep 4, 2009 @ 12:47 pm | delete
- Great Toy Lens. Very Educational. I remember Tinkertoys. It's great that they are now available in girl's colors too! :)
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sandyspider
Aug 26, 2009 @ 9:59 pm | delete
- I remember those Tinker toys. A lot of fun!
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