Dometo - interlocking building toy
Interesting interlocking building toy, first manufactured by 'The Irisch Toy Industry', Belfast, Ierland started in 1915~1927(??).The second manufacturer was 'The Improved Solidate Co Ltd', London, UK. Manufacturing period of these composite blocks are unknown to me. In total there are 3 incompatible types of Dometo interlocking construction sets: 2 wooden series and one composite series.If […]
Thüringer, Perplex, (Babilonia) & Thuringia
The company founded by Albert Liebehenz manufactured the "world-famous" wooden construction sets Perplex, Babilonia(?) and Thuringia / Thuringian construction sets from ~1904 to ~1911. There are multiple very similar boxes found, exact dates are unknown. More information: baukastensammler.de Boxes & content - Thüringer BK Boxes & content - Perplex BK Perplex construction box patent: D.R.P. Nr. […]
Constructions Rustiques
Old wooden construction toy, produced/distrubted(?) by Revenaz & Tabernat (RT), Paris, some where between 1900-1910. Box size: 42 x 28 x 8 cm. Parts Consists of more then 420+ similar wooden parts and one hammer: Parts seem to be: 6.5 x 1.1 x ? cm. The plans Library & LeoCAD Well it might be obvious, […]
Anker Steinbaukästen, Friedrich A. Richter
Anker Stones are some sort of brick, first invented by Jan Daniel Georgens in 1863. Due to the many different brick shapes, many different buildings could be created. Lateron Friedrich A. Richter bought the patents and started manufacturing of even more boxes & brick shapes. History Quoted from clubvanankervrienden.nl: "The birth of miniature building bricks, […]