Welcome to the Construction Toy Homepage. These pages are devoted to vintage construction toys of all types. This site is intended for the enjoyment of its visitors and has no connection with any commercial firm. Please send all corrections, suggestions or comments to the address shown at the bottom of this page.

Joe Lauher --- lauher@sbchem.sunysb.edu
The 851/952 Farm Tractor
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Table of Contents

  1. American Model Builder by the American Mechanical Toy Co.
  2. American Plastic Bricks by the Elgo Plastics, Inc.
  3. Building Blocks of the 1940s and 1950s
  4. Lego Construction Toys
    1. Model of the Month
    2. A Chemist's version of LEGO bricks: Molecular "LEGO Bricks"
    3. Lego Technic Sets
      1. 1977-1979 The Original Series
      2. 1980-1985 From Motorcycles to Pneumatics
      3. 1986 The Arctic Action Sets
      4. 1986-1990 On to Computer Control
      5. 1991-1994 Increasing Sophistication
      6. 1995 The 8200 and 8400 Numbering Scheme is introduced
      7. 1996 Modular Construction and Fiber Optics
      8. 1997 Bungee Power and a Cool Submarine
      9. Technic Set List By Number
    4. Lego Model Team Sets
      1. Model Team Set List By Number
      2. Blue Fury - 5541 A 1995 introduction
      3. Giant Truck - 5571 A 1996 introduction
    5. Custom Lego Models
      1. The Spyrius Quadrupod, a space ship with instructions
      2. A Red Jeep
      3. A Blue Crane
      4. A Race Car
    6. LEGO Feature Pages
      1. The Samsonite Era
      2. The Hobby Model Sets
      3. Gear Wheels
      4. Trains Page
      5. Olaf's Mini Review of a 1960's Booklet
      6. LEGO Idea Books
      7. LEGO Catalogs
      8. The Lego Helicopter Puzzle Page
  5. Lincoln Logs, a creation of John Lloyd Wright.
  6. Richter's Anchor Blocks, a system of building blocks from the 19th century
  7. Stanlo construction toys by the Stanley Tool Co.
  8. Steel Builder by the Steel Builder Co.
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Joseph W. Lauher
Department of Chemistry
State University of New York
Stony Brook, NY 11794

Last Update - July 1, 1997