Anchor Stone Building Blocks
Another weird old playtoy for building stuff. Very pricey on Ebay.
Wikipedia entry here.
A blog post here.
Comments
They are really stretching me to attach the names of Oppenheimer, Einstein, and Gropius to these. Good for Baroque, but they look more limited than say, Lego or Erector.
Posted by Virtual on 06/23/16 at 10:42 AM
That beats the cheap stuff given to kids now. Although the hardness factor could be a danger during a fight between siblings.
Posted by KDP on 06/23/16 at 03:38 PM
Its all fun and games till someone gets a block to the eye!
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/23/16 at 10:39 PM
Erm... how is this weird? Is it only that it's in stone? Because if it's the shape, I've played with very similar sets, except those were in painted wood.
Posted by Richard Bos on 06/24/16 at 05:37 PM
Well, in my eyes, it's retroactively weird, like those videos of airline travel in the 60s that I also post. Once upon a time these things were normal, but now, in our sad and decadent era of plastics and helicopter parenting, the notion of letting tykes handle stone toys is weird.
Posted by Paul on 06/24/16 at 10:11 PM
Kids still play withe stones. The throw them at each other all the time.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 06/25/16 at 06:57 PM
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Category: Toys | Europe | Nineteenth Century | Twentieth Century