Construction toys have formed a part of children's toy boxes from the beginning. Beginning with alphabet blocks, construction sets became increasingly more realistic and flexible, culminating with A.C. Gilbert's Gilbert Erector Set. Although construction sets were extremely popular, the idea of the set presents problems in terms of gendering toys and the conceptual idea of the “set.”
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