tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post6911419369348780467..comments2024-03-28T18:12:54.222-04:00Comments on Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.: Remembering Lincoln Logs, American Logs and TinkertoysMister Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-2689065139086158782020-05-31T00:40:53.377-04:002020-05-31T00:40:53.377-04:00I think I had Lincoln logs, but definitely had Tin...I think I had Lincoln logs, but definitely had TinkerToys, which I loved as a kid. But even better that that, a friend of my father's made me a wooden set of construction toys which were like big wooden 1x4 Meccano components, using 1/4" carriage bolts. I loved it, but unfortunately don't know what ever became of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2693775542020483450.post-88359650234541299922013-09-13T10:30:53.695-04:002013-09-13T10:30:53.695-04:00We used to do a bit of design work for Irwin Toy i...We used to do a bit of design work for Irwin Toy in the early 90s. The factory on Hanna was a wreck. Whole floors were empty, windows were broken and the roof leaked profusely, The working areas were huddled in a corner of the first few floors where the leaking seldom got through to.. It was a great place to take off and explore.<br /><br />One day I was eating lunch in a restaurant in the 'hood I overheard a conversation between a couple of suits about the true value of the Irwin company being the real estate for redevelopment. Well a few years later...<br /><br /> <br /><br /> They took the building, removed the top few floors and the old brick boiler rooms, built a whole new taller portion on top of it and the area is now condo/residential. It's right beside the former Inglis plant).Mister Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17663484841011868779noreply@blogger.com