Jon...I didn't know that you collected architectural building sets...I do too!! I have a nice collection of the old Bilt-E-Z sets and thought that some day I would use them to build a large skyscraper for my layout....something kind of different.
Alan
Alan, why aren't I surprised that we share similar inflictions. I have only 3 mint Bilt-E-Z set in my collection that I found at a Holiday show in Wheaton, Ill., some 25-years ago. Among other things. I also have many Lincoln-Log sets a various manufacture, American-Bricks, and LEGOs in countless quantities, including all of the Architecture sets, and of course, LEGO trains.
At several thousand pounds, the Anker stones are by far my biggest problem. I blame the problem entirely on my mother who gave me an antique set #5 for Christmas some 40-years ago. That event lead to lifelong love affair with Anker and a collection of well over 200 antique and modern sets, many quite rare. I lovingly curse her whenever I need to move them.
A category that is sorely missing from my collection are Girder & Panel sets. Outside of the box-less stash from my childhood, it's unrepresented. I marvel at the buildings that you have created with Girder & Panel for you layout, the kind a mere child could only dream of.
Photo: Alan Arnold
