Sorry Poirot, you say "Of course the fact that all the pieces which she played with in the 80's are still viable and not distinguishable in quality from the current pieces is almost unheard of in a toy", but you are very wrong

My son played extensively with my Meccano set, & my Hornsby clockwork train set, both from the late 40s.

My daughter played with my farm figures, & the clockwork cars & trucks of the same scale, all from the early 50s. Although it had taken some time for these things to become available after the war, they were of excellent quality, & very durable, much more so than much of the plastic stuff sold today, LEGO & a few others excepted.

Hasbeen,

I agree with you.

....that's why I stated "....almost unheard of...".

Sorry Poirot I read that totally back to front.