Rivit-on

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My younger brother had a Rivit-on in about 1978. It was a construction-making toy. which you could use to make cars, trucks etc by the means of the Riviton tool. The tool was gun-shaped (?!), and onto the end of this you placed black rubber bullet-shaped rivits and released them into the holes of the pieces/wheels you wanted to attatch in order to make your model. I actually think this toy was either banned or discontinued for health and safety reasons some time after it came onto the market. Perhaps because of many eager young would-be mechanics riviting things they weren't supposed to... like their ears!

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[Richard1978]

Re: Rivit-on

I remember a friend having a similar toy in the mid 1980s, it was like plasic maccano which used connectors that needed some sort of applicator, like the one described.

There were some TV ads for it as well.