Author: Randall Hertzler

  • Einstein, a Notable Anchor Stone Builder

    Einstein, a Notable Anchor Stone Builder

    With a more than 125 year history there’s bound to be interesting stories about people who became users and supporters of the product. In our case, we have the well documented use of Anker Steinbaukasten by Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Einstein famously said that “Imagination is more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited” and “I…

  • A Quick German Lesson, Anker?

    A Quick German Lesson, Anker?

    Anker Steinbaukasten? Anchor Stone? Yes, and yes, as Anker translates to “Anchor” and Stein translates to “Stone”. Baukasten can be broken apart to “building box” or “building set”. So in German, the company and brand name is currently Anker and Steinbaukasten describes the product – stone building sets.

  • Beginning Again

    Beginning Again

    euroSource has been a retailer for Anker Steinbaukasten (Anchor Stone building sets), starting in 2003. At that time, Anchor products were sold through our eurotoyshop.com property which was a specialty toy shop offering a wide selection of European toy brands. That stint was eventually disrupted by the the negative impact the US CPSIA had on…