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The obvious answer to that question comes in the form of Lego, evidently so much more fun can be had with plastic bricks. Did you have Meccano or Erector Set when you were a kid? If so what did ...

FANS of Meccano flocked to a Midland exhibition featuring models of locomotives, planes and ships. The event in Ironbridge also showed off a model version of the town’s world famous landmark.

In 1965, the company launched its Meccano Junior line, with plastic parts aimed at younger children. In 2000, Meccano acquired its long-time U.S. competitor, Erector, which had sold metal ...

Meccano's Mattei Theodore gives a tour of the ... The Calais factory punches out a million construction kits a year, plastic now as well as metal, but all instantly recognisable with their struts ...

Like it or not, plastic rules the toy industry ... One of the companies that use metal for its toys is British-born Meccano. Of course, it doesn’t name its toys "toys", but prefers to refer ...

In the early 1970s, while handling the account for then-new Plastic Meccano, he took samples along to a playgroup organised by his wife Grace at Lowlands Community Centre. These larger ...

Meccano's parent company ... at the Calais plant in 2010 Around four million boxes of metal or plastic parts - the equivalent of a third of the brand's products - are produced at the plant ...

The Meccano Magic event will also include a hands-on area for younger visitors to create models using a plastic Meccano system and stream train rides Locomotion is open daily from 10am to 5pm ...

Meccano's parent company, Spin Master ... Around four million boxes of metal or plastic parts - the equivalent of a third of the brand's products - are produced at the plant each year, according to ...