Today’s Meccano factory feels, rather magically, as though it is made of Meccano itself. Once they have been spat out of the cutters, the metal parts that still form the basis of almost every Meccano ...

FOR MILLIONS of mechanically inclined young tinkerers, the Erector set (known in Europe as Meccano) has been the ultimate kit. This collection of perforated metal beams and panels, held together with ...

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Spin Master on Tuesday launched the Meccanoid G15 KS, a "four-foot tall, programmable, walking, talking robot" for children, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Canadian toy company ...

Classic toy brand Meccano has created a make-your-own robot kit by combining its building pieces with programmable software. The Standard was given a sneak peek at its latest “Meccanoid” at the CES ...

A collection of Dinky Toy cars, Meccano construction kits, Hornby model trains, and other rarities is to go under the hammer tomorrow. The items, many never seen in public before, were rescued from ...

A Meccano expert has found himself starring in a television programme based on classic toys of yesteryear. Jim Gamble, from Nottingham, has had a fascination for the construction kit since the 1950s.

If William Gibson and Bruce Sterling had written an arcade scene into “The Difference Engine”, it probably would have looked a lot like [Pete Wood]’s Meccano Martian Mission, as illustrated in the ...

Spin Master on Tuesday launched the Meccanoid G15 KS, a "four-foot tall, programmable, walking, talking robot" for children, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Canadian toy company ...