Meccano is one of those toys with a very strong nostalgia element, involving memories of hours spent bolting together a toy wheelbarrow or a coffee table-size Forth Bridge. But 21st century kids ...

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 ...

If you have been buying toys for children this Christmas, chances are they were made in China. But one toy company has decided to buck the trend and to repatriate production back from China to Europe.

Indie production company Helix Films has formed an exclusive partnership with the Meccano Toy Co. to develop an original 3D feature film based upon the Erector Set line of construction toys. By Gregg ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Some construction toy tie-ins--like the recent partnership between Lego and Minecraft--are no-brainers. Others are a bit more of a stretch. One such ...

Some of the toy tech that has shown up at CES this week just makes me wish I was a kid again so that I had an excuse to play with it all day. Leading the pack was definitely the chirruping and highly ...

Like it or not, plastic rules the toy industry, and in theory that’s the way it should be, for a number of reasons that can range from safety for kids to aesthetics. But one can never deny the ...

Meccano's Mattei Theodore gives a tour of the company's ideas factory An anonymous industrial zone on the outskirts of the French port of Calais is home to one of the great historic names in the toy ...

An anonymous industrial zone on the outskirts of the French port of Calais is home to one of the great historic names in the toy business. Meccano may have been started in the UK more than a century ...