In a bid to take on a building-set behemoth, Canadian toy company Spin Master is reviving a classic. Toronto-based Spin Master Ltd. has acquired the iconic Meccano construction set line, with the ...

A multi-coloured footbridge has been built over a canal bed - and it's made out of giant-sized pieces of Meccano. The six-ton steel bridge in the Little Lever area of Bolton cost £90,000 to construct, ...

Once-popular engineering toy, in decline since the 1950s, will still be manufactured by partner companies It is the children’s toy, invented in Britain, that inspired a passion for engineering, ...

MECCANO fans young and old gathered for an exhibition of the popular model construction sets in a North-East town. The North-Eastern Mexxano Society held an exhibition at St Cuthbert's Church Hall, in ...

[Mohamed Sami] built a syringe pump out of Meccano building set parts. It consists of a simple framework with a DC motor mounted on it that actuates the syringe when powered. A check valve harvested ...