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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meccano is set to launch a build your own robot later this year which is likely to become one of the must have gadgets for Christmas 2015. Called Meccanoid G15 KS, it is made with Meccano parts, ...

Meccano is all set to unveil a WiFi-controlled, Erector-branded robot kit at CES. The Spyke certainly improves on Meccano's earlier metallic attempts at robot sets: this little fella is capable of ...