Cover of Meccano Magazine N°10, 1958, France.
Following on from my previous post about Frank Hornby’s Meccano toys, here is a Meccano enthusiast magazine sold in France in 1958.
Meccano Magazine 1958
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Meccano toy catalogue, France, 1972
Front cover for the Meccano S.A. Catalogue Général, 1972, France, showing the new blue and yellow parts colour system.
Originally called ‘Mechanics Made Easy’, Meccano is a popular and enduring toy construction set invented in 1901 by Frank Hornby from Liverpool, England. Due to its huge success and demand, Hornby opened factories around the world, one of which features in today’s post – the Bobigny factory in France, which in 1951 was producing more than half a million Meccano box sets a day!
MECCANO… mechanics made easy
Meccano has built a strong legacy as one of the oldest construction systems in the world when it was invented in England by Frank Hornby in 1898. In 1913, a very similar construction set was introduced in the US under the brand name Erector. Today, these two great brands have joined forces under one global brand name – Meccano.
Text taken from official website: Meccano
UK. Hamleys Catalogue. 1983.
France. Pif Gadget. 1982.
France. Pif Gadget. 1982.
Ets De Neuter. Catalogue page. 1995. France.
Meccano kit and aeroplane. Meccano Magazine N°10 1958. France.
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 