Engineering students in Belfast have set a world record with a 100ft bridge made from Meccano. A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan. A ...

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 ...

Prof Trevor Whittaker, a Guinness World Record representative and QUB Vice Chancellor Prof Patrick Johnston on the bridge on Saturday Engineering students from Queen's University Belfast have set a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A total of 11,000 pieces of lightweight metal went in to the span across part of the River Lagan, confirmed as the world’s largest Meccano construction Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for ...

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