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> > other day, looking at the Meccano area. Seems like a true-blue Meccano
> > collector would have a worse reaction to the new Meccano than an AFOL does to
> > Town Jr.
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> Meccano isn't really Meccano any longer - the UK company went broke(?), and
> the product was sold to a *French* company.
Meccano went broke a long time ago!
As for having a reaction...I think they'd drop dead!.
I have a 6A book from my dad's stuff, as well as having read a fair number of
the meccano magazines over the years. I have up to #3 set, and some
parts...but for me, I find Lego easier to build, and real machine work more
durable. (it only takes me 40-50 hrs to build a decent car in lego...vs
something over 1000 on my one loco so far...)
However, the idea of meccano sets is not new by a long shot. They certanly
were around when I was younger (1980 or so).
James
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