 | | Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ? —Steve Baker
| | | | (...) Really?! I always thought the Meccano company made both sets - simply *calling* them 'Erector' in the USA and 'Meccano' in the UK. I have both Meccano (carefully saved since I was a kid) - and Erector sets purchased in the USA several years (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Lego Technic: R.I.P. ? —Allan Bedford
| | | | | (...) Meccano was started in England by Hornsby... Erector followed years later in the U.S. For many years they were each other's competition. (...) If you look at the bottom of that 3-year-old posting I mentioned, you'll note that the eventual (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.robotics)
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