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 ...

Once you built bridges with Meccano. Now you can use it to spy on your cat - as Top Gear's finest found From the outset, it’s fairly clear that the Meccano Spykee Wi-Fi spy robot doesn’t bear much ...

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 ...

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A pair of new products from children's model company Meccano are set to further blur the line between toys and technology. MeccaSpider and M.A.X. were both on display at London's Toy Fair trade show ...

Spin Master on Tuesday launched the Meccanoid G15 KS, a "four-foot tall, programmable, walking, talking robot" for children, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Canadian toy company ...

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" The Meccanoid can tell jokes and even wish you a happy birthday For more than a century, children have been building trains, cars and cranes with Meccano. Now the ...

A range of ugly collectible pets and a robot with "expressive" eyes and the ability to initiate a conversation are among the latest toys on show at the UK's annual Toy Fair. More than 260 toy ...

Spin Master on Tuesday launched the Meccanoid G15 KS, a "four-foot tall, programmable, walking, talking robot" for children, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The Canadian toy company ...