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In August 1985 French accountant Marc Rebibo bought Miro-Meccano from General Mills, reverted the French company name to "Meccano S.A." and reintroduced some of the discontinued Meccano sets. In 1989 Rebibo was bought out by Finamec (Financière de Serbie), who continued the manufacture of Meccano in
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Up to this point Meccano was being manufactured in England at the small factory in West Derby Road, Liverpool, but it soon became apparent that it could not meet the growing demand for Meccano, and in 1914 a new factory was built in Binns Road, Liverpool. The Binns Road factory became the company
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miniature model cars and trucks under the trade mark "Meccano Dinky Toys". In the same year, they also introduced a construction toy for younger children called Dinky Builder. It comprised rectangular and triangular hinged metal plates that could be quickly and easily assembled. The parts were
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In 1909 Meccano Ltd added to its range by launching the "Hornby System of Mechanical Demonstration". This was an educational set Hornby had created for use in schools which included a 44-page manual, showing all dimensions in centimetres. However, it was not a commercial success and it was
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two years later and in 1981 General Mills purchased Meccano Ltd UK, giving it complete control of the Meccano franchise. It shifted all Meccano and Airfix operations to France and completely revamped the Miro-Meccano construction sets.
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and plant, and this resulted in the establishment of Meccano Ltd in 1908, with Hornby as the sole proprietor. A factory was acquired in West Derby Road in Liverpool and the company began producing Meccano sets for sale across the UK.
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and other model toys and kits created by the company. During the 1920s and 1930s it became the biggest toy manufacturer in the United Kingdom and produced three of the most popular lines of toys in the twentieth century: Meccano,
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was used for all the plastic parts instead of Bakelite. Manufacture of Bayko continued until 1967. Meccano Ltd also manufactured Kemex (chemistry sets) and Elektron (electrical sets).
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By 1910 Meccano was exported worldwide, and its success prompted Meccano Ltd to expand its operations. In 1912, Hornby and his son, Roland, formed Meccano (France) Ltd in
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By 2000 Meccano France was faltering and was bought out in May 2000 by the Japanese toy company Nikko, who continue to manufacture Meccano sets in France and
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toy was popular in the United States, and Meccano's trains and construction sets disappeared from the U.S. market by 1930.
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toy manufacturer, purchased the majority of shares of Meccano France S.A., renaming the French company "Miro-Meccano".
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model railways, and this production line continued into the 1960s. In 1922, Meccano Ltd opened a factory in
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By the early 1960s Meccano Ltd began experiencing financial problems, in spite of exports worth over
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industries in 1972, the company name reverting to "Meccano Ltd". At the same time, General Mills, a
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With competition from other manufacturers from around the world and the increasing popularity of
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tinplate 0 gauge trains there as well. However, in 1929, it sold its New Jersey business to the
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where it produced its building sets for the North American market. In 1927 it started producing
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system, comprising both clockwork and electric train sets. Production continued until 1964.
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Financial problems beset the company in the early 1960s and Meccano Ltd was taken over by
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began to manufacture Meccano under licence. Meccano factories were also established in
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motors from Märklin, but when the supply from Germany stopped after the outbreak of
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name, which later was to become synonymous with the company's Hornby Dublo
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in 1914, he began manufacturing his own clockwork motors in Liverpool.
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in an attempt to draw girls into the otherwise boys-only toy market.
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in Liverpool, and moved all its production to Meccano's factory in
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to complement their railway sets and in early 1934 these became
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Canadian Modeling Association for Meccano & Allied Systems
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legislation and the company switched to manufacturing for the
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In 1971 the Lines Brothers Tri-ang group went into voluntary
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discontinued after five years. This was the first use of the
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to manufacture Meccano, and an office was opened in
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In 1912 Hornby started importing 13: 798:A Chronological History of Meccano 756:Strauss, Marina (13 August 2013). 733: 645: 466: 14: 1822: 1776:Toy companies established in 1908 781: 380:In 1938 Meccano Ltd launched the 1734: 1725: 1724: 702: 510:In 2013 Meccano was acquired by 287:headquarters for over 60 years. 175:, to manufacture and distribute 340:In 1931 Meccano Ltd introduced 1771:1908 establishments in England 749: 727: 405:In 1960 Meccano Ltd purchased 1: 1781:1964 mergers and acquisitions 517: 431: 402:due to a shortage of metal. 7: 66:; 60 years ago 19:For the Meccano brand, see 10: 1827: 674:"Meccano: The Early Years" 440:1m, and was bought out by 385:Hornby Dublo model railway 198: 18: 1801:Defunct toy manufacturers 1720: 1702: 1672: 1649: 1576: 1548: 1485: 1422: 1286: 1208: 852: 843: 204:Beginning and development 123: 102: 90: 78: 60: 50: 42: 33: 837:manufacturers and brands 709:International Meccanomen 678:Transvaal Meccano Guild 416:construction toy, from 648:"Alan's Meccano Pages" 480: 337: 295: 294:Hornby's freight wagon 736:"Bayko Building Site" 475:Meccano model car at 474: 332:'s land record car, " 327: 315:A. 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Meccano

Frank Hornby
Lines Bros
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scale model
trains
cars
Meccano
Hornby
Dinky
Bayko
toy
Frank Hornby
Liverpool
England
Meccano
Hornby Trains
Dinky Toys
Lines Bros Ltd
Frank Hornby
Liverpool
England
Meccano
capital
factory
Hornby
00 gauge
model railway

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