MECCCANO—THE WONDERFUL TOY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 8 October 1913, Page 5

MECCCANO—THE WONDERFUL TOY.

One of the most wonderful and amusing, and at the same time instructive, toys ever placed before the public is Meccano which it at present being exhibited at Messrs E. Dixon and Co.'s. It consists of the structural material for the construction of eighty-nine models, such as girder cranes, railway bridges, aeroplanes, towers, lighthouses, Ferris wheels, bridges, windmills, and others. The box is given to the boy^ and _he becomes his own inventor, fashioning, and perhaps improving the many beautiful designs j that are placed before him by the .accompanying instruction book. Everything necessary is provided in each outfit—plated metal strips, accurate gear wheels, pulleys, rods, nuts, and bolts. A small motor can also be obtained which will drive the various models and so complete the young inventor's joy. He Just fits a dainty little Meccano motor into his model, makes the motor become part of themodel in fact, and when he has got everything nicely adjusted, he operates the lever, and away the whole thing gpes in beautiful and fascinating style. The roundabout moves round just as it should, the windmill revolves, the motor van and luggage waggon come to life and run along the floor in a most business-like way, the crane raises and lowers its load and luffs its jib, and the warehouse lift ascends and descends and stops by the simple operation of the levers. The motor is driven by springs, and it is quite free from the disadvantages of steam or electrically driven motors.*