MECCANO No 6 i originallåda av trä. Tillkommer urverksmotor Märklin och Meccano.

By 1909 Meccano set Nos 5 and 6 came in wooden cabinets containing 168 perforated strips, and 245 angle brackets. The tin plate pieces gave way to nickel-plated ones and the famous Burgundy red and dark green colours were introduced in 1926. A huge number of new parts were developed including bevel gears, motor tyres, channel bearings, ball races, crane grabs, digger buckets, pulley blocks, signal arms and circular saws. In 1929, cabinets for the larger outfits were changed from a stained finish to two-toned green enamel and the Depression saw a decrease in the number of pieces in the famous No.7 outfit. Meccano colours changed again in 1934 with plates blue with gold cross-hatching, although overseas markets such as Australia were still green. During the 1930s flexible plates were introduced which made the models look less skeletal and more realistic. Also in 1934, Meccano introduced a construction toy for younger children in the hope of appealing to young girls, a hitherto neglected market. This was The Dinky Builder, a system of rapid and simple assembly composed of rectangular and triangular shaped parts in enamelled jade green and salmon ink

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