Meccano (designer): reviews, instructions

Children's toys help develop logical thinking, fantasy. They improve the coordination of movements and fine motor skills of the hands, create the conditions for further training with technology. After all, in order to add the necessary figure from individual parts, the child needs to be able to use the instruction, read the drawings. One of the most famous and untwisted - children's designers Meccano. What are they attracting little admirers?

Brand History

The Meccano company was established in the late 19th century. Its founder was Frank Hornby. At first he just came up with various designers for his children. Seeing that they are interested in collecting all kinds of figures from bolts and cogs, Hornby patented his invention. At the beginning of the 20th century, a factory for the production of designers for children was opened. Then the name was invented, which over the years became known and popular throughout the world. Now the designers of this brand are produced in England, France, USA.

Designers "Mekano" are designed to assemble engineering solutions and mechanisms in a miniature form. Teenagers so liked such products that they even gathered in clubs of fans of this brand. For them there was a magazine with the same name.

A quarter of a century after the founding, manufacturers began to produce red and green details. The models became brighter and more attractive. And only in the early 80's appeared plastic elements. They, together with motors, which since 1970 began to be part of some designers, have become a new milestone in the development of the brand.

Range

Meccano - a designer, whose range eventually becomes more diverse.

These are metal parts. Of these, you can collect cars, airplanes, ships, trains and buildings. And each of these mechanisms is present in the collection of "Mekano" in several modifications and variants.

For those who have already read and played enough with metal designers, you can begin to get acquainted with electronics. The presence of motors for 6 V and a screwdriver will help the child feel like a real engineer.

True, parents complain about the quality of the engines. Some of them burn quickly enough, although they are amenable to repair, but, as a rule, it also suffices for a short while.

For young children (from 2 to 5 years), plastic designers are more suitable. They are brighter than metal ones, there is no risk of swallowing any small part, such as a nut or bolt. It's amazing how many details you need to collect in order to get the right shape. In individual designers their number reaches 600 pieces.

Models

From the details of the designer "Mecano" you can create:

• Mechanisms, cars, ATVs, airplanes, helicopters, tractors of different types;
• Ships, including pirate;
• There are designers for the creation of engineering structures ("Eiffel Tower");
• A special interest in children and their parents will be caused by a robot named Mekanoid.

Robot Mecanoid

This is a mobile programmable model. Its growth is comparable with the growth of the child. You can program using a regular smartphone. To do this, you need to install the application "Mecanoid" on it, place it inside the robot. He will do everything that you programmed.

You can not put the smartphone in the robot, and manage it through the "avatar" on the screen. Moving the arms and legs of the Mecanoid on the display, you make him do it "in life."

Age features

It is very important that the designer gets to the child at the right time. After all, not all children have the same propensity for engineering and design. Some begin to reach for the instrument or disassemble toys (manifestation of creativity or interest in the structure) from the age of three, while others will never think of it until after graduation. The first will assemble the model themselves, sometimes faster than the father. The second should be given to designers, starting with simple ones, acquainting them with instructions, helping to assemble models. It is to help, not to do everything for them.

Meccano - the designer, on the boxes of which the level of complexity of the assembly is indicated. Usually it is a scale with a wrench designation , the mark on which is at the beginning, middle or end.

Designer Meccano Multimodels "Biplane" (40 models)

Reviews of enthusiastic children and their parents indicate that from the details of this designer you can create much more models than forty.

In the set there are 387 plastic and metal parts and devices that allow to create small wheels, springs, caterpillars. To assemble the construction will help a special tool. And the presence of the motor will allow you to see the created model in action.

Designer Meccano 6515

Designer Meccano 6515 consists of 252 parts. The main element are metal bars of different shapes with holes. With the help of nuts and bolts, they are connected in one of 15 proposed models.

To find out how this can be done correctly, the instructions to the Meccano 6515 designer will help. It contains not only a detailed description of the build process, but also an illustration of the machines that you can create. Having mastered the proposed versions, the child can collect something of his own.

Assembly instructions

Many parents complain that the instructions are not translated into Russian. They have to deal with the translation themselves or guess at the right actions on the pictures.

Although it should be noted that without the translation of the image in the instructions are very detailed and informative. For each model, the details necessary for its creation are drawn. In the second figure, the lines indicate the direction of the assembly, along the edges of these lines the details to be connected are shown.

Naturally, the more complex the model, the longer it takes to tinker with. But the more interesting the result obtained.

Reviews

Many children like Meccano - a designer that allows you to play and learn at the same time. Parents note that he is developing and unusual. Especially like plastic kits for little ones. Parents point to the bright appearance of the parts, the matching of nuts to bolts and other parts. Note that the small children especially liked the model with eyes.

Users like the fact that the assembly tool is made of plastic, so you can not get hurt. At the same time it is quite functional, that is, it qualitatively untwists and twists bolts and nuts.

Buyers point out that all the details are made qualitatively, without jags, hangnails, have a nice and neat appearance, and are pleasant to the touch. Meccano is a designer whose even the smallest elements are quite large, so the child can easily work with them, they are not lost.

Some children who were given a metal designer Meccano, say that for the game they are not enough one model. They want the kit to contain a lot more elements. This is also an obstacle to assembling your own models from the parts included in Meccano.

Constructor reviews cause and critical. There are complaints that the nuts are not thick enough to clamp the part tight. If this is done more forcefully, then it starts scrolling, and the model itself becomes a curve. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly correct it. But these shortcomings concern models created on the basis of their own fantasies, and arise more often in parents. After all, they also want to play, sometimes even more than children.