Erector Sets http://www.erector-sets.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:45:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Space Chaos: The Game http://www.erector-sets.com/space-chaos-the-game/ http://www.erector-sets.com/space-chaos-the-game/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:09:37 +0000 meccano_admin http://www.erector-sets.com/?p=1101 Take up the challenge !

Choose between Silver Force fleet elite and the dreaded Dark Pirates !

Complete your 6 missions with maximum points to appear in the best player ranking !

Click on the banner below to enter the galactic battle !

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RC Racing Car

Enter the race with this great RC Car !

2 detailed models and all the ones you can imagine ! Multi-function radio control, turbo stickers and rims, detailed building instructions and tools included.

100+ parts

RC Pro

A fantastic RC Car to build and control wih the racing remote !

2 detailed models and all the ones you can imagine ! Multi-function radio control, turbo stickers and rims, detailed building instructions and tools included

260+ parts

 

 

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The innovation is in the new threaded metal bars: the screw thread is integrated. No more bolts which were often too tricky for the young hands to manipulate. The screws fit quickly straight into the metal bars. 

Xtreme still bears the unmistakable Erector stamp. The threaded bars are entirely compatible with the old perforated strips. At any time the children can customise the vehicles suggested or do away with the instructions and make up new more ingenious and handsome models.

Xtreme is a dynamic, flashy new line which jostles standards! It mixes metal and plastic in a novel way and lets you build fast functional cars. Fluorescent, orange, turquoise blue, green, red and transparent, the new plastic pieces are coloured and give the vehicles a totally extreme look!

Discover Xtreme range now!


]]> http://www.erector-sets.com/erectornewrange/feed/ 0 Helix films and Meccano toy company join forces to build “Erector Set” toy movie franchise http://www.erector-sets.com/helix-films-and-meccano-toy-company-join-forces-to-build-%e2%80%9cerector-set%e2%80%9d-toy-movie-franchise/ http://www.erector-sets.com/helix-films-and-meccano-toy-company-join-forces-to-build-%e2%80%9cerector-set%e2%80%9d-toy-movie-franchise/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:44:37 +0000 admin http://www.erector-sets.com/?p=998 LOS ANGELES (February 16, 2010) – Helix Films, an independent production company, announced today that they have formed an exclusive partnership with Meccano Toy Company to develop an original 3D feature film based upon the iconic Erector Set brand of children’s construction toys. The deal represents the first time Meccano has licensed film rights to their toys. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Helix is currently developing an original script with an eye towards creating a film franchise based on the Erector brand that could also expand to other entertainment platforms including television and video games. While details of the story are being kept under wraps, the film will be a family fantasy/adventure.

“The three partners of Helix Films all grew up playing with Erector Set toys but in different countries—Kevin Foo in Australia, Gaukhar Noortas in Kazakhstan and me and my brother Robert in the U.S.—so our partnership with Meccano is very personal, as well as exciting,” said Steven-Charles Jaffe (“Ghost,” “Star Trek IV,” “Strange Days”) of Santa Monica-based Helix Films. “We believe the iconic Erector brand offers generational appeal with global reach, providing a tremendous platform to create a thrilling film franchise that boys, girls and adults will all adore.”

“The very core of Meccano/Erector is about creating educational toys that enable children and adults to imagine and create completely new worlds,” said Michael Ingberg, CEO of Meccano Toy Company. “It’s perfect for a film franchise as it certain to entertain but also stimulate creativity and imagination as the Erector toy system has done around the world for nearly a hundred years.”

Invented in England by Frank Hornby in 1901, Meccano was conceived as a model toy construction system comprising re-usable metal strips, plates, angle girders, wheels, axles and gears, with nuts and bolts to connect the pieces. The toy has sold under the “Erector Set” brand in the U.S. since 1913. Erector sets enable the building of working models and mechanical devices and have inspired countless engineers, designers, architects and creative minds of all ages. Modern versions include new technologies to accelerate construction for even the youngest children. Meccano/Erector set toy products are currently sold in more than 80 countries.

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