Meccano

“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.

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010

"The deal represents the first time Meccano has licensed film rights to their toys."

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010

Woods arrives this year with a clearly fractured mind and a swing that resembles nothing so much as a half-finished Meccano set.

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To keep the ties from pulling through the cardboard, they are often slid through spacers, these little plastic tabs with holes in them that look like beams from a cheap Meccano (tm) set, and the wires are so crimped and tangled that pulling them out through the spacers is nearly impossible.

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The deal represents the first time Meccano has licensed film rights to their toys.

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010

“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.

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010

When I read the presents listed against my own name in my mother's notebook, it was as if I were unwrapping them today: the sledge red runners, pale wooden slats, the Meccano set, the bird's nesting box.

My mother's notebook of Christmas past 2011

Meccano/Erector set toy products are currently sold in more than 80 countries.

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010

Add to that Dolly the sheep and a bionic hand made from Meccano, and a Quagga now extinct and and you have a collection that is diverse to say the least.

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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.

Helix Films to Build Erector Set 3D Movie Franchise | /Film 2010