Meccano 2012 preview
The new year is bringing a new strategy for Meccano, as the company embraces licensed properties for the first time.
The new year is bringing a new strategy for Meccano, as the company embraces licensed properties for the first time.
Kicking off with a Transformers range, KRE-O features multiple builds in each set and includes poseable KREON mini figures.

The Moon Sand Destruction kit allows you to build models using the innovative modelling material, and then blast them down again.
The harbour in LEGO City is an area of hustle and bustle for the little LEGO people, with fishing boats, cargo ships and all sorts of watery-themed accessories.

Winnie the Pooh and friends hit the big screen again in April, so toy shop shelves are currently bursting with themed products. This includes LEGO DUPLO, with three new Winnie the Pooh sets.

Created in Japan, nanoblocks are micro-sized building blocks as small as 4x4x5mm.

The Cookie Set and Candy Factory both come with two different colours of the amazing substance that never dries out.
Geomag Wheels has raced into the picture, with sets like the Sports Car and Drag Launcher allowing kids to build and race their own cars.
LEGO’s Star Wars range grabbed the top spot in the ToyTalk Fun Hundred last year, and there’s no sign of the company resting on its laurels in 2011.