Meccano.
No one wanted to give Meccano sets to girls in the early 80s, damn their gender stereotyping. I got one for my 17th birthday instead and I loved it. I secretly still prefer Lego though.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:28, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Awww I never got Meccano either... *sads*
You're right, it was a bit of a 'boys toy'.

I did get a 'boys toy' one Christmas. It was a massive truck and you could pull the drivers head off and fire it out of a catapult on the back of the car - that was a-mazing!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Tue 22 Sep 2009, 10:32, Reply)

I had Meccano
it was great, but I couldn't build for shit. All my cars ended up looking like giant robot ants
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Tue 22 Sep 2009, 11:25, Reply)