On 07/11/2020 08:43, Graeme wrote:
In message , gareth evans
writes
Does anyone here remember what was the precursor
to the Philips Radionic series?

I had the Philips Electronic Engineer kit, then, later, the add on kit.
There were similar kits by Tri-ang, then the Inventor series which was
made by Lionel (the train people) in the US, and sold here by Tri-ang
under licence.Â* I had the Bell telephone kit.Â* All good fun at the time,
but no real long term interest.

On the other hand, I still have, and use, Bayko, Meccano, Dinky and
Hornby Trains.Â* Rather more now than I received as a child :-)


I had a Philips Radionic series, I even read the manual about how
transistors worked. It was OK, a bit dull by modern standards.

....but as you say, I loved Meccano, and longed for extra kits.

My own son showed no interest in Meccano at all, *******!