Editing Meccano (section)

=== Spin Master era ===

In 2013, Canadian toy company [[Spin Master]] acquired Meccano. It launched "Meccano Evolution", a new "back to basics" iteration of Meccano, which allowed smaller and more detailed models to be built using simpler and more "functional" parts than were supplied in previous "new Meccano" sets. Meccano Evolution has narrower strips, with holes spaced at twice the density of the original system. In late 2013, the company also opened a public "Meccano Lab" play space and R&D centre, in [[Calais]], France.<ref>[http://www.meccano.fr/actualites/meccano_lab.html Meccano ouvre les portes de son laboratoire expérimental le 6 novembre 2013 : Le Meccano Lab'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206065815/http://www.meccano.fr/actualites/meccano_lab.html |date=6 December 2013 }} Meccano Fr.</ref><ref>[http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/region/calais-meccano-lab-pour-les-grands-enfants-adeptes-ia33b48581n1676507 Calais : Meccano Lab, pour les (grands) enfants adeptes de jeux de construction ] L Voix du Nord, 6 November 2013</ref>

In 2015, Spin Master launched Meccanoids, Meccano [[modular design|modular]] robots.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meccano.com/meccanoid/|title=Introducing Meccanoid|publisher=Mecanno Maker System|access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q03nIupGAIQ|title=Meccanoid G15KS|website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Poeter|first=Damon|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2474738,00.asp|title=Spin Master Revives Meccano With 'Meccanoid' Robot Kit|work=[[PC Magazine]]|date=6 January 2015|access-date=12 January 2015}}</ref>

In February 2023, Spin Master said the Calais factory would close as it was still losing money.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/23/last-dedicated-meccano-factory-to-close-in-france | title=World's last dedicated Meccano factory to close in France | newspaper=The Guardian | date=23 February 2023 | last1=Willsher | first1=Kim }}</ref> The factory closed on 31 October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radio6.fr/article-66261-meccano-calais-fin-de-la-production-le-31-octobre-une-offre-de-reprise-a-l-etude.html|title=Meccano/ Calais : fin de la production le 31 octobre, une offre de reprise à l'étude.|website=radio6.fr}}</ref>

In January 2025, [[Spin Master]] announced it was licensing Meccano to British toy company Addo Play under a long-term agreement. Addo Play has agreed to develop, design and manufacture a refreshed line-up of Meccano products. These will include play-sets, junior products and collaborations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://toyworldmag.co.uk/addo-play-signs-multi-year-global-licensing-agreement-for-meccano/ | title=Addo Play signs multi-year global licensing agreement for Meccano | date=15 January 2025 }}</ref>