BAYKO in 'British Toys', December, 1959
The MECCANO Takeover Announcement

Short and sweet sums up this somewhat belated announcement of the takeover of BAYKO by MECCANO a couple of months earlier. This 'British Toys' announcement appeared in the same month as their competitors, 'Games and Toys', and a month ahead of one of another rival, 'Toy Trader'...
...click here to see the 'Games and Toys' announcement.
...click here to see the 'Toy Trader' announcement.
	The text of the announcement is as follows : -

	MECCANO LIMITED AND PLIMPTON ENGINEERING CO.
	Meccano Ltd. have acquired the entire share capital of the Plimpton Engineering Company Ltd., manufacturers of the famous BAYKO Constructional Sets. It is their intention to re-design and re-present this popular product.

	Click on the image [left] for a larger view of the article itself.

	Thus was an era ended...
	...but, of all the announcements, this seems by far the most up-beat.

BAYKO was a regular advertiser in 'British Toys'...
...click here for more on BAYKO Advertising in 'British Toys'.


Below here are links to related info : -

Click on any of the links below for related information.
BAYKO Sales and Marketing	BAYKO Advertising	BAYKO Advertising Puffs
First BAYKO Mention 'Toy Trader' October, 1934	First BAYKO Advert B.P.M.P.T. December, 1934	First BAYKO Article B.P.M.P.T. January, 1935
First article in 'Games and Toys' February, 1935	B.I.F. Report 'Games and Toys' April, 1935	Sole Supplier Announcement 'Games and Toys' June, 1939
'New Series' 'Games and Toys' September, 1939	'New Series' 'Toy Trader' September, 1939	BAYKO Export Pressures 'Toy Trader' July, 1949
BAYKO Introduction 'British Toys' November, 1954	Constructional Systems 'British Toys' September, 1956	BAYKO Short Feature 'Games and Toys' July, 1957
Final Plimpton Article 'Games and Toys' October, 1959	Takeover Announcement 'Games and Toys' December, 1959	Takeover Announcement 'Toy Trader' January, 1960
First MECCANO Trade Fair 'Games and Toys' March, 1960	MECCANO 1960 Programme 'British Toys' May, 1960	New MECCANO Product 'Toy Trader' May, 1960
Sets #12 and #12C 'Games and Toys' December, 1960	BAYKO Short Feature 'Toy Trader' January, 1961	BAYKO at Nuremberg 'British Toys' February, 1961
MECCANO era BAYKO 'British Toys' March, 1961	MECCANO Model Maker 'British Toys' February, 1962	Set #15 Announcement 'Toy Trader' March, 1962
Sun Life Assurance 'Toy Trader' April, 1962	Polish Market Announcement 'British Toys' May, 1962	New Parts Announcement 'Toy Trader' September, 1962
Famous Buildings in BAYKO 'MECCANO Magazine' March, 1962	'Architect' Articles 'MECCANO Magazine'	'Toyman' Articles 'MECCANO Magazine'
	BAYKO Adverts in 'British Toys'
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