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Metal Kit
Metal Dino
Tronico(d)
Metal Kit was a construction system to make insects. Later Metal Dino sets were introduced which made dinosaurs. The parts were mainly aluminium, which in the main are bent together with only a very few nuts and bolts being used. They were made in Japan by Gakken from 2006 to around the mid 2010s
Tronico(d). Three of the Metal Dino sets were repackaged for Tronico of Germany in around 2014/5.
Metal Kit/Metal Dino
Manufacturer / Distributor
Gakken, Japan
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for METAL KIT/METAL DINO (Ref:MDN)
Gakken
Non-Meccano type
Japan
2006 (see comment *1) to known in 2014 (see comment *2)
Aluminium (Alloy)
Nuts:
Bolts:
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Comments
Sets for Insect/Dinosaur-type models with parts held by tabs & a few N&B. Of the 7 Dino sets 3 sold in USA with same name but different box lids, & same 3 sold as TRONICO. *1 METAL KIT (Insects). *2 METAL DINO.
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Manufacturer / Distributor
RCEE Gmbh, Bremen, Germany
Info from the Metal Constructional Systems Database for TRONICO [d] (Ref:TROd)
Gakken
Non-Meccano type
Germany
known in 2014 to in production in 2015 and continuing
Aluminium (Alloy)
M2
no boss
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29 (see comment *1)
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Variable
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Nuts: hexagonal
Bolts: cheese (slotted)
Steel with a Nickel plated finish
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Comments
3 repackaged Gakken Metal Dino sets for Dinosaur-type models. *1 In one set.
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