1982

 

A number of Beginners' Sets were announced by Palitoy and produced by Miro Meccano in France. The 1000 Set was announced in January, the 2000 Set in June and the 3000 Set in July. The 5000 Set was confirmed suspended in August.

Sets Released 1982

Set 1000 (Red)	Set 2000 (Green)	Set 3000 (Blue)	Set 5000	Trucker Fleet	Hyper-Space
12 models	11 models Motorized	6 models Motorized	Suspended	4 models

Set 1000 had a red package, with a central panel depicting a helicopter from the Book of Models and some parts. More models were shown along the edges. Set 2000 had a similar arrangement in green and Set 3000 in blue. The larger parts were loosely packaged in a vaccum-formed partitioned tray with a snap-on dust cover. Nuts, bolts and other small parts went in a plastic bag.

Set 1000 featured several wheeled models running on tyred 1/2" plastic pulleys. Set 2000 and 3000 concentrated on service vehicles and racing cars.

In the Trucker Fleet Lorry Set, four American trucks were developed around a common cab and chassis assembly. It was then only necessary to add the body.

The Hyper Space Set was a slimmed version of the former Binns Road Space 2501 Set of 1979. Main armament consisted of the small missile units from the 1979 set, secondary armament was false. The cockpit, antenna and radar had to be extracted from the storage tray to keep production cost low.

Parts Introduced in 1982

Silver-coloured perforated strips signalled a partial reversion to the zinc colour scheme. The blue enamel and colourful Books of Models were typically of French production, hexagon nuts, domed bolts, electric motor and battery box were ex-Binns Road production.

Part no.	Description	In set
187g	Two-part road wheel with boss, black	Set 2000 & 3000
331	Push-on racing wheel, black	Set 2000 & 3000
332	Miniature driver	Set 2000 & 3000
333	Exhaust manifolds	Set 2000 & 3000
Sprint Motor	Do-it-yourself wind-up motor