I remember getting a Meccano set for my 5th birthday - it gave me access to a screwdriver, which I later used to disassemble some other toys I had. Like everyt

I remember getting a Meccano set for my 5th birthday - it gave me access to a screwdriver, which I later used to disassemble some other toys I had. Like everything it had its soviet knockoff - colored communist dark red and naturally somewhat larger, so it wasn't compatible, but had one feature I never saw in the western counterpart: an "engine" with a functioning flywheel.