BAYKO Product Details - 1963 to 1964
"FLANGED BRICKS"

This is an enigma, particularly as BAYKO production ended in 1964 - i.e. within months - though, remember, BAYKO sets were still included in the 1967 MECCANO products price list.

Sometime in 1963, MECCANO began to retool BAYKO again.

They reverted to the bright red and white colour scheme of earlier years.

Windows, Doors, Bases and Roofs all remained unchanged.

The biggest impact was on Bricks.

They were produced in plastic in what is known as the 'Flanged' or 'Minimalist' style, as you can see in the picture [below, right].

Bricks were reduced to a simple front plate with top and bottom flanges, which locked on to the Rods.

► Bricks.

► Long Bricks.

► End Bricks.

► Half Bricks.

For some reason, there don't appear to be any "flanged" red Half Bricks - do you know differently?

► Curved Bricks.

► Garage Doors.

► Pillars.

► Roof Ends - A & B.

I don't know for certain if any sets were produced entirely with "flanged" bricks, though a mint set #12 that I own [below, right] comes very close and the set #11 [below, left], though not mint, has only "flanged" bricks.

Unless colours were mixed, which may well have happened towards the end, the retooled parts were only used in sets #11 and #12...

...this is clearly demonstrated by the fact that retooled white Roof Ends only exist, as far as I've been able to discover, in the 2 smaller sizes [A and B], not the 2 larger sizes [C and D] which would be required for sets #13, to #14...

...remember standard Roof Ends weren't included in set #15.

Opinions on the "flanged" bricks among BAYKO collectors are mixed, but I like them - for one simple reason...

...they are by far the most accurate BAYKO bricks ever made and they produce accurate, robust, good looking models.

Regardless of our 21st century perspective, the evolution of various bricks to the "flanged" or "minimalist" style was probably inevitable, given that they use less than 50% of the material needed to produce any of the earlier styles of bricks...

...on balance I think it's a shame they came so late.

As these parts are mainly found in sets #11 and #12, only two versions of the standard manual [left], are directly relevant...

...however, the set #15 leaflets [right] also overlap this production period, so...