Date   : Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:25:44 +0000
From   : Ben Newsam <ben@...>
Subject: Re: buggies - thousands of them!

In message <BDC8AEA2.16761%darren.grant@...>, Darren Grant 
<darren.grant@...> writes
>Those are Fisher-Technic kits. Much like lego/mechano but more hi-tech.
>
>It is a german construction kit that included a lot of electronic components
>as well as the usual bricks and wheels so to speak.

Fischertechnik  is a German construction kit system, but the BBC Buggy 
was very much designed and made in Britain. It was part of the BBC 
Computer Literacy Project, and featured in the BBC TV programmes on the 
subject.
-- 
Ben Newsam