Prices of Meccano Outfits 1958-63

Prices of Outfits and Motors 1958-63

The following table shows the prices of Meccano outfits and motors
during the light red and green period.

UK Prices
Outfit, etc	1958	1959	1960	Feb 1961	Aug 1961	Feb 1962	June 1962*	1963
Main Outfits:
00	6/11	6/9	6/9	7/3	7/4
0	11/6	11/-	11/-	11/9	11/9	13/6	13/3	13/3
1	17/6	16/11	16/11	17/11	18/3	19/11	19/9	19/9
2	£1/4/9	£1/4/-	£1/4/-	£1/6/-	£1/6/3	£1/8/11	£1/8/6	£1/8/6
3	£1/14/6	£1/13/6	£1/13/6	£1/15/6	£1/15/11	£1/18/11	£1/18/6	£1/18/6
4	£2/9/6	£2/8/-	£2/8/-	£2/12/-	£2/12/9	£2/19/11	£2/19/6	£2/19/6
5	£3/9/6	£3/7/9	£3/7/9	£3/11/6	£3/12/6	£4/2/6	£3/19/11	£3/19/11
6	£4/4/-	£4/2/-	£4/2/-	£4/8/-	£4/9/4	£5/2/6	£4/19/11	£4/19/11
7	£6/7/6	£6/4/-	£6/4/-	£6/12/6	£6/14/4	£6/17/6	£6/15/6	£6/15/6
8	£10/5/-	£9/19/6	£9/19/6	£10/11/-	£10/13/11	£11/15/-	£11/12/-	£11/12/-
9	£16/15/-	£16/6/-	£16/6/-	£17/10/-	£17/14/10	£19	£18/15/-	£18/15/-
10P (chest)	£45	£43/15/-
10D (cabinet)		£43/15/-	£43/15/-	£46/15/-	£47/7/8	£50	£49/6/-	£49/6/-
Accessory Outfits:
00a	4/9	4/8	4/8	4/11	5/-
0a	7/6	7/3	7/3	7/6	7/8	8/11	8/9	8/9
1a	8/6	8/3	8/3	8/6	8/7	10/6	10/3	10/3
2a	14/11	14/6	14/6	15/-	15/4	15/11	15/9	15/9
3a	17/11	17/6	17/6	18/6	18/7	£1/5/11	£1/5/3	£1/5/3
4a	£1/3/11	£1/3/3	£1/3/3	£1/5/-	£1/5/4	£1/11/11	£1/11/6	£1/11/6
5a	19/-	18/6	18/6	19/9	£1	£1/4/11	£1/4/6	£1/4/6
6a	£1/18/6	£1/17/6	£1/17/6	£1/19/-	£1/19/6	£1/19/6	£1/18/11	£1/18/11
7a	£4/7/6	£4/5/-	£4/5/-	£4/10/-	£4/11/1	£5/2/6	£5/1/-	£5/1/-
8a	£4/2/6	£4	£4	£4/4/-	£4/5/2	£5/9/6	£5/8/3	£5/8/3
9a	£22/10/-	£21/17/6	£21/17/6	£22/10/-	£22/16/2	£26/10/-	£26/2/6	£26/2/6
Special Outfits:
Gears B	15/6	15/3	15/3	16/6	16/10	18/6	18/3	18/3
Mechanisms		£1/9/6	£1/9/6	£1/10/6	£1/10/11	£1/13/6	£1/12/11	£1/12/11
Elekrikit								£3/17/11
Motors:
Magic	6/10	6/8	6/8	6/11	7/1	8/3	8/3	8/3
No.1	18/6	18/-	18/-	£1/-/6	£1/-/8	£1/2/6	£1/2/-	£1/2/-
E020	£1/7/6	£1/6/9
E20R	£1/19/6	£1/18/6
E15R		£1/18/6	£1/18/6	£2/2/6	£2/3/-	£2/5/11	£2/5/6	£2/5/6
Emebo							19/6	19/6

*1962 Prices reduced due to removal of purchase tax in April.
Information courtesy Clive Weston.

Prices shown are UK prices, in Pounds/Shillings/Pence. For those who can't remember the good old days, there were 12 pence in a shilling, and 20 shillings in a pound. (Now where did I put that calculator?)

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Canadian Prices
Outfit, etc	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
Main Outfits:	(11/858/50)	(11/859/50)	(11/460/50)	(11/661/50)	(10/362/5)	(7/563/45)
00	$1.35	$1.35	$1.35	$1.60	$1.75
0	$1.95	$1.95	$1.95	$2.25	$2.50	$2.75
1	$3.25	$3.25	$3.25	$3.75	$3.95	$3.95
2	$4.50	$4.50	$4.50	$4.95	$5.50	$5.95
3	$6.25	$6.25	$6.25	$6.95	$7.50	$7.95
4	$8.75	$8.75	$8.75	$9.95	$10.95	$11.95
5	$12.95	$12.95	$12.95	$13.95	$14.95	$16.95
6	$15.50	$15.50	$15.50	$17.95	$18.50	$20.95
7	$23.50	$23.50	$23.50	$26.95	$27.95	$28.50
8	$37.50	$37.50	$37.50	$41.95	$43.95	$49.50
9	$62.50	$62.50	$62.50	$69.50	$73.95	$79.50
10P (chest)	$165	$165
10D (cabinet)	$165	$165	$165	$195	$205	$219
Accessory Outfits:
00a	$0.85	$0.85	$0.85	$0.95	$0.98
0a	$1.35	$1.35	$1.35	$1.50	$1.50	$1.75
1a	$1.50	$1.50	$1.50	$1.75	$1.75	$1.95
2a	$2.75	$2.75	$2.75	$2.95	$3.15	$2.95
3a	$3.35	$3.35	$3.35	$3.95	$3.95	$4.95
4a	$4.50	$4.50	$4.50	$4.95	$5.25	$5.95
5a	$3.50	$3.50	$3.50	$3.95	$4.25	$4.95
6a	$6.50	$6.50	$6.50	$7.50	$7.75	$7.95
7a	$16.50	$16.50	$16.50	$17.95	$18.95	$20.95
8a	$14.95	$14.95	$14.95	$16.95	$17.75	$21.95
9a	$83.50	$83.50	$83.50	$89.50	$97.50	$110
Special Outfits:
Gears B	$2.95	$2.95	$2.95	$3.25	$3.75	$3.95
Mechanisms		$5.50	$5.50	$5.95	$6.95	$6.95
Elektrikit						$16.95
Motors:
Magic	$1.25	$1.25	$1.25	$1.50	$1.75	$1.75
No.1	$3.50	$3.50	$3.50	$3.95	$4.75	$4.95
E020	$5.50	$5.50
E20R	$7.95
E15R		$7.95	$7.95	$8.95	$10.75	$10.50
Emebo						$4.50

Canadian information courtesy Greg Rahn.