Bouw Mee - Albouw
'Bouw Mee' was produced by Albouw, headquartered in Baarn, The Netherlands and sold bij S.I.O., sales office in Amsterdam. Most likely sold in this period: 1949~1953. The building system consists of wooden columns, wherein wooden fixtures and cardboard plates could be mounted. It's also possible to create a nice flush bottom layer, inside the fundation trusses. […]
Profilo
"Civil engineering for boys" Brick construction toy, created by Dutch company concrete factory 'Duinker & Verruijt'. The system is manufactured between 1943~1946. This is my first 'brick' building toy. It's a heavy box, different texture feel and nice to build with. Funny detail: reading the manual, they also encourage you to add cardboard windows etc […]
JeuJura
JeuJura is a nice wooden construction system to make Swiss chalet / log cabin like buildings. It has been been made by Jeujura since 1941 to the present. The company was founded in 1911. Manufacturer: jeujura.fr / jeujura.com / facebookUser group: facebookManuals & catalogs: bauge.overblog.comExtensive user blog: woodenlog24.overblog.com Initial series, from 1940s In the initial […]
S.I.O. - Sioliet Toys
"The wooden buildings" S.I.O. was a sales agent, with a head quarter in Amsterdam and at least a factory in Vroomshoop. They sold a lot of different toys, started in 1938 and went bankrupt in 1982 after a big fire. SIO stands for: "Speelgoed industrie Overijssel". Around 1950s S.I.O. sold a toy range called SIOLIET. […]
Elba - Moubal
Construction toy, manufactured by 'van Mouwerik and Bal', Dutch company Moubal, Zeist, The Netherlands, between 1939~1941. The full set consists of stamped cardboard material: trusses, floor tiles, walls & fences. More information + manuals: mobaco.nl/Elba Patented Patent (NL49313C) was filed by Harmen Elsinga on 27 January 1939 and granted in September 1940. Boxes A & B […]
MiniBrix – Premo Rubber Company
"Minibrix sets were manufactured by the Premo Rubber company of Petersfield, Hants. Premo was a subsidiary of the I.T.S. Rubber Company, which Arnold Levy had founded in Sandringham Road, Petersfield in 1919." ... "The minibrix system is patented 1935, in the names of the Premo Rubber Company and Arnold Levy." It is produced up to […]
Bayko
"The world's first and finest plastic (building) construction toy." Invented by C.B. Plimpton and patented in 1933. Bayko is manufactured by Plimpton Engineering Company Ltd, between 1934-1958. Bayko is taken over by Meccano between 1959-1960s. Many informative sources: Active facebook group,BaykoMan, Melright, MeccanoIndex-Bayko,Bayko Collectors clubs, Brighton Toy Museum Copyrights... The Bayko name and logo are the […]
Bâtiss
Bâtiss was a wooden construction system to make buildings. The wooden parts were assembled using metal rods on a fibreboard base. Cardboard doors and windows could be added. Invented by M. Louis Delval from France and patented in 1932. Manufactured by Louis Delval and Ernest Philippe, Flines-lez-Râches (close to Lille), France. Batiss boxes are sold […]
Batima
Invented by Belgium Joseph Girlot and patented in June 1923. Batima seems to be manufactured in Brussels, unsure during what time frame. Then Batima is reissued by the Belgium manufacturer Nazaire Beeusaert, in Deinze, Belgium, from 1954~1959. Other sources: Batima - first series: "These Batima stones are made of the early plastic "Galiath". An invention […]
Bumpalow Town
The Milton Bradley company, produced some different sets of cardboard houses in the earlies 1900s. Actualy, these toys are more puzzels, then real construction toys. But I did still like the Bumpalow Town set. On top of that, it's my sons (3y) favorite old game. Not realy building, just move the buildings around, creating different […]