First Construction sets
In 1956 Rokus designs the main elements of which later will become Sio Montage. The slats get holes in a pattern of 12,5 - 25 - 12,5 mm.
The prototype has uncolored slats and black bakelelite bolts.
In the period the first Montage originates, Rokus designs a number of other construction sets with parts in it which appear later in the Sio Montage sets.
Construction set design for V&D with wooden bolts.
The first Montage had bakelite bolts and wooden nuts.
Design made for Hema. Construction set with slats, wheels and -still- bakelite nuts. The slats have 3 holes. This box is, except for the name, the first of the later Sio Montage serie of construction sets.
Box with models of two airplanes. The first model is of a Spitfire, shown with instructions. The aircraft was assembled with black bakelite bolts. The second model is a Fokker biplane.
Size: 38,5 × 39 × 16,5 cm, 1,6 kg
Design made for Hema. Construction set for the building of cars, trucks or crane-truck. The elements are hold together with wired sticks and bolts. The print on the bottom of the box makes it a 'toolbox'.
Buildingset with coloured blocks, wired sticks and bolts, for building cars, trucks or trains. The print on the bottom of the box makes it a 'toolbox'.
Already in those years the Hema initiated to develop new products. Regularly designs made for the Hema were taken in the Sio collection in the next year.
This series of construction kits from 1957 is a good example of the collaboration between Rokus and Corry. Additionally, it represents the new era in which more technical possibilities were available in the field of (wood) manufacturing, packaging, and printing techniques. The 3-color print with overlapping color shapes, without black contours, was applied in many designs by Corry and Rokus during this period.
Box with handmade parts.
Large buildings can be made with wirde sticks, coloured blocks and bolts. Technico was a serie of 4 construction sets in various sizes.
Size: 30 × 21 × 3,2 cm
Third box in a serie of 4, with extra parts such as gear wheels. The print on the bottom of the box makes it a toolbox.
Size: 41 × 29 × 3,2 cm
Building set to make different cars. A gear wheel makes a rattling noise when the car moves. Trucky contained Sio Montage parts such as coloured slats and bolts.
Size: 48,5 × 30,5 × 6,5 cm
Car parts assembled with Sio Montage bolts.
Size: 30 × 13 × 18 cm
Truck with folder and spare parts.
Size: 31 × 13 × 13 cm
Size: 25 × 15 × 19 cm
Truck Cabins painted at the Sio Factory.