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Solido toys history
The company of Solido toys is installed in 1960 at Ivry-la-Bataille in Normandy (France), in an old hydroelectric factory built on the Eure. Headquarter is located in the Marechal Foch Street, in Versailles (78). The firm is directed by the three children (Charlotte, Jean and Colette) of the founder Ferdinand de Vazeilles, pioneer in many fields (1889-1984). Since 1932, Solido proposes "toys with transformations", kits manufactured in Mazac - a zinc alloy injected under pressure. The vehicles are propelled by spring engines. They are not yet reproductions strictly speaking.
In 1953 Ferdinand de Vazeilles bequeathes the lead of the company Solijouets SA to his son Jean René. In 1957, Jean chooses to sell his new ranges of miniatures, copies of existing machines, already assembled. Solido innovates with suspensions on the cars at 1:43 scale. The public discovers its models in a illustrated annual catalogue, like the packaging, by Jean Blanche's drawings.
