Siku’s origins began in the German town of Ludenscheid in 1921. It was founded by Richard Sieper, a toolmaker working in metals and plastics. Early production items included aluminium cutlery, tools, belt buckles, buttons, military badges and decorations. The company went on to became a leader in the field of thermo-plastics, and in 1950 registered the name SIKU – formed from the first two letters of Sieper, and the first two letters of Kunstoff – the German word for synthetic material or plastic. Adapted from: Siku history
Below are scans taken from a German multi-lingual product catalogue showing the 1980 – 1981 range.
Adverts
UK. Eagle. 1983.
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The scans are lovely.👌
What scanner are you using?
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Thanks! It’s a Canon.
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Canon MG5500
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The little toyshop in my village sold these, I got the Range Rover and green van and still have them today. Good sturdy construction but very distinctly different from corgi and matchbox
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That’s great you still have those from childhood. I read that the quality of Siku was very high, for example the wheels had lots of details and came with rubber tyres. On the catalogue scans I like the idea of the transporter trucks that carried the pieces you could assemble into garages, bridges etc. A really good idea.
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Yes, the tyres were rubber! 🙂
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