The ado stand at the hygiene and food exhibition in Deventer, 1925

Verzuu collected

The ado toys catalog

Our goal is to present a full-color digital exhibit with all ado toys. However, please note that this project is far from completion. What has been added is organized into two time periods: from the opening of the workshop in the 1920s to the significant shift in product range and product numbers in the mid-1940s, and from that point until the closure of the sanatorium.

1922 – 1945

More than 250 models in countless colour variations – that was the ado range during this period: from all kinds of little doll house furniture pieces and streamlined cars to brightly coloured box sets.

1946 – 1962

From the mid 1940s, the collection underwent a complete transformation. Around 150 new models were introduced, often in just one colour combination – and sometimes even without any colour at all. Doll house furniture almost completely disappeared from the product range.