1930 Bolognese John Canè (just 17 years, along with girlfriend Irma who he would marry five years later) went to work in the laboratory of her brother, Carlo Tolomelli. A small family business, where Charles, Irma and Giovanni, on behalf of the anonymous Corporation Bordoli, one of the very first importers of Chinese products,A passion for sculptures in Terracotta, first for work and then as a pastime, he remained unchanged until over 90 years of age (today he's 94). In the first world war, John and Irma took their own initiative, resulting in the initial months of 1946 in a new laboratory named the high-flying Machining Artigiana Terre Cotte of John Canè. Actually it was a cellar at the Porta s. Vitale, Bologna, where production was wooden toys, tinplate, cloth and naturally terra cotta, a production made of small dolls, puppets, cots, baby walkers and anything else
A new era
50 years for John began with the loss of his beloved wife alone with the 12-year old son, named Paul. the company moved to new premises with adjoining apartment, designed together with Irma, Via Vermeil. In 1952 the advent of the first injection machines for the molding of plastic, the mythical Negri Bossi, & c. NB 28, with a maximum capacity of injection of polystyrene with 28 grams, favored the gradual shift from production in terra cotta than plastic. In 1958, he worked with his son Paolo, and with him came re-energize the firm,an enterprise which meanwhile had changed company name to John Canè & Son to become permanently in 1963 Canè Playthings srl.
The production was confectionisd in little boxes, and then coloured where small cars, pans and crockery, were stuck or locked with elastic and then be packed in a transparent bag. At the same time there continued the traditional production of religous figures for the crib, small accessories for dolls etc. But the change was just around the corner, something new, in a European industrial landscape, something attracted the attention of John and Paul who in one of the frequent business trips in Nuremberg, took in the new ideas and met a revolutionary technique: blister packaging. A thermoformed PVC transparent mask that retained the pieces on card stock, without elastic joints, eliminating the bags.
Unfortunately, while 'notwithstanding the great potential, there was the high cost of production in Italy.
The technological breakthrough
It was only in 1966 following the collaboration with Vittorio Angeloni former classmate of Paul. Vittorio . He worked in a bolognose company specialized in the production of PVC blister.
Soon Canè Toys was able to be the strongest Italian producer of toys in blister pack, with an annual production of five million pieces. Along with their competitors bolognesi PRB and Dulcop, they had 90% of the blister circulating on the Italian market.
In 1967 with the intensified work of lithography. The first color, catalogues and card stock closing bags and paper, on which were fixed toys with eye-catching designs. A greatcontribution was that of the draughtsman, Luigi Minarelli, who had worked with John Canè since distant 1946, when he created the logo of the "little dog ".
Luigi Minarelli former student of the prestigious school of art in Bologna, was a multifaceted artist,
Year 1967
Article 205: Romans (Rome) blister 6 PCs. Copies of 6 inch American Louis Marx
Article 206: Cow Boys (Arizona) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 207: Indians (Alamo) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 208: Marines (Normandy) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Article 209: Romans, Cow Boys, Indians (Gallery Heroes) blister of 9 pieces.Seems the first originals
Year 1968
Article 204: Crusaders (Roncesvalles) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 205: Romans (Rome) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 206: Cow Boys (Arizona) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 207: Indians (Alamo) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 208: Marines (Normandy) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Article 209: Romans, Cow Boys, Indians (Gallery Heroes) blister of 9 pieces.
Year 1969
Article 204: Crusaders (Roncesvalles) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 205: Romans (Rome) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 206: Cow Boys (Arizona) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 207: Indians (Alamo) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 208: Marines (Normandy) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Year 1970
Article 203: Japanese (Bataan) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 204: Crusaders (Roncesvalles) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 205: Romans (Rome) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 206: Cow Boys (Arizona) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 207: Indians (Alamo) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 208: Marines (Normandy) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Year 1971
Article 1312: Vikinghi blister 6 PCs. Copies of statuettes Fontanini
Article 1313: Romans blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1314: Turks blister 6 PCs. Some copies of figurines of German Home Elastolin, other assembled differently, but always copies of figurines Elastolin.
Article 1315: Crusaders blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1350: Cow Boys blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1351: Indians blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 1352: people from the first version in 80 mm., blister 6 PCs. Copies of figurines House English Britain.
Article 1353: first version in 80 mm., blister 6 PCs. Copies of figurines House English Britain. Were identical to people but grey.
Article 1354: Marines blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Article 1355: Vietgong (Japanese) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Year 1972
Article 1312: Vikinghi blister 6 PCs. Copies of statuettes Fontanini
Article 1313: Romans blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1314: Turks blister 6 PCs. Some copies of figurines of German Home Elastolin, other assembled differently, but always copies of figurines Elastolin.
Article 1315: Crusaders blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1350: Cow Boys blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House
Article 1351: Indians blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louise Marx House
Article 1352: people from the first version in 80 mm., blister 6 PCs. Copies of figurines House English Britain.
Article 1353: Let first version in 80 mm., blister 6 PCs. Copies of figurines House English Britain. Were identical to people but grey.
Article 1354: Marines blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch American Louis Marx House.
Article 1355: Vietgong (Japanese) blister 6 PCs. Copies of soldatoni from 6 inch
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