Kolibri children Puzzles

Puzzlediscs

The oldest versions of the discs were filled to the brim with pictures. The spaces in the middle were not connected. Only the brim was left.
(see top left and right)
In newer puzzles only the pictures were taken out. Educational aspect was to recognize shapes.
(see the other 6)

The "Bereboot"

A license was obtained for the Bereboot series, although our father's first interest was in fact for the Dutch children's television series "de Fabeltjeskrant". Although he was the first to apply, the license went to another company. Second prize was the Bereboot. At that time, it was a new series with no certainty for succes as it was not yet on the air. For both Disney and the Bereboot, our brother Vincent was assigned to make the drawings. For the Bereboot, this was a tricky job, as nothing was known about the characters and few sketches were available.
Our father always made the stencils for screenprinting himself. A job requiring accuracy that took a lot of time. Actually, this was just the kind of job for him. In later years, the experience with making the stencils for the puzzle-discs was an asset when it came to making the stencils for the Cartophotes , where every fraction of a millimeter made a world of difference.
When obtaining a Disney-license there was usually an obligation to have drawings delivered by the Disney company, but Vincents drawings that our Father sent to Disney as examples were found to be exceptionally good. Vincents drawings got permission to be used for all of the Disney puzzle discs.

PLAY MOVIE wont work anymore, flash disappeared so now we have a continous moving picture.
In the first Bereboot discs, the pieces were found to be too small. Therefore, a new design was made, where both size and location of some pieces was changed. Which explains the fact that the boxes, that were already printed in large numbers, didn't match the new design of the disc itself.