When it comes to collecting toys in the field of Things That Roll, it's often the model trains, toy automobiles and fire trucks that get most of the attention. Usually overlooked is a collectible toy ...
John Gruber received his first toy tractor from his parents when he was born in 1947. Today, that toy is the oldest of the more than 1,000 pieces of toy farm equipment he and his wife Kathy recently ...
ARCADIA, Neb. (KOLN) - Farm machine sheds often house more than just tractors. In a recent trip to Arcadia, we got a closer look at one producer’s collection of pedal tractors and much more. Bruce Ash ...
GOFF? As a child, Melvin Swart kept his toys with the care of an adult. As an adult, he collected toys with childlike enthusiasm. The extensive collection of this farmer who never outgrew his ...
In the field of antique cast-iron toy collecting, the Vindex John Deere brand is the cream of the crop — and assembling a collection of these rare and costly toys is anything but child’s play. They ...
“I call this farm tractor a toy, but my husband refers to it as a diecast replica,” said Mary Opyt of Beecher as she and her husband, Burleigh, leafed through a catalog detailing farm toys. Burleigh ...
Toy land is a real place. Step into the green and yellow confines of a remodeled horse barn in a corner of Kansas, and marvel at a time capsule in the form of a veritable toy museum, stocked with ...
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Do you have a kid obsessed with tractors? Do you find yourself craning to see tractors in the fields during the harvest? Does the sight of a tractor in action give you a warm ...
The 8th Annual Northwest Alabama Farm Toy Show is returning to Colbert County in February.
Like they have been every Father's Day for two decades, little tractors will be a big deal in LaMoure this weekend. The city of just under 1,000 about 100 miles southeast of Fargo will be home to the ...
MATTOON — Vintage John Deeres, International Harvesters and other tractors drew crowds of visitors to the Cross County Mall on Saturday for the East Central Illinois Antique Farm Equipment Club's Farm ...
RANDOLPH - There are some toys that arent just for children. Collecting farm toys is growing in popularity. Stuart Vander Galien, a dairy farmer who lives south of Randolph, has a special reason for ...