History of the 'Times With the World of farm toy collecting changing in the 21st century, so too are your popular sources of information.  On November 1st, 2002, the popular Toy Tractor Times magazine and the online website Toy Tractor Show.com combined forces to bring to you the new The Toy Tractor Times.com e-zine version.  The Toy Tractor Times.com e-zine version  combines features of both sources of farm toy information into one online edition.  Toy Tractor Times owners Rick and Linda Larsen have sold their magazine to Toy Tractor Show.com’s creator and owner Jason Hasert.

The Toy Tractor Times is a farm toy magazine that began publication in August 1983. Linking together the chain of farm toy collectors, the Toy Tractor Times has served the needs of farm toy collectors for 20 years. The magazine includes interesting articles on farm toy collecting as well as upcoming toy shows and advertising. Each year since 1986 the Toy Tractor Times offers a special anniversary model for sale to the public. The tractor is limited and models sold during a two-month ordering period determine quantities.   The 2003 Toy Tractor Times Anniversary tractor is a 1973 Allis-Chalmers 7030  produced by Ertl.  Look for an exciting anniversary models from  The Toy Tractor Times and

ToyTractorShow.com marking the big iron of the 1970's over the next few years.  For an index of the 18 Toy Tractor Times Tractors from 1986-2003 visit http://www.toytractortimes.com/toytractortimestractors.htm.
The ToyTractorShow.com is a website for toy tractor collectors and tractor history enthusiasts. It covers toys and tractors built from 1970-2002.  ToyTractorShow.com's mission is to serve as the number one interactive source of toy tractor, modern tractor history, and collector projects on the web.

Jason Hasert founded ToyTractorShow.com on April 27, 2000. Jason has been collecting toys, equipment brochures, and pictures since the late 1970's.  In the its first year Toytractorshow.com expanded from web page on toy tractors depicting the farming season and featuring collectors favorite models to include major equipment brands in May 2000, the newest toys available in July 2000 and in August 2000 launched it first message board for collectors called Toy Talk.

In the year 2003 ToyTractorShow.com continues to grow.   TTS Toy Talk's popularity has grown by leaps and bounds in 2003 with over 60,000 farm toy collector posts. An exciting  TTS is feature is the Farm Toy Report. The Farm Toy Report is a monthly review of the latest toys available in the farm toy hobby, articles on classic 1/64 and 1/16 tractors offered from 1970-2000, custom built projects, tractor history and a very popular monthly top 10 Question and Answer section with RC/Ertl farm toy manager Bill Walters.  Over 3,000 collectors read the Farm Toy Report Monthly.

The Toy Tractor Times.com (http://www.toytractortimes.com)  offers a great new look at the World of farm toy collecting.  Collectors will be able to come together and view the new e-zine version through a pre-paid subscription.  The e-zine version will feature some of the “hot” topics such as precision models, increasing values of older 1/16th  and 1/64th models, how to build a 1/64th display, pedal tractors, 1/32nd European toys, what’s new on the market, as well as a variety of other topics.  Collectors will be able to continue and read articles written by a few of their old Toy Tractor Times favorites as well as new writers from Toy Tractor Show.com.  The Toy Tractor Times.com e-zine edition gives collectors a great opportunity by not having to wait for the mail to get their magazine, not having to pay shipping costs, and collectors can log on to the e-zine version from the convenience of their home or office.

The Toy Tractor Times.com and Jason Hasert look forward to serving farm toy collectors on the world wide web with 12 farm toy information packed issues a year.