Welcome to the May 2007 Toy Tractor Times Hay and Dairy Issue. The sweet smell of freshly mowed hay fills the air through out the month May as dairy farmers and cattle ranchers put up their first cutting.This Month The Toy Tractor Times has some great features on hay and dairy farm toys. Jason Rhodes shares stories on several of the interesting 1/16 items he has scratch built from a John Deere Hay Cuber to a Hesston Big Baler. Saluki Toys has a great preview in Under the Scope of the new International 460 witha manure forks loader. Variations by Dan Adamson features the 1/64 John Deere utility tractors. Jim Simpson runs down all of the 1/16 New Idea Manure spreaders you can collect. Jim also has a new article giving values on farm toys and hay tools are the topic for May. The Literature Rack by Gordy Schultz highlights the 200,000th New Holland Round Baler. Toy Tractor Times TV has great videos on a 1/64 dairy display and CLAAS Forage Equipment.
On the collector side this month Toy Tractor Times continues Doug Harke’s series on the growth of the Farm Toy Hobby in the 1980’s. Toy Tractor Times talks with Bill Walters from Ertl about the new CaseIH Puma. Dave Tallon gives tips on building a 1/64 crew cab dually pick up truck. Rick Hartwell brings us 1/32 news from Holland on a highly detailed custom Ford 8210. Don’t forget to stop by Spud Lad Dave’s Truck Stop to see what is new in the model truck world.
Until Next Times……………
Jason and Stefanie Hasert
Featured Farm Toy of the Month
Robert Anderson
Oliver Bale Master
The 1950 Slik Oliver Bale Master small square baler w/ engine and goose-neck hitch is one of the earliest toy balers. Oliver was a major player in the baler market during the 1940's and 1950's. The Slik Toys Oliver baler is a highly praised collectors item with a value of $375.
About the Cover
Each year the May Toy Tractor Times features hay and dairy topics. The May cover highlights a different scale year rotating from 1/32 to 1/16 to 1/64. This year is a 1/64 year featuring the 1998 AGCO Toy Catalog cover from Ertl. New for 1998 was the 1/64 White 6175, AGCO-Allis 9695 and Hesston 565A round baler. The Ertl Fatrm Country Barn Set helps finish off this great looking AGCO scene. Maybe for 2008 The Toy Tractor Times will feature 1/87 scale haying on the May cover?
The mid year John Deere summer surprises from Ertl have been announced.New items:
1/16 Key Precision #5: John Deere 620 LP High Crop
1/32 John Deere 8430 4wd with dozer blade and DVD on the 4wds 1975 Introduction
1/32 Precision Series II #4: John Deere 8430
1/64 Authentic Series #2: 4930 Sprayer
1/64 John Deere 9420 Scrapper Special
See the 2007 Summer Surprise flyer and all the John Deere toys at
www.toytractorshow.com/articles?cat=john-deere
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Linking Together The Chain Of Farm Toy Collectors: CLAAS COUGAR
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Under the Scope1/16 International 460 w/Loader – 2007 World Pork Expoby Matt Hirtz...
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What's it Worth? The May 2007 Toy Tractor Times looks at popular haying toys in 1/16 scale thr...
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The North Sewickley Vol. Fire Department, located in Beaver County, PA, hosted a Farm Toy Sh...
Next 'Times
June means is it tractor pulling season. Each year the June Toy Tractor Times features pulling tractors. This year the June Toy Tractor Times is ready to rumble with AGCO farm toys. We will highlight AGCO pulling tractors, collectors edtions and AGCO heritage brands. Look for AGCO tractor videos on Toy Tractor Times TV.
Featured Website
Dreamscapes Dairy is a 150 cow, 400 acer farm display owned by Nick and Dick located in Prattsburgh, NY. This farm is a representation of the farm they would have if we could do it for real. Dreamscapes Dairy runs all Agco tractors all the time. Visit Dreamscapes Dairy's Toy Tractor Times website to see a nice dairy display and lots of custom AGCO models.
Visit this website: www.dreamscapesdairy.toytractortimes.com
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