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2004 Plow City Toy Show
By David Tallon, Tallon Custom Collectables

Eldon Trumm and family once again hosted the Plow City Toy Show in Moline, Illinois on August 13th and 14th. This was the 24th year that Eldon and company have organized the event, and the third year for it in the Mark on the John Deere Commons. The show tractor this year was a "long stripe" John Deere 6030 with wide, single rear tires. Eldon and Ertl did a great job on this model, and it is sure to be popular with collectors. The vendors covered tables set up on the arena floor and offered a wide array of farm toys and memorabilia. Van Kley's Farm Toys brought the latest farm toy releases, including the Buhler Versatiles in 1/64 and 1/32 scales, and the new Ertl 1/64 Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram 2500 pickups that had just arrived a few days before the show. They also had a large selection of custom tractors and implements. Bossen Implements had a wide variety of new toys, including several items from Bruder and Siku. Several vendors featured highly detailed 1/16 custom tractors and implements. Others still had a nice selection of older farm toys in various scales. Ertl had a display featuring their newest releases. Items of note from their display were the new 1/64 Frontier grain cart and the 1/64 John Deere Waterloo Tractor set, which includes the new 7520, and the revised 9620 with cab glass. They also had a soon-to-be-released Collectors Edition 6030 with duals, and a new set of plastic John Deere children's toys. Toy Farmer and Spec Cast also had booths featuring their newest offerings.

Outside the Mark, the air was filled with the sound of two-cylinder antique tractors. The Plow City Toy Show is held in conjunction with the John Deere Collector's Center Auction and Antique Tractor Show. A memorabilia auction was held Friday night after the toy show, and there was plenty to bid on at the toy and antique tractor auction on Saturday afternoon. For those that wanted to see more modern equipment, the John Deere Pavilion had several new tractors and implements on display.

The show was held at the Mark on the John Deere Commons.	Vendors set up on tables on the Mark's arena floor.
The Plow City Toy Show commemorative tractor was a John Deere 6030.	Several vendors offered older farm toys like this White 9700 Harvest Boss combine.
Red Wagon Antiques had this nice custom 1/16 John Deere 7720 combine for sale.	This decked out custom STX 500 was offered by Herman Reschke.
In addition to the normal offerings from Ertl and Scale Models, Bossen Implement had several newly released toys from Siku, Bruder and Norscot.	Ertl's display of new toys fit well with the "All-Green" theme of the weekend. Included in their new releases is this set of John Deere tractors made at the Waterloo Works.
On display outside the John Deere Pavilion was this 7920 hooked to a 1790 planter	This John Deere model B with cultivator was among those on display near the Collector's Center.
This immaculately restored 4620 was among the tractors up for auction.	Also up for auction was this experimental 820 that began life as an 80 and was used by Deere to develop the 820.

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JRC Farms Custom Farm Toys and Tractors

For as long as Farm Toys have been manufactured they have been customized and reproduced. This is nothing new in the farm toys line whether they are sandbox toys or collectors Farm Toys. There will be custom built farm toys for years to come.

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The R&P stands for Randy & Patti Ihnen. Yes, we truly are a "mom & pop" business. Randy is the toy maker and Patti is the "computer wizard". R&P Vintage Farm Toys specializes in custom made metal farm toys. The toys also may include cloth for canvases and wooden slats, but do not contain any plastic parts. The farm toys are for display and collecting purposes only and are not made to be played with by children. Customer satisfaction is our #1 goal here at R&P Vintage Farm Toys. If you're not happy, we're not happy! We hope to hear from you soon at www.randpvintagefarmtoys.com

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