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New Releases and How did Bill Walters Get His Name?

Apr 12th 2018

Greetings from Dyersville. I can’t believe we’re in the middle of April already. Once the weather starts warming up I’m ready to get outside and start working on the yard. A while ago I found an old picture of my dad and his team of horses. My dad loved these horses, along with all the horses he owned over the years. Since we’re talking about horses, here’s an interesting story. …
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Where in the World is Bill Walters

Feb 21st 2018

Greetings from Dyersville. I’m just back from spending a few days in Germany at the huge Nuremberg International Toy Fair.TOMY has a very nice showroom at Nuremberg where we displayed our new products for 2018.I’m sure some of you are aware that Britains farm toys are part of TOMY, just like Ertl.The William Britains company started making hollow cast figures back in 1893 and produced their …
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Happy New Year!

Jan 16th 2018

Greetings from Dyersville. I hope your 2018 is starting off good. Here in Iowa we are very cold! A few weeks ago 30 degrees felt very cold and right now it would feel great! As I drove into work on January 2nd, the temperature outside was -17 degrees. With the exception of the 8 years I was in the military, I’ve spent my entire life in Iowa so I should be used to cold weather. Even stil …
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National Farm Toy Show Recap

Dec 5th 2017

Greetings from Dyersville. It’s hard to believe the Holidays are upon us and 2017 is coming to a close! Hopefully you have wrapped up harvest where you are from. I had a great time talking to everyone at the National Farm Toy Show. Our showroom was busy all weekend long. We tried to answer everyone’s questions about the new product we displayed. We received many questions abo …
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