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Greetings from Dyersville!

It’s officially June and we’re getting ready for the Summer Farm Toy Show. We’ve finally gotten some warm days, which makes the weeds want to grow up in the garden faster than I can hoe and pull them out. I’ve also discovered a slow leak in the right front tire of my lawn mower. Every time I want to mow I have to put air in it. You would think I should just take the time to take it off and get it fixed, but for some reason I haven’t gotten that done, at least not yet. And, on top of that, someone stole the spare tire off of my truck. Trying to find a good used tire/rim has made me realize how valuable/expensive those spare tires are. Hopefully I’ll have one soon and I won’t worry so much about not having one. But, I do get to work with farm toys on a daily basis, so life isn’t all bad!

In my last blog I told you we will have our display open for the Summer Farm Toy Show the first weekend in June. We have quite a few new items to show you, including all the farm show units. You might already know the John Deere units from the Facebook Live video, but here they are again. In 1:32nd scale we’re featuring the John Deere 8R 410 wheeled tractor with front and rear duals (Stock # 45805OTP) This is the first 1:32nd wheeled 8R version and will have gold painted “chase” units. In 1:64th scale we’re offering the tracked X9 1100 combine (Stock # 45761OTP). This is the first release of a tracked combine and will have silver painted “chase” units randomly inserted into the production run.

For Case IH farm show units we’re featuring both a 1:32nd and 1:64th Case IH AFS Connect 620 Quadtrac tractors that celebrate special 25th anniversary graphics featuring a two-tone silver and red hood and rear chassis (Stock # for the 1:32nd is 44257OTP and the 1:64th is 44258OTP). Both units will have “chase” units that will be painted in a flat silver finish.

For New Holland the farm show unit will be a 1:64th T9.600 SmartTrax tracked tractor (Stock # 13964OTP). This unit will feature a special blue and white “chase” tractor that pays homage to some of the special paint schemes that Ford used on their “FW” series tractors. I have to find one of these for myself.

Other new 1:64th models that we’ll be showing include a 1:64th Allis Chalmers 7045 tractor with rear duals and front diamond tread tires (Stock # 16426).

Another item is the 1:64th Co-op Implements Panther II tractor (Stock # 16425OTP). We are only producing 5,000 units of this tractor and it will include gold metallic painted tractors into the production run. Both of these tractors are available to pre-order through our outlet store here in Dyersville. We also have a Gleaner harvesting set in the works. More details to come on this.

Last, but not least, we’re also happy to announce we’re producing a 1:16th Farmall 1206 with heat houser and rear duals for the National Farm Toy Museum (Stock # 44255OTP). This tractor will feature the early 1206 graphics, 3-point hitch, front weights, and more! We’ll have a sample at the show for you to review.

Keep checking on Facebook for updated information on the Summer Farm Toy Show, special announcements, sneak peeks and product updates.

Until next time,

Bill