Farm toys

X-Y switch · Mar 29, 2018

Would like to start a collection of model tractors. Can someone tell me who makes the most detailed model ? A few years ago I was in a shop at the Lake of the Ozarks and they had an H Farmall and a styled WC that were detailed to the limit. Cant remember the maker, maybe Franklin Mint ? Don't want but a few models, but would like to have the best. Thanks for any assistance, Harry

SVcummins · Mar 29, 2018

A lot of the Franklin mint stuff is just rebranded ertl
stuff . The ertl precision series has a lot of detail .
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GaryinKs · Mar 29, 2018

I would not buy any toys made in China, you will be better off buying the older American made

Brendon-KS · Mar 30, 2018

A while back I purchased a Unimog model made by Weise Toys, a German company. In addition to their
Unimog line they also have a variety of tractor models, mostly of the European brands. The
pictures didn't do this model justice at all - I was amazed by the level of detail; there's even
decals on the dash that you about need a magnifying glass to read. Doors open, top removes, bed
tilts, 3-point hitches go up and down, actual coil spring axle suspension, steerable front wheels,
and accurately detailed in every area. Based on my experience I'd highly recommend models from
this company.

Brendon-KS · Mar 30, 2018

The simple fact is that if a person is looking to buy highly-detailed, "collector style" toys you're just not going to find much that is made in the USA. This genre didn't really exist back when toys were being made here and frankly, it is offshore manufacturing that allows these models to exist at all, at least at a price point the average guy can afford. The return-on-investment is simply not there for a company to tool up and produce such things in the USA for such a limited market.

steve706 · Mar 30, 2018

Very nice looking, are they a mix of metal and plastic, or basically all plastic? Weise does make a nice line of toys from what I?ve seen online.

Noah W · Mar 30, 2018

I have the Franklin Mint collection. 12 models I think.

1::12 scale, highly detailed, and good quality werk.

Here is an example:

Farmall A

Most are available on EBay.

Noah W

rrlund · Mar 30, 2018

All I can tell you from years of toy collecting and making mistakes,just buy what you like. It's your collection and you only need to impress yourself.

RedMF40 · Mar 30, 2018

(quoted from post at 21:00:47 03/29/18) A lot of the Franklin mint stuff is just rebranded ertl
stuff . The ertl precision series has a lot of detail .
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I clicked on the link, more than impressed by the prices of some of the model tractors--$2500 or so. I'll stick with my real 9N, plenty of detail, has had a hard life and shows it. I did put together the ERTL model trucks when I was a kid--and I found they were the most detailed and had best quality. Recent search shows maybe they were swallowed up by AMT? I'd always considered them the lowest of the low-end models.

Brendon-KS · Mar 30, 2018

Everything you see that is green is metal with most of the other components being plastic. There are lots of individual pieces in the assembly - the tooling needed to produce something like this would be quite extensive. To make a detailed model of a machine that was designed on a drawing board and not CAD would take a lot of time and effort to make accurately. The toys of modern machines are made from CAD models ("dumbed down", of course) provided by the equipment manufacturers but this wouldn't be available for the vintage stuff.

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 30, 2018

IMHO it is a good time to get into it. The older fellows that collected these toys are starting to pass on and the interest is not there in the younger generations. Prices are dropping.

Back in 2015 I bought a Franklin Mint Oliver Super 99 at a show for what I thought was a steal at $100. Ebay is usually a good indicator of what the actual market value of these things are, and there were plenty selling for north of $100 at the time. Now, you're doing well if someone will buy it now for $65.

Generally speaking that seems to be the same across the board for the premium toys like this. The vendors at the shows will try to sell them at what they used to sell for, but you'll notice that they have the same stock show after show after show. Nothing moves because nobody wants them and they're overpriced.

Same deal going on with cattle on Craigslist. Lots trying to ask prices from a year ago when things were good, hoping someone is dumb enough to pay too much.

redih55 · Mar 30, 2018

I've bought quite a few Precision models at well below what they were new at auctions. Case in point-I bought a Precision 4020 with the mounted 237 corn picker New In The Box at an auction for 95.00. When they first came out, that model was around 185-190.00.

504 · Mar 30, 2018

I like Spec Cast.nice stuff and the price is not too bad.

SVcummins · Mar 31, 2018

Paid 237$ for mine right off the dealer shelf and one of the least impressive of all the first precision series . I bought the John Deere dozer which I think was the second series and that thing was awesome . I have about 20 different precision?s all John Deere . Non of the off breed dealers were carrying any toys at that time

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