Toys, toys, toys.  They keep rolling out from the farm toy makers.  For July look for new AGCO, CaseIH, John Deere and Versatile toys. 

Four wheel drives are proving to be popular items in 2005.  John Deere has the all new 1/12 scale radio contol 9520 4wd on the way in November from Ertl.  You can watch this green monster in action on the RC2 Ertl website by clicking on the image above.  There is also a new 1/64 John Deere historical set out.

Scale Models is busy with AGCO's new 1/16 Allis-Chalmers 440 4wd.  Scale has also just released a 1/16 Buhler Versatile 4wd.   Die-Cast Promotions is also just out with two 1/32 versions of the Versatile 1080 "Big Roy.

Case-New Holland also has new 4wd toys out.  The Precision Key Series IH 2+2 is sure to please any collector with its impressive detail.  A true summer surprise is the early release of the1/64 Fall Farm Show Edition STX 500 "50,000th Steiger.

There are plenty of other new toys in this issue of the Farm Toy Report.  Look for new models from classic row crops to big red pullers.

On August 15, 2005 the Farm Toy Report will announce the 2005 Toy Tractor Times Anniversary Tractor.   The 2005 tractor will continue the 1/16 scale series of Big 70's Power Tractors from The Toy Tractor Times.  The next Toy Tractor Times tractor celebrates 22 years of farm toy news from the well known magazine.  The model for 2005 will be all new tooling from Ertl.

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