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Big Fun With New Big JD Combine
Your kids will like this big 1/16-scale S670 Deere combine introduced by Ertl. With realistic moving parts, battery-operated lights, and combine sounds it’s sure to be on the wish list of young wannabe farmers as well as kid-at-heart retired farmer/collectors.
  “We’ve been asked by collectors for years to do a 1/16-scale combine,” says Bill Walters, vice president of Ertl’s toy line. “It gets expensive to tool and make the molds, so at first we were hesitant to go down that road. Our goal was to keep the retail price under $100, and that’s what we did.”
  The biggest toy in Ertl’s Big Farm models, the combine is all plastic and designed to be played with. It’s 27 in. long, 14 in. tall and 12 in. wide. Requires 3 AAA batteries to operate the lights and sound.
  It’s not a rider, but kids get the full combining experience if they run popcorn or soybeans through the working auger.
  “We put a grain head on it so when you push it on the ground, the bars turn around and the auger works. Just pushing it you see how the head works and functions. There’s a knob on the back to steer the combine,” Walters says.
  It’s fun for kids, yet detailed enough for collectors. Retails from $75 to $95 at Deere dealerships and retail stores.
  Ertl also came out with Deere S690 combines in 1/32-scale (about $50) and 1/64-scale (about $20). They include diecast parts and the first draper heads on toy combines.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ertl, 2021 9th St. S.E., Dyersville, Iowa 52040 (ph 563 875-2000; www.ertl.com).


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2013 - Volume #37, Issue #1