What's your new/favorite toy?

[IH enthusiast]

post pictures of your newest or favorite toys.

[Mark (EC,IN)]

Have a couple.

It's not my newest,  but it's the one I'm most proud of. I looked for a long time for one. The toy baler was made by Gilson Reicke.

As a kid, I had some seat time on a real outfit like the hay baler and a Farmall "M".

 

I have no idea who built the tandem 1206 toy,  but I bought it from the "Farmall Land"  auction.  I'd seen it on a visit to the museum and thought it was neat, being I'm a 1206 lover.

[KSBobF20]

    Far from new, definitely my favorite, only toy dad ever gave me, I combined a couple million acres with it in the late 60's early 70's  also only toy I kept from my childhood, sorry it's not Red but I had a Farmall M and red wagon I hauled grain to bin with but they was passed on to younger cousins when I got older.

 

   

[Mark (EC,IN)]

5 hours ago, KSBobF20 said:

    Far from new, definitely my favorite, only toy dad ever gave me, I combined a couple million acres with it in the late 60's early 70's  also only toy I kept from my childhood, sorry it's not Red but I had a Farmall M and red wagon I hauled grain to bin with but they was passed on to younger cousins when I got older.

 

   

From your age description,  I assume it's a model "G".

[twostepn2001]

A friend built these two tractors for me in trade for some computer drawings l did for him at a toy show. l had bought the 5288 off of ebay for $5.00 plus shipping and the 1486 for $7.00 plus shipping. l always thought a 5X88 series tractor would look sharp as a "Lone Star Edition". He built one to be auctioned off at the show and proceeds went to a local children's clinic. But unknown to me until later, he had built a second one to give to me. 

here's how it looked when l got it and then the finished toy.

Here is the 1486 "before and after." At one time, there was a huge potato grower in Washington state named Peter Taggeres that every piece of equipment was painted white. This extended from his tractors, potato diggers, and potato trucks to his corporate jet, Mercedes, Cadillacs and yacht. On his 3,500-acre farm in Othello, Washington, even the telephone poles are painted white. First pic is one of his real tractors.

Here is a "before" pic of the 1486 l bought on ebay for $7.00.

 

Here is the finished "Tater Tot Tractor" that Gabe did for me. 

 

 

[KSBobF20]

9 hours ago, Mark (EC,IN) said:

From your age description,  I assume it's a model "G".

      Most likely a generic gleaner, there is no model on it and I don't remember any gleaners that had ladder on both sides up to engine. Also no manufactures name on toy,I'm 100% sure it would of been bought at AC dealership.

     At time dad had a Gleaner A, few years later he bought brand new F I thought the F was a monster lol. He bought used G few years later and we ran them both until he passed way to young in 88.  

[SEMN]

Here is my newest and one my favorites. It is the 1/16 precision 1460 that Ertl came out with last year. It is a really nice model. 

[5088]

1460 does look nice.   I'm kind of digging the farm show Steiger 785 in Steiger green.  Don't have it close but it's a neat model.

[Mr. Plow]

First toy as a kid, and favorite.....1973 IH backhoe.

If it was mint in the original blue box it would be worth a boat load....

Also have the 2-3 year newer NIB version.

[twostepn2001]

14 hours ago, Mr. Plow said:

.1973 IH backhoe.

l have a 3444 backhoe my son got for me at a flea market several years ago. l notice there is quite a few differences to the one you have. l wonder if mine is a newer or older version than yours? 

[Mr. Plow]

Older version, 3444 came before the 2500A

[John Rowehl]

I bought the 273 baler this fall. I’ve had the 880 for 10+ years. Used the real life versions of this combination quite a lot in my late teen years.

I’ve had the 263 disk for a couple of years but finally got it out of the box to display with the 826. The 826 was the first scale model I ever bought 15+ years ago. I would have liked to have had an Oliver 252 disk, which is what we actually had on the farm. Not the first time I bought a scale model that wasn’t quite what I was looking for but figured it might be the closest thing I might ever find. The 252 was originally a 11 1/2’ wide. My father had added the wings after he got the 826.

[drglinski]

Here are most of mine.  I have most of them from my childhood of carpet farming (save for one or two) and some more that I've picked up recently due to having adult money.  The pedal tractor is special due to getting that new when I was 5 in 1989, the precision M to match my full sized M, the WD9s because Das has a SWD9 (actual) I farmed many hours with (I wish someone would make a gas 9 toy) the Super MTA-D because it's one of my favorite tractors after driving 2+2 guys....the 682 Cub cadet to match my 782 that I got in Spencer during the Roundup in 24.....then"man on a tractor" H because Das has the same toy I could never touch and an H is a favorite tractor too....and the special edition WD9 that was in my dad's closet that my mom let me have after he passed away in 23.  

[IHC5488]

Basically all I have left!!

 

 

 

[IH1975]

On 12/10/2025 at 12:05 PM, drglinski said:

Here are most of mine.  I have most of them from my childhood of carpet farming (save for one or two) and some more that I've picked up recently due to having adult money.  The pedal tractor is special due to getting that new when I was 5 in 1989, the precision M to match my full sized M, the WD9s because Das has a SWD9 (actual) I farmed many hours with (I wish someone would make a gas 9 toy) the Super MTA-D because it's one of my favorite tractors after driving 2+2 guys....the 682 Cub cadet to match my 782 that I got in Spencer during the Roundup in 24.....then"man on a tractor" H because Das has the same toy I could never touch and an H is a favorite tractor too....and the special edition WD9 that was in my dad's closet that my mom let me have after he passed away in 23.  

Very nice collection thanks for sharing 

[IH1975]

Here’s my newest latest toys. This is what my daughter’s got me for Father’s Day this year.