Big Fun With New Big JD Combine

Big Fun With New Big JD Combine AG WORLD 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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