In a market where flash is king, some simple toys continue to endure and thrive. This year marks the 50th anniversary of two of them — Slinky and Ertl farm toys. Slinky, that spiral steel toy that ...

The 46th National Farm Toy Show was recently held in Dyersville, Iowa. This grand event is steeped in history. An enterprising engineer by the name of Fred Ertl, Sr began building scale model toy ...

On a steamy summer morning in 1995, Mitch Sisson’s past returned with a metallic clank, unceremoniously wrapped in a stack of letters and stuffed into the back of his mailbox. A work-day later, he ...