Britain’s Farm toys.
Discussion
Had these as a youngster many moons ago,wish I hadn’t unboxed and played with them,but now going to start to collect again.anyone else on here collect them?? There is also a huge diorama scene out there where the tractors and kit is weathered up and with the photography looks in real.
I have a lot of these in a box somewhere in the loft, as a kid in the 70's I used to spend a couple of weeks on a farm in the Cotswolds during the summer holidays.
I used to buy something from the local toy shop that I had used/ridden on that stay, I then used to play with them all year dreaming about going back the next year
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I used to buy something from the local toy shop that I had used/ridden on that stay, I then used to play with them all year dreaming about going back the next year
.silverfoxcc said:
My lad is digging his out for his lad to play with, plus thinking of getting new stuff as well Oh pedant alert it is Brittains
Sorry to disabuse you of your pedantry but it is most certainly ‘BRITAINS’.I loved their stuff, especially the JCB 5c. Which was, sadly, quite fragile.
I've got a big box of this stuff, plus a load of the figures and animals. Beware if you like the 70s/80s vehicles and figures, some suffer from plastic rot, parts can literally disintegrate. It isn't common and difficult to avoid if buying off the web, but the 'rot' gives off a sort of fragrance.
Britains farm stuff was ace, I remember buying my first tractor in 1981 with My Holiday money.
The next few years for Birthdays and Christmas, It was all I really desired.
I was hooked on it and fell in love with Farms and Tractors, which was helped by the fact I lived in the middle of the sticks.
I kept all my Farm stuff, when my kids were young I gave it to them to play with but they did not have the same connection. Some got broken quickly as the plastic had become fragile, so it went back in the loft in a big box to live.
I had loads of it, Tractors, Combine Harverster ( the holy grail as a kid) cattle lorry, agriculture Engineers pick up and I even had the crop spraying helicopter. ( that broke quickly)
A few years ago I had a look at the new stuff and Bought a IH Snoopy as it was so cool, that lives on my office desk with a MB Tractor that is not Britains, although I do have a Britains one.
Both models were tractors I loved as a Kid and the local farm had both briefly as a kid
Happy days
The next few years for Birthdays and Christmas, It was all I really desired.
I was hooked on it and fell in love with Farms and Tractors, which was helped by the fact I lived in the middle of the sticks.
I kept all my Farm stuff, when my kids were young I gave it to them to play with but they did not have the same connection. Some got broken quickly as the plastic had become fragile, so it went back in the loft in a big box to live.
I had loads of it, Tractors, Combine Harverster ( the holy grail as a kid) cattle lorry, agriculture Engineers pick up and I even had the crop spraying helicopter. ( that broke quickly)
A few years ago I had a look at the new stuff and Bought a IH Snoopy as it was so cool, that lives on my office desk with a MB Tractor that is not Britains, although I do have a Britains one.
Both models were tractors I loved as a Kid and the local farm had both briefly as a kid
Happy days
Anyone got the 109 Landrover with the steerable wheels via a tailgate mounted spare wheel? I also seem to remember the Ford tractor having working steering and a kind of lever to work the rear equipment mount . I had a sort of dozer accessory with liftable blade, the Massey Ferguson was cruder despite being of the same era, early '70s.
W124Bob said:
Anyone got the 109 Landrover with the steerable wheels via a tailgate mounted spare wheel? I also seem to remember the Ford tractor having working steering and a kind of lever to work the rear equipment mount . I had a sort of dozer accessory with liftable blade, the Massey Ferguson was cruder despite being of the same era, early '70s.
Yep, I love that Land Rover, especially the opening doors and bonnet and working suspension. Mine is the army one. Weirdly they're not all that dear on fleabay, mine cost me about a tenner.All Britains tractors up until recently have had working steering, a few modern models of classic tractors like the Ford 5000 don't.
I sold all of mine on eBay a few years back when I recovered it from my parents attic.
Loads of tractors, balers, trailers, barns and stuff, and although it was all regularly played with, it was still in usable condition and filled 2 large archive boxes.
I listed it as a job lot, loads of pictures of everything and then watched a 10 day bidding frenzy with loads of messages asking if I would split out certain parts. It went for about £300 in the end I recall.
I loved it as a child, but my own kids looked at it with confusion and weren't interested at all.
Loads of tractors, balers, trailers, barns and stuff, and although it was all regularly played with, it was still in usable condition and filled 2 large archive boxes.
I listed it as a job lot, loads of pictures of everything and then watched a 10 day bidding frenzy with loads of messages asking if I would split out certain parts. It went for about £300 in the end I recall.
I loved it as a child, but my own kids looked at it with confusion and weren't interested at all.
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