Greetings from wet Dyersville! March finally has brought us some warmer weather which helped melt all of our snow. Unfortunately it did cause some flooding. Mother Nature does whatever it wants and we have to deal with it.. On my 12th blog I announced that I was a grandpa. Lucy has done lots of growing since October 2017. She now officially has more hair than me, especially on the top of …

Greetings from Dyersville, and New York!! I apologize for being a little late with my blog. February has been a busy month. I just returned from New York City where I attended the 2019 Toy Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Center. 2019 marks the 116th year of the show and over 30,000 people annually attend. I’ve been attending this show for years as we display many of our new items for the upco …

Happy 2019 Now that we finally have a little snow on the ground here in Iowa it definitely looks and feels like winter. Some people hate the snow and cold weather. After living in South Carolina when I was in the military, I have to tell you that I missed the cold and snow. I’m not moving to Canada anytime soon, but I still like to see the change in seasons. Speaking of Canada, I gave a …

Holiday Greetings from Dyersville. I can’t believe it is already December. How the time flies when you’re having fun. I recently returned from the John Deere Parts Expo in Houston, TX. It was great to talk to all of the attendees and show them some of the new products we have coming out in 2019. One of the highlights was the announcement of our planned John Deere 1:16 Scale Die-Cast S780 …