Britain’s Farm toys.

Britain’s Farm toys.

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fred flange

Original Poster:

438 posts

220 months

Saturday 12th May 2018
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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.

groomi

9,317 posts

242 months

Saturday 12th May 2018
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I've still got mine in the loft. All played with and some gone brittle, but pride of the fleet is the 'New Holland' combine which I think has it's box too. smile

silverfoxcc

7,683 posts

144 months

Sunday 13th May 2018
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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

Doug Phillips

351 posts

245 months

Sunday 13th May 2018
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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 hehe.

Yertis

18,016 posts

265 months

Sunday 13th May 2018
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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.

jumare

417 posts

148 months

Monday 14th May 2018
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My daughter had quite a lot none of it not in good condition now. I did buy their Series 1 Land River HUE for display nice model.

warch

2,941 posts

153 months

Monday 14th May 2018
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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.




Nickyboy

6,700 posts

233 months

Monday 14th May 2018
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Early stuff is worth a lot of money, trailers, tractors etc can fetch up to £100 each

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Wednesday 16th May 2018
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I have some of my old stuff kicking around at my parents house.

Will introduce my 5 year old to it soon.

pastrana72

1,721 posts

207 months

Friday 18th May 2018
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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








W124Bob

1,744 posts

174 months

Tuesday 29th May 2018
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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.

Yertis

18,016 posts

265 months

Tuesday 29th May 2018
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If anyone out there is interested I've got some ancient lead/etc Britains horse-drawn farm stuff here, that I'd like to find a new home for. Not amazing condition but in still tatty boxes etc. Log-cart still has a log... which I assume is original.

warch

2,941 posts

153 months

Tuesday 29th May 2018
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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.

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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I had quite a few tractors, trailers, and other bits and bobs.
My holy grail and favourite was the Chafer sprayer.



With the booms fully extended I could spray my whole bedroom field in a couple of passes biggrin

RacingPete

8,846 posts

203 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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My kids sometimes still play with the tractors, but they are pretty beaten up now...

My pride and joy was a double rear wheeled MF with the hay bailer that put them out in the field nicely spaced out in their little boxed bundles... happy days!



with one of these...


Yogioes

234 posts

95 months

Sunday 10th June 2018
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My collection. Not quite mint and boxed!
That is what remains of the 109 with the steering that originally worked off the steering wheel and the tail gate mounted spare.

S11Steve

6,374 posts

183 months

Thursday 14th June 2018
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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.

Chris Jay

243 posts

128 months

Monday 18th June 2018
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I used to have a fair bit of farm stuff, I can remember gazing at the twin wheel Massey Ferguson in Toyworld wishing my pocket money could buy it ha!

Gave the lot away a few years ago *kicks self*.

Eyersey1234

2,895 posts

78 months

Monday 18th June 2018
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I used to have quite a few of the Britains Farm toys, no idea what happened to them though

davebem

746 posts

176 months

Monday 18th June 2018
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I remember them well, my dad worked on a farm so it was natural I was into farm stuff. My favorite Britains toy was actually the cattle truck, it had so many other non farm uses too.