Ertl history

[SVcummins]

Kind of like some tractor companies that claim to have been around for some many years ertl was sold in the 70s to kidde inc. and has changed hands many times since
Ertl history

 

[tractorguy2]

Ertl is just a name now. No one from the Ertl family works their anymore. I think Ertl is now owned by Tomy. For a while the 1/32 toys were Ertl/Britains while the 1/16 toys were Ertl/Racings Champions.

Ertl bought the Eska company in the 60's that made pedal tractors. In the 80's they bought MINI TOYS. A company started by one of Fred Ertls sons.

Joe Ertl is still running his toy company, Scale Models. He is past retirement age. Will be interesting what happens there. I think Scale Models is the only farm toys made in the USA now.

I really liked the Precision Classic line Ertl started in 1990. I have over 30. The very first one I bought came from the JD dealer and cost $75.00. Now you can't buy a Precision for under $250-300. I don't have any from the last series Precision Elite.

I am excited about the new Precision 620 nf row crop coming out. It will fill a hole in my Precision Classic line. Hoping the 620 will be followed by a 60 nf and a styled A nf.

The Farmall Classics need more from the super series. Super H, Super C, Super MTA. An F-12 would be nice for the F-20 series.

 

[TractorTucker]

So where does Joseph L Ertl Inc come into the picture?

 

[tractorguy2]

Joe Ertl is a son of Fred Ertl who founded the Ertl toy Co.

I might be wrong. I think Fred had three sons and one daughter. Joe is the only living son.

 

[SVcummins]

I about died when the precision Line Came out I wanted the model a on steel so bad I could taste it. mom ordered one from the douche bag dealer they never ordered it they sucked then and they kept on sucking with each name change right up until present time I finally got the number one although about 20 years later new in box with coin and book for 60$ shipped . I haven’t kept up on the latest precision series lost interest whey they started putting lights and sound on them what the he$$ Is that supposed to be?