Posted by JDseller on November 20, 2011 at 08:53:58 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Ertl Farm toys posted by farmallray on November 20, 2011 at 02:37:57:
Ertl Toys was started by Fred Ertl Sr. in 1945, in Dubuque. He moved to Dyersville in the 1950s. They made most of their toys here in Dyersville Iowa. By the mid to late 1990s they had started to have some made over seas. Then in 1999 the company was sold to Racing Champions. At that time all production was stopped at Dyersville. About three hundred people lost their jobs. The main building at Dyersville is just a warehouse that toys are transfered from containers to US freight companies.
Racing Champions changed it name to RC2 and then the Learning Curve. All most everything they make is made in China.
Scale Models was started by Joe Ertl ( Fred's brother) in 1978. They still make the all of their toys here in Dyersville. Their toys used to be a little more crude looking but are US made.
Spec Cast was started in 1974 in Rockford, IL. Then Dave Bell bought the company in 1986. He moved the factory to Dyersville then. Dave Bell still owns the company. The majority of their toys are still made here in the US.
I have stopped collecting anything Ertl/RC2 makes after they moved the production to China. I buy a few of the cheap little toys for hand outs to kids but none of the more expensive stuff.
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