GOSHEN – The Michiana Farm Toy Collector’s Club is sponsoring its 25th Annual Labor Day Toy Show Monday at the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen.
The show will open at 9 a.m. and ends at 3 p.m. Admission to the show is $4 for persons 12 and older.
The show will feature more than 250 tables of farm toys, trucks, cars and construction items for sale and on display. Items will be available for both the serious collector and the sandbox enthusiast. Various hand built toys and farm & truck layouts will be on display at the show in addition to many items for sale.
The show will be in commercial exhibit building A at the fairgrounds. Come experience more than 30,000 square feet of toys.
The Toy Club has produced a limited edition 1/64 scale model to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the toy show. Gilsinger Implement Co. Inc., a northern Indiana John Deere dealership, has given permission for their real lowboy delivery semi to be copied for this event. The production run is limited to 252 units. Trucks can be ordered at the show.
The Michiana Farm Toy Collector’s Club was organized in 1988 to promote the hobby of collecting diecast trucks, farm toys and cars. It currently has members in the northern Indiana and southern Michigan area.