Toy land is a real place. Max Williams, the Willy Wonka of John Deere toys, is a farm boy eight decades removed from the addiction of his first cast iron tractor, and wonderfully obsessed.

Playtime has become serious business in the heart of downtown Fort Collins, where BeginAgain is dreaming up green toy tractors made out of materials long harvested by an American icon. The toy ...

Kayson Brown is seen sitting on a battery-operated John Deere kids' tractor in his backyard in Idaho Falls, Idaho, as he drives around in circles with his right hand on the wheel.