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.

The John Deere Pavilion is home to a permanent exhibit meant to show the progression and variety of toys over the last 100 years.

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Take a step back in time to revisit a century’s worth of John Deere toys. Our Quad Cities News reporter Linsey Tobin takes us to the John Deere Pavilion in Destination Illinois.

Take a step back in time to revisit a century’s worth of John Deere toys. Our Quad Cities News reporter Linsey Tobin takes us to the John Deere Pavilion in Destination Illinois.