Christmas catalogs from the "good old days"

[knowsbleed]

I was never much of a sports fan myself, but my football-loving next-door neighbor had an electric football game, and it was pretty fun.

From the 1983 Sears Christmas Wishbook:

I always found the no-name generic rip-off toys interesting as well, like the bendy figures at the top right.

This GI Joe stuff is all pretty much still available in stores right now.

I clicked on this thread thinking I wouldn't know what the hell you were talking about...then I realized that I remembered seeing these damn things! Oh man...you've just made me feel very old...and very nostalgic. Thanks.

The ones quoted are my fave :heart:

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Best toy as a small kid, was frankenstein.
The tools were in his head.
You could open he's chest and use the tools to fix him.

lol, TOOLS IN HIS HEAD?

 

[Obi-Ron]

Atari 2600 FTW

 

[knowsbleed]

What a great 'do dude...

This is how Wil got started

I SOO wanted the camper shell awesomeness

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

Where are you guy's getting all these old catalogues?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Where are you guy's getting all these old catalogues?

You send a letter requesting them in Sandra Bullock's magical mail box!

 

[knowsbleed]

I'll neeever teeeeelll...


really though...who the hell could afford that damn aircraft carrier??

I thought I loved He-Man...

...when everyone knew that Voltron was 10x better.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

lol, TOOLS IN HIS HEAD?

Screw driver, hammer and various other things.
You could pull he's heart out and he would say ''fix me''.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Prerequisite for being a boy who appeared in these ads is that you have to look effing punchable to the max.

Look at those kids.

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

I loved my Batman toys as a child (after i moved on from masters of the universe) Though i always wanted the gotham city sets from the TV ad's, man i wish you could have bought those.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

wow, the size of the carrier

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

How much did the 7foot GI Joe hanger sell for, that things HUGE.

 

[Mee]

wow, the size of the carrier

I wonder if it'd actually float.

 

[knowsbleed]

Prerequisite for being a boy who appeared in these ads is that you have to look effing punchable to the max.

Look at those kids.

I was jealous



Transformer WATCHES!!

 

[The-Dark-Knight]

I wonder if it'd actually float.

Lol, i reckon it'd just bob to one side then sink, but i'd love to try.

 

[tzarinna]

Whoa, this really takes the ole girl back, thanks.
I always dreamed about having a motorized car.
I saw myself driving up and down the sidewalk, maybe even hauling around my crew.....of stuffed animals.

 

[Arc-Light]

From the 1983 Sears Christmas Wishbook:

I always found the no-name generic rip-off toys interesting as well, like the bendy figures at the top right.

This GI Joe stuff is all pretty much still available in stores right now.

<-------SCREAMS WITH GLEEE my god I remember that, the good ol'times..

 

[Obi-Ron]

I saw myself driving up and down the sidewalk, maybe even hauling around my crew.....of stuffed animals.

Tzarinna has a posse.

 

[Erzengel]

I always laughed when they did things wrong in the catalog. Like how Voltron isn't assembled correctly in like 2 pics, or that Shipwreck appears like 5 times on the Aircraft carrier.

 

[Memphis Slim]

HA!!!! I had the hockey and the NFL Game!!! You could line up the football players and the guy with the ball would run the wrong way or to the sideline! t: t: It just vibrated.

 

[Spider-Kid]

Ace!

 

[gkokujin]

HOLY ****!!!!! The Lizard and Knowsbleed you are my new best friends!


MAN i MISS those catalogs.


if anyone has the catalog scan of the Inspector Gadget toy I will cry. I remember the good old says of an inkpen and circling and dog-earring every damn page!

 

[VICTORVONDOOMX]

Heh... 1979... I was 13.

You send a letter requesting them in Sandra Bullock's magical mail box!

Sandra Bullock has a magical box? I thought as much...

 

[Mr Sparkle]

I got a Japanese Soundwave for Christmas once.
I guess my dad thought that If I got other toys I'd become like a crack addicted swindler or something, because after that I just got some bootleg constructicons or something

 

[Santa-Claus]

I madeall those.