Want a blast from the past. Vintage Christmas Wish Books. (1941-2017)

FirewithFire

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It's crazy how things change across the decades. Everything from the style, to the toys, to what's available, to the price. Seeing the toy section brings back some memories.

How about a gun delivered to your door for $30. lol



 

Ron Mehico

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Wow - that no 4 toy (green with yellow saws in his hands and shoulders) was what I got when I was 6. Thought it was the coolest thing ever. I was actually talking about it to my 6 year old son (who got 150 things) two nights ago as he was asking me what I got when I was his age. Pretty wild coincidence.
 
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BC_Wader

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MY BIL ordered a 1979 Sears Christmas wish book a few years back. We look at every year since. Brings back a lot of memories from having a lot of that stuff. If you were a kid during the Atari 2600 era, I wouldn't trade those days for nothing.
 
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lol, I had one of those. Steelers vs Rams. I would get so pissed when I would adjust the little dial thing on the bottom and my running back would just run in a circle. Lost most of those little foam footballs too trying to kick field goals. 🤨 Still have that thing somewhere.
 

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Did anyone actually own this? I knew one person that claimed to have it but I never actually saw it in person
My friend had one of those. The thing was so huge it took up like 3/4 of his bedroom floor. He had a Skystriker and one of those other Crosswing things too.
 

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Man, I really wish they had Best Buy flyers from 94-95.

Anyway, I got Verbot one year. He didn’t hardly do anything, but dammit I had a robot.
Just a heads up. That site is a ***** for copy / paste. You can see your IP in the bottom of that photo. Might want to crop that out.
 
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