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1979 Sears Wishbook Disneyland Contest
In 1979 Disneyland was celebrating their 25th birthday and sears was joining the fun. This was the year that Disneyland opened Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Sears was willing to send a family of 4 to the happiest place on … Continue reading
Complete 1940 Sears’ Wishbook
Enjoy some really retro catalog action with this complete scan of the 1940 Sears’ Wishbook. Chock full of color images, its an amazing look at WWII American consumerism. One look at their toy selection and you can tell that kids … Continue reading
Return of the Jedi Toys and Merchandise from the 1983 Sears’ Wishbook
The highlight of these toys and merch is the rare gleaming C3PO action figure carrying case. I would praise it more, but I am under the watchful stare of my Darth Vader case, so I have already said too much. … Continue reading
The Video Game Systems of the 1983 Sears Wishbook
1983 was the year of the video game crash and that year’s Sears Wishbook was chock full of the detritus of a bloated dying industry. You got the handhelds, Vectrex, Gemini, Colecovision, Intellivision, Odyssey 2, Atari 2600 and Atari 5200 … Continue reading
Digital Audio is Awesome
Nearly $600 for a CD player back in 1983. Its astonishing that they ever caught on at that price – looks down at the dusty 1G iPod on the desk. Anyhoo…What I don’t understand is how they can say a … Continue reading
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