So many of these items would've found their way onto my wish list. I would've been especially interested in the Commodore 64, but the addition of the disk drive made it out of reach.
Love how these old circulars functon as time capsules beyond just toy history. The observation about price-circling with the wrong pen captures how physical these rituals were - not just digital wishlists but actual artifacts marked up and negotiated over. The Commodore 64 witht he disk drive being out of reach but still dreamable is such a perfect snapshot of that era's relationship with emerging tech. These weren't mass-produced nostalgia objects yet, they were just ordinary consumer ephemera that families tossed after christmas.
The Toys R Us gift book was amazing!
I probably spent days looking at them as a kid and probably look at them way too often now.
So many of these items would've found their way onto my wish list. I would've been especially interested in the Commodore 64, but the addition of the disk drive made it out of reach.
A drive alluded me for so many years. I saved and saved, but I could never maintain the discipline to get it on my own.
Great stuff man -- always appreciate the work you put into these posts. Is this an item you had saved or something you refound along the way?
Re-found and it was in rough shape. I have one other from the 80s that I held onto and a few more that I have just picked up over the years.
Man, that was comforting. Thank you.
I remember spending days just reading the Sears Wish Book like it was high literature.
Love how these old circulars functon as time capsules beyond just toy history. The observation about price-circling with the wrong pen captures how physical these rituals were - not just digital wishlists but actual artifacts marked up and negotiated over. The Commodore 64 witht he disk drive being out of reach but still dreamable is such a perfect snapshot of that era's relationship with emerging tech. These weren't mass-produced nostalgia objects yet, they were just ordinary consumer ephemera that families tossed after christmas.