The BIonic Age
Christmas always reminds me of the Bionic Man, I think it’s because he was pricier than Mego or Big Jim. I honestly got every Bionic toy I had at Christmas and it was a sweet three years, let me tell you.
Christmas always reminds me of the Bionic Man, I think it’s because he was pricier than Mego or Big Jim. I honestly got every Bionic toy I had at Christmas and it was a sweet three years, let me tell you.
Come on honey, let’s go share a facebook account!
Even though I personally was a teenager at the time, I fondly remember stocking a toy aisle full of a lot the things in this Child World Toy Flyer from 1985. This piece is chock full of happy memories for 80s kids from the popular Care Bears, Go Bots and He-Man to the more forgotten […]
Another Christmas page that made me crazy, those “exclusive” figures came on these weird shrunk wrapped cards and it drove me crazy tracking them down as a kid. Now, I wish I’d kept them as they’re worth a bundle.
This ensemble is the exact reason they took “Obey” out of wedding vows.
This Shop-Rite piece from 1976 is another wishbook image that burned right into my brain. I managed to con my folks into Bulletman and the Capture Copter (purchased at Shop-Rite no less) that year. I was really sad to not see Joe in the catalog next year.
Even I can tell these guys are Narcs….
Seeing as it’s December, I thought I’d showcase some of my favourite Christmas Catalog images of all time starting with this one. I remember exactly where I was when I first laid eyes on this, riding in the back seat of my father’s gigantic car to go visit Vince, his barber. It blew my mind […]
I love how they included the latrines in this….
This is the perfect combo for me, I plan to use the bag to transport my many inhalers and jitterbug cellular telephone.
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