Toy-Ventures this week is all about Christmas past with this look at a 1979 Childworld Flyer. Child World was a legendary Toy Store chain, and this flyer is packed with iconic toys like Micronauts, Kenner Star Wars, Suckerman, Mego Superheroes, Tonka Trucks and Big Wheels! What would you choose from this list? Let me know in the comments below.

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Child World 1979 Catalog

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Toy-Ventures this week digs into another vintage toy catalog. This week we explore the 1985 Child World Catalog which is jam packed with the hottest 80s toys like

• He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Remco Zybots
• Tonka GoBots
• She-Ra: Princess of Power
• Cabbage Patch Kids
• Knight Rider
• Rainbow Brite
• My Little Pony
• Robotix
• My Buddy
• Voltron Defender of the Universe
• Garfield

And so much more, it’s a total time capsule!

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EBAY LINK Krull Cyclops Costume Even though I’m not the biggest fan of the film, I’m always predilected with Halloween Costumes from movies that don’t succeed and this one is definitely in that category.

EBAY LINK Banana Splits Promotional Records Big Surprise, I collect children’s records, and this mail-away promo from Kellogs is so tempting, especially because i dig the Splits a whole bunch.

EBAY LINK Chienco Frankenstein Trash Can– I love Frankenstein but I already have a Cheinco Planet of the Apes trashcan, so I’ll reluctantly pass on this. It’s wonderful though.

EBAY LINK Hercules Super 8 cartoons– AGHHHH! I WANT THESE SO BAD! Like most 70s Ontario kids, I watched the Mighty Hercules cartoons on Global, not realizing (but suspecting) that it was an older show. The merch is so tempting but I just worry about yet another thing, I keep picturing my kids trying to sell it all in 2050.

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This is the third Toy Flier I have from 1975 with Mego Star Trek on the cover, thank goodness for Star Trek collectors saving these.

The Fisher Price Sesame Street set is the big get here, this was the first year it was launched.

Mego’s Wizard of Oz line was also launched in 1975, it was a big year for licensed toys.

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It’s kind of weird to see the Planet of the Apes adventure set mixed in with growing up Skipper and Holly Hobbie.

Evel Knievel was still a super hot toy in 1975 and surprisingly the Mego planet of the apes dolls still sold despite the series getting canceled almost a year earlier..

Those flock haired Karate Men were under my tree that year, I always wanted to turn them into action figures.

Hedstron, Huffy and Murray….

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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 toys like the Hugga Bunch, Zybots and Robotix, there is a lot to love.

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