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Sears Space Command Center and Sound Studio

This oddity from 1979 was a generous gift from my pal John, it’s one of those things that Sears stuck in their catalogs to sell along side other licensed toys. This one tries for all the marbles, trying to get some Star Wars heat and the 12″ celebrity doll craze. More pics after the jump!: Like […]

Beyond Tomorrow Again

Ever since I posted this back in 2010, I have been keeping my eyes out for one at Toy Shows. At last weekend’s Mego Meet it walked right up to me as somebody I know was selling it and wanted my opinion. I didn’t get to buy it but I did take a few better […]

Cryotron

Click for a larger view. Cryotron is a spacey action figure case offered by Sears Canada in their epic 1980 catalog. I’m not sure who made it and I never had one but I remember it mostly because I stared at the page it was on for a LONG time as a kid. It’s one […]

Be Seeing You!

“Run! The Bass player from the Hives is a giant!”These Sears kind of look like uniforms from a 70’s reluanch of the Prisoner televions series.Source: Sears 1977

The Plaid is Back!

It’s been too long without some fashion mockery and while these gents score high for truly being “Plaidstallions”, they lose points for not having their belts match their shoes.Source: 1975 Sears Catalog BTW, I wanted to confirm that this is indeed Gayle Sayers, Bob Griese and Tom Seaver modelling these fine outfits. I was born […]