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Monday, June 17, 2024

1979 Sears Wish Book - old toys, yep. Hornetroid (hornetDroid), etc.

 Mom definitely ordered a lot from Sears's Wish Book, ... but she must have been at the store for big G. 

Recognize some of these? Yeah. Thanks to arhcive.org, you crazy pop-culture keeping dudes: https://archive.org/details/1979-sears-christmas-wishbook/page/616/mode/1up?view=theater

More years: https://archive.org/details/1979-sears-christmas-wishbook/page/668/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/1977-sears-christmas-wishbook

https://archive.org/details/1985-sears-christmas-wishbook-catalog

https://archive.org/details/1983-sears-christmas-wishbook-catalog

https://archive.org/details/1982-sears-christmas-wishbook-catalog

Discussions about the rebranded Atari 2600, Sears called it the "Video Arcade" or something: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrogaming/comments/5w4wne/can_someone_explain_exactly_what_a_sears_video/

and

https://wearethemutants.com/2017/09/19/the-sears-tele-games-video-arcade-1977-and-the-coleco-gemini-1982/




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