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YouTube video: Sears 1960's Christmas Toys (3:31 mins)
YouTube ^ | Oct 10, 2017

Posted on 03/09/2019 11:06:47 AM PST by ETL

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Published on Oct 10, 2017

"Sears Wishbook catalog from the 1960's.

Toys for girls and boys! Merry Christmas.

This video was made using information and photos freely found on the internet."

(video is 3:31 mins)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqCk1xB0jS0


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: 1960s; childhood; retail; sears; searscatalog; toys
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To: Vaquero

Yes I also remember those trees and the the rotating light.


21 posted on 03/09/2019 11:49:58 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: ETL

In the store. He started out the garage, moved inside to paint and retired from appliances (at 42 years old). People were amazed that he was retiring from Sears at 42 (although he still worked building homes in upper Michigan and later head of maintenance at MGM Grand in Las Vegas).


22 posted on 03/09/2019 11:50:27 AM PST by PGalt
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To: alternatives?

23 posted on 03/09/2019 11:51:18 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Don’t know about you, but I spent most of my time playing outdoors.


Yes, but what kind of play? Genocidal cowboys and indians?
Cops and robbers with ersatz handguns?
Shooting with, gasp, BB guns?
Spinning hula hoops with salacious body-thrusting?
Even, god forbid, playing ‘doctor?’


24 posted on 03/09/2019 11:52:24 AM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: ETL

Yes I am afraid you are right. However, I purchase two Erector sets for my son (for me actually) and I will be putting them together soon. I only regret not getting the electric football game shown in the Sears Catalog and the Stombecker slot car racing set.


25 posted on 03/09/2019 11:53:33 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: alternatives?
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26 posted on 03/09/2019 11:54:41 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: sparklite2

Lol!! Very good!


27 posted on 03/09/2019 11:55:32 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Impala64ssa

Yes and when slot car racing sets became popular, I believe there was a decline in the sales of electric trains.


28 posted on 03/09/2019 11:55:34 AM PST by Maine Mariner
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29 posted on 03/09/2019 11:57:25 AM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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30 posted on 03/09/2019 12:00:41 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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31 posted on 03/09/2019 12:02:36 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Maine Mariner
Some things continue to this day...

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32 posted on 03/09/2019 12:05:26 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: Vaquero; ETL
They show a godawful aluminum tree on rotating stand with a lighted color wheel my mom insisted on getting. Looked like something out of Goodfellas.

I remember the first time I saw an aluminum tree with the rotating color wheel- I was overwhelmed. I sat by the color wheel - I have a vague recollection of figuring out part of it was hot the old fashioned way - and soaked in all of the color and... and... "shinyness."

In my defense, I was about four or five years old.

Later on, I realized it was in no way comparable to my favorite aunt's real tree, which was always large, tastefully decorated and beautifully lit. She and my uncle dropped some serious coin on their tree every year, and only after he passed away did I realize that the tree was there not for them but for all of their nieces and nephews.

I think mom and dad got most of our toys from Sears back in the early, hungry years. Once the catalogs were discontinued, Sears became sort of an afterthought for my parents.

33 posted on 03/09/2019 12:06:46 PM PST by niteowl77 ("I am equally hostile to unbridled power whether exercised by the head or tail of society." - MD)
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To: Vaquero

Goodfellas Christmas

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34 posted on 03/09/2019 12:07:00 PM PST by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Well now I know what I can purchase for my son’s 24th birthday.


35 posted on 03/09/2019 12:07:08 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: ETL

Hot Wheels!

Kept my friends and I busy for hours a day.


36 posted on 03/09/2019 12:07:42 PM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: ETL

Yup. That one.


37 posted on 03/09/2019 12:08:36 PM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you .)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
“Today, practically the only things kids do are play with those toys from the Sears catalog instead of playing outside like we did." "What a sad time, in so many ways.”
"same story different decade."

And the results of those failures can be clearly seen in our society today... And tomorrow will be worse...

38 posted on 03/09/2019 12:11:34 PM PST by unread (Joe McCarthy was right.......)
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To: ETL

For those not old enough to remember, these catalogs were about 1” thick, so they were LOADED with toys and other items.


39 posted on 03/09/2019 12:21:57 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: ETL

Check out that 90 dollar slot car track at 1:30
Sweet!
I would give up everything since just to go back..


40 posted on 03/09/2019 12:24:42 PM PST by mowowie
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