I had the "Fort Apache" as a pre-teen in the 60s! Been wanting to look up some of the toys I had growing up, but kept forgetting to.
I had the "Fort Apache" as a pre-teen in the 60s! Been wanting to look up some of the toys I had growing up, but kept forgetting to.
My parents purchased at least one set of Christmas Tree ornaments from Sears. They passed away about 25 years ago and we still have most of them and put some of them on our Christmas Tree. I remember receiving a service station set; I am not sure if it was from Sears.
As much as I don’t like to travel on the wayback machine, I still have a soft spot for olden-day Sears catalogs. As children, we looked forward to them every year and they supplied most of our (me and my brothers) Christmas presents.
One of my most prize possessions is a book, “The Golden Treasury of Natural History,” given to me in 1958 and signed by my mother. I had already checked the book out of the library and was thrilled to receive it as a Christmas present. Just inside the cover is the only sample of my mother’s handwriting that I have.
Also got lots of toy soldiers to wage imaginary war with my cousin. Nobody ever won.
I remember most of those items, coveted a lot of them, and got some of them. Nice memories of a nice time. Thanks for posting.
I had a James Bond attache case. Also rememeber when slot car races were all the rage.
Very nice. Especially the toy guns. My dad retired from Sears in the early ‘70’s. Thanks for posting.
I remember army men sets with dead Germans and Japanese and Russians who had just gotten shot. Also goose stepping Germans. Dead horses in the western army sets. Very un-PC.
Hot wheels cars in the late 60’s.
I had a few of those toys. The farm house, the child’s typewriter, the 007 gun set, and the NFL Super Bowl thing.
For those not old enough to remember, these catalogs were about 1” thick, so they were LOADED with toys and other items.
Check out that 90 dollar slot car track at 1:30
Sweet!
I would give up everything since just to go back..
How I used to look forward to this!
It was the last of the innocent times. Sure, the turmoil of the 60’s was starting, but childhood was still firmly held in a cocoon of sincerity.
Irony was just starting to encroach, just starting to tear down our culture.
Wow—the power of nostalgia is strong!
It was a cops & robbers slot car game, with 1930s cars.
I had the Fort Apache set along with a pair of Mattel “Fanner Fifty” cap guns with holster set, a “pop” gun rifle and the required Davey Crockett coon skin cap. Never got the scaled down replica .50 cal machine gun, got a Schwinn bike instead. Toys were fun but preferred sports equipment.
Those Lionels are from ‘way before the 1960’s - look like what I got from Santa back in the early ‘40’s.....
Now the memories come flooding back.