Have recently accuired PDFs of Argos catalogues 1976, 84,85,86. Interesting to see changes in taste and price. Thoughty id let you see what is was like when toys were toys! ( to my mind anyway).From these pages, I had the Dinky Eagle Transporter from “Space 1999”, a sensation at the time. Also “Super Flight Deck”, the 70s answer to MS Flight Simulator. A spring would launch a plastic Phantom jet up a wire attached to your wall, it would turn around at the top and lower a arrestor hook, you then guided it down the wire with a joystick, to which the wire was attached, onto a plastic carrier deck with an arrestor elastic band. Great fun. The Airfix assault sets were good, i had the “Coastal Emplacement Assault set”- a gun complex, two sets of soldiers (British, German) and some vehicles. Evel Knievel was still popular, as was “The Six Million Dollar Man”, lots at school had the figure shown above, he had panels in his arms and a “Bionic Eye”. Action man popular too, he was still military in those days, loads of kids would be delighted to get an SS uniform for him at Xmas!!
By: Arm Waver - 23rd May 2006 at 10:01
Oh my god – I remember so many of them and having some of them too. Fantastic memories there….
By: Ren Frew - 22nd May 2006 at 18:05
Argos didn’t come to Scotland til the mid 80’s, but I remember most of those toys and that’s probably just a year or so before Star Wars came out and all those associated ‘Palitoy’ play figures… 😀
By: laviticus - 22nd May 2006 at 17:16
Great stuff,a real blast from the past i love a good Argos book….
I like the, we are unable to supply the air pistols to any one residing in northern Ireland,mid seventies height of the troubles 🙁
By: sjwmoore - 22nd May 2006 at 16:41
I had and still have in the loft the pontoon assault bridge,super flight deck Santa just couldn’t stretch that far. 🙁
post some more please sjw ,I’m sure Argos sold air guns and crossbows but our kid says they didn’t. 😀
Not found any crossbows yet, but yes, there are airguns!
A few more youthful things:
By: laviticus - 22nd May 2006 at 16:19
I had and still have in the loft the pontoon assault bridge,super flight deck Santa just couldn’t stretch that far. 🙁
post some more please sjw ,I’m sure Argos sold air guns and crossbows but our kid says they didn’t. 😀
By: neal h - 22nd May 2006 at 16:05
Cool. I used to have the Evil Knievel stunt bike as well as stock car smash up, streak racer, the helicopter thing as well as scalextric and train sets.
Neal
By: DazDaMan - 22nd May 2006 at 15:13
Bloody hell – I wasn’t even born! 😀
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