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Summary: a terrific journey home
Review: for those of us who grew up in a certain era and were products of the commercial age this book will bring back many memories. having had a dad who worked in the field until i was 7 i was spoiled and got about anything i wanted. try explaining to a 7 year old that dad no longer gets all the freebies he wants! well worth the time for any boi boomer!
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Summary: a terrific journey home
Review: for those of us who grew up in a certain era and were products of the commercial age this book will bring back many memories. having had a dad who worked in the field until i was 7 i was spoiled and got about anything i wanted. try explaining to a 7 year old that dad no longer gets all the freebies he wants! well worth the time for any boi boomer!
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Summary: Terrific! brought back lots of memories! Great Reference
Review: Great source for collectors or toy dealers.. Many times we find toys and aren't sure of the exact year it was made or what company manufactured it. This is a great source to find that info, and it is very entertaining to see all those toys we grew up with! TimeWarp Toys
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Summary: Pictures were much too fuzzy.
Review: I liked the catalog, but was dissapointed to see that all of the pictures were black and white (I think I do remember pages in the 60's that had color). It looks as though someone just copied the pictures on a plain copier, and slapped this book together. The idea was very good, but don't expect the quality of true Sears Catalog pages.
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Summary: Send me a catalog of differnt things you might have.
Review: The type of catalog i would i would like you to send is sound effects, ice skates, record players, and so much more. So that would be great.thank you
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Emile Alston
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Summary: Excellent! Thomas Holland & Sears did a great job on this !
Review: This is a must have book for anyone that used to dream at Christmas time with the Sears Wishbook catalog. Of course this is the Boys version of the book series and covers "Boys' Toys" from 1950 through 1969. My favorite thing about the book is it's chronological layout. It gives you a great idea as to when certain toys were popular, and shows how the trends changed in toys during the years covered. It makes for an excellent reference book. The other fantastic aspect is the original prices ! It is absolutely amazing to see the original ad for the Lost in Space Roto-Jet gun at $5.57 ! Just so many toys are covered in here it is impossible to even mention them all ! Another great thing is to see how toys have changed from then til now. The standards and safety are so different today. It is great seeing those old power tools and hot metal/plastic toys presented as they were when they were brand new "toys" ! The book is black and white reprint of original Sears catalog pages. There are some pages that I wish they would have included, but will probably see them in versions of this series to come !
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Summary: Pictures were much too fuzzy.
Review: While my family didn't really shop much out of the Sears Catalog, the pictures and descriptions of the toys in this book are as close to a time machine as I can imagine. As I flipped through the pages, toys that either I or my brother or my friends used to own and play with jumped out at me, one after another.. as I thought "Geeze! I had one of those!" or "Wow! I always wanted one of those!" :) This book is sheer nostalgia for guys who grew up in the 50s and early 60s. And the original prices for the toys are unbelievable... just a couple bucks, many for less than a dollar (!) for toys that now bring hundreds on the various web auction sites or at antique malls. I was also fascinated to see how many toys were sold back then that threw off sparks, or fired objects, or involved electricity or hot plastic, metal, all kinds of things considered so horribly "hazardous" today in our modern politically correct world, where the fun seems to have been legislated out of nearly everything. Back then, toy cars that "threw off sparks" were actually advertised as that being a fun feature, not a safety hazard! This is also a valuable resource for old toy buyers and sellers, just to be able to see an original illustration with its original retail price and to know what year it was made and first sold. If you can't get in a time machine and go back to a 1950s toy store, this book is just about the next best thing.
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