The 1985 Argos catalogue

[Cupramax]

Haha, page 211 item 14 my bedside alarm still working perfecly

[Maxf]

Awesome... I especially liked the toy section. Transformers, Lego, Star Wars, He-Man...

[Mr Gearchange]

ShadownINja said:

Wowsers. Look at some of the "retro" watches. Very collectible now. If I had a time machine, I know how I'd make money... travel back to 1985...










and buy 1,000,000 Microsoft shares. fk cheap plastic watches.

That tickled me

[BeansOnToast]

Maxf said:

Awesome... I especially liked the toy section. Transformers, Lego, Star Wars, He-Man...

Toys were great back then. Even now, I want that Knight Rider pedal car!
(pg 250)

[Chilli]

[redacted]

[Big Rod]

vixen1700 said:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35926449...

Think I may have bought the 3rd one down for my MGBGT in 1985.

I certainly had the 2nd one down in my Cortina Crusader!!

[sneijder]

ShadownINja said:

Wowsers. Look at some of the "retro" watches. Very collectible now. If I had a time machine, I know how I'd make money... travel back to 1985...

I just got back with the time machine, you can borrow it if you want. Just top up the flux capacitor.

[tribbles]

I've got one of those Casiotone keyboards at home...

[EDLT]

So... I was born in 1986, don't remember any of this stuff.

[gog440]

[redacted]

[mr_fibuli]

Page 59 seemed very familiar to me. I think I must have spent some time "studying" that one during my childhood.

[ShadownINja]

Now that I've browsed a bit more...

I still have 3 or 4 pens from here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35934061...
Cartridges still produced so I can still use them. Including one of those pens with the LCD clock built in. What a st invention.

Still got (13) from here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35926153...
Works fine, right here on my desk.

Still got the cassette player at the bottom here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35934313...
...to load games on to my Acorn Electron!

[ShadownINja]

Well, fk me, it's Stephen Hawking's voice box right here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35926643...

[B.J.W]

Wow!

Straight to the toys page.

I had all the space lego.
The A-Team metal helicopter
And the XR3i scaletrix set

Can't believe the prices of lego now compared to back then.

[ShadownINja]

sneijder said:

I just got back with the time machine, you can borrow it if you want. Just top up the flux capacitor.

There's a Seiko quartz watch from the catalogue on one of the watch forums right now...

[ShadownINja]

Ah ha. My favourite page of the entire catalogue when I was 13...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35925405...
(Second favourite is the following one.)

Edited by ShadownINja on Thursday 16th December 18:39

[littlegreenfairy]

Wow, childhood memories.

The decanters and the juice glasses seem to bring back memories but I can't remember why. I think I had a thing for homewares back then!

[pacey_sot]

If you click on 'sets' they've got 1976 and 1986 too

[MOTORVATOR]

Anybody found it yet?

[635djimmy]

Brilliant page

http://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/35926643...

Nintendo, Game and Watch and the Tomytronic, got them all somewhere too..