A Peek Inside The Pages of the Spring/Summer 1980 Argos Catalogue

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This week it’s my birthday, I’m almost, but not quite forty, as I was born in August 1980. I was trying to think of a cool birthday themed post, and thought to myself, “I wonder if I could find some pages of the 1980 Summer Argos Catalogue online somewhere?”. You know, the catalogue that was current when I was born.

I know the traditional thing is to find the copy of the newspaper that was printed the day you were born, but I do tend to do things a bit differently here at The World of Kitsch. Well, I Googled it, and someone called Retro Mash has scanned in the entire Spring/Summer 1980 Argos Book, in excellent quality too.

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There aren’t very many toy pages to peruse, which is disappointing, I guess for full hits of major nostalgia you’d have to hunt down catalogues from 1985 onwards, but there are toys I do remember from being a toddler. So many memories… it really doesn’t seem like almost four decades ago…

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'I Want That' Gift Circling Pens at the Ready! It's the Toy Pages from the 1985-1987 Argos Catalogues

Ready for a big, giant smack of nostalgia right to the chops this rainy Saturday? Maybe like me you'll even spot toys you remember owning.

Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Roland Rat, Poochie, Strawberry Shortcake

Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Roland Rat, Poochie, Strawberry Shortcake

Care Bears, Cabbage Patch Kids

Care Bears, Cabbage Patch Kids

Wuzzles, Gummie Bears

Wuzzles, Gummie Bears

Jem

Jem

She-ra, Keepers

She-ra, Keepers

My Little Pony- I had the tent house

My Little Pony- I had the tent house

Care Bears

Care Bears

Barbie

Barbie

Star Wars, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard

Star Wars, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard

He-Man

He-Man

He-Man, Action Force

He-Man, Action Force

Transformers

Transformers

A-Team, MASK

A-Team, MASK

Fisher Price

Fisher Price

Thundercats, BraveStarr, Transformers

Thundercats, BraveStarr, Transformers

Thundercats

Thundercats

Turtles

Turtles

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Lastly, did you have any of these to snuggle into at night? 

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