1982 Sears Wishbook

[Ymir's blood]

Continuing the old catalogs posted a few weeks ago, here's a link to the 1982 Sears Wishbook.

Index (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/sets/72157594229749541/)

I'm only missing a handful of the original 4" GI Joe figures/toys shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327584654&context=set-72157594229749541&size=o). (Link to this page from page 11 of the catalog index)

[Ensign Steve]

Damn, I can't believe how expensive the electronics are.

[Ymir's blood]

Damn, I can't believe how expensive the electronics are.You mean you wouldn't pay $500 for a 19" TV?

[Ensign Steve]

No, I really wouldn't. I also wouldn't pay sixty bucks for a clock radio, or however much it was. And VCRs were almost 400. This is the christmas price? Imagine how bad it was the rest of the year.

[Caligulette]

I had these- in red. I wore them at least once per week.
SearsWishbook.1982NE.P081 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231092034/in/set-72157594229749541/)

[Ymir's blood]

I had these- in red. I wore them at least once per week.
SearsWishbook.1982NE.P081 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231092034/in/set-72157594229749541/)I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I don't even want to think of what I was wearing in '82. :doh:

[livius drusus]

My parents have the Caesar salad bowl on a tripod. Although I think it's older. And made out of actual wood from an actual tree.

[Ensign Steve]

I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I wouldn't wear it if you paid me $25. This coming from the woman who covets the "body thing" from the 1971 catalog.

[Ensign Steve]

:lol: All the models look like a cross between my mom and the cast of Working Girl.

[freemonkey]

No, I really wouldn't. I also wouldn't pay sixty bucks for a clock radio, or however much it was. And VCRs were almost 400. This is the christmas price? Imagine how bad it was the rest of the year.

Yabbut, you could get this attractive versatile home entertainment system (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231090821/in/set-72157594229749541/) with AM-FM FM stereo, cassette player/recorder 8-track player (I thought those were extinct by 1982!) and an LED digital clock radio for only $149.

[Ymir's blood]

I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I wouldn't wear it if you paid me $25.
Alrightthirtyandthatsmyfinaloffer. :spend:

[Ymir's blood]

No, I really wouldn't. I also wouldn't pay sixty bucks for a clock radio, or however much it was. And VCRs were almost 400. This is the christmas price? Imagine how bad it was the rest of the year.

Yabbut, you could get this attractive versatile home entertainment system (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231090821/in/set-72157594229749541/) with AM-FM FM stereo, cassette player/recorder 8-track player (I thought those were extinct by 1982!) and an LED digital clock radio for only $149.Act now* and we'll throw in a Garden Weasel!

*relatively speaking +/- 25 years

[Ensign Steve]

I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I wouldn't wear it if you paid me $25.
Alrightthirtyandthatsmyfinaloffer. :spend:

Done!

[Ymir's blood]

I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I wouldn't wear it if you paid me $25.
Alrightthirtyandthatsmyfinaloffer. :spend:

Done!
Now I just have to find a corduroy jumpsuit... :shrug:

[Caligulette]

I bet Ensign Steve wouldn't pay $25 for that. :sadnod:

I wouldn't wear it if you paid me $25.
Alrightthirtyandthatsmyfinaloffer. :spend:

Done!
Now I just have to find a corduroy jumpsuit... :shrug:
Sadly, I no longer have mine. Oh, for the days when I looked like the non-Sara Jessica Parker Square Peg...

[Dingfod]

Ah yes, an $800 Beta VCR. Those were the days.

[BrotherMan]

I always got stuck in ladies' fashion.

(Unintentional pun intended.)

[slimshady2357]

GLO-WORM!!
SearsWishbook.1982.P571 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/349588868/in/set-72157594229749541/)

[Uthgar the Brazen]

ZOMG! I had this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231090930/in/set-72157594229749541/)! Srzly!

:giggle:

[Dingfod]

GLO-WORM!!
SearsWishbook.1982.P571 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/349588868/in/set-72157594229749541/)My daughter had one of those. Maybe by taking the meth she was just trying to recapture those glo-worm moments.

ZOMG! I had this (http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishbook/231090930/in/set-72157594229749541/)! Srzly!

:giggle:I wish. Mine didn't have the cassette, which is really unfortunate because I never did own any 8-track tapes.

I always got stuck in ladies' fashion.

(Unintentional pun intended.)No kidding, sometimes the nightgowns and slips would show a little nipple bump. Good times!

[wei yau]

I'm only missing a handful of the original 4" GI Joe figures/toys shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327584654&context=set-72157594229749541&size=o). (Link to this page from page 11 of the catalog index)

At one time, I did have all of those figures and toys. Although, not the cardboard backdrop.

You know, Hasbro has recently released a 25th Anniversary line for GI Joe. Mostly faithful to the original line, but with increased articulation and improved sculpts.

I should start a thread about it.

[Anastasia Beaverhausen]

My GloWorm is sitting on top of my dresser. He still works. :wriggle:

[Dingfod]

You know that because he lights up every time you hug him, right?

[Ymir's blood]

I'm only missing a handful of the original 4" GI Joe figures/toys shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=327584654&context=set-72157594229749541&size=o). (Link to this page from page 11 of the catalog index)

At one time, I did have all of those figures and toys. Although, not the cardboard backdrop.

You know, Hasbro has recently released a 25th Anniversary line for GI Joe. Mostly faithful to the original line, but with increased articulation and improved sculpts.

I should start a thread about it.I was hoping you'd see this.

I have everything but two Joes (Rock n' Roll and maybe Stalker) and the Missile System, IIRC. I may have gotten Stalker later from a flea market years later, can't remember. I can't remember if I have the original jeep but do have the Cobra version that Sears released later.

Oh, didn't have the tent either or the backdrop either. Did have the Cobra Commander figure, but it came through mail order with the proofs of purchase.

[ITSOZAZ]

thanks for posting this...it was a blast looking back at the past through the pages of this magazine (videotaping what was hot in 1982 would have cost a fortune!).

[Ymir's blood]

Sadly, I no longer have mine. Oh, for the days when I looked like the non-Sara Jessica Parker Square Peg...It's never too late to go back. We only go around this life once and if people think it strange, that's their problem.

[Chris Porter]

Just look at all those bright colors. I wonder what the lead content of all that paint and pigment was back then?

(This all a little after my time, I think I stopped caring about the Sears Wish Book in the mid 70s. But I can still remember looking through the pages as a preteen - a lot of fun!)

[Ymir's blood]

Lead paint restrictions started in '78 so my guess is that there wouldn't have been a lot in that.