Toy-Ventures: 1981 Toys R Us Catalog

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Toy-Ventures: 1981 Toys R Us Catalog Toy-Ventures this week digs into the archive with this sweet 1981 Toys R Us Catalog! We look at the hottest toys Toys R Us had to offer in this blast from the past. Mego Superheroes, Remco Monster and Smokey and the Bandit? You bet. You can now […]
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[Falstaff13]

Two observations--
1. I have no memory of so much specific merchandise of Geoffrey and his giraffe kin. I probably just ignored it completely as a child, looking for specific toys I already had in mind, but I had no idea they marketed as many things as they clearly did.
2. I have no memory of any Toys 'R' Us I went to selling books. I would have noticed and even looked for that when I was little (and still look for books now), but I never saw even the most basic Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew in a toy store.

[publiusr]

The coolest entry didn’t even get a mention in the video:

Airfix’s Cosmic Clipper model set

http://reflectionsonfilmandtelevision.blogspot.com/2019/07/memory-bank-cosmic-clipper-snapfix-1981.html?m=1

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cosmic-clipper-snapfix-model-kit-2007793498

I wonder…

https://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/husnock.htm