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11 December 2010, 10:10
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computers & consoles in 1985 Argos catalogue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/ full album http://www.flickr.com/photos/3830187...7619206330728/ |
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11 December 2010, 10:19
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C64 and Game & Watch.. aah the sweet memories.
 Which reminds me of another 1985 catalogue (not computer related, but still)  http://www..com/?fbw5b1wtus0gf It's in danish but shouldn't be a problem. 
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11 December 2010, 10:38
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I LOVE those car radios!!!
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11 December 2010, 11:24
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kml Last edited by kamelito; 11 December 2010 at 11:24. Reason: typo |
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11 December 2010, 12:18
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Is it me or does the stuff in that catlogue look cooler than anything of today?
I love stuff like this... strange how an old catalogue turns to gold?
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11 December 2010, 12:24
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Well the gardening tools haven't dated. And some of those Flymo's look better than the modern ones...
Seriously, I used to look through Argos catalogs all the time as a small kid and I'm sure I can remember these pictures! They are all so familure, like I've seen them many times before. How times have changed. A lot of that stuff does look pretty darn cool, some more exciting than in todays modern catalog. Great find; thanks for posting. 
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11 December 2010, 16:04
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I still remember the dream I had when I was about 10 years old where I visited this small museum full of old Argos and Index (does that company even exist anymore ?!) catalogues. That was all the dream consisted of, probably the world's dullest dream
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11 December 2010, 16:25
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Great pictures.
Computers were a lot more fun and exciting back then. It's all very grey and sterile today somehow, and I don't think kids learning computers today feel the same excitement many of us did back in the 80's. I'm glad I was there! Last edited by Leffmann; 11 December 2010 at 16:26. Reason: grammar |
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11 December 2010, 18:44
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Thanks for that,
Takes me back. Tomy-tronic 3D game, frelling awesome, I had Shark Attack. I also had that Firefox-F7. Plus Optimus Prime, and the Ateam HQ camp set. memories, .Its true to say, our generation were at the forefront for the birth of the home computer. |
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11 December 2010, 19:00
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Still an Amiga user
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I had totally forgotten that as a child I played games like Crossfire, Haunted House and Frustration (including the Pop-o-matic dice!!)
Just seemed to have blanked these types of game out of my memory - it's probably due to the fact that my brain has over loaded on video games since...! I wouldn't replace my Xbox 360 with any of my childhood toys - f*** nostalgia! |
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11 December 2010, 19:09
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11 December 2010, 19:10
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Ive only just got one of those Firefox tabletop games (£2 at a bootfair)
and Ive also got a Speak and Spell and 3 Tomytronic games All time favourite has to be Astro Wars though. |
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12 December 2010, 02:54
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looking at the first page scan I've actually still got that universal power adapter as well as that Atari 2600 Model, used to use that adapter for the NES, Master System, SNES. Ah memories.
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12 December 2010, 20:23
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Ha quality! I've still got frogger and firefox boxed in my loft.
Good times. |
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12 December 2010, 20:34
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Thanks for posting that a trip down memory lane there, i had the dual screen mario game in the centre
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12 December 2010, 21:54
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some more from Quelle catalogue:
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1...0121200000.jpg http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4...0121200001.jpg http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9...0121200002.jpg http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7...0121200003.jpg http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/8...0121200004.jpg http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/6...0121200005.jpg http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2...0121200006.jpg more and with higher resolution: http://wyslijto.pl/files/download/o6jk4nr5ea |
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12 December 2010, 22:02
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HOL/FTP busy bee
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 Quelle What's next, Otto & Neckermann?
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12 December 2010, 22:03
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page with Amiga http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/2...0121200015.jpg
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12 December 2010, 22:05
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HOL/FTP busy bee
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Well, that actually is from the Otto catalogue, but there's no Amiga stuff on the page
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12 December 2010, 22:07
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? really?
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