They are a snapshot of a culture and a technology which is often long gone in the psyche of the modern plugged-in world we live in now. 'Oh no', more like, Cutting edge they may have been in their day, the advent of the smartphone all but consigned the compact camera to history. ), as online shopping increases. 1985 4pm - 7pm, Blinding Lights JK and Kelly Brook Argos has published a huge archive of its catalogues from the 1970s onwards, in an collection called 'The Book of Dreams' (a name coined by comedian Bill Bailey ). I do have some physical copies that I dont yet have as PDF and so I hope to be able to scan those ones in myself at some point. The Retromash Book List The catalogue is the main focus for the retailer's 2019 Christmas advertising campaign. Welcome to the Digital Spy forums. Autumn and Winter catalogues in comparison had Elizabeth Duke jewellery in it opening pages, and had an extended toys and games section towards the end of the book. Building a Home Arcade Machine Part 1 Top Ten Arnie Films Browse the Argos catalogues from the 1970s, 80s and 90s View gallery Well now, Argos has given you the chance to recreate those memories. Eh oh? G.I. apparently once found in three quarters of British homes, and only the Bible was found in more homes! Brilliant. What u/badgeofdescension has uploaded to archive.org is more complete for the 1980s and 1990s than Argos' website was. :) Thanks. this stuff is a treasure- especially if you want to re-create a time period and need accurate prop references! One question though.. Why are the Jewelry pages not included? This blog is published for educational use, with no commercial gain. Nostalgia overload at the ready. The Retromash Book List Argos began stocking video games in the 1980s, with the Mattel Intellivision and Atari Ingersoll, and in the 90s its pages were graced by the Gameboy, NES and Sega Master System, alongside the Commodore C64. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. I still wear a re-release of the Casio Databank to this day. Woodbine Posts: 13,101. For nostalgists, old copies of the catalogue are available from Archive.org (opens in new tab) Amazon Prime Day 2020 (opens in new tab) : potential deals and new date Are you a pro? But it is also a great history of design and British tastes over these decades, whether it be furniture, interior design, graphic design, accessories or technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. If you feel the need to see a real life vintage catalogue, we do hold a couple in the Special Collections but as this is currently closed, as with all our libraries, due to the corona virus pandemic, you will need to wait until we re-open (no date at time of writing). "Our aim here is to explain some of them.". Unfortunately the file size of the PDFs were too big to upload to Issuu so I had to remove some pages, and of all the sections in the catalogues I thought the jewellery would be of the least interest to people and would be the least retro of everything. Im afraid to say I dont have any catalogues past 1999. . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argos-Autumn-Winter-2005-Catalogue-The-Big-One/113754659310?hash=item1a7c4e59ee:g:UW8AAOSwivlcmIqH, https://ebay.co.uk/itm/vintage-argos-catalogue-order-receipt-31st-May-1999-Furby-interest/273823216709?hash=item3fc122b445:g:40AAAOSw5xhcRM4V, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BAY-Tree-Small-Seedling/273823219713?hash=item3fc122c001:g:MEoAAOSwnsZZh5mx, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Creepy-Crawly-Show-Badge/273856168714?hash=item3fc319830a:g:FlwAAOSw4b9cuznu. Glad to hear you have happy memories of the Argos catalogue too! And yes, it's all digital so we can do it from our phones (obviously). Check out the full array of catalogues over on the Argos catalogues page. Thank you, thank you good Wardens of Argos! Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. P!nk preparing daughter Willow 'for the real world' after painful relationship with, Married at First Sight Australia couple Martha Kalifatidis and Michael Brunelli welcome, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale schedule change: When are the soaps on this, Dad-of-22 Noel Radford criticised for 'retiring' from pie shop to spend more time with. on the Internet. Masters of the Universe and Star Wars. I hope you find what youre looking for. Ah right. Very hard to get hold of these days too. The hard copies are getting harder to find and some early 80s ones can go for over 50 on eBay! We definitely remember having Simon and Computer Battleship - "You sank my battleship!". I rescued some old Argos catalogues from the skip when I worked at the head office. Argos catalogue from 1986 filled with lots of retro goodies. I know what I would prefer. argos-autumn-winter-1987-1988 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8cg8r16q Ocr And now Argos has digitised and uploaded 45 years of its catalogues on a new website called Book Of Dreams, featuring everything from vintage teasmades and early toploading video recorders of the '70s and '80s, to '90s crazes such as Tamagotchis and Teletubbies. Got a couple from the 70s and a few from the 80s. My favourite section is definitely the Toys and Games. Made in the UK. Great to see all those Argos catalogues over the years. Thats a fantastic claim to fame! Ha. The Argos way Buying is easy. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. You can click through each page, compare prices, and be amazed by those toys that you wanted but that sadly never made it under your Christmas tree. If you have seen anything that looks like a bigger version of a lovable bear with the bottles, I think theyre either puppies or rabbits it would be great if you knew the name Ive been trying to find them for years, thanks. She said I could never dry my hair with that old one, I politely told her that when I was her age I used to dry my hair with it, it was either sit still for 10 minutes and let nan dry your hair or catch a cold and a bad stiff neck. The Weeknd No idea but curiosity gets the better of me why on earth do you want one ? SurreyLive has the names of those who were put behind bars over the past month, Civil servant from Dorking who stole 1.1m to renovate home 'like Russia in '90s', Woodall conned colleagues into signing off payments from a councils pension pot by disguising them as investments, a trial heard, Readers blame 'expensive' prices and 'endless eating' for Cineworld's struggles, Cineworld branches across the country are under threat, Paedophile caught talking to young boys jailed, Graham Phillips was remanded in prison and pleaded guilty to breaching his sexual harm prevention order and possessing indecent images of children, Surrey Police officer dismissed over domestic abuse comments on podcast. The Christmas one is great for even more yuletide nostalgia and I think the Superstore ones were just slightly bigger with a few more versions of certain products (although sadly I dont think they had any more toys in those ones). I just have all the ones on this page. Could you post a link, as Id love a look. I could instantly recognise the front cover of the 1980s catalogues (1982 onwards) as to which year and which time of year they were from. Hope to get my hands on one of them one day. Not as useful as a Tile tracker if your items are actually stolen, but a cunning idea nonetheless. 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The officer has been dismissed without notice after they uploaded a podcast episode to Spotify, in which they discussed the an incident on Christmas Day and made a number of inappropriate comments referring to his ex-partner. The Argos catalogue for autumn/winter 2012. Personal stereos and ghetto blasters are iconic gadgets of the 80s and quite rightly so. Tried calling the company, and they only keep records for 6 years. Even as technology has changed and digital has taken over, the catalogue still exists in its paper form, just a smaller size version. Two huge brands of the 80s. The stranger highlights include a Casio keyboard from 1980-1981, which features five sounds (including piano and flute), plus 10 preset rhythms (such as bossa nova and rhumba). Building a Home Arcade Machine Part 1 By 1991-1992, radio cassette players had taken off in a big way, with several pages of the catalogue entirely devoted to them. Prices ranged from 76.99 for a turbo powered electric one to 12.99 for the manual carpet sweeper variety, Back in '82 TVs only had three channels and VHS recorders required a Phd in electrical engineering in order to program. This catalogue, published September 1974,supersedes all previous Argos catalogues and remains in effect until further notice.. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The picture near the top of the post shows the physical copies of Argos catalogues I have acquired, some of which Ive not managed to get in digital form yet, but for now check out the link below of the PDF versions and relive all the above memories. There's toys galore, fitness equipment, 'brand new' electronics and more in there and it'll bring back some serious memories (trust us!). It's amazing to see how technology has changed as you browse through the television and camera pages - the days when only a roll of film existed and the SD card hadn't been invented. Some of us loved growing the jewellery section, picking out nice tacky necklaces and sovereign rings for our mums, or choosing barbie dolls and hot wheels for ourselves or our siblings - but it's a tradition that's faded over the past few years. Wellprepare for a nostalgia overdrive. Well now, Argos has given you the chance to recreate those memories. These catalogues are great for memorabilia or even collectors. 29/10/18 - 16:11 #1. Major Morgan and Grandstand Star Force are Argos ever-present toys too. And then on the right hand page you have the awesome M.A.S.K. Thought it kind of strange thing for people to buy but get the nostalgia but then I saw this, people really do sell anything on Ebay! If it's just for nostalgia's sake, why does it have to be that specific year? https://retromash.com/argos/ It has a list of all of them up until the mid 90s. This arrived today. And Argos have helped us with re-living those memories and have compiled EVERY SINGLE CATALOGUE in one place for us to browse at our perusal. Cat is the editor of TechRadar's sister site Advnture. Ive got most of them viewable as PDFs and I currently have 16 hard copies in my own collection. I found a site that has a load of old catalogues than can be viewed as PDF files but they only go upto 1995. 1981 And check out those car games at the bottom right. Requires 8 x AA batteries, Argos catalogues from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Hello Michael, Happy New Year! Many thanks in advance, Lavinia. It has been renamed The Book of Dreams for 2019, partly inspired by comedian Bill Bailey who famously dubbed the catalogue the "laminatedbookofdreams". My girl just cant believe that her nan used to use the pifco princess hairdryer, then I showed her it still working after what 40 years and heres her with her babyliss 2 speed 3 heat turbo powered dryer. Throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s - and even the early 00s - it was a must do for thousands of us. Johnuary A Summary of the Month The best thing of all however, is looking at the Barbie pages in all of the different catalogues, which are somewhere near the back of each issue if you fancy checking it out. Here at catalogue collections we have a vast variety of Argos vintage catalogues available in pdf downloads. You can take a walk down memory lane by checking out the website here. In particular the action figures, seeing what figures were on sale that year including Masters of the Universe, Transformers, A-Team, Thundercats, M.A.S.K. Grabbing the new edition from the massive piles of catalogues at the store, you took the giant book home and couldn't wait to sit down and flick through the pages and work out what you wanted Father Christmas to bring that year. Just wanted to leave a brief note to say thank you for putting this site up. 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