Retro argos catalogs

[terley]

Did a quick search, couldn't find anyone else posting it so i though't id share this link with a ton of scans of retro argos catalogs going back to the 70s..

Says the site is unsafe but it is trustworthy, here are some of my favourite caps.. 95 and 99.. them feels. I can still remember the smell of the catalogs window shopping for christmas presents my parents couldn't afford.

https://retromash.com/argos/

 

[moon man]

got a lot of this stuff in my attic ,furby and gameboy ,think the errr slightly modified playstation was sold

 

[TheVoice]

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/argos-catalogues-blast-from-the-past.18842106/

 

[robfosters]

£100 for the latest and best consoles. Aah, those were the days.

But lol at £340 for the multi mega pile of junk

 

[builder22]

I always used to look/study the RC cars section....even tho now I realise even the best ones they sold were still just “toys”

 

[Gibbs]

Man I did love that Die Hard game

 

[lakitu]

Love looking at the old PC's. Back in 96 I had the Oliveti PC for £1400. What a pile of junk that was!

 

[malachi]

Some of those items cost more now!

 

[lakitu]

Brand new N64 with goldeneye for £99. Yes please.

 

[Wizzfizz]

£99 for the N64, that must have been way later after its release. Think I paid around ~£200 with an extra pad from Index

 

[robgmun]

I used to spend hours looking at the toy section for transformers and other junk in the 80s.

 

[wolfie138]

i always felt the argos catalogue paled in comparison to Littlewoods and Kays. maybe it was the lack of pictures on par w/ their lingerie sections.

 

[theone8181]

Just checked, 100 quid in 95 is about 190 now. About the price of an Xbox one s. Not really gone up, I'd say you get a hell of a lot more for your money and as the guy above says pcs were poor.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I soooooo wanted a Sony Discman from the 1995 Argos catalogue! I had mostly cassettes back then but I started collecting CDs and had about 10 or 12 by summer 1995. My parents and grandparents then clubbed together for an incentive for me to do well in my GCSEs as 1995 was my GCSE year.

Grade A = £60
Grade B = £40
Grade C = £20

The Sony Discman was £135 so I needed to raise that amount.

Luckily I had 2 As, 2 Bs and 5 Cs (and failed one with a D). This got me £150 so was enough and a bit extra for batteries and maybe another CD. Collecting CDs then became an expensive hobby as a 6th former lol

 

[Feef]

Grade A = £60
Grade B = £40
Grade C = £20

The Sony Discman was £135 so I needed to raise that amount.

Luckily I had 2 As, 2 Bs and 5 Cs (and failed one with a D). This got me £150

Was the D by any chance in maths?

 

[terley]

I soooooo wanted a Sony Discman from the 1995 Argos catalogue! I had mostly cassettes back then but I started collecting CDs and had about 10 or 12 by summer 1995. My parents and grandparents then clubbed together for an incentive for me to do well in my GCSEs as 1995 was my GCSE year.

Grade A = £60
Grade B = £40
Grade C = £20

The Sony Discman was £135 so I needed to raise that amount.

Luckily I had 2 As, 2 Bs and 5 Cs (and failed one with a D). This got me £150 so was enough and a bit extra for batteries and maybe another CD. Collecting CDs then became an expensive hobby as a 6th former lol

Don't think my parents even asked what i got for my GCSE's lmao

 

[Wizzfizz]

i always felt the argos catalogue paled in comparison to Littlewoods and Kays. maybe it was the lack of pictures on par w/ their lingerie sections.

Quoted for the truths

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Was the D by any chance in maths?

Nah, the D was in English literature! I got a B in maths I realise I got my amounts wrong in the previous post. I wrote down the totals by mistake

 

[Hades]

Grattan's, Kay's or Littlewoods lingerie archive or go home.

 

[terley]

Grattan's, Kay's or Littlewoods lingerie archive or go home.

https://www.vintagecatalogues.com/littlewoods
https://www.vintagecatalogues.com/kays-catalogues

Ask and ye shall recieve