Does anyone have scans of the 80s Argos catalogue pages?

[partypony566]

Specifically the ones which have the mlp playsets, like dream castle, paradise estate.... My mum wanted to see them, and I remember someone posting the scans here but I can't remember who.... I'm 99% thinking its hathorcat, but I'm not sure

[hathorcat]

You suspect I would have such information randomly?

I have a couple of the HB catalogues with PE in them but no Argos one unfortunately.

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[Foxtale]

I love catalogue scans! The press photos are so cute!

[reanna-mator]

So much vintage goodness!

I wish we had Argos in the US. There's something vaguely magical about it. I think Bill Bailey said it best: "The Narnia of household goods. The TARDIS of toasters."

[scarletjul]

  Awesome scans!

Sigh.  Grabby hands at the lunchbox, of all things.

[hathorcat]

So much vintage goodness!

I wish we had Argos in the US. There's something vaguely magical about it. I think Bill Bailey said it best: "The Narnia of household goods. The TARDIS of toasters."

*giggle* this is how I always feel in Argos - you pick a number and then wait in line and your item just magically appears...it must work like Mary Poppins carpet bag because Argos buildings never look big enough to have the amount of stock they must clearly keep somewhere...

[partypony566]

You suspect I would have such information randomly?

I have a couple of the HB catalogues with PE in them but no Argos one unfortunately.

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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE love them, thankyou! Cat you've got everything lol, knew I was right hehe

Can I of order the lemon drop with stroller?! check out the technicolor pics lol! Wind whistler never looks like that!

[Saoirse]

That was me that posted them, Ill have to look them up though, it was a long while ago!

Post Merge: August 09, 2012, 04:40:02 AM

Found them! I am just amazeballs haha only joking!!

these are not my images!

 http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/38301877@N05/3593496872/in/set-72157619206330728/

 http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/38301877@N05/3591079714/in/set-72157619081815831/

 http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/38301877@N05/3591081280/in/set-72157619081815831/

Argos is brill! They were only in the North until about '96 and my Mams family was from Belfast so we used to be up there a lot when I was a wee one...I used to count down the days until we went up to visit till I could go pony shopping!! I remember one year it burnt down and there was a half burnt teddy hanging out what used to be the window...at that age I was heartbroken because of the poor teddy..I cried for days
Point of the story there was no ponies for me that trip! lol

[hathorcat]

Yes I have that second catalogue - I think its 1986 if I remember rightly.

[Saoirse]

you have the physical catalogue??

[partypony566]

Are there any paradise estate pics? Just curious of the price back then... I think it was £120 or around that price

[Saoirse]

Thats all I could find sadly...

Are you kidding, thats so expensive!!

[partypony566]

That's ok, thanks anyway

Found the info.... It was £60 in the uk

http://www.etherella.com/scrapbook2/paradise_estate.htm

[hathorcat]

you have the physical catalogue??

Yup...I am a catalogue freak I have a few of them.

Yes it was £60 to buy - a serious amount of money back then. My mum always likes to tell me how expensive ponies were Your mum and mine would seriously get on, Party! Lol

Party I have a few bigger product pics but they are from Hasbro catalogues do you want any of them scanned in? I ll riffle through the Argos/Index catalogues but I dont recall seeing the PE in them.   

[Saoirse]

Wow thats amazing!

£60 was real dear back then, though I remember the rollerskate ponies being £15 (punt) when they were released so when you make that comparison...