Browsing a 1984 MONTGOMERY WARD Catalog with Erin! 

I feel kinda fortunate to have lived through this period in time. Analog childhood, digital adulthood. Best of both worlds 😊👍

All I know about Poochie is that he died on his way back to his home planet.

There is nothing better than toy's from the 1980's/90's.

We also had cartoons every day plus Saturday mornings in the 80s. Good luck finding any cool kids shows on broadcast TV these days. Isnt there a current CBS kids show about postal inspectors? Kids need an escape, not more low budget educational fluff for their limited free time.

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Does any remember the store BEST? They had huge stores, a big catalog and when you went there, they had this cool system where you buy something and take a ticket to this counter and they had a conveyor belt bring down your items. The anticipation of waiting for your toy to come down was unreal for me.

Whenever someone mentioned Poochie, I always thought of the side character from The Simpsons. I had no idea it was an actual toy and brand. The more you know.

Even that ad for the Commodore 64 had a bootleg game on disk in the picture. I knew a lot of people that had C64's and no one had original game disks. Our family had almost 200 games and they were all copies we made from other people.

How I miss the fresh smell of ink when the Christmas catalogs would begin arriving in fall.

I'll never forget Christmas morning when my Mom and Dad set up Castle of Grace Skull, and all the figures at night.

I've been collecting classic Christmas catalogs from the late 70's early 80's for about ten years. I love them, they are a direct portal to my youth. JC Penny catalogs tend to cost the most, followed by Sears. For some reason Montgomery Ward catalogues are less common, and cheaper. Century House catalogs are quite rare, but very affordable.

I grew up in the 80s and am having a serious nostalgia moment; I was nine when this catalog came out. My sister and I were huge into Star Wars and had the Ewok village, as well as Jabba the Hutt. Actually, I think we had most of the figures, just not as many of the ships (my grandma actually collected those!). And yes, we had the Snoopy snow cone maker, which we thought was the most awesome thing ever...not to mention a Viewmaster, which I remember we had a lot of Muppets discs for. The 80s is the one decade everyone seems nostalgic for, whether they lived through it or not. Growing up, I did not fully appreciate how awesome of a time it truly was.

The GoBots, the poor man's Transformers. Haha! You took me through my childhood on this video!

Erin I love your passion for 80’s toys and video games. Keep up the great videos on your channel. Mike is a lucky man!

These magazines are so nostalgic. I found '93 and '94 Holiday Wishbooks at a thrift shop a few years back and it was like a blast from the past looking at all the stuff that existed back then. I was 13 and 14 around those years and had grown out of toys, but even seeing the children's section was like going back in time. Also had found the 1997 and 1999 toy catalogs. Way past my childhood but still fun to look at.

Holy shit. The snoopy snow cone maker. I think I still have mine in some box

Erin 80's & 90's Toys are Awesome 😊😁

10:37 wow i had one of those too, was 1 year old in 84 😂 lots of great toys in that magazine, 80's best decade ever.

Damn, this is like a walk through my childhood, I had lots of these toys.

Dat Wii shop channel music! great video Erin :D

always loved the effort they put into these kind of catalogs, sorting stuff out and create "diorama" of some kind Poochie was extremely popular in italy, in the early 80's at least

Wishbooks are life. When I was a kid, my parents would say, "If you see something you like, but your initial by it." which quickly progressed to my own rating system starting with a single small m, to M, all the way up to MMMMM.

7:32 That He Man toothbrush holder is the reason why I still vizualize days of the week in a circular pattern when I count them in my mind.

I was seven in 1984 and this was a real trip down memory lane. I was so into Masters of the Universe, Transformers, and G.I. Joe. I think I had those Temple of Doom PJ's to.

when we were kids throughout the 1980s, our mom use to shop at a store called Orr's back then and she use to get the Christmas catalog from there as well. Just seen is bring back such good memories and good times. Miss being a 1980s kid

Elmo likes to look at himself in shiny knives

Another great memory I have from my childhood was always getting those Montgomery Wards or JC Penney Christmas catalogues when I was little and my mom would just tell me to cut out and paste anything in the catalogue onto a big white sheet of construction paper because that was easier for me when I couldn't really write or talk but yea I missed those days looking through those each year to see the newest toys!! I feel like after the 90's things just weren't the same anymore I like how each decade from the 90's and back had like a destinctive style and look but once the 2000's came along I feel like styles and everything sorta just blended together from early 2000's to 2010's it wasn't as destinct as say the 80's from the 90's.

Great vid! I love that you care so much about nostalgia life. I was born in 84 but I had an older brother so I got experience a lot of this stuff. I had that slot car track next to Mr.T. My dad built it on a large piece of wood and did the whole scene up with trees and everything with model train stuff.

Thanks for the memories! I fondly remember breaking many of these as a kid, haha. Loved the star wars stuff. I would sleep with the Rancor every night, and apparently started crying when my uncle called it ugly.

Awesome video, Erin! Glad to see someone shed some light on the MW catalog. I used to love looking through these as a kid.

Thanks Erin, for taking me back to more simpilar times! I remember owning/ seeing this stuff you covered back in my "very" early days. True nostalgic trip

There were a bunch of commercials in the 80's that advertised both a girls and boys toy. Probably combined to save some money by not having to purchase 2 commercial slots and still advertise to 100% of the audience.

Hope you do more of these in the future. Had a great time watching!

Erin always coming through with the quality content 👏🏼 👏🏼 Yaaaas girl please do more of these videos! It was so nostalgic to watch this ❤️

Oh man, I had all kinds of He-Man toys as a kid. I’m impressed how much of those toys I remember.

Loved LGR’s old catalogs, love this too! More please.

I was seven when this catalog was out. We had a TV from Monkey Wards that lasted us a long time! Yes the Get Along Gang was a thing for a while. They had a Saturday morning cartoon about the characters who had a club house in a caboose (the name of the caboose escapes me). They were a toy line that encouraged children to play together and....get along! We had a lot of the Super Powers toys and vehicles. The Hall of Justice was pretty awesome! I remember the Little Professor calculator ! At the time I didn’t look at the computer stuff much because there was NO WAY in hell we could afford them! Same with VCRs. VCR prices finally came down when we got one in 1990 (about $160).

I LOVE watching people go through old catalogues. The excitement from the person makes me happy and some of them make jokes about the things. These are great. I never got to experience a catalogue but I love these! Do more if possible please.

I was 6 years old when this catalog came out and I remember a lot of the toys from this era.Brings back a lot of great memories of my childhood.Thanks for posting this Erin.

This was awesome! Yes, please more videos like this!

This was one of the most entertaining videos. I love old toy catalogs! Cool videos!

This is a real nostalgia blast, I was born in the year 1980.

Thanks for sharing, this video was wholesome.. remember in kindergarten one kid brought his castle grayskull.. he was our hero xD

Thanks for the upload 👍. I was 7 when this came out. It's like a trip back to childhood.

Wow, this really took me back! I always remember back to school shopping at Montgomery Ward when I was in elementary in the early 90's. And those toys were so much fun! Definitely make more of these types of videos if you can!

I'd never seen the Montgomery ward catalog, but I used to love looking through the JC-Penneys Christmas "Wish Books" a lot as a kid.

I have a couple Christmas catalogs that I go through every so often. It’s just a fun snapshot of that year in my life. What was popular, the toys I wanted and that I played with. Thanks for the great video.

Care Bears 2 is one of my all time fav movies - thanks for reminding me

Thank you for sharing. The catalog is pretty cool.

This was very fun to watch. You must find at least the pilot episode of Knight Rider. What a great show that was.

I had every He-Man toy on the cover except for the horse! :P I used to love looking through Christmas catalogs in the 80s.

I was so happy in 1984 best time of my life.

Awesome video Erin keep up the good work!!!

I remember drooling over the toys and electronics sections of the Sears and JC Penny's catalogues back in the day. Thanks so much for bringing back some very fond memories! I was 9 in 1984, and in love with Transformers.

Awesome vid Erin. More content like this would be great 👍

This was a really cool video and would love to see more like it! We really were the luckiest generation we had all the cool 80's stuff and then a lot of us got to experience some of the best of the 90's as well. I didn't know you collect McDonald's stuff, I have literally huge totes full of happy meal toys from the 80's and early to mid 90's . If there is anything in particular your looking for I could probably send you some ( a lot of them are still in the little cellophane baggies as well).

This was a definitely throw back for me. I am an 81 baby. Remembered most of these. I love Rainbow Brite!!! Would love to see more of these! I really enjoyed this🙂

Yes, more please! This made me feel warm and fuzzy.

Yes! More of this. Nostalgia, commentary, and a bit of ASMR :0)

Thanks Erin! You made me cry ... tears of lost joy!

Awesome video. Brought back a lot of memories.

Love this video. Definitely should think about a catalog series. I loved looking through these as a kid and me and my sisters had a lot of these toys growing up. ❤️❤️❤️ No joke. My sister ran me over with that Strawberry Shortcake bike when I was like 4. Right over my face.

Wow! You brought back so many memories I didn't even realize I had. From the he man toys on the cover till the end. Thanks for this one!

Ahh 80's toys... this hit right in the nostalgia. Also, enjoying the snappy tunes to this walk down memory lane!

Lots of neat A-TEAM stuff. Thanks for sharing this with us.

Great video Erin. One thing though, I enjoyed the fact that they showed Ewoks for a sec. How could you not like that : )

I had that Dingbot at 3:26! He was the best. All he did was roll around and flash his eyes and make noise, but he would also hit things and know to turn and change directions which was kind of mindblowing back then. Now I want to hunt one down... Mine either did not have a map or whoever opened it for me just thought it was junk. And that Wico controller was pretty great. Forget the Atari 5200, though... the 8-bit systems were where it was at. My mom got that controller and said it was her's. I was never allowed to use it. Well... I say never... but eventually I ended up with it. I guess she got tired of gaming and the rules got a bit more lax.

0:53 It's literally Montgomery Moose on a Montgomery Ward catalog cover. Heartbreakingly missed opportunity. Good job with at least knowing the name of the show, though, since it's very much a forgotten show these days.

Me and my best friend were 12 at the time and I remember this catalog very well as we both wanted many things that were in it. Superb video and thanks so much for sharing it with us.

I had that Barbie jacuzzi! Fill up the tub and mash the manual pump a bunch of times to create bubbles haha. I still have my Strawberry Shortcake dolls, My Little Ponies, She-Ra, Popples, and the NES and SNES console and games. My mom never really got rid of any toys when I was younger and I'm so glad she kept them. I'm loving all the 30, 35, and 40 year anniversary remakes of these toys :)

Awesome review Erin...I lived for the holiday catalogs...Montgomery Ward, Sears and JCPenny!!

I had so many of those toys, including the amazing Inspector Gadget.

Erin thank you so much for that it brought back so many memories. Getting and looking through the christmas catalogs was always an event we looked forward to every year. I was super into he man back then. To answer your question, yes poochie was, not super popular, but popular. My sister had one that you could stamp things with its butt and she stamped everything.

This was a totally unexpected video from you, I loved it, hope u make more

I have a old 1976 Spiegel Christmas catalog I found in my grandparents attic.

Great video!!! So fun. I remember Get Along Gang, not the toys so much. But they had a cartoon. They had a thing called the Clubhouse Caboose. I think I had a crush on Dotty Dog.

I remember circling all the toys I wanted in the Sears, and Service Merchandise catalogs so my parents would know what to get me for Christmas. Mostly Star Wars, Transformers, GI Joe, and video games. We had a Snoopy Snow Cone Machine, but I only remember grinding up a devil dog in it while my family waited out Hurricane Gloria in our basement in '85.

1984..I was 7 back then. I miss the 80s. Thanks though for the awesome memories, Erin

I was 3 in 84. 1.) I have vague memories of that time but I remember Rainbow Brite, Care Bears and He-Man being everywhere! Like to a degree I'm not sure is even legal anymore. 2.) It pains me whenever I see Star Wars toys. I had a bunch of them and then none. 3.) I miss Montgomery Ward also. In the 80s my Dad worked at the local grocery store (that doesn't exist anymore and I miss that too) and next to it on one side was a Montgomery Ward and on the other this amazing store called Child World that was basically Toys R Us on steroids. It was the perfect trifecta of stores in one spot. Now it's a Hannafords and a Home Depot. Not even remotely the same.

I had the He-man talking toothbrush holder. The recorded message it played when you pressed the red button was hilarious.

Loved this video to the max!!!

Great video I love old catalogs, and I was born in 84, yay

14:55 I had the Pac-Man tabletop but it used a bunch of C batteries that were expensive. Eventually our batteries leaken in it and I don't think we ever used it again.

80s & 90s toys are truly the greatest thing ever.

Thank you so much for posting this!!! I have been searching for years for a toy I had as a child. When you turned to the Go Bots page there it was!!! The wheeled dinosaur holding the screwdriver looking thing. Now I can look up what it is called and try to find it on eBay.

I had a lot of these toys handed down to me by my older siblings. Also,your nails are super cute!

I still have my old VHS player. When it stops working all my old tapes will be unplayable. 😥

Wow, I forgot how expensive those Game and Watch games were. $21 in 1984 would be like $54 today!

Omg. This takes me way back. I remember the Sears and the JC Penney catalogs and all the flyers that would come in the mail during Christmas time with all the toys in it. I wish I would have kept them.

All the nostalgia! I had that Skeletor fortress and the Knight Rider car you could ride in! What a great time to be a kid.

This was fun and you have nice hands! I had a Snoopy snowcone maker as a kid and had a lot of fun with it...although I don' t really care for snowcones.

I never knew I needed to hear Erin say poochie over n over til now. I need this more

Omg I had so many of these toys. I was way spoiled! The Inspector Gadget doll was my favorite! I lost it in 1986 when we moved. I’m still devastated.

My older sister, whose name is also Erin, had all of the Rose Petal Place toys. Car, watering can house. 🤫 I was partial to Tumbles and Sunny Sunflower.

10:58 Ah! My sister and I loved the Snoopy Snowcone Maker. I remember using it often.

Man does this bring back memories. I still have a teddy bear from Montgomery Wards! Great video Erin!

Now I need to find a piece of paper and write down everything I want for Christmas!

I had a lot of He Man toys, This was great Erin, Nostalgic!

dude that A team tent was super dope 😂😂😂😂 Fun video erin!!!

I love the 80's toys with the 00's Wii music lol I was born in 79 so I remember all of this! Love your videos Erin