The Christmas you were seven, 1965

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Christmas

1965

Born around 1958? You were seven that December.

The Wish Book arrived in the mail

Christmas Book1965

G.I. Joe Action Soldier
$2.19
Barbie
$1.76
Operation
$3.66
Mouse Trap
$3.99
Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
$7.66
Easy-Bake Oven
$13.33

Prices from the 1965 Sears Christmas catalog.

New under the tree that year

  • OperationMilton Bradley, 1965
  • The Super BallWham-O sold six million in its first year
  • Rock ’Em Sock ’Em RobotsMarx, from 1964

An Easy-Bake Oven

In 1965
$13.33
In today’s money
$142.55

Measured by the government’s Consumer Price Index.

Enjoying 1965?

The craze that December

Back Then Daily

December 1965

Every boy wants to be 007

James Bond toys filled the 1965 Sears catalog, from a toy attaché case to an Aston Martin road race set at $34.44.

Still have it in the attic?

Auction, 2017G.I. Joe Action Soldier, in the box$1,003Sold at Cordier Auction, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

So tell us

Which onewas yours?

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