Last of the Christmas toys. Barbie has been popular so long that they recently made a movie about her. Back in 1973 they were selling Malibu Barbie and Ken. Not really much different than the standard models. Barbie has had an incredible number of outfits over the years. Barbie (#3), Ken (#4), and P, J, …
These pocket radio from the 1973 JC Penney catalog play both AM and FM stations. There was another pocket radio in the catalog that only played AM and it sold for $6.88. In 1973 AM radio was king with the majority of AM stations playing music. Today most AM stations are talk radio stations. Even …
Here is a nice simple toy for both girls and boys. They could use these easels for painting or drawing. I’ll bet some kids put these to great use and others had no interest in using them at all. Other simple gifts are coloring books and crayons. There are even coloring books out for adults …
There are 4 pages of racing sets in the 1973 JC Penney catalog. Most are sets made by Tyco but that isn’t the brand most kids wanted at that time. Instead they wanted ones like all their friends had (below). This set was made by Aurora and it was the only one of their sets …