1969 Sears Commercial - The Big Toybox

[LagoonCreature007]

Oh wow! I vaguely recall that commercial. Like ub30f I would spend way too much time pouring through the Sears and J.C. Penney wish-books imagining all the fun I'd have playing with the toys. I still spend time with wish-books but from Brooks Brothers now rather than the department stores.

[Sheri451]

I remember the commercials for The Great Toy Box. I too would get the Sears Wishbook. Who knows, Maybe Santa bought my things at Sears? I bought my oldest nephew Christmas toys from the catalog in 1997.He got a Pooh Bear, a Powerwheels That was broken, and a horse that rocked and bounced. He still has Pooh Bear in his closet. He probably will give it to HIS son someday when he marries.

[kascnef82]

When did Sears stop sending catalogs?

[chipethecat]

@kascnef82 they own land 's land and there a catalog for that sill so they sill send some out this not the sears one.

[pmd467]

You know, I actually remember seeing this commercial on channel 4 in Los Angeles in 1969 just before the Christmas Season! I got a 5speed bike from there called the "Spyder 500", along with a Mattel Hot Wheels Tune-Up Tower. My friend that Christmas got a "Verti-bird" and Sizzlers! He was the envy at school!:-) Those were the days you could actually say "Merry Christmas"...

[MightySaturn5]

@pmd467 lol -my 2 favorite toys -Sizzlers and Verti-bird ...with the early SSP's being right up there

[ToyKingWonder]

@pmd467 I HAVE a Spyder 500!!!!

[Navdan87]

I remember my "AFX" Jackie Stewart slot car set! I'm sure it came from Sears! Haha

[MightySaturn5]

@Navdan87 Yeah, I remember those AFX Jackie Stewart commercials "It can rrreally grips the road" , of course it wasn't perfect grammar but with that scottish accent it was perfectly fine.

[Navdan87]

@MightySaturn5 , your absolutely right! Haha

[regressing2apes]

my dad raced supermodifieds and got me that big ride on car. i still have it sans the steering wheel.

[TCall2004]

I miss the Sears catalog.

[dieselplow]

I remember going through the sears and jcpenny catalog that would be sent out and circling the toys you wanted. 

[secondchapter]

@dieselplow My younger sister and I would do the same thing - circle the toys we wanted and put either "T" or "D" next to it, LOL. One of my favorite toys was Christmas 1970, a "whirly bird" - a kind of helicopter held by a thin rod that went around in circles. I loved it!

[ToyKingWonder]

@secondchapter Do you mean a Verti-Bird? Definitely a cool toy!

[secondchapter]

@ToyKingWonder YES!! Thank you for remembering the name!!

[ExploringBeyond]

I would like to remember this but I can't remember anything prior 1985... actually i don't really remember anything from back then either :P

[wolfman4u1]

I was looking for a allstate motorcycle to jump out of that box

[rrpate67]

i have that toy box like new in the box it plays music.. and looks exactly like this one before they go close up to show the kids and toys that is! wow !

[ub30f]

Could not wait for Christmas edition of the Sears catalog with the big toy selection in it. Use to look at it for hours.

[MegaJGYoung]

@ub30f Me too. It was the Wish Book later on. =)

[joshblake339]

the rich toys for rich kids haha lol

[TruWatcher]

The hockey game in this ad is tabletop hockey as it should be played...none of this air-puck nonsense...you actually had to spin the guys around on the rods and move them up and down the "ice" and make them push the puck with their sticks...now that was an art! My sisters and I once got hold of one that used to belong to some grown guys back when they were boys, and we had more fun with that thing...

[Lakeview312]

Wow, I totally remember those commercials for Sears and the Big Toybox...maybe not this particular one but the music brings back memories...the Big Toybox at Sears was around in commercials for quite a few years I believe.

[retrojoet]

Wow! What a flashback to my childhood. I swear most of that stuff was under our xmas tree in 1969 - obviously, my parents were Searsaholics. Isn't it amazing, though, how us kids back then were so darn happy just to get a coupla toys at xmas, as opposed to today's kids getting an entire department storefull of stuff and STILL being disappointed and ungrateful?

[LosAngelesFresh1]

Wow, that was a pretty big generalization . . .

I am only 18 years old, and all of my friends and I never got anything special on xmas; probably less than what you even got.

[1969pontiac1]

I agree, Christmas was so magical, I grew up in the 60s and 70s and we always had nice christmases. They dont have toys now like they did back then. I miss those times

[IdahoMoe1963]

I remember that Box! lol

[biggiebrain]

more like a little toybox

[IdahoMoe1963]

Simpsons Sears in Canada, Sears Roebuck in U.S.

[visor109]

You can now find that "Big Toy Box" at Walmart!

[streetcarjay]

Back then Sears was known as Simpson's Sears

[visor109]

In Canada, yes, in the States it was Sears and Roebuck.

[pixiedaisy]

LOL! that was hilarious