Blast from the past

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:20 am

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/ch ... eAD7NgdXRV

Post by **GHQ** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 4:42 am

That was fun to see! It's amazing how few of those old ads/catalogs/etc. are around here. If anyone else has any, please post them here.

Thanks!
GHQ

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 7:43 pm

Old Catalogs
Fall 1989

Winter 1990

Summer/Fall 1993

Whatever happened to those Mainly Military buildings?

Gort · Post by **Gort** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 10:59 pm

Sorry about that. The edit/delete functions are a bit wonky it seems.

Mk 1 · Post by **Mk 1** » Wed Jun 26, 2019 11:48 pm

Whatever happened to those Mainly Military buildings?

Don't know. But I have 7 of the ones shown in that old catalog!

... or wait are we just talking GHQ ads?

I suppose we should stick to the GHQ stuff.

Otherwise I would post the 1977 Olds Omega SX ad. Not that anyone gives a rat's pattuti about it, but it does have yours truly in it. Yes, indeedy, my friends, not all of my involvement with the world of models over the years has been with miniatures.

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:44 am

https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/wM ... pbls_DYOCu

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:07 am

Found another ad and this article.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/UN ... JSDwMGMF9U
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/sl ... 3QRmLCkIhR

nashorn88 · Post by **nashorn88** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 2:34 am

$2.75 for 5 tanks
Wow..... what a deal but when I used a Inflation Calculator that came out to $16.85 todayâ€™s dollar.

So actually itâ€™s cheaper today then it was in 1972.
Think I brought my 1st pack or box in 1977 maybe 76
Anyone remember what they cost that year?
I recall $ 3:15 then 3.75 ??

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 3:54 am

Nashorn88:
I've been collecting for 50 years "come August".
The earliest retail prices I saw were $1.95, $2.20, and $2.45.
It depended on the size/complexity of the items. Everything was 5 per pack, until the introduction of the original model of the Italian L3 tankette- they were 7 per.
Not many were in the top bracket when I started collecting; the Tiger 1 may have been first. The first trucks also were when they came out- they were 3-piece castings, and the cab was hollow with open windows...
I had saved ALL my GHQ catalogues and such, but many were lost with my Grandparents home.
I don't know what I have "buried" in my attic, but wouldn't know how to post pics anyway...