Toys "R" Us and Halloween went hand-in-hand back in the day. It's impossible not to feel nostalgic when thinking about it if you lived through that era as a kid. Luckily we have old commercials like this one from 1983 to remember how much fun the store was. — Read the rest

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Enjoy this scan of a 1975 copy of the Konsument catalog, which advertised the offerings of East Germany's state-run retail cooperative. The catalog shows the fashions, tools, housewares, consumer electronics, and other glorious goods made during the grim, oppressive Russian occupation. — Read the rest

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