https://archive.org/details/argos-catalogue-autumn-winter-2002

by hoitjancker

26 comments

  1. It’s just not the same when you can’t slide your arm under 900 pages and karate slam it to the page you need

  4. For any of you that remember flicking through the laminated book of dreams in store, please spare a moment to think of my poor wife – her summer job (working nights, minimum wage) in 2001 was laminating said book of dreams for the stores.

  5. I genuinely can’t thank you enough for this.

    I’ve been going on a nostalgia journey and this is practically orgasmic.

    Might as well tell the wife to not stay awake.

  6. amazing. my mum was doing some much needed paper shredding and found my dad’s tax returns from 2002!

  7. The smell. The feeling of hope. Excitement. This is great, thank you!

  8. I started working in Argos in 2002 and I still remember some of the item numbers from the catalogue lol

  9. A relief to see that the good guys at Argos offered payment protection with their loans.

  10. Seeing Bionicle, K’nex, Transformers, Beyblade, and Yugioh toys was such a blast.

  11. What do kids do for Christmas now? My Mum used to just give us all the Argos catalogue and told us to circle what we wanted.

  12. So many memories! Loved my Robot Wars toys back in the day.

  14. My childhood was full of catalogues that I’d spend hours staring at and choosing what I’d like. My mum brought our clothes from them, my Nan had ‘Mrs Moores’ visit on a Saturday to collect her payments. I’d sit and look at the food hampers that were in the back of the winter catalogues and dream of us getting one.

    The Argos catalogue was even used as a game for my mum to keep us quiet. She’d get us to choose a page and then a number and we’d ‘win whatever the item was. My brother often spoiled it by memorising items he wanted which infuriated me even though we weren’t actually getting them.

    I remember wanting the colourful timex watches, the make up sets and an inflatable armchair as a young teen, I’d fold the pages over to give my parents a hint

  15. My oldest was born a handful of years after this but seeing things we bought for him has opened up mushy parent floodworks. We were so broke back then but every penny went on him, the beanstalk range was a godsend practically everything was a tenner.

    I’m going to text the big git and tell him I love him all because of the bloody argos book 😂 he’s going to slag me all week for it but it’s worth it.

  16. This is amazing! Straight to toys like my old ass still plays 😂. Would love a ‘98 catalogue. That was the year of dreams for me

  17. I definitely went through that in November 2002 and circled everything I wanted, and then had to narrow it down to a few things Santa would bring me.

  19. “Order number 374 to your collection point please!”

  21. I’ll enjoy flicking through this and circling what I want for Christmas this year, thank you 😆

  22. Immediately feels ancient 😂 Same time next week and can we go a few decades earlier?

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