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Old catalogs aren’t just groovy to look at, a toy collector can learn a lot about what items are missing from the series or collection, and what pieces are supposed to be included. Here are some vintage Disney toys from the 1988 Sears Wish Book.

Most of the images have larger scans, so don’t forget to click to see them. (But don’t blame me if it makes you spend more money — or feel really old to realize these toys are almost 20 years old now!)

Disney’s Main Street Replica Toy Sets: Available only at Sears Land, this was the main toy feature in the catalog, covering the first two pages. There was the Town Square set, with buildings, the train and track, horse & trolley with conductor, lighting kit, furniture sets, a Christmas tree set, and of course, lots of Disney character sets — even a family of tourists.

Winnie The Pooh Train Set: I was super excited to see this set as my (now 18 year old) daughter had this set. I got it at a rummage sale, used, when she was a toddler and now all that remains are a few of the ‘people’, like Tigger who resides on my shelf as part of one of my dioramas.

More Disney Play Sets: Featured here are the Mickey & Donald 10-Lap Race (with controlers) set against the Disney World backdrop, the Disney Chef Mickey playset (with 5 figurines, 3 vehicles, foodstand, freezer, 2 tables with 4 benches, 2 umbrellas, a wallet with play money and clip “and much more”) and, the coolest one, the “Way back in 1955, Disneyland” set. The flashback set has authentic reproductions of Tomorrowland, Frontierland, Fantasyland, Adventureland, and Main Street along with play mat, Disney characters & Disneyland animals — 50 pieces in all!

Disney Magic Omagles: Omagles are components that kids can use to build neat-o stuff, without tools. I suspect that very few of these pieces survived — especially the plastic ‘brick’ sheets — but it sure looks cool. (At the time this was written, the Omagles website, Omagles.com, was down.)

Disney Nintendo Games: The two Nintendo hand-held games featured here at Sears Land involve Mickey catching eggs and Mickey & Donald in the circus. The games sound super simplistic, but this was 1988 and definitely games for younger kids (ages 3 and up).

“Be a ’star with Jiminy Cricket!” These musical toys were a delight to see. Not only do I covet the phonograph, but I adore Jiminy. Over the years he’s nearly disappeared from view — and to purchase things with his image is rare. Also in this collection are Jiminy Cricket’s Dancin’ Banjo & Fiddle, cassette player/recorder, sing-along radio, AM/FM mike, and the Jiminy Cricket stand-up microphone/amplifier set. Rock on, Jiminy!

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