THE 1985 DROP / USA

The wish list
was half the fun.

A remote control. A tiny keyboard. An impossible choice.
One headline gift, or a whole little wish list?

Pick your game budget$50$100Your budget.
Your kind of nostalgia.

Build my 1985 haul

Documented old prices. Entirely pretend shopping.

Recreated 1985 memory scene; an interpretation, not an archive photograph — Your Christmas wish listRecreated visual

↗ Documented 1985 prices✓ Nothing to pay. Ever.▤ A little receipt to keep

THE COLLECTION / 03

What’s coming home?

20 researched choices. One of each. Make it your haul.

THE 1985 EDITION

About these historical offers

RadioShack US annual catalogue · store prices could vary. Catalogue offers brought together for a fictional scene; availability and conditions could vary. USD amounts; no tax, delivery or assembly charge is simulated.

JavaScript is needed for the basket. All historical offers and sources are listed below.Radio Shack Porsche 944 RC racer — $29.95 · 1 11-inch 27 MHz RC car with controller · SourceRadio Shack Chevy RC pickup — $14.95 · 1 9-inch 1:20-scale 27 MHz RC truck with controller · SourceArmatron robot arm — $31.95 · 1 robot arm with game modules, canisters and cones · SourceRadio Shack constellation finder — $12.95 · 1 projector with instructions, exercises and star charts · SourceTandy 1650 portable sensory chess — $59.95 · 1 portable electronic chess game · SourceTandy Pocket-Repeat memory game — $10.95 · 1 four-color electronic memory game · SourceRadio Shack sing-along AM radio — $11.95 · 1 AM radio with hand-held microphone · SourceRadio Shack programmable electronic organ — $19.95 · 1 22-key organ with song book and manual · SourceTandy Zap LCD pocket game — $12.95 · 1 pocket LCD game; battery included · SourceTandy LCD Track Star game — $17.95 · 1 folding LCD athletics game; batteries included · SourceTandy 3-D Sky Duel game — $29.95 · 1 binocular-view aerial battle game · SourceLCD Computer Backgammon — $39.95 · 1 electronic backgammon game with regular dice included · SourceTandy-12 electronic game arcade — $19.95 · 1 twelve-game electronic unit · SourceArcher Space Patrol walkie-talkies with headsets — $19.95 · 1 pair of 49.8 MHz units with built-in headset microphones · SourceWireless FM microphone — $6.95 · 1 microphone with built-in antenna · SourceElectronic intercom telephone system — $12.95 · 1 pair of wired handsets connected by 30-foot cord · SourceScience Fair solar power lab — $14.95 · 1 solar-electronics experiment kit · SourceScience Fair crystal AM radio kit — $4.95 · 1 crystal radio kit with earphone · SourceScience Fair digital computer kit — $26.95 · 1 binary-logic experiment kit with illustrated 68-page manual · SourceScience Fair aeronautical lab kit — $19.95 · 1 aviation experiment kit with lab-type manual; 100 projects advertised · Source

AI-created product reconstructions, not archive photographs. Shapes, colours and packaging are interpretive. Sources & visual notes ↗

OLD PRICES. NEW PERSPECTIVE.

A real moment. A pretend shop.

Imagine circling a favourite in a catalogue and then spotting something else on the next page. The holiday wish-list setting is fictional. The prices come from the identified annual catalogue, not from a verified Christmas promotion.

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Published by Patrick ↗ · Content updated October 16, 2026 · Sources and method ↗

The wish listwas half the fun.

What’s coming home?

A real moment. A pretend shop.

The wish list
was half the fun.