Christmas Catalog: 1964 Sears - Page 212
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The text on the right is a transcription of the actual catalog ad wording. The ad number appears in parentheses in front of the Ad title, a (0) means the ad was not numbered on the page. The price after the ad is the catalog listed sale price.
Some of the ads have an author's note. Those are my personal comments about the ad and may change as I learn more.
(1) Stony
Paratrooper by MARX has jointed head, shoulders, elbows, wrists - With combat accessories - Can take many action poses... 11 in tall. Molded in fatigue combat uniform with decorations. Plastic. Loaded with equipment: GI fatigue hat; helmet; mess kit with knife, fork, spoon; canteen with cap; K rations; belt with canteen, cup, bayonet in sheath. Field pack; entrenching tool with blade, handle, cover; paratrooper knife in sheath with strap. Also M1 rifle with sling; B.A.R. rifle; hand-operating machine gun; .45 pistol in holster; 3 hand grenades; 50-cal. machine gun with tripod; tommy burp gun; binoculars, bugle, poncho and parachute harness. 49 N6069 Shipping weight 1 lb 12 oz - $2.49
Paratrooper by MARX has jointed head, shoulders, elbows, wrists - With combat accessories - Can take many action poses... 11 in tall. Molded in fatigue combat uniform with decorations. Plastic. Loaded with equipment: GI fatigue hat; helmet; mess kit with knife, fork, spoon; canteen with cap; K rations; belt with canteen, cup, bayonet in sheath. Field pack; entrenching tool with blade, handle, cover; paratrooper knife in sheath with strap. Also M1 rifle with sling; B.A.R. rifle; hand-operating machine gun; .45 pistol in holster; 3 hand grenades; 50-cal. machine gun with tripod; tommy burp gun; binoculars, bugle, poncho and parachute harness. 49 N6069 Shipping weight 1 lb 12 oz - $2.49
Author's Comments: .30 cal not .50 machine gun. No 'Tommy burp' gun. And what was the hand-operated machine gun??
