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Australian retailers experienced record Christmas sales in the 1980s, with shoppers expected to spend over $1 billion on holiday purchases. Popular toys included Cabbage Patch Kids, Premies, Koosas, Ghostbusters merchandise, ALF, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, and Pound Puppies.
Electronic entertainment dominated with personal robots, video games, phaser guns, and fast attack vehicles that could reach 45 kilometres per hour. High-tech dolls featured realistic abilities including Baby Talk dolls with conversation skills, AG Bears with heartbeats, and talking Tommy bears that read bedtime stories.
Traditional favourites like Barbie dolls, GI Joe, teddy bears, Rubik’s Cubes, and ET merchandise remained strong sellers alongside board games like Trivial Pursuit, Pictionary, Scotland Yard, and Sale of the Century.
Novelty items included Chubbers and Chicks, Pet Monsters, Sektors insects, Petsters, aerobic frisbees, Rambo water cannons, Punky Brewster dolls, Sylvania Families, and Tyrannosaurus Rex Dino Riders.
Prices ranged from affordable toys to sophisticated models including Halley’s Comet telescopes costing over $1000, proving that when it came to 80s Christmas shopping, money was no object.
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