[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Swan

Argos ad is pissing me off, literally no one thinks Argos "just sell toys" we've all had a sh!tty flatpack from there once or twice in our lives.

…also, didn’t Argos/Saisbury’s take in Habitat Brand which is home/garden accessories and furniture items etc…they do lots of stuff that isn’t toys…

[Father Chris Mouse]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…also, didn’t Argos/Saisbury’s take in Habitat Brand which is home/garden accessories and furniture items etc…they do lots of stuff that isn’t toys…

Yeah i think so. I remember the Argos catalogue as a kid, you had to go through what felt like MILLIONS of pages before you got to the toys at the back.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Swan

Yeah i think so. I remember the Argos catalogue as a kid, you had to go through what felt like MILLIONS of pages before you got to the toys at the back.

…as children we would go through catalogues and we would choose one thing from each page that Santa would bring…I mean, it wasn’t just toys, we would go through many categories and choose…every year we would do that really excitedly …and coveting all the shiny stuff…and then get our tangerine and nuts in the Christmas stocking but that was exciting as well…..

[Father Chris Mouse]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…as children we would go through catalogues and we would choose one thing from each page that Santa would bring…I mean, it wasn’t just toys, we would go through many categories and choose…every year we would do that really excitedly …and coveting all the shiny stuff…and then get our tangerine and nuts in the Christmas stocking but that was exciting as well…..

Oh those were the days

I remember going through the Littlewood's catalogue, it was amazing, you'd see all these cool things that were practically FREE, all you had to do was pay 60p a week (for 6000 years). That's how i got my PS2, and 2 games. However, they sent the games then said the Consoles were in high demand and they're waiting for another batch before they could send mine. I had to wait like 2 months for the console. I read the back covers and manuals of those games about 50 times over waiting for the console

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Swan

Oh those were the days

I remember going through the Littlewood's catalogue, it was amazing, you'd see all these cool things that were practically FREE, all you had to do was pay 60p a week (for 6000 years). That's how i got my PS2, and 2 games. However, they sent the games then said the Consoles were in high demand and they're waiting for another batch before they could send mine. I had to wait like 2 months for the console. I read the back covers and manuals of those games about 50 times over waiting for the console

……nostalgia……and every two weeks, when you opened the door, shouting…’mam, it’s the catalogue lady come for the money in the envelope…!!!!!…’……

[Father Chris Mouse]

Originally Posted by Ammi

……nostalgia……and every two weeks, when you opened the door, shouting…’mam, it’s the catalogue lady come for the money in the envelope…!!!!!…’……

YES, i remember that, oh man, i remember this catalogue collector bloke would come round to my aunts, and they'd be seeing what they could get together to give him (it usually pence too ). Doesn't seem that long ago, but it was practically a lifetime ago

[James]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…every year we say…too soon…?….and Arista says, NEVER too soon….!!!…

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Someone has Christmas decorations up in their back garden near me.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by James

Someone has Christmas decorations up in their back garden near me.

…I wonder, do some people not take them down at all but just switch them off through the year until now…

[In the Drunk Tank]

John Lewis ad doesn't do much for me but I think it would resonate a lot with fathers of teenagers - they're getting old, kind of miss their partying days, would love to go back to it and don't always find it easy to connect to their teenage kids but they also realise that raising a child is the best thing they've ever done

Give me the bear and the hare any day though

[Christmas Lights]

Originally Posted by Ammi

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[Time to Sleigh]

Originally Posted by Ammi

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Very clever advert. Because the rest of the year their adverts have been on a similar vein where the food is grown on farms etc so yeah its a fitting one

[Time to Sleigh]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Boots has had a few bad years but this one is great

This one's great!!

[Ammi]

…I know it’s Barbour/designer but it’s Wallace and Gromit, so…

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[Ammi]

…another M&S…

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[Christmas Dynasnow]

Updated John Lewis ad

iykyk

Spoiler:

[Livia]

You're on fire today, Trumpet...

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I know it’s Barbour/designer but it’s Wallace and Gromit, so…

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[Ammi]

Heathrow Bears 'Must be love’ 2025 Christmas Advert….

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[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…Aldi so far is just a bit of a teaser one, not the full ad yet…and a nod to Love Actually scene…

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…Part 2 …and again to be continued…a Christmas ad miniseries……

[Ammi]

…I guess that Smyths are the Toys R Us of now days…how easy it all is now, though in that ad…I recall having to camp out for weeks at Toys R Us for Thunderbirds and Hero Turtles and Power Rangers and Furby’s and Woody and Buzz Lightyear and ….the life of a parent back in the day…

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[arista]

Originally Posted by Ammi

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Yes, Ch5 News ads just had Two
of this Movie Like Advert

At 5:15PM


Two in one section
pushing it

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Ammi

Heathrow Bears 'Must be love’ 2025 Christmas Advert….

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aw thats cute

[Christmas Dynasnow]

Asda one is decent, went a tad woke with the Christmas dinner but good idea

[Ammi]

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…my absolute favourite……

[arista]

New TV add

What the HELL
is the Kid taking his dog into a Big Toy Store
to pick a toy,


Normal DOGS are not permitted in stores


SMYTHS stores


This is so Wrong