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Sega Mega Drive - home of Sonic the Hedgehog and villain Doctor Ivo Eggman Robotnik. On every child's wish list in the 90s as games consoles really took off

21 favourite Christmas toys you searched for in the Argos catalogue back in the 1990s

Claire Lark
By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 25th Dec 2025, 06:00 GMT

These were the Christmas toy must-haves back in the 1990s - the ones you drew circles round in the Argos catalogue

There was nothing more exciting than opening a new Argos catalogue and flicking through the pages circling with a pen or cutting out the images of the toys you wished for the most. Life was much simpler back then! The toys featured are all captioned as ones to watch for during Christmas sales that year – were they on your lists or your child’s?

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