Thrifty Stores in Tracy CA offered Golden Astronaut toys on card for the suggested retail price (SRP) of 49 cents in this advert in the Tracy Press of 19 November 1969. The illustration of course shows the early type of blister card with inner frame but with the Security Copter shown sitting differently on the card.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Space Toys 49c - "Launch Site" series in plastic miniatures - replicas of actual drawings by space engineers.
In the run-up to Easter 1970, Gibson's discount stores in Waco TX offered serious discounts on Golden Astronaut toys on card, while their regular prices were already well below the SRP prices of 49¢ for a single vehicle on card and $1.29 for a triple card. Advert covers 3/4 of page width in the Waco Times-Herald of 25 March 1970.
Text reads: For the boys at Easter (4 Series) - Golden Astronaut - Man's effort to conquer the greatest frontier of all. There are four basic categories • Launch site • Space Probe • Moon Exploration • Interplanetary Patrol - Gibson's reg. 37c - now 23c --- Space Probe - Launch Site - Interplanetary Patrol - Moon Exploration - Our Reg. 87c - 59c
Ontario discount department stores in Cincinatti OH offered the Moon Exploration set for 99c in this 2-column advert from the Cncinatti Post of 14 September 1970. That price is only a third of the SRP of $3.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Moon Exploration Space Set • 4 Separate Buildings With Connecting Tunnels • Mobile Moon Headquarters • Missile Firing Moon Vehicle 99c Our reg. 2.27
Halving its price from $5.99 to $3, S Klein in Westchester, NY offered the Golden Astronaut Super Set as part of its Dollar-Toy-A-Rama sale. The other boxed sets were also offered for a single dollar, one-third of their SRP. Advertised in the Mount Vernon Argus of 21 October 1970.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Super Set by Multiple $3 Reg. 5.99 - Multiple Launch Site Moon Exploration $1
Gertz Basement stores (two in New York City and two on Long Island) offered the Golden Astronaut Launch Site set for only 88¢ in this full-page advert. Published 18 November 1970 in the Newsday for Suffolk County, Long Island.
Text reads: (6) Golden Astronaut Launch Site. Space set that's scaled to space engineers' drawings from the world of tomorrow ... 88¢ -
Illustrated by a spacewalking Mercury Astronaut, Golden Astronaut toys are featured in this 3/4-page advert by the Wigwam store in Hilo, Hawaii. Published in the Hawaii Tribune-Herald of 4 August 1971.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Space Vehicles - 3 vehicle sets on each blister card. #911 Launch Site, #912 Space Probe, #913 Moon Exploration, #914 Interplanetary Patrol. Wigwam reg. low price 99c - 77c
Mars Bargainland USA ran this 2-page advert for their Pre-Christmas Sale in several papers. The one shown is for Athol, MA from the Daily News of 24 November 1971. Other titles include the Morning Union (Springfield, MA) and the Portsmouth Herald (Portsmouth, NH) two days later.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut space toys - Authentic vehicles scaled to space engineers drawings 15c ea.
The Wigwam store in Honolulu, Hawaii advertised a Golden Astronaut triple card for the give-away price of 17¢ in their Spring Toy Clean-Up (down from their regular price of 99¢ which was already lower than the SRP of $1.29). Published in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin of 20 April 1972.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Series Space Launch Site - Space play situations with rockets, people and space vehicles. Regular 99c - 17c
Four months later, the same Wigwam store advertised Golden Astronaut toys on card at half price on half a column in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin of 20 August 1972 .
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Series - #103 Launch Site Series, #104 Space Probe Series, #105 Moon Exploration Series, #106 Interplanetary [sic] Series. - Wigwam reg. low price 49c - Your choice 25c
Again four months later, Wigwam stores across Hawaii marked down Golden Astronaut toys on card to 15¢ for Christmas. Full-page advert in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin of 14 December 1972.
Text reads: Golden Astronaut Series - Launch Site Series - Space Probe Series - Moon Exploration Series - Interplanetary [sic] Series - Space vehicles for make believe adventures and creative fun. Choose from. - Wigwam reg. 49c - 15c
Adverts found by John Eaton