lost & found vintage toys

happy birthday lost & found!

Hi & Welcome to the Lost & Found Vintage Toy Blog!

i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 9th birthday post ~

i'm a collector of vintage toys, books & pop culture items, including holiday, retro or even contemporary toys that i particularly like. i host a website called gumbyland that i've maintained for 20 years, as my biggest collection is of the 50's character gumby! all the items i have up at gumbyland link back here to show off the collection in detail for my fellow gumby fans, but there's much more here to interest vintage kids & collectors.. i've posted a toy, children's book or collectible every day since i started this site ~

my bucket list is to try to find all the toys & books i lost in childhood, & whenever i mention the nickname 'toxic' i am referring to my own inner child (yeah i am a little bit dysfunctional.) i've also been known on the web for years as 'ghost' in part because i like to photograph old cemeteries.. & i also paint & write & create art installations, dollscapes, miniature houses & digital art so i have a ghost gallery of my art up at gumbyland for anyone who's interested.. there are links in the sidebar & footer to all my different sites & pages ~

if you're looking for a particular toy or item please try the search box & the categories list in the sidebar, although i've found it doesn't always work to find all of the items i've posted, so if that doesn't work you might want to peruse through the archives.. each archived month has a page with 3 posts & you can click at the bottom to continue through all that month's posts.. there's even an inventory album in the sidebar with thousands of item thumbnails.. & you can ask a question anywhere using the comments, i am usually able to answer by the following day.. i try to go back & update old posts where appropriate so check back ~

vintage kids & nostalgia buffs please feel free to comment on any of the posts new or old & share your memories here.. from here on i may or may not be posting every day, but don't worry i still have lots of cool stuff to share (lol i said that last year :D) including highlights of fun old posts from the archives that i want to bring back ~

my toy room has changed since i first started posting, so this is an updated look (click on pix for the larger size) ~

my toy room is my happy place.. have fun!! here's your own ghostgallery library card :)

ghostgallery library card	2021
ATT: this official card allows carrier full access to the ghostgallery, gumbyland website & all affiliated blogs, links, albums & archives, including toxic vintage library. do not lose.
gumbyland the lost & found toy blog ghost blog the ghost gallery rows of never opened doors photo albums ___________________________________ your name here		all artwork & photography by ghost are copyright protected 2021 all rights reserved brenda roudebush
Note: gumbyland & the ghost gallery require laptop or pc for essential music, phones & tablets will disable this feature.

bren (ghost) & toxic

p.s. Hey! we were featured :)

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— Brenda Roudebush (@GhostAtTheGate) July 24, 2018

Posted at 08:59 AM in books, dolls, gumby, houses, lost & found, miniatures, novelty, old school, raggedys, scholastic, videogames | Permalink | Comments (0)

05/24/2022

the coloring book of kells

a dover book today ~

the book of kells ~

a coloring book version ~

celtic religious iconography ~

hey is anyone else out there getting into elden ring? ~

i am ;) ~

i'll have to devote (another) post to it soon ~

intricate knots & designs ~

by marty noble ~

more dover books to come ~

bren

Posted at 08:21 AM in books, medieval | Permalink | Comments (0)

05/23/2022

wildwood

are you a wildwood fan? ~

lately i've been hanging out over at colin meloy's substack where we all talk about decemberists music or discuss books in the reading room ;) ~

as a huge decemberists fan it has been so cool to have colin 'like' my comments there ~

as a fellow portlander we have enjoyed the wildwood trail in forest park often ;) ~

i haven't read the books yet! but i have them on our a of e in a place of honor <3 ~

tucked under toxic's humpty dumpty plush toy ;) ~

written by colin & illustrated by his wife carson ellis who has a very cool artstyle i like ~

if you're not familiar with the decemberists try giving them a listen here in my around the bend album ~

they're a beloved portland indie band ~

bren

Posted at 10:01 AM in birds, books, music | Permalink | Comments (0)

05/22/2022

krofftkon

i had a blast yesterday watching a live stream on insta of krofftkon, which is happening all weekend at the orinda theater in northern california ~

click the link to see marty krofft's grandson, griffin, taking the video :) ~

& yeah, that's me there with weird comments & a question for marty ~

i had to ask if he knew art clokey? nope ~

& in comments later with sid krofft who has liked my comments in the past, i was able to satisfy my curiosity about an old rumor from toxic's childhood, that the opening scene with the creepy boat as the hr pufnstuff theme plays was filmed up at a spot she knew & loved, big bear lake, ca? yes! that's true & he said it was a beautiful day :) ~

if you're as big a fan of the old krofft shows as i am you should click the links in this post to a bunch of posts i've done in the past ~

meanwhile enjoy these cool collectibles i've just added to my toyroom including pufnstuff, sigmund & the sea monsters, electra woman & dynagirl, lidsville & toxic's favorite land of the lost pins, magnet & Stickers!! i've always said witchiepoo was my earliest fashion influence! ;) ~

Sleestak! Avoid Eye Contact! i have to say my favorite moment at krofftkon was when will & holly sing the show theme & even remembered to add grumpy the dinosaur at the end! made my day!! :D ~