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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)

09/18/2021

how & why ~ wild animals

another vintage how & why book today ~

from 1962 ~

wild animals ~

some locals ~

some exotic ~

the big cats ~

who are also threatened by covid :( ~

the bears ~

beavers & bunnies ~

elephants ~

bats :) ~

whales & dolphins ~

deer & buffalo ~

monkeys ~

more to come ~

bren

Posted at 08:03 AM in bears, books, cats, how & why, old school, science | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/17/2021

flashback friday favorite ~ gumby's world

there's nothing i like better than a package on my front doorstep from gumby world! ~

last saturday i posted about the new gumby's world free game app & how i'd won all the prizes playing as dr zveegee! ~

#1 is this 50s superflex bendy collector's edition set that i've posted here before ~

#2 is a 60s reissue retro bendy on card like this ~

i'm sure the pokey will come along pretty soon too ~

#3 is a lenticular winky style postcard like this ~

hard to photo, but pokey blinks ~

with gumby trivia on the reverse ~

unlocking treasure rooms also allowed me to win this set of 5 cool gumby collector cards featuring gumby from each era ~

i haven't seen gumby collector cards since 2001 ~

i have it on good authority that we'll be seeing more collector cards like these soon! ~

you can download the gumby's world app up at gumbyland here, but they've just changed the first place prize, so watch out for dr zveegee!!!!!!!

update: ok so they sent me the pokey for a later #3 prize ~

& a pokey bitty for winning the gumby gold rush game ~

bittys on card ~

they also have sticker sheets & wall hangings as prizes, i'll update as i can..

this is a flashback friday favorite post from january 2018, i've added links to more so be sure to click.. that time feels unreal to me now, days & middle of nights spent playing gumby games for all those free gumby prizes!! it feels like a dream! the app stopped working eventually so it came to an end, but not the memories :D

bren

Posted at 08:22 AM in cards, gumby, television, videogames | Permalink | Comments (0)