lost & found vintage toys

lost & found 10th birthday!

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

i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 10th 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 more than 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 10 years ago ~

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 won't be posting every day, but don't worry i still have lots of cool stuff to share, 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 09:32 AM in books, dinosaurs, dolls, fisher price, ghosts, gumby, halloween, houses, lost & found, old school, plush, raggedys, scholastic, science, sesame street | Permalink | Comments (0)

03/28/2023

tiny tuesday

not long ago i posted a teeny tiny gumby board game ;)

well here's another one from bizzy b's ~

it's the felix the cat boardgame from milton bradley :D ~

& here's a black cat mini fortune telling set from parker brothers as well :D ~

more like this to come & be sure to click on felix & cats in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime!

bren

Posted at 07:56 AM in cards, cats, felix, games, miniatures, novelty, television | Permalink | Comments (0)

03/27/2023

mini movie monday

it's mini movie monday (ok yeah i just made that up ;) ~

but i've been adding so many youtube shorts up lately so i thought i'd share, like this one of our kitty alice in our retro kitchen ~

& these skyrim anniversary edition shorts i've captured lately ~

i spend alot of my time out in the snow <3 ~

with my horses & other creatures ~

often lost & trying to find my way home ~

thash grape! (yeah that happened..) ~

& here's how i typically start my day, out for a little pre-dawn stroll ~

an old friend ;) ~

& my old flame kharjo (i've been a khajiit myself in many playthroughs) <3 ~

doesn't everyone run around in their underwear catching butterflies at night? ~

more butterflies ~

ok so this capture down in blackreach seems to capture my entire bleak meager ghost life.. lol (wait for it) ~

my greenhouse ~

my vampire homies ~

battles ~

so come on over to my youtube channel anytime for much more like this, raven's videogame playthroughs, cats, halloween, disneyland, boardgames! (& please subscribe!) ;) ~

bren

Posted at 08:44 AM in cats, fantasy, food & drink, games, ghosts, houses, videogames | Permalink | Comments (0)

03/23/2023

a secret film

once upon a time way back in 1996 i made a secret film, with a borrowed videocamera & the assistance of my then young son i went about trying to put some of my art to music & other media.. here's a private youtube if you are interested, i'm afraid like much of our videos youtube drops the quality down substantially :( but it's also downloadable here as a wmv file as well.. (commentary at end) ~