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

 

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the tomten & the fox

the tomten returns ~

this time in the tomten & the fox ~

reynard the fox is hungry ~

so he goes out one night looking near the farm in the snow ~

the cows are asleep ~

the tomten watches over the henhouse ~

he shares his porridge with the fox ~

every night the children in the farmhouse leave out a bowl of porridge ~

for the tomten, they never see him, but they know he's there ~

charming story & illustration ~

winters come & winters go ~

another one from aunt marilyn :) ~

bren

bk jr meal

it has been awhile since i ate a kid's meal from burger king ~

i think it was back when they had these carebears prizes? ~

like i always said, if i don't get a good toy i don't eat.. lol ~

they also had fun chicken run toys once upon a time ~

bk's chicken 'nuggets' were once shaped like crowns as i recall ~

here's an old bk kids club flyer ~

helicopter ~

robotic card guardian ~

& 3d fun ~

membership kit ~

fun kinectimals ~

an alligator ~

a pop-up monster ~

i have a bunch of random one-offs ~

cadoo ~

an old gazoo saucer toy ~

there's garfield ~

& some hair combs with a kitty of course ~

& of course i have a cheetos chicken fries crown :D ~

more like this to come ~

bren

the tomten

a winter book today ~

the tomten ~

by astrid lindgren who gave us pippi longstocking ~

who is the tomten? ~

he's a little fellow who lives in the hayloft & comes out in the snow at night leaving tiny footprints ~

& helps look after animals in winter ~

baa ~

it seems karen's aunt marilyn is also a tomten :) ~

no one in the family sees the tomten (except the kitty) ~

it's not officially winter but it's cold & rainy here ~

& i'm already hoping for snow :) ~

winters come & winters go ~

more to come ~

bren