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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)

06/14/2025

twilight

happy caturday! ~

there's another little black kitty in my ghostcloset ;) ~

meet twilight from palm pals plush toys ~

he has such cute little pink toebeans :) ~

i picked him up at our old hot topic store in lloyd center, which has basically become a ghost mall! ~

06/13/2025

flashback friday the 13th!

for this special flashback friday the 13th a look back at one of my favorite black cats from last october.. so recently mr dad & i took a little drive downtown to check out laika studios' curious cat trail :D ~

based on the animated movie coraline from 2009 ~

the movie will be back out in theaters in 3d at halloweentime :D ~

i've posted about it here at the lost & found before ~

31 art sculptures of coraline's curious cat have been placed around portland ~

we found our first one by powell's books ~

from the park blocks to pittock mansion, they are lurking everywhere ;) ~

we found 6 but there's a map here for anyone who wants to find them all! ~

but hurry because they'll only be there till october 13th ~

when they'll be auctioned off & proceeds will go to doernbecher's childrens hospital ~

as a portland catlady myself i had to check these out <3 ~

06/11/2025

ghostcloset antifashion summer update

happy weird wednesday! ;) ~

i've updated my ghostcloset with some cool new t's from temu local warehouses that weren't affected by the tarrifying tariffs ~

including these american mcgee's alice ones ~

caution: it's hot here & i'm not bothering with makeup! ~

some advice from the cheshire cat.. let's play! ~

american mcgee's alice is still one of my favorite videogames ever ~

we're all mad here ~

& some radiohead! :) ~

from my playroom ~

no boring socks! ~

tolkien too ;) ~

& this fun makeup bag which feels very mcmennimans-esque to me ~

click on ghostcloset antifashion in the category list in the left sidebar for more like this anytime ~

bren

Posted at 09:39 AM in alice, american mcgee, cats, fantasy, music, novelty, t shirts & antifashion, tolkien, videogames | Permalink | Comments (0)

06/09/2025

happy bday alice!!

today is a special day at our house, it's alice's 4th bday! so here's an old post of when she first came to us at holiday time.. so this xmas is extra special for us this year ~