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 art of emily strange

more emily strange today ~

the art of emily ~

i've been wearing & collecting emily strange for 20 years now ~

mr dad thinks i'm the 50 something version :) ~

once when i was home sick mr dad went to a signing here in portland ~

at one of our favorite local comic book shops ~

& buzz parker & rob reger signed all my early edition emily books :) ~

this art of emily book is also signed ;) ~

click the links for more emily ~

& check back for more posts to come ~

bren

cd sunday ~ goth etc

another cd sunday ~

some cds i think emily strange might like? ~

gothic vampires from hell ~

& covered in goth ~

the original goth? ~

edgar allen poe ~

closed on account of rabies ~

a special favorite, you can hear some of my favorite readings here ~

speaking of favorites ~

the soundtrack to american mcgee's alice by chris vrenna ~

you can hear some selections here in my game album ~

not goth, but lots of fun is phantomas' suspended animation ~

but caution: after awhile this ate my brain ~

bren

emily strange 2022 calendar

continuing with more emily strange ~

the new 2022 wall calendar ~

deliver us from normal ~

for all esp (emily strange posse) ~

yes, as a pmle vampire i heartily agree ~

it's only 289 days till halloween! ~

have a grey day <3 ~

<3<3<3 ~

i have an extra one of these calendars still new & mint in plastic, up for sale on ebay here for anyone interested ~

UPDATE: Sold! :)

bren