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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

 

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videolog pages

more videolog today ~

so let's get into the pages ~

on one side i had categories like cartoons & animation (all kinds of fun vintage here, just click on these pix for the larger image) ~

classics <3 ~

comedies (lots of good oldies here too!) ~

original gumby of course :D ~

hey it's scumby! ~

home movies :D ~

the wizard of oz is on! ~

music ~

the numbered tapes were on the right ~

scifi/horror was a favorite category ~

ruh roh! there's a prismatic zombie! ~

the guys & i have been enjoying looking through the old videolog & remembering old times <3 ~

more old wacky packs tucked in here :) ~

we've probably watched enough mst3k.. lols ~

i see lidsville & the bugaloos! been commenting lately over at sid krofft's insta, he is such a good guy :) ~

another scooby doo sticker ~

everything from vintage batman to the selfish giant ~

my commander usa card! ~

reverse turtilization is one of my own notorious creations ;) ~

from godzilla movies to rankin/bass xmas specials ~

mr rogers' last episode (cries) ~

adult swim & max headroom ~

it ended with the mole people on tape #582 ~

once upon a time my then young son helped me make my own film..
it's called 'a secret film' (scroll down here for download) <3 ~

my old top 100 list & honorable mentions ~

i would always draw out my own covers for my private vhs collection,
i have an album of this mindless art here ~

so i'm an eccentric toy collector, journaler, librarian, photographer, artist, writer, catlady filmmaker? lol ~

actually anymore i just think of myself as a nostalgia archivist ~

bren

the videolog

so summer's here & it has been too hot ~

this is the season for vampires like us to close up the curtains & turn on the a/c & bingewatch old movies, right? ~

a good time to share my old videolog ~

which is of course covered in stickers including gumby & emily strange ~

so way back in the day i was an avid vhs taper of old tv shows & movies ~

as you can tell from a glance into 'the video vault' ~

another kind of sticker, do these old vhs & cassette labels make you feel nostalgic? ~

during the 80s i collected all my favorite old tv shows on tape ~

this time of year i'd be stocking up enough blank vhs tapes for the upcoming twilight zone marathon! ~

i also collected night gallery, outer limits & other scifi shows & movies ~

even all the original star treks ~

yeah, nerd. ~

i'd collect mr rogers episodes ~

& other favorites from toxic's childhood ~

davey & goliath ~

& obviously gumby! ~

ren & stimpy ~

more stickers ~

more ren & stimpy ~

click here to visit our toxic tv album! ~

there's an old wacky pack sticker! ~

there's still all kinds of cool old ephemera tucked away in the videolog ~

& eventually i tried to buy or transfer our video library to dvd in later years ~

but i love these old pages, like this one with joe bob briggs ~

mst3k fan & reel wild cinema fan club stuff ~

i think mr dad & i have seen all the old b movies out there at some point ~

i had such a collection i had to create my own label ~

i also liked to videotape our own home movies & transfer old 8mm films to vhs & eventually dvd, those are like our own time machine now <3 ~

so if you're interested just check back for more videolog pages of olde tomorrow ~

bren

prema gumby

what's more fun than opening up a box full of old rare gumbys? ~

pile 'o gumbys :) ~

so these old prema heart gumby bendies popped up recently on ebay & all the gumby collectors are talking ~

prema = love ~

wireless & super rubbery like the old Old gumby rares, i measure mine to be 6.5" tall, not the full 7" tall like the 1976 bicentennial bendy, without paint or marks, other than the mold markings underfoot, these are in remarkably good shape, a few have a little staining ~

so i welcome anyone's thoughts or comments on these guys! i wonder if paul/gumboflexo might still check here? if you do i know we'd love to hear your thoughts about these rough but fun 'rejects' as some call them? & i'm linking here to the old gumby bendy thread from 10 years ago that has been where we all share notes :D ~

it's a gumby day!

update: see the comments here! i will now be referring to these as 'prototypes' :)

bren