a ghost.. a real ghost.. has no need to die.. what is she except a being without access to the universe that she has not yet managed to forget? ~ randall jarrell
ghost pix album ~ rpg videogame screenshots, lol kitties & all kinds of goodies..
toxic was here album ~ vintage socal birthdays & halloweens, etc.. ~ copyright 2008 all rights reserved
ghost stories (blood & butterflies..)
these are excerpts from the book toxic & i wrote about our childhood... it's called 'brenda was here'.. let me know what you think/comments? p.s. stories here are non fiction/true. (privately hosted ~ if you're interested in reading this just ask:)
so it's no mystery that i love stickers ~ i have all kinds of stickers & ephemera in my sticker caddy.. (yes i have a sticker caddy.) ~ some of these seem timely right now ;) ~ here in oregon we vote by mail & can check our ballots online,...
hey! it's fallout 76 friday! ~ i've been back for the free week & enjoying trick or treating at others' camps :D ~ things have changed :D ~ dinosaurs :) ~ i put up a bunch of youtube videos at my channel ~ check it out ~ cool new stuff...
trick or treat! ~ raven & i had fun with this halloween pokemon trick or trade bundle now up at my youtube channel here ~ 50 packs of 3 cards each all halloween themed :D ~ perfect for passing out to trick-or-treaters ;) ~ we are old pokemon players &...
happy halloween eve! ~ a special weird wednesday :D ~ check out these tiny happy meal halloween buckets i recently added to my collection :) ~ as well as these individual treat buckets to hand out to trick or treaters ~ just tuck treats inside ~ like these ltd edition...
happy national cats day! ~ i may have mentioned i'm a cat lady ;) ~ this skellykitty is new to my toyroom ~ with only 2 days till halloween :D ~ things are looking nice & spooky here ~ i even got some new chococat pjs & halloween socks <3...
alice smells chicken nuggets :D ~ yes we got a couple of the new mcd happy meal halloween treat buckets for this mcd monday ~ with stickers! ~ only 3 days now till halloween!!! ~ we got the orange & green ones ~ there are also purple & white ones...
did you get your spooky cereals yet? ~ frankenberry ~ boo berry ~ with fun stuff on the back ~ count chocula ~ classic monster cereals from general mills that even still taste good! ~ i like to use the boxes for comic book storage ;) ~ bren
i'm back into elder scrolls online ;) ~ for the annual witches festival! ~ fighting for plunder skulls & rewards ~ with all kinds of interesting fellow players ~ new rewards to be earned ~ up through halloween ~ witchmother olyve ~ up north in my homeland of glenumbra ~...
it's only 6 more days till halloween! here's a flashback friday favorite post from last halloween.. once upon a time i posted about my difficulty dealing with laptop death ~ well i went through it again last week as my old dell finally kicked the bucket leaving me internetless for...
one week till halloween :D ~ ahhh! real monsters! ~ an old classic ~ for throwback thursday ~ & here's some from one of our favorite old disneyland dark rides ~ the haunted mansion ~ click the links in this post for more & check out my youtube channel for...
time for another wendy's wednesday as we continue counting down the days till halloween, 8 now! ~ these frosty frights are fun :) ~ & come with halloween stickers :D ~ beware the brrr beast! ~ the coolie ghoulie <3 ~ reminds me of the groovy ghoulies ;) ~ witches!...
more stickers today as we continue to count down the days till halloween, now 9 :D ~ tim burton today, who brought us such fun spooky classics as nightmare before xmas, beetlejuice, corpse bride & edward scissorhands ;) ~ more like this to come ~ bren
it's 10 days till halloween!! ~ starting off the countdown with some cool old madballs stickers :D ~ i've posted madballs here & here at the lost & found before ~ check back tomorrow for more like this :) ~ bren
i wanted to share the current portland mercury today ~ because it's the fall arts guide ~ & the cover is by carson ellis ~ who i mentioned yesterday is colin meloy's wife & the artist of wildwood ~ i love portland ~ here's her article about old portland ~...
the latest decemberists cd ~ as it ever was so it will be again ~ a favorite at our house ~ every song is a good one :) ~ i still like to get a hard copy/cd ~ especially with the lyrics provided ~ atrwork by colin's wife carson ellis...
a different sort of flashback friday post today from a few years ago ~ so as we wind up autumn & head into winter ~ i wanted to share some links to my nature albums ~ besides collecting & painting & making mini houses i also love photography ~ &...
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...
happy weird wednesday :D ~ ahh, good old analog media ;) ~ i still treasure all my old audiocassette tapes ~ some i have hanging up on the wall & some are stored along with our vintage vinyl in this old icebox :) ~ i also keep my old weird...
one last elden ring post ~ as i come to the end of the shadow of the erdtree dlc myself ~ enter the mist ~ radahn ~ he's a real challenge ~ here we go ~ nope ~ i'm dead ~ summoning raven ~ now that's more like it, try...
ghost gamelinks..
ghost's top eleven rpg's:
#1 ~ down the rabbit hole...
"here's a riddle.. when is a croquet mallet like a billy club? ..i'll tell you... whenever you want it to be..."
cheshire cat to alice
(american mcgee's alice: the original)
this game is my favorite above all others...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you thank you mr mcgee for alice madness returns!!! (with the original i still rate these the best!)
#2 is primal, especially the wraith world where i felt right at home.. what a relief to play a strong female for a change, and with scree the gargoyle at my side... loved this game and want more!!!
#3 is fable/fable:lost chapters/fable 2.. get lost in this incredible world and determine your own fate... good or evil.. or somewhere in between...
fable 3 is out!!!
#4 city of lost children.. based on the french movie of the same name.. you are miette, an orphan, use your thieving and sneaking skills to free the childrens' souls from the evil inventor who is stealing their dreams...
tied at #4 the kingdom hearts games (2).. disney meets final fantasy! play in disney worlds alongside jack skellington in halloweentown, jack sparrow in the caribbean or alice at the mad tea party..
#5 is van helsing.. if you liked the movie, play this gothic masterpiece and face werewolves, the frankenstein monster, mr hyde and count dracula himself...
#6 are all of the lord of the rings games, which are all worth mastering, including the hobbit game.. (watch out for the spiders!) & the old classic snes lord of the rings.. (another good old favorite.. i spent forever lost in the barrow downs...)
#7 are all the ultima games.. my favorites were 'quest of the avatar' and 'the false prophet'.. but if you like the classics try out 'black gate' and 'exodus' and the other oldies..
#8 is the original nes game shadowgate.. the one that turned me into an rpg junkie in the first place all those years ago.. hunched over my controller in the dark in my camper in the middle of the night.. still a classic...
#9 is final fantasy, but i'm an old time gamer, so i mean the original final fantasy games on nes/snes like 1, 2, 3 + mystic quest.. still the best even without the graphics of the newer games...
#10 is lemony snickett's series of unfortunate events.. ok, so this game is not terribly hard.. (i was able to complete it even while fairly intoxicated..) it is still creative and fun if you enjoyed the movie, which i did...
i needed a #11 on my list for all the honorable mentions.. unforgettable games like wizardry, king arthur's world, tombs & treasures, deja vu, faxanadu, the immortal, breath of fire and the dragon warrior games.. also baldur's gate, the ren & stimpy games that wrecked my nerves, zombies ate my neighbors, fester's quest, maniac mansion!!! ...gasp... too many to remember... aargghh! all those years spent in the dark deep in some labyrinth scribbling cryptic notes and maps.. is that what is was that made me mad? or did they save me from madness...? the world may never know..
(p.s. i never made it without biting..)
!X! a bonus: i absolutely approve of the gamecube's eternal darkness: sanity's requiem.. lovecraftian & hallucinogenic.. i dare you!
the post-apocalyptic fallout games, F3, new vegas & F4 coming soon!
i highly approve of the other from software games besides bloodborne, demon's souls & dark souls 1, 2 & 3.. not for the faint of heart, gotta get good for these!
deliciously classic or wonderfully gross, these vintage recipes for kids from the golden magazine for boys & girls or jack & jill magazine are fun even if they don't make it to your table..
~ copyright 2012 all rights reserved
also i just bought this little lot of gumby figures on ebay.. the reason they're special is because they were burger king prizes back when the new adventures first came out in 1988.. i posted some here once, but i was missing pokey, & my blockhead was in poor shape.. (i've included a newer gumby bitty for size comparison) ~
1988 art clokey ~
i still have items on my gumby want list.. i don't have a gumby costume yet for instance ~
also i'm a fan of viewmaster which was invented here in oregon, & i always wished there'd been more gumby reels like these ~
also my friend jeff w. sent me these kubrick boxes since he had extras, i have yet to collect these because they're always pricey ~
here's my holy grail :) ~
the prema bendy.. & this one's signed! (this pic was sent to me once at gumbyland) i still believe i'll stumble across one of these someday in a collectible shop or estate sale ~
someone else sent me this photo of the vintage gumby on the seawall down at shark's cove in cali that i'd like to see :) also i wonder if these giant roadside gumby & pokey are still up in norco? does anyone know?
Hi & Welcome to the Lost & Found Vintage Toy Blog!
i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 5th 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 almost 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 gallery of my art up at gumbyland for anyone 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 neither seems to really work to find all of the items i've posted, even with specific item names, so i've added an advanced google search below that. 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 :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!! ~
update: the lost & found just had its 6th bday! after posting a toy or book every day for all these years i've found the typepad search just doesn't find hardly anything, so i removed it, but i've left the advanced search in the sidebar which works great!
the lost album - click to visit my current photo album (sound up)
visit gumby's childhood home.. Note: if the audio doesn't play for you on these albums please go directly to my gumbyland & gallery website, where the audio plays perfectly on laptops & pcs :)
our mini houses (sound up)
our nature trails (sound up)
baker's tour painting by bren..
gumby trapped on the moon..
gumby rain spirits by bren..
the snowman by bren..
blue star drive-in (toxic toys)
blackbird's outpost dollscape..
halloween dolly freakshow
floorsleeper/blue house dollscape..
girls kick ass
lilac house..
raven's rest house..
charlotte house..
sunset house
innsmouth house
caution! zombarbies!
box of bees installation..
patchwork playhouse..
xyz dollscape
annie's saturday house..
hiding places installation..
autumn butterfly installation..
doll medicine dollscape (warning graphic content)
monkey lab installation
toxic dollies dollscape
never open your eyes dollscape (warning graphic content)
collidescope dollscape (warning graphic content)
migraine dolls sickroom dollscape
the haunted forest installation
pandora installation
lost hollow digital art album (warning graphic content)
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