lost & found vintage toys

american mcgee's alice

my favorite alice is the original series #1 alice figure here with cheshire cat by american mcgee ~

this is the classic original pc game with rutledge asylum casebook & box from EA games 2000 ~ this more mature version of alice had its setting in a very dark & twisted wonderland of alice's own troubled mind.. (bloody violence & psychological horror, this one was not for the kiddies..)

i love this game, mr mcgee's artwork & the music by chris vrenna that is throughout~
(i still listen to the cd which sounds much like the inner workings of my own little mind..)

there was also a later alice figure released (with cat), but she was in a different anime type style ~

their boxes were almost the same ~

alice's signature weapon ~ the deadly vorpal blade..

this one is stainless steel made in japan by epic weapons ~

this game gave me the only case of simsickness i ever had, & hooked me forever!

more american mcgee's alice as madness returns for the remainder of january..
ghost

p.s. did you catch the original 1951 disney's alice in wonderland on the abc family channel last night?
~ toxic

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altar of eclectica

so i was commenting at my other blog about our 'altar of eclectica' ~

this wall unit that mr dad & i bought for $200 way back in the early 80s has come a long way with us ~

& over the years has become known fondly as the altar of eclectica :) ~

in its early days it held books & home taped vhs tapes, our old zody's stereo & the original evil jolly chimp (who i've posted about here) ~

it has always been there in the background through the different places we lived over the last several decades ~

& it has changed & evolved & had many different incarnations ~

all gumby mode for my appearance at collector's corner ;) ~

here's an old family get together down in socal with the a of e included ~

our kitties were always so good & left my collectibles alone <3 ~

i've always loved having it right over my shoulder to look at because every tiny treasure has an associated memory with it :) ~

i tend to stand in front of it whenever i'm getting photo'd ~

so the altar of eclectica basically is a bookshelf, there are art, poetry, horror & classic literature books in the back ~

with tiny treasures of all sorts in front ~

top shelf toys include american mcgee's alice, tolkien & tophats ~

one halloween of old ~

behind raven & sabrina are dedicated nightmare before christmas collectibles including a vampire shelf ~

there's a psych shelf, kids stuff shelf & one for collector card notebooks ~

the latest incarnation includes a wonderland shelf, a halloweeniana shelf & one for kitties & mystical items, as well as a stephen king & zombies shelf ~

i've used the a of e as a backdrop for many of my 'dollscapes' over the years, like 'gumby in christmas crisis' (link in the sidebar) ~

my ghost toy catalogue includes a shelf by shelf close-up breakdown ~

visit my entire ghost toy catalogue here (sound up)..

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

mysterious bunnies

another package from mysterious today ~

a plushie dreadful bag ~

full of mysterious bunnies! ~

including a goth bunny ~

a love bunny ~

angry ~

jealous bunny ~

ouchie bunny ~

numb bunny ~

shy bunny ~

& a mini anxiety bunny like i posted before here ~

since i didn't get all the full sized versions ~

these smaller ones are wonderful ~

& they come with a bag of clips ~

to hang them on bags kinda like keychains ~

& there are still more in creation like the ptsd bunny! ~

bren