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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my gaming album

so we're a gaming family here ~

as part of fallout week, this special flashback friday post is about my gaming album ~

so toxic remembers playing handheld electronic football & atari, asteroids, pacman & centipede, galaga, defender, digdug, pong etc etc ~

but when nintendo's nes & snes games like shadowgate & final fantasy came out we became really serious, i've posted extensively about all these classic vintage games here at the lost & found before ~

my gaming album starts out with elder scrolls oblivion & morrowind, skyrim & fable screenshots, interspersed with lolkitties raven use to send me every mother's day <3 ~

even toxic shows up to join in here & there ;) ~

i've played all of these games to death, either to platinum or the glitchy ends where i was forced to stop ~

personal favorites include american mcgee's alice which i even completed on nightmare difficulty.. because that is love, right? ~

before fallout 76 i lived in fallout 3, 4 & new vegas ~

where i set up a beatnik art studio ~

a post-apoc kitty sanctuary at my starlight drive-in compound ~

as well as the lost & found toy & soda shop ~

these games & places become an integral part of our lives as we spend so much time there ~

bloodborne & the other dark souls games are often said to be too difficult, but are always the first choice for raven & i both ~

i remember putting that controller in his hands when he was just a toddler thinking he'd love the cause & effect, push a button & run & jump! out in our beloved gaming camper where he discovered one of my game guides & a picture of the undead kobolds, something that scared him enough to leave a lasting phobia :o ~

(yeah i collect things in my gameworlds as well..) ~

i also remember us all having marble fudge ice-cream as little dan watched me fight zeromus at the end of the old snes game final fantasy 2, needless to say that left a lasting impression as well, the ff games are still his favorite to this day ~

he started out with mystic quest & by his teenage years we were videotaping our own 'game gallery' videos now up at my youtube channel here (just scroll down to my videos) ~

so i don't know what it says about my mothering job..lol? we've had a blast though & now raven has his own youtube gaming channel here (please subscribe, he's really good, in fact they say he's so good even his mom is good ;) & once in awhile we've been able to play in game together, now we're looking forward to doing this again in the new game elden ring ~

we are often playing as vampires & catfolk, or khajiits & always have our sweet kitties along with us of course ~

so if you love games like we do check out the links in this post, including my ghostpix album which has a classic vintage game music mix along with extensive game screenshots from games like:

elder scrolls morrowind, oblivion & shivering isles, skyrim, skyrim remastered & eso
fable 1, 2 & 3
american mcgee's alice & alice: madness returns
nightmare before xmas (oogie's revenge) & tim burton's alice in wonderland
disney alice & kingdom hearts
coraline
gumby vs the astrobots
fallout 3 & 4, 76 & new vegas
dante's inferno
scooby doo mystery mayhem
the walking dead 2
layers of fear
bloodborne, hunter's expansion & chalice dungeons
demon souls, dark souls 1, 2 & 3
emily strange
little nightmares
dream alone
where the wild things are
cattails
coming soon: elden ring

bren

wonderland playing cards

more alice in wonderland today ~

a very cool set of playing cards ~

with tenniel illustrations ~

& lewis carroll quotes ~

i messaged american mcgee recently ~

suggesting he design some alice asylum cards ;) ~

playing cards, collector cards ~

it positively screams out to be made ~

i'd buy them all ;) ~

hey, he meowed me back before so i know he sees the comments ~

these are by prospero art ~

twinkle twinkle little bat, how i wonder what you're at ~

suppress him! pinch him! off with his whiskers! ~

more versions ~

how i miss my sweet cheshire cat <3 ~

bren

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