lost & found vintage toys

let's take the vintage tin marx house off the shelf for a closer look today ~ this vintage tin house is 50's era ~ with cool lithography on all sides ~ this style of dollhouse was very popular in toxic's day ~ toxic never had one then, so we do...

this is a flashback friday favorite post from 2013.. several people showed interest in the vintage giant play inside cardboard house that i posted up way back in summer, but it's almost impossible to find another one these days it seems. this new one from discovery kids is really cool...

this flashback friday favorite post from 2012 features miss pickles, our sweet babycat who is in kitty heaven now ~ i bought this giant cardboard 'play-inside' dollhouse more than 30 years ago.. here's the mail-in offer & instructions ~ my kitties approve of it ~ it came with wildly off-scale...

i love little vintage wooden toys like these ~ these little erzebirge village buildings are sometimes called putz toys ~ they've been made since the 1800s in east germany ~ i can't be sure how old these particular ones are, they were still being made in the 60s ~ mr...

it's been awhile since i posted some vintage fisher price little people ~ i recently picked up this grab bag of parts & pieces at an estate sale ~ it included this nursery set that i didn't have ~ backyard bbq table, a car & some extraneous furniture ~ but...

back to book month with another treasure i picked up at the last friends of the library sale ~ another cool dover publication~ cut & assemble the emerald city of oz ~ a must for any serious wizard of oz fan ~ check out the oldschool style characters ~ there's...

beware of ghost ~ hey, this feels just like home ~ knock knock ~ let's look inside ~ an interesting bookshelf ~ that turns into a spooky mirror ~ i see a ghost! ~ this haunted house is made by hasbro ~ from 1976 ~ i picked this one up...

halloween week is finally here!! ~ the house is looking spooky with decorations like this vintage ceramic light-up ghost ~ & this ceramic ghost house ~ a ghost house within a ghost house, you could say ~ here's another ~ a cozy little ghost cottage ~ a tall skinny one...

a vintage giant house of cards today ~ das bunte kartenhausen, or the german edition by ravensburg ~ these seem 50s or 60s era ~ inspired by american designers charles eames & his wife, ray eames, architectural & graphic design artists, ray also designed toys ~ 32 slotted cards have...

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...

you may notice the prevalence of miniature houses in the sidebar & in my toyroom photos, that's because mr dad & i like to create dollhouses together :) ~ this yellow dollhouse was our first ~ found at a yardsale down in socal, it had obviously had a mouse living...

i'll be focusing on doll posts for a bit here at the lost & found ~ starting with this nice big enchanted dolls' house wedding book ~ with all kinds of extras & goodies inside like this invite ~ mr dad & i like to make dollhouses together, so there...

did you notice yesterday's google doodle? ~ it was in celebration of louisa may alcott's 184th birthday ~ so i thought i'd post this book of her life ~ of course she was the author of the book little women ~ this book has great photos of her homes &...

i promised a haunted house, how about this cool scooby doo haunted house playset ~ it opens up to reveal all kinds of clues ~ let's join shaggy & scooby as we search this kooky creepy old mansion ~ zoinks! ~ watch out, scoob! ~ wonder what's in that trapdoor?...

most who visit the lost & found know that i host gumbyland, but i have another side that loves everything halloween, cemetery & vampire ~ for example, i've been photographing cemeteries & trees for many years & have albums up at my gallery at gumbyland ~ this album is called...

a rand mcnally ding dong school book today ~ a word about miss frances ~ vintage 1954 ~ herbie tells us all about his house ~ it's the 50s so mom's in the kitchen & dad goes off to work ~ i'll be posting more ding dong school books later...

i was saving this cool light-up bates motel sign for next halloween season but have changed my mind since i am so thoroughly enjoying recent episodes of bates motel on a&e, so here in the middle of a month of plush toys is a taste of darker things.. if you...

the american girls line made minis back in the early 2000s, including these fun illumarooms ~ lil's diner lunchcounter ~ this girl's bedroom set has a kitty with her own little house too of course ~ by 2003 they were discontinued due to product breakage & electrical lighting issues ~...

long post ~ toys that remain Lost today ~ this was toxic's favorite lunchbox ~ tin aladin early 70's era dr seuss ~ with the grinch, horton the elephant, the sneeches & the cat in the hat ~ i see it on ebay here & there but it's pretty pricey...

we're all ready for christmas here at the lost & found ~ our lights are up & even the mini houses have some tinsel ~ & the little charlie brown tree is all set up ~ vintage decorations are here & there ~ along with more modern favorites like this...