lost & found vintage toys: circus

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my ghost toy catalogue ~ an inventory of ghost toys & collectibles old & new including toxic toys, toxic's library & halloweeniana..

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(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:)

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dark souls stickers
more dark souls today ~ in sticker form! ~ bloodborne & sekiro decals too ~ frampt? ~ from software classics ~ & back i go into elden ring ~ bren
dark souls coloring book
who knew there was a dark souls coloring book? ~ praise the sun! ~ dragons & all ~ artorias & ciaran ~ the nameless king ~ the onion knight ~ the great grey wolf sif ~ the lost sinner ~ now i'm off into elden ring ~ bren
elden ring ~ bren snowmoon
another elden ring post ~ today focusing on my own character ~ bren snowmoon ~ i'm an astrologer ~ i use sorcery ~ & good sharp blades ~ i recently upgraded my look ~ i'm wearing fia's robes now ~ & an altered silver headband ~ & using rivers of...
flashback friday favorite ~ raven's elden ring
today's flashback friday favorite post is from march, raven's elden ring youtube playthrough premiere, with a special update at the end! a special new game we've all been waiting a long time for ~ from software's elden ring rpg ~ with lore cowritten by george rr martin of game of...
all who wander are not lost
a very special post today in honor of our favorite author jrr tolkien, as old friends of mr dad's are visiting oxford & graciously placed my painted tolkienstone on his grave in remembrance of his life's works that we have all loved so much.. yeah, for all of us nerds...
flashback friday favorite ~ count von count
wrapping up halfoween week with this flashback friday post of my favorite ocd vampire, updated at the end! the count is a special favorite sesame street character so i wanted to highlight him today, starting with this vintage fisher price little people version ~ this counting dvd has some great...
flashback friday favorite ~ library sale
this flashback friday favorite post is from the fall of 2019.. yesterday i hit the fall friends of the library sale downtown here in portland ~ it's book nerd heaven ~ & it's like my xmas ~ wonderful old fashioned & vintage books ~ i always scoop up the dover...
elder scrolls coloring book
one of my cooler finds from last year ~ is this elder scrolls coloring book ~ i still remember many years ago picking up morrowind at a staples store & reading the description on the back ~ i brought it home & gave it to raven saying 'this looks like...
elden ring
today a special new game we've all been waiting a long time for ~ from software's elden ring rpg ~ with lore cowritten by george rr martin of game of thrones fame ~ it's great to have another dark fantasy universe to explore ~ raven started out his character as...
fallout box
i saved this box for the last day of fallout week ~ it's a special collectible bundle ~ that included this keychain ~ f76 reclamation day ~ also the army figures i posted earlier ~ this enamel pin ~ based on the slugger perk ~ air freshener ~ vanilla scented...
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...
fallout toys
fallout week continues here ~ i didn't plan for army figures to coincide with this particular day :( ~ in red & blue ~ classic fallout ~ nuka cola, grognak's axe ~ a nuka blaster ~ favorites like jangles the moon monkey ~ & of course the grim reaper ~...
fallout notebooks
fallout week continues ~ with these 3 nifty notebooks ~ pocket size ~ nuka cola ~ please stand by ~ blank pages for field notes or drawings ~ graph paper style ~ & traditional lined ~ from insights & bethesda ~ 2018 ~ vault forever, surface never! ~ more tomorrow...
fallout cards series 2
more fallout trading cards today ~ vault tec series 2 ~ on this too Too tuesday (palindrome day) ~ i love my private vault 11 ~ though not perhaps as much as my post apoc kitty sanctuary ~ or my lost & found toy & soda shop ~ holo ~...
fallout cards series 1
it's fallout week here at the lost & found ~ let's check out a pack of the series 1 trading cards ~ these are hard to find now ~ i was able to get this exclusive pack as part of a special fallout bundle ~ i'll post more about that...
fallout week
so i'll be posting fallout items off & on all week ~ as i windup this f76 playthrough for now ~ & tuck my beloved winchester mystery frankencamp & vault 11 into mothballs for awhile ~ bye for now, waterslide ~ as i ready myself to head into the much...
bloodborne strategy game
more bloodborne! ~ this time it's the strategy card game ~ very cool ~ game pieces include blood echoes ~ i loved bloodborne & had to platinum it myself ~ so there are several different bloodborne posts here at the lost & found ~ the cards ~ my son raven...
flashback friday favorite ~ bloodborne guides
more bloodborne today ~ these are the futurepress collector's edition guides for bloodborne ~ these are the most comprehensive guides to the from software games ~ including the chalice dungeons ~ weaponry & attire ~ the old hunter's expansion guide ~ one of the best pieces of dlc for any...
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 ~...
kidamnesia calendar
radiohead meets shutterfly ~ because i needed a kidamnesia desk calendar, right? ? ~ i posted all about kidamnesia here back in november ~ well i wanted to use some of my screenshots in a way where i could see them year round :) ~ crying monsters all year long...

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!
dante's inferno ~ go to hell!
gothic victorian lovecraftian bloodshed :D bloodborne!
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!

vintage recipes for children

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..
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kids' meals

kids' meal boxes, buckets, bags & cups for various promotions from over the years ~ (a work in progress, there are more of these to come..)

cards

collector cards, trading cards, card games & stickers etc..

our game gallery..

my comic book page..

Amazon.com Widgets

other cool sites ~

stars antiques portland
featured us at their site :)
pdx estates services/sales
these ladies are the best! i'll see you in line ;)
the bloggess ~ jenny lawson's blog
so much cool & funny stuff here..
culture of comics blog
cool blog by jeff whitman of papercutz..
bright & tiny gems blog
vintage & other cool things here..
dinosaur dracula
cool site i just discovered on twitter..
mystic halloween blog
a cool halloween blog i discovered..
jnk davis ~ celebrating creative togetherness
a cool creative site..
view from the birdhouse
fun vintage to be found here..
vintage teen books
a great site full of young adult books..
ravensblight haunted paper toys..
one of my favorite sites..
zombo's closet
a scary cool blog..
the collinsport historical society
for dark shadows fans..
little people meet mr potatohead
this site is a blast!
tracy's toys
a cool toy blog..
retroland
everything retro
timewarp toys
buy old toys here ~
vintage valentine museum
some good vintage ephemera here ~
tommy's toys
a cool vintage toy blog..
dis forum
for fans of disneyland..
vintage halloween toys
cool vintage halloween stuff here..
collectible vintage toys
an auction alternative to ebay..
kathy's fastfood toys
kid's meal prizes
online antique mall ~ toys
lots of cool antique toys for sale here..
imaginary world
lots of good retro stuff
halloweentown
nightmare before xmas site
doombuggies
haunted mansion site
this old toy
fisher price store
enchanted world of rankin/bass
rick goldschmidt ~ rankin/bass historian
scar stuff
vintage halloween blog
greenleaf miniatures
for dollhouse enthusiasts
little golden books
steve santi's store
sam's toy box
cool old toys..

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circus

humpty dumpty clown bank

05/19/2013

circus week continues with this humpty dumpty cast iron clown bank ~

i believe this is a very old reproduction of the original, but still cool vintage ~

you can barely read humpty dumpty on the back.. (george l. fox was america's first great white face clown character humpty dumpty created in 1867 - fox gave 1128 performances on broadway in this role and was the most highly paid actor of his time - unfortunately he was removed from the stage during his last performance and taken to an insane asylum dying three years later - it was rumored he went insane due to poisoning from his lead based face make up - but in reality he succumbed to the ravages of syphilis..) ~

part of his hand is missing so he can't hold a penny, but his hand still raises & his tongue moves to eat pennies ~

the lever works & pennies still fall inside ok ~

but they fall out the bottom because he has no stopper underneath ~

i just like him because he's old & freaky looking..

ghost & toxic

Posted at 09:48 AM in circus | Permalink | Comments (0)

01/28/2022

flashback friday favorite ~ things to make for children

this is a vintage sunset book from 1974 that toxic had at her house ~

she used to pore over the dollhouse pages & try to get her dad to build one for her ~

he didn't. ~

so now me & hubby build dollhouses together ~

dollhouse furniture ~

can you tell it's the 70's from these sock puppets? ~

toxic once followed these plans to make a puppet theater out of a cardboard box for an elementary school project ~

it worked great ~

cool treehouse! ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from november 2013 ~

visit our themed mini houses here: our mini houses (sound up)

ghost & toxic

Posted at 10:21 AM in books, circus, dolls, houses, lost & found, miniatures | Permalink | Comments (0)

07/29/2021

wee wisdom ~ july 1966

frogs like to sing in summertime ~

this vintage issue of wee wisdom magazine for children is from july 1966 ~

late for the picnic ~

more frogs ~

creation story ~

paperdoll ~

i would love some rainclouds about now ~

the lonely little scarecrow ~

games & songs ~

cooking is fun ~

little fish floaters ~

giant bees ~

are you headed for teen country? ~

click on wee wisdom in the category list in the sidebar for more like this ~

bren

Posted at 07:24 AM in circus, food & drink, holiday, july 4, music, paperdolls, wee wisdom | Permalink | Comments (0)

05/26/2021

mumpsy goes to kindergarden

another tiny vintage elf book ~

about a little kitten who wants to go to school ~

he gets his wish ~

he gets big eyes :) ~

locked in a cage!!! ~

mumpsy the fierce circus tiger ~

at least he steals the show ~

from 1945 ~

bren

Posted at 06:10 AM in books, cats, circus, old school | Permalink | Comments (2)

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