lost & found vintage toys: dinosaurs

dinosaurs

06/07/2019

flashback friday favorite ~ gumby's car

i made a major gumbyland score this weekend :D ~

i found the car that gumby & pokey had several of their adventures in! when they came up against the blockheads in 'even steven' or discovered dinosaurs in 'hidden valley' it was in this car called the flying dutchman, made by remco toys in the 60s ~

& i just happened to find one mint in box yesterday ~

i've been looking for a good one for gumbyland for literally years ~

they do come up on ebay but in varying levels of condition & price ~

since it's quite large in the box shipping is also a cost consideration ~

i just got lucky & found one here locally ~

every boy wants a remco toy... & so do girls! ~

mr dad was just as excited as i was to find it ~

original price $10.94 ~

it takes 4 D batteries to operate ~

& has a cool working headlight ~

set the controls ~

there's a handle with line connected to keep control of it that probably came in handy using it in gumby's original stop motion adventures ~

instructions ~

another fun addition to gumbyland!

even steven & hidden valley ~

& vintage sav-on ad.. toxic loved her local sav-on store! ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from summer of 2017 :) ~

bren

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05/31/2019

flashback friday favorite ~ vintage southern california themeparks

this is a flashback friday favorite post from the summer of 2012..

i feel fortunate to have grown up in the la area, & to have raised my own son there, because for one thing we've been to the various themeparks too many times to count.. what's most nostalgic to me are memories of days spent at disneyland or knott's berry farm in the off-season when we practically had these places to ourselves.. these vintage postcards & ephemera are from the early 70's ~

knott's map includes gypsy camp & lagoon, & toxic remembers feeding the seals, the goat on the roof in fiesta village, & attending birthday parties in the old macdonald's farm area..

as kids our summer daycamp took us to knott's every summer..

ride the train through disneyland to see these vintage dinosaurs before they go extinct!

toxic loves dinosaurs ~

the bates house at universal studios..

there's a bunch more in my album here, or click themeparks in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime ~

vintage socal themepark ephemera

ghost & toxic

Posted at 08:07 AM in dinosaurs, disney, ephemera, monsters, movies, theme park | Permalink | Comments (0)

02/15/2019

flashback friday favorite ~ sleestak!

hisssssss!!
(please excuse my sleestak, he's a bit dusty..)

another of toxic's favorite tv shows was land of the lost by sid & marty kroft of puf'n'stuf fame ~

this show never failed to deliver over the top drama & campy sci fi adventure.. dinosaurs, crystals & pylons, time-warping & of course ~ sleestak!

sleestak master mix ~

this retro 1' tall plastic sleestak was made for sid & marty kroft pictures by funko llc in 2007 (china) ~

his head comes off so he can be used as a bank or a secret hiding place ~