lost & found vintage toys

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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oregon

looking for a cool vacation destination? well of course i'm biased, but i think you should give oregon a try ~

the columbia river gorge is our backyard ~

oregon & washington are a nemophilist's playground ~

rivers & mountains, lakes & volcanoes, waterfalls & hiking/biking trails, forests & beaches ~

these old vintage viewmaster slides show oregon the way toxic's mom & her family remember it ~

mr dad is also a native portlander ~

viewmaster was invented here by the sawyer company :) ~

& here are some more vintage slides as well, featuring shots of the mt st helens eruption ~

from the holiday film corp ~

if you are interested you should check out my photo albums:

friendlyghost album

(this one starts out in socal but soon becomes an exploration of the pacific northwest)

i love portland

(this one began as an elliott smith fan's discovery of portland, but broadens out as well to cover much more of oregon)

note: use a laptop or pc with firefox or google chrome browser to hear the music here as apple devices & phones will steal it away :(

bren

vintage disneyland

more vintage disneyland today ~

these old slides feature some classic disneyland attractions ~

like it's a small world & the now gone country bear jamboree ~

also disneyland at night ~

pirates of the caribbean & the haunted mansion ~

we bought year-round passports & disney'd ourselves out before we left for oregon ~

click here for my youtube channel to see much more haunted mansion goodness ~

now i just need an old style slide viewer like toxic used to use ~

bren