lost & found vintage toys

green ghost game

^{happy halloween!!}

for halloween a classic vintage game from transogram ~

green ghost, the original glow in the dark classic from 1965 ~

toxic never had this game or played it in her day, but my hubby did as a kid.. once while he & his brother were playing green ghost with the lights off their dad snuck up outside the window nearby & scared them to pieces!! ~

the glowing board has red spaces to move along on this version (there were several different versions of this game with different color schemes, but this is my favorite one..) ~

it has a haunted house, tree & shipwreck, & also 3 pits that are only opened with the right key ~

you get to choose to be one of 4 different pets, a cat, a bat, a vulture or a mouse ~

& you are trying to find the green ghost's lost child, kelly, but he looks just like all the other little ghost children.. (these small vintage game pieces would never fly today as the ghost children are veritable throat plugs..) ~

the ghost children are hiding in the pits along with scary snakes, bones & bat feathers (?!) ~

the snakes are just pieces of old rubber bands ~

gameplay is surprisingly complex, but once all the ghost children are found the green ghost will spin to reveal which one is kelly ~

whoever found kelly wins, so basically the entire confusing game is superfluous & it all is decided at the end with one spin.. lol ~

the box is half the fun ~

with its cool glowy graphics ~

it really does glow in the dark quite well even after almost 50 years ~

$5.99 at bargain city! expect to pay much more for one of these nowadays ~

the transogram company also made the cool glowing vintage kabala game ~

this halloween my son & hubby & i decided to try to play ~

the resulting youtubes are kinda hilarious ~

green ghost game start

green ghost game middle

green ghost game end

the rules ~

have a safe & excellent halloween & remember to keep all the good candy for yourself!!

ghost & toxic

p.s.

did you see today's google doodle?

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toxic bought this one back in the day ~

so we had to find it again, a lost & found again classic ~

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mr dad would like this one i bet ~

toxic liked this old movie ~

disney's the parent trap ~

& of course that darn cat ~

pippi longstocking ~

she was always weird & badass ~

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i've posted other versions of this classic tale here at the lost & found before ~

as well as the rabbit & skunk stories ~

toxic favorites ~

a newer one that looks worth reading ~

more like this to come, or just click on the links in this post ~

bren

1000 ridiculously cute stickers

so of course i bought this ~

1000 ridiculously cute stickers ~

i love the skateboarder kitty here ~

chill pills, i need these ~

these remind me of shopkins ~

i always enjoy an excess of eyeballs ~

this book has nice generously sized stickers of every variety ~

in line with my own philosophy (ice cream is the base of my food pyramid.) ~

some ghosts with glasses, but no eyes? ~

llamas ~

& of course kitties ~

more sticker week to come! ~

bren

sticker week

i've posted about my toxic inner child's sticker addiction here at the lost & found before ~

i've recently adorned my new laptop accordingly ~

so it all started back in the early 70s with wacky packs ;) ~

& cracker jacks ~

& like so many other things i just never grew out of it ~

i still enjoy free stickers like these from a dairy queen kids meal ~

these came with a bk newsletter ~

with a reptarland ad ~

i see rugrats are back now on paramount+ ~

look what i found just recently ~

a sticker sketch book :) ~

create your own stickers! ~

it's full of blank sticker shapes of every kind ~

a little hard to show, click to see the larger image ~

so brace yourself for stickers all week long!! ~

bren