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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short post this cold morning ~

while boredshopping i discovered i could get my own custom guitar picks made so that once i start my band i'm all ready ;) ~

these little crying monsters all fit into a clip that attaches to my guitar case nicely ~

i'm calling my band 'blue soup' (so far it's only me) ~

bren

the ghost gallery

something different for this flashback friday ~

a long post while i sit here trying to keep warm on this cold morning ~

so i've posted about how i started my gumbyland website over 20 years ago now ~

well i also began putting up my artwork up at my website at the same time ~

at first i called it the secret gallery ~

but as my online persona became known as 'ghost' i changed it to the ghost gallery ~

it has grown & grown over all the years ~

to include drawings & paintings in all different mediums ~

in all different styles from realism to abstract & experimental ~

from studies & sketches ~

to installations ~

that i like to call 'dollscapes' ~

& my photography albums ~

from down in socal to up here in the pacific northwest wonderland ~

& so you are invited anytime to visit my gallery online ~

there are 3 connected hallways ~

& wherever you see an X you can click to see details, extras or entire albums ~

but be sure to use a laptop & not a phone ~

or you won't hear the music playing ~

which is essential i have to say ~

so why not visit me in my wonderland ~

& slip down the rabbithole ~

into my own ghostly wonderland? ~

i'll leave a bunch of links here in this post to check out ~

but be sure to visit the entire ghost gallery up at gumbyland anytime for much more ~

note: the last hallway i call the 'rows of never opened doors' ~

on this page almost every image links to an entire album in itself ~

it has been my art therapy for many years ~

a guided imagery of sorts ~

i don't know how i would have coped with my strange life without the ghost gallery ~

look for special links for all of our mini houses ~

as well as our nature trails ~

or just peruse the art ~

the cemeteria album for example is particularly large ~

as i've been photographing old cemeteries & trees for decades now ~

feel free to let me know what you think in the comments ~

toxic was always drawing, painting or creating things out of boxes ~

so much of my artwork, like the lost & found toy blog, is inner child themed ~

for my fellow vintage kid friends ;) ~

also look for my kitty & backyard birdies albums ~

we are nature lovers here ~

there is also a special page linking to all of my photography albums ~

which includes a few of my films at the very bottom ~

just click to download them ~

they may take a little while to do this ~

i've encorporated many vintage toys into my installations over the years ~

many that i have posted about here at the lost & found blog ~

i think toxic was highly influenced by watching gumby as a very small child ~

it's as if my inner child grew up in gumby's toyroom along with him ~

& so many of our friends are old toys ~

there are many hidden things in the rows of never opened doors ~

this mandala/kaleidoscope i titled 'inner child' ~

this is a little cutout book i made called 'innerworld' ~

another photography album called 'january trees' ~

i love trees ~

toys are often our best friends in childhood ~

i'm like a cat in that i've always loved boxes & made many kitty houses & playhouses out of them myself ~

this album called 'paintdrinker' is for my inner child who i nicknamed 'toxic' many years ago.. lol ~

bren & toxic

even more bookmarks

a little halloween leftovers today ~

more bookmarks i made from cool vintage images ~

to save your place in your stephen king book? ~

i just like to laminate small paper items i've saved to protect them ~

& they make handy bookmarks ~

i also appreciate proper storebought ones like this one by graeme base ~

i've also made a bunch from vintage poison labels like these ~

more halloween leftovers i found in with my bookmarks ~

a lenticular halloween portrait :o ~

& a zombie baby sticker! ~

bren