lost & found vintage toys: houses

vintage giant play-inside dollhouse

08/03/2012

i bought this giant cardboard 'play-inside' dollhouse about 25 years ago ~

mail-in offer & instructions ~

my kitties approve of it ~

it came with wildly off-scale furniture & dolls ~ lol!

cardboard kitchen with all the mod cons ~

also parts, lightbulbs & seeds for a 'real working greenhouse' ~

instructions & pieces ~

it's quirky, but we enjoy it ~
ghost & toxic

Posted at 09:26 AM in cats, dolls, houses | Permalink | Comments (25)

10/10/2022

more retro decor

more retro decor we've added around the house ~

including this cool little lighted alice alarm clock ~

unfortunately our own little kitty, alice likes to pick this up by the handle & drop it onto the floor! ~

& on the subject of kitties, i made a pillow out of this retro kitty fabric recently ~

& am working on some other sewing projects ~

as we get closer to halloween! ~

fun swatches from spoonflower ~

we like retro kitchen decor here ~

& kitties in the kitchen <3 ~

new kitchen floor mats ~

bren

Posted at 09:38 AM in alice, cats, food & drink, halloween, holiday, houses, novelty | Permalink | Comments (0)

09/14/2022

wayback wednesday ~ scooby doo mystery mansion

it's wayback wednesday, so here's a fun old post from october of 2016: i promised a haunted house, how about this cool scooby doo haunted house playset ~

it opens up to reveal all kinds of clues ~

let's join shaggy & scooby as we search this kooky creepy old mansion ~

zoinks! ~

watch out, scoob! ~

wonder what's in that trapdoor? ~

yikes, i don't want to find out ~

you can press the release if you feel brave ~

hmm, i wonder what this rope is for? ~

a g-g-g-ghost!! ~

this place is full of surprises ~

a creepy mirror ~

uh-oh! ~

a mysterious candalabra ~

that drops! ~

look behind you! oh s**t! ~

around back ~

the tower opens up on top ~

i fear spiders ~

shaggy carries a snack around with him everywhere ~

more scooby doo & the gang tomorrow, & you can click scooby doo anytime in the category list ~

hey, don't run away ~

if that's not enough classic scooby doo goodness check out this mini film viewer ~

handheld, it takes only one aa battery ~

it shows mini movies like this ~

the invisible man or scooby doo 'haunted house' :D ~

bren

Posted at 08:23 AM in ghosts, houses, monsters, movies, scooby doo, television | Permalink | Comments (0)

06/21/2022

lost & found 10th birthday!

Hi & Welcome to the Lost & Found Vintage Toy Blog!

i'm bren & this is the lost & found's 10th birthday post! ~

i'm a collector of vintage toys, books & pop culture items, including holiday, retro or even contemporary toys that i particularly like. i host a website called gumbyland that i've maintained for more than 20 years, as my biggest collection is of the 50's character gumby! all the items i have up at gumbyland link back here to show off the collection in detail for my fellow gumby fans, but there's much more here to interest vintage kids & collectors, i've posted a toy, children's book or collectible every day since i started this site 10 years ago ~

my bucket list is to try to find all the toys & books i lost in childhood, & whenever i mention the nickname 'toxic' i am referring to my own inner child (yeah i am a little bit dysfunctional.) i've also been known on the web for years as 'ghost' in part because i like to photograph old cemeteries.. & i also paint & write & create art installations, dollscapes, miniature houses & digital art so i have a ghost gallery of my art up at gumbyland for anyone who's interested.. there are links in the sidebar & footer to all my different sites & pages ~

if you're looking for a particular toy or item please try the search box & the categories list in the sidebar, although i've found it doesn't always work to find all of the items i've posted, so if that doesn't work you might want to peruse through the archives.. each archived month has a page with 3 posts & you can click at the bottom to continue through all that month's posts.. there's even an inventory album in the sidebar with thousands of item thumbnails.. & you can ask a question anywhere using the comments, i am usually able to answer by the following day.. i try to go back & update old posts where appropriate so check back ~

vintage kids & nostalgia buffs please feel free to comment on any of the posts new or old & share your memories here.. from here on i won't be posting every day, but don't worry i still have lots of cool stuff to share, including highlights of fun old posts from the archives that i want to bring back ~

my toy room has changed since i first started posting, so this is an updated look (click on pix for the larger size) ~

my toy room is my happy place.. have fun!! here's your own ghostgallery library card :)

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ATT: this official card allows carrier full access to the ghostgallery, gumbyland website & all affiliated blogs, links, albums & archives, including toxic vintage library. do not lose.
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bren (ghost) & toxic

p.s. Hey! we were featured :)

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