lost & found vintage toys

animals

some random animal toys i have in my toyroom ~

so i've avoided these little fur kitties whenever i've seen them through the years out of fear that they were made with real kitty fur??! ~

but when i found this one at a yardsale i inspected it closely.. the marking says it's made in china out of rabbitskin, & the markings on the fur look more rabbit than cat to my eye.. but i'm still suspicious.. anyway i brought this one home ~

speaking of bunnies ~

this unmarked vintage rabbit is also a bank ~

from some easter basket of long ago? ~

another possible easter leftover ~

this wind-up chicken lays eggs, or jellybeans? ~

how about a cow ~

you may have seen one of these cow parade cows before ~

each one painted with a different theme, this one is a gum-bull machine.. (yet he has an udder?? lols) ~

ceramic from 2002 westland giftware #7307 ~

vintage fisher price horse ~

or retro style fisher price dog pull toy ~

be it gorilla or handicorn ~

all animals are welcome in my toyroom ~

some sweet vintage budgies ~

click birds in the category list in the sidebar for more like this, or use the links in this post ~

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ illumarooms

 

flashback to xmas 2000, the american girls line made minis back in the early 2000s, including these fun illumarooms ~

lil's diner lunchcounter ~

this girl's bedroom set has a kitty with her own little house too of course ~

by 2003 they were discontinued due to product breakage & electrical lighting issues ~

i love the cool retro lil's diner set with lunch counter & accessories ~

& all the mini items that make this set look so realistic, like the tiny shakemaker ~

this reminds me of rainy afternoons spent having a grilled cheese & milkshake at toxic's old local woolworth's lunch counter ~

the light bars stick by magnet & plug into tiny outlets ~

the windows also stick by magnet & have changeable scenes you insert ~

originally these set boxes were made of wood like mine are ~

mattel took over from the pleasant company years ago ~

i still have many of the fun magnet/signs from lil's diner on my fridge ~

here's the bedroom box set before you arrange it with lights & furniture ~

see the tiny outlets ~

the wall pieces are reversible depending on which pattern you like & a dustcover sticks over the front also by magnet to protect the scene inside ~

i wish i'd gotten the horse stable set before these were discontinued, but there were only so many xmas's they were available ~

original brochures ~

for my own minis & houses just look down left in the sidebar for links ~

some of my favorite xmas toys ever ~

bren

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silly supermarket stickers are a blatant ripoff of wacky packs ~

just click on cards in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime, or check out my collector card album here ~

bren