lost & found vintage toys

surprise happy meal

so recently mcd's had this surprise happy meal promo ~

bringing back vintage happy meal toys & prizes that have become classics over the last 40 years ~

including many i have posted here at the lost & found before ~

like hello kitty, ty beanie babies & hot wheels, furby & chicken mcnugget buddies ~

disney & changeables, power rangers, tamagotchi & barbie ~

sadly it was over in just a couple days??! what the heck?? ~

we were only able to get a few of these retro favorites rerun ~

but you can click the links in this post to see some of the originals ~

bren

golden fun winter issue

from the golden magazine for boys & girls ~

a special golden fun winter issue from 1972 ~

learn & have fun too ~

make rockniks & corkies :D ~

eskimo hunter cutout ~

nature sketch book ~

we caught sight of our wild night bunnies recently ~

cool totem pole cutout ~

we sure are hearing flocks of geese flying south over us right now ~

make a turkey gobbler ~

more like this to come ~

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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