lost & found vintage toys

pins & buttons

heyyy! it's the fonz! remember when this was cool? was it mork from ork with his rainbow suspenders with buttons that started the button craze in the 70's? i know it's what started toxic on her first collection, pins & buttons, & she also wore them on rainbow suspenders ~

toxic herself with a friend in the swimming pool ~

one of the first items i posted here at the lost & found was toxic's first button.. i'll be posting a glut of vintage pins & buttons all through august ~

then there were school spirit buttons, these are from toxic's jr high ~

i was friends with the kid who designed this tumbleweeds themed button for our school, he got permission from the artist, tk ryan.. back when native americans were still mascots & referred to as indians ~

vintage snoopy pin ~

as kids we all lined up & waited for hours to see 'the hulk' at a local mall, thinking it'd be lou ferigno himself.. they said he was giving out signed pictures.. i still remember how disappointed my little brother was to find out it was only a guy in a hulk costume handing out these pins! ~

now this vintage rainbow happy face pin has a different significance ~

vintage peace sign ~

toxic's high school ~

high school camp button ~

possibly toxic's favorite old happy face button, non-conformist happy face ~

vintage little rascals, alfalfa & butch ~

bren

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twilight zone magazine

bat pin

this tiny black box arrived in my mailbox recently ~

what's inside? ~

it's a tiny bat pin ~

nice :) ~

bren

prickle pin

so i've always said prickle is my special favorite of all the gumby characters ~

the artist of the group, he often feels misunderstood & has self esteem issues ~

now i have him on my favorite jacket right next to his old friend gumby ~

thanks to my gumbyfriend sally :) ~

from premavision & rockinpins ~

hopefully there are more of these cool enamel pins to come? ~

bren

card collectors

so i notice card collectors are going nuts for old pokemon cards lately ~

so i've posted pokemon cards & related items extensively here at the lost & found in the past ~

what cards do you collect? ~

magic? yugio? ~

many years ago my son's jr high school was right next to a cool store down in socal called amazing comics ~

so we stopped in there frequently when i'd pick him up from school ~

i'd pick up a couple packs of cards each time ~

until eventually i'd amassed a nice collection ~

most of which i've shared here through the years ~

click here for my collector cards album ~

or click on pokemon in the category list in the sidebar ~

or just click on cards also in the category list for archived posts ~

more like this to come ~

bren