lost & found vintage toys

favorite plush creatures

i just love these little frog plush toys by petit loup ~

i have a couple of them ~

they're quite adorable ~

i used this raccoon as a model once for my art studies ~

by plush creations ~

along with some other favorite toys ~

this little howling wolf is from the defenders of wildlife organization ~

i do also love these audubon birds ~

a purple martin ~

& a black-capped chickadee ~

we get to see plenty of these here in portland ~

from wildlife republic ~

authentic bird calls by the cornell lab of ornithology ~

this little dinosaur is another favorite ~

from walking with dinosaurs ~

click in the category list for more dineys anytime ~

i'm a dinosaur nerd ~

this little vintage dakin mouse was hand chosen out of thousands for one of my art installations, from the 60s, made in japan, one of my very favorite toys ~

toyroom mouse in hiding places ~

more vintage dakin mice ~

here's the toyroom mouse's friend, the autumn butterfly  a puppet from dakin 1982 ~

& mr dad bought me these adorable little toys recently ~

a cute little spider & magic hat finger puppet ~

both made by folkmanis ~

watch while i pull a rabbit out of my hat ~

now covered in kitty hair! ~

smithsonian's backyard chipmunk ~

bren

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mcdonald's happy meal collectibles

wrapping up this mcd weekend with a cool reference book i have in my toyroom library ~

this mcdonald's collectibles second edition has happy meal toys & other mcd collectibles up through 2000 ~

all the mcd characters ~

mcd history ~

chronology ~

early test toys ~

the early toys ~

the 80s ~

the 90s ~

mcnugget buddies :) ~

if you're also a kids' meal toy collector you might want to check out my kids' meal toy album here ~

ty beanie babies :D ~

furbys! ~

& just click on kids' meals in the category list in the left sidebar for much more anytime ~

another good happy meal reference book ~

the schiffer fast food toy collector guide ~

bren

flashback friday - kids' meals

so i mentioned in yesterday's post how my inner kid is going through happy meal toy withdrawls these days ~

since we're not out collecting as we use to & hitting the fast food lunch spots for toys & prizes ~

there was a time when, if i didn't get a toy, i didn't eat ;) ~

we've been eating kids' meals since before my son was even born ~

for all the cool collectible toys ~

& then through my son's childhood we went through every collector phase ~

burger king pokemon trader nights down in socal were a blast ~

the power rangers & lord of the rings crazes ~

& all the great halloween themed happy meals like this one which included vhs tapes! ~

jack in the box casper buckets <3 ~

carl's jr kids treat bags ~

my son's favorite was always wienerschnitzel ever since he was tiny ;) ~

back when they gave out little golden books as prizes :) ~

our fright lights were well used too ~

mcd happy meal mcnugget buddies ~

we loved going to all the good movies ~

& then collecting all the associated prizes ~

as you can see we went a bit overboard at times! ~

but again we have such fun memories associated with our collection ~

i got to relive childhood alongside my son <3 ~

classics ~

giant 'you & me' happy meals for you & your child together :D ~

we kinda miss in & out burgers ~

but we have our own pnw equivelent up here ~

burgerville ~

nature friendly prizes ;) ~

there's also firehouse subs ~

quizno's & boston market ~

we used to go to chicfila, but no longer :( ~

taco bell, jack in the box, dairy queen ~

sonic, wendy's, kfc & little caeser's ~

every place had kids' meals with toys ~

because, right? ~

but i fear the days of kids' meal toys galore may be ending? ~

i'm so glad we rode that wave all through my son's era ~

& saved all our treasures too ;) ~

theme parks had kids' meal collectibles as well ~

looking back i had certain favorites ~

hello kitty & monster high of course ~

i ate my fair share of chicken nuggets that's for sure! ~

& subway sandwiches ~

disney ~

books, audiobooks & cd/roms were always a good score ~

listening library ~

oz & alice ~

including madame alexander dolls ~

so if you've made it through this extra long post you should definitely check out the kids' meal album ~

& kids' meals in the category list in the left sidebar too for so much more :D ~

this has been a flashback friday favorite post of olde & check back all weekend for more!

bren

fridge magnets

some new fridge magnets today ~

including some for gumbyland :) ~

good old lakeside gumby & pokey bendys ~

i picked up a couple other good ones too ~

peewee doll ~

hey the wizard of oz is on! here's dorothy on an old tv guide ~

click the links in this post for more ;) ~

bren

weird wednesday ~ ostrich

for this weird wednesday a flashback favorite post of old..

our little alice recently received a gift from sally :) ~

it was delivered to her by her friend ostrich who she first met here back at xmastime ~

we thought she might be intimidated, but she loved her <3 ~

so ostrich gave her the mystery ball ~

which kinda freaked her out! ~

the fur on her back stood up like a fin!! (i had a little fun with the editing here..) ~

but it was all part of the fun ~

& ostrich explained to her that she should open up the mystery ball ~

so she did ~

it took several tries ~

& the paper was half the fun :D ~

guess who was hiding inside? ~

gumby!! ~

it was a fun time for little alice (& her papparazi!) ~

thank you sally!! ~

this has been a weird wayback wednesday favorite post of old, ostrich is currently hibernating away this hot summer in the cool of the toyroom with her friends ~

click birds or plush toys in the category list in the left sidebar for more like this anytime ~

UPDATE! have you met our friend, emmanuel?

bren