who remembers romper room? ~
toxic does ~
the romper room safety book from 1965 ~
are you a safety chief? ~
a safety chief buckles his seatbelt in the car and never closes kitty's tail in the door ;) ~
a safety chief certainly knows better than to try to take a dangerous selfie at the zoo ~
a safety chief knows his or her name, address & telephone number ~
except this one? ~
toxic remembers making her own cardboard box car to drive around in like on romper room.. lol ~
a wonder book ~
bren
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it's hard to believe it's been 20 years since i first set up my gumbyland website ~
i was an ebay seller at the time, selling vintage toys & i'd been a gumby collector since the 80s ~
& i knew i wanted my own website where i could share all the cool collectibles & gumby toys i'd gathered ~
my first photos were lame.. lol ~
i quickly realized i wanted to appreciate each item individually ~
& mr dad helped me set up the first version of the site ~
it had kitties all over it ~
& fun icons leading to the gumby collection page, fun links page, cool links page & some of my artwork ~
before long i received an email from joe clokey asking if i'd link gumbyland up to the new prema site he was creating :) ~
& i began corresponding with holly harman who was working on the new gumby goes to the sun book ;) ~
my gumby collection was growing even larger & after a couple years i revised the pages a bit ~
sabrina felina introduced visitors to the secret ghost gallery ~
and eventually i started this toy blog where i could share each toy or book individually & link it all together ~
over the years i've enjoyed having other gumby fans comment & share info about toys & bendies, comics & gumby adventures ~
besides joe & holly, i've had the pleasure of interacting with jeff whitman, paul (gumboflexo), russell/zane loco (all things animated), kyle baker.. gumby people are always such good folks & it has been a blast! ~
so if you haven't yet been to gumbyland, you are invited, just click here ~
(note: the ghost gallery has grown as well, but it's oldschool, so try using an old laptop or pc with firefox or google chrome browser so the music will play there, since it's essential..)
my son (raven) is a second generation gumby fan & i think i've helped cultivate a third gen fan as well.. i'm still curious to see what new gumby adventures lie in store for the next 20 years? ~
bren
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i made a major gumbyland score this weekend :D ~
i found the car that gumby & pokey had several of their adventures in! when they came up against the blockheads in 'even steven' or discovered dinosaurs in 'hidden valley' it was in this car called the flying dutchman, made by remco toys in the 60s ~
& i just happened to find one mint in box yesterday ~
i've been looking for a good one for gumbyland for literally years ~
they do come up on ebay but in varying levels of condition & price ~
since it's quite large in the box shipping is also a cost consideration ~
i just got lucky & found one here locally ~
every boy wants a remco toy... & so do girls! ~
mr dad was just as excited as i was to find it ~
original price $10.94 ~
it takes 4 D batteries to operate ~
& has a cool working headlight ~
set the controls ~
there's a handle with line connected to keep control of it that probably came in handy using it in gumby's original stop motion adventures ~
instructions ~
another fun addition to gumbyland!
even steven & hidden valley ~
& vintage sav-on ad.. toxic loved her local sav-on store! ~
this has been a flashback friday favorite post from summer of 2017 :) ~
bren
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