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this retro educational archives set is a fun blast from the past all in a cool tin lunchbox ~

it contains 4 dvds, thermos & cup, peechee & subject booklets ~
(someone get the lights while we start up the projector..)

'a guided tour through the darkened classrooms of the past' ~

the vintage films you saw in school to scare you off drugs & sex,
(but that only made toxic more curious..)

now let's open our peechees ~

i stopped watching, though, at the part where they show the anti-drug film about the hotdog, it just freaked me out too much..  (had i seen that one back in school my life may have gone a different road?)

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elvira

i guess this counts as one of our xmas toys ~

we love elvira here ~

so early in the year when this 40 year elvira figure popped up on entertainment earth i had to preorder it ~

it was supposed to get here at halloween time ~

but didn't actually get here till almost xmas ~

from neca & reel toys ~

she now sits in mr dad's monster space room with all our old homemade movie macabre dvds ;) ~

she has 2 different heads! ~

well, & one extra one as a candle ~

unpleasant dreams! ~

bren

ghost closet antifashion ~ fred rogers

merry xmas from my toyroom :) ~

so let's get right to the last of my ghost closet antifashion winter updates ~

fred seems a fitting person to spotlight on this special day <3 ~

here's the little talking fred rogers figurine shown in the youtube above ~

from running press ~

press down on the top of the trolley for words of encouragement & wisdom whenever you need them ;) ~

he also comes with this little standing booklet ~

full of the same ~

i've posted mr rogers' neighborhood items here at the lost & found before ~

click the links in this post for more ~

i think the world was a better place with fred in it ~

but he left us a legacy of kindness to teach to our children ~

in the spirit of xmas everyday ~

fred requires a battery ~

instructions ~

& yes of course there are socks ~

& i don't find them boring ;) ~

i do think fred kinda resembles carl sagan? ~

it's still a white, albeit wet xmas in our neighborhood ~

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ gumby fun day

a fellow gumby collector was asking me what my prized gumby items are in my gumbyland collection & i laid awake thinking about this last night ~

so i may have mentioned before here that my earliest memory is of gumby? ~

i had to be a mere 2 years old & my dad would pull out my playdoh from under the livingroom couch where it was tucked away on a big kitchen board, & i'd play with it in front of the tv watching gumby :D ~

perhaps creating my own adventures? <3 ~

so although i've collected so many gumby treasures over the last 4 or 5 decades, i have to say my gumby memories are what are priceless to me ~

as a first gen gumby fan, i was literally setting my vcr to tape the new 80's gumby episodes as i left for the hospital to give birth to my son raven :D!! ~

& he became a second gen fan through his own childhood ~

in fact his 3rd birthday was all gumby themed & i turned over half my collection to him at that time ~

because i believe toys are to be loved & played with by children first off ~

as he grew up i tucked away what was left happily ~

i remember how excited i was at the grocery store when i discovered a discarded gumby freeze pops box & brought it home with more gumby freeze pops for my son & his friends to enjoy on hot summer days ~

i'll always remember setting up for the lbpt collector's corner interview with tabitha's pittypats 'help' ~

finding an old gumby at a yardsale & the ladies there all started talking about how they loved gumby, so i mentioned my website & they were so happy to know their gumby was coming home to my toyroom <3 ~

getting an email from joe clokey way back in the day when he was first setting up the prema website asking if i'd add a link up at gumbyland :o :D ~

discovering rare old bendys ;) ~

the new comic books! ~

as an oldschool longtime gamer i have to say it was positively unreal those days & nights playing games at gumbyworld & winning those prize boxes that came in the mail! i'll never forget those times.. ~

& just all the memorable interactions this reclusive eccentric catlady has been able to enjoy with such good gumby people <3 <3 <3 ~

my toyroom is my happy place ~

gumby has been a source of joy for me all my life, thank you gumby! ~

if you haven't visited gumbyland yet, why not come on over? & just click gumby in the category list in the left sidebar for so much more!

bren