lost & found vintage toys

gumby for president

this large vintage gumby for president button was a promotional item in conjunction with the release of fhe's gumby for president vhs videotape ~

from 1987 ~

i'm also fortunate to have this vintage gumby for president t-shirt from 1983 ~

i'm fortunate because this cool item was generously donated to gumbyland for safekeeping ~

village mews company ~

art clokey ~

& is in fact signed on the back by art clokey back in the 80's when he gave talks around the college circuit in california ~

toxic attended an honors geology course down at lbcc in socal at the time & was heartbroken to realize she'd missed art clokey's talk there, so this item feels like a missing piece.. a lost & found item in spirit ~

thanks again deborah!

bren

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kids' meal toys

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 ~

bren

videolog gems

following up on my recent vintage videolog posts ~

digging into the old videolog also revealed these gems ~

various little notes & drawings made by my son daniel/raven ;) ~

including his own characters & homemade paper pogs <3 ~

happiness is being a mom ~

we are weird here ~

with too many inside jokes to explain ~

lolol ~

i can at least be proud that dan's childhood was not boring? ~

every mom has these treasures tucked away somewhere :) ~

homemade cards & notes are always the best ~

it has also been a tradition in our house to make our own birthday cards ~

the pokemon years.. hey! they're still going on! ~

as seen in my own secret film ;) ~

last but definitely not least is this special honor he awarded me 20 years ago :) <3 ~

bren (i'm the mom around here.)

videolog pages

more videolog today ~

so let's get into the pages ~

on one side i had categories like cartoons & animation (all kinds of fun vintage here, just click on these pix for the larger image) ~

classics <3 ~

comedies (lots of good oldies here too!) ~

original gumby of course :D ~

hey it's scumby! ~

home movies :D ~

the wizard of oz is on! ~

music ~

the numbered tapes were on the right ~

scifi/horror was a favorite category ~

ruh roh! there's a prismatic zombie! ~

the guys & i have been enjoying looking through the old videolog & remembering old times <3 ~

more old wacky packs tucked in here :) ~

we've probably watched enough mst3k.. lols ~

i see lidsville & the bugaloos! been commenting lately over at sid krofft's insta, he is such a good guy :) ~

another scooby doo sticker ~

everything from vintage batman to the selfish giant ~

my commander usa card! ~

reverse turtilization is one of my own notorious creations ;) ~

from godzilla movies to rankin/bass xmas specials ~

mr rogers' last episode (cries) ~

adult swim & max headroom ~

it ended with the mole people on tape #582 ~

once upon a time my then young son helped me make my own film..
it's called 'a secret film' (scroll down here for download) <3 ~

my old top 100 list & honorable mentions ~

i would always draw out my own covers for my private vhs collection,
i have an album of this mindless art here ~

so i'm an eccentric toy collector, journaler, librarian, photographer, artist, writer, catlady filmmaker? lol ~

actually anymore i just think of myself as a nostalgia archivist ~

bren