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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mindless art monday

so it's just another mindless monday ~

i thought i'd share some of my own vintage vhs tape covers from our video vault ;) ~

i was an avid vhs taper all through the 80s & beyond ~

& i developed the habit of drawing fun weird tape covers for our collection :D ~

campy shows, old movies, classics ~

i've posted here before about my old videolog ~

the weirder the better ~

hey, yesterday was sid krofft's 94th birthday :o ~

he's such a great guy, i've followed him on insta & watched his live sunday shows & commented back & forth with him at times, i wished him happy bday & he thanked me.. he's a fun vintage kid with his own treehouse with koi pond & happy budgies & all :D ~

so if you appreciate weird vintage nostalgia like i do you can check out my full mindless art album here ~

you might also like toxic's blue star drive-in theater ~

oh noo!! i just finished this post & found out paul ruebens/peewee just died at age 70 after a long private battle with cancer :o this is too sad! <3 fly well, peewee!! <3

bren

throwback thursday - schoolhouse rock!

just a short throwback thursday post as i recently added this dvd collection of classic schoolhouse rocks videos to our collection ~

conjunction junction what's your function? :D ~

the complete 30th anniversary collection ~

bren

flashback friday favorite ~ talking davey

gumby's friend, davey, was co-created by ruth clokey, art's first wife ~

this talking davey plush is almost a foot tall ~

he calls 'goliath', asks him if he 'wants a hotdog' & tells him 'hey that's great' ~

made by neca 2002 ~

it's hard to find davey & goliath on tv anymore, but there are vhs tapes & dvds out there ~

the easter episode deals with death, but the original halloween special is our favorite! ~

toxic was a sunday school dropout..

this has been a flashback friday favorite post from an easter past.. click davey & goliath in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime :)

ghost & toxic

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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