babe in toyland

i wish i could claim this adorable doll as my own, but it belongs to my sister.

vintage miniature doll with moveable limbs
made in germany
. . . 

kinda looks like g.h. from king of the hill, don't you think? :)

wee-tee toh-toh! (singing time!)

 i bought the new furby.

(yep, i'm 34 and not ashamed to admit this.)

 

so far i've "fed" it grapes, strawberries, waffles, a sandwich, and gelatin via the ipad app.

and it likes dancing & "singing" along to music by depeche mode, kylie minogue, and michael jackson. for some reason, it was unimpressed by 'how will i know' by whitney houston and fell asleep:

(good night, little dude!)

beyond x-ray glasses & whoopee cushions

vintage mail order catalog, 1962
purchased last year at the brimfield antiques show 

(happy birthday, g!)

plastic love

i hit the jackpot yesterday.

i found these great toys at a local discount store that sells items from liquidations, overstocks, and old warehouse stock. all of the toys pictured here were selling for under a dollar each, so naturally i couldn't resist purchasing them for my vintage collection.

some are marked with a copyright of 1985 (i still can't believe 80's is considered vintage these days...i feel so freakin' old!), and most of them are marked "made in hong kong for famus corporation in brooklyn, new york." (yes, it does say famus, not famous.)

my favorites are the tiny tiger metal tea set and the travel kit (with the pan am airline boarding pass/ticket cover!! how totally old school is that!?)

the american dream

root beer *and* ice cream.

jeero's living the american dream.

dinner with the uglydolls

chicken drumsticks! let's dig in!

 

chomp, chomp, chomp!

 

sweet secrets (and some geekiness)

 

one of my favorite toys from the 80's was sweet secrets.

they were decorative "jewels" that transformed into dolls.

 sweet secrets also came with hair clip, bracelet, or necklace

so that you could wear it around as a fashion accessory.

i remember wearing one as a bracelet and thinking how

ridiculously large and awkward it looked on my wrist (but i still loved it anyway.) 

looks like an ordinary gem, but...	a surprise awaits inside!
kitty has unfolded.	ta da!

 i also used to make-believe that the blue jewel was like
the blue crystal the doctor had in the episode snakedance.
i would pretend to focus my mental energy on the crystal just like he did:

yes, even when i was six years old, i was a doctor who geek. :)

century 21 calling

big toe loves his vintage yellow telephone
more than his smartphone.

uglydolls in action, part II

it takes two

to post a letter.

. . . . .

jeero and bigtoe

haven't quite gotten the hang of

how to sit in a chair.

uglydolls in action

just another weekend with the uglydolls

jeero and poe are trying to figure out

how to operate their new kitchenaid stand mixer.

meanwhile...

big toe is pretending to be
audrey hepburn in roman holiday.

(um, someone needs to tell big toe that he needs to push off the kickstand.)