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The 80's Toy Ark: November 2010
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010. Finds for November 24, 2010. Found some fun things today. Lots of nekked Jem dolls, TMNT action figures, a vintage Barbie, a Chubble, Baby Brite (missing her jumper) the third Bright Heart I've seen this year, Polly Pockets, a dress for my My Child Doll and my favorite: a new Bradley doll! Isn't she a cutie? I now need to see if the Chubbles works and maybe work on restoring Baby Brite. I missed thrifting. Hopefully I'll feel good enough to go out again next week! And then I...
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The 80's Toy Ark: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011. My Child Doll Restoration. A very nice girl in Canada sent me these rather tragic My Child dolls. Both were very stained, with gerying faces and hands. The dark-haird one even had some food substance all over her face, neck and chest. I decided I needed to save these poor gals, post haste! I stripped them down and prepped a cocktail of detergent and fels naptha paste, which I applied with a toothbrush to all the messy spots. You might recall this post. Time to do their hair!
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The 80's Toy Ark: Care Bears Care-A-Lot Playset Information & First-Shot Prototype
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Care Bears Care-A-Lot Playset Information and First-Shot Prototype. I found the above image online years ago. Check out the differences between the catalog first shot (above) and the finished product (below). I especially love that gooey cake Birthday Bear and Tender Heart are about to devour. If you look closely you can see that the shapes are very similar but subtly different. OTHER INFO ON THE CARE-A-LOT PLAYSET:. Semi Hard to Find. Around $80 Complete, $100 with box. It came...
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: April 2014
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Saturday, April 12, 2014. LPS: a collector-built community. One aspect of LPS collecting makes the hobby simultaneously exciting and frustrating: these toys were released before the age of the internet really took hold, back when that familiar (& terrible) dial-up modem sound filled homes, and AOL was the norm. ;). Where upcoming toys are showcased, are big news in collecting communities these days - I had no idea they even existed when I was little! Kids could write letters to Kenner the old-fashioned w...
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: May 2014
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Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Photo of stored FairyWinkles sets from the 80s Toy Ark. When I decided to pack all of my LPS sets into boxes and store them, I tried to be as mindful as possible: I separated each set into a plastic baggie to keep pieces together and stored some sets in my playcases. Still, when I opened up those boxes of LPS sets years later, I was disappointed to see that damage still occurred - rubbery pets, like the Mini Surprise Pets. I'm fortunate to be able to keep my LPS in cabinets now, b...
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: Display dilemmas
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014. I recently bought another cabinet for my LPS collection, since my sets were feeling awfully cramped. It has been wonderful having some more room for the pets to stretch their legs (so to speak), but it has left me with that strange dilemma of modern life: too many options! And as Voltaire said, perfection can often be the enemy of 'good'. It's funny how even the little things in life - like my LPS sets - can teach volumes about patience. Setting up the new cabinet! I know, it's ...
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: Packages, hooray!!
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014. I looooove getting packages in the mail! Almost as much as I love the items inside the packages, hehe! Today was great, I received a box that I had been anticipating for a long time and it's arrival was a bit unexpected, hooray! I am one lucky LPS collector :) It is missing the comb, which I hope to someday find either on the Kenner forum or on ebay. But for now, I will sit and stare lovingly at the adorable husky puppies and their fabulous igloo habitat. And finally, I got a fe...
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: Hungry Kitties-So Adorable!
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Saturday, April 5, 2014. Today I received a very exciting package-the Hungry Kitties with Eat-It-Up Food! This set is soooo cute, I absolutely love it! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Littlest Pet Shop Collector. LPS: a collector-built community. The Royal Carriage Ponies Saga- Close to Complete! My Little Pony Collector. My Lil Pony Tale. 15% sale on Etsy! The 80's Toy Ark. My Little Pony G1 Argentina Baby First Meal Pony Collection Complete! Inside the Duck and Pig Furry Family. It's a Toy Blog.
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The Country Garden: A Vintage Littlest Pet Shop Blog: The Royal Carriage Ponies Saga--Close to Complete!
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The Royal Carriage Ponies Saga- Close to Complete! A few days ago I had written on the Kenner LPS forum about my sad "mint" Royal Carriage Ponies mishap. I don't want to totally rehash the disappointment, other than to say that it was not mint and was missing a bunch of pieces. BUT! Today I received in the mail an eBay find that I immediately snatched up-the pink saddle blanket! So now I have a variant, yay! April 2, 2014 at 6:17 PM. Oh gosh, that is SO exciting! The situation w...
