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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Vintage Gumby Costumes
I loved Gumby as a child in the 1970s, and can still remember going to the toy store with my mother to buy a "replacement Gumby" when mine would invariably wear out. The bendable 6 inch character was created in the 1950s by Art Clokey, and had his own television show, toy figure, and board game. In 1965, a series of costumes were released for Gumby, which allowed him to take on various exciting personas: knight, astronaut, cowboy, etc. Recently I found a few, and my latest Gumby has been trying them out.
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Wow! Gumby and Pokey were my favorite characters too! I just loved them and Gumby's voice!
ReplyDeleteHey, what about HR Pufinstuf! Darren and I are both huge fans! Do you remember them Tracy?
Michelle
Oh yes, I remember HR Pufinstuf vividly! Crazy fun!
ReplyDeleteWow, not many remember that show! I'm so happy when I find someone who does remember it!
ReplyDeleteFor my birthday a couple years ago, Darren got me an autographed black and white "Witchie Poo" photo!!!!! Billie Hayes, herself, autographed it to me personally! Wow...I was so thrilled!
We've got a game, comics, etc. So fun!
hi,
ReplyDeletei just discovered your toy blog while searching for vintage gumby stuff (i've hosted gumbyland for many years..) i like your blog ~ cool stuff!
i linked you to my toy blog ~ http://friendlyghost.typepad.com/lost_found_vintage_toys/
have a great day,
bren/ghost
Hi,
DeleteGlad you've enjoyed the blog! I'll come visit yours soon!
i'm back giving your blog a proper perusal,
ReplyDeletelove that you opened up your gumby outfits,
i'm a toy-opener kind of collector myself.. :)
Yes, although I struggle with the to-open or not-to-open question from time to time, I usually open. Toys are meant to be played with, is what I say!
DeleteI found a gumby recently wearing the knight helmet..there is a bunch of sticky silver plastic stuff that has run down his back..it unfortunately got stuck to a Ken doll's arabian knights outfit * bummer+ hopefully with hot water I can get it out of that fabric..but my question is..? would this have been normal on the gumby toy? thanks so much
ReplyDeleteHi, yes, those would be remnants of the knight outfit, one of the items in the line shown above.
DeleteHi, yes, those would be remnants of the knight outfit, one of the items in the line shown above.
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