Scubidu Surprise Packs

While discovering Scubidu Italian Charmkins I stumbled upon the small surprise mystery packs. These are similar to the surprise packages you can find today containing a blind bag Littlest Pet Shop, Legos, and other toys. I found both of these for a great price so I was happy to snatch them up. I have to open them since the curiosity may kill me, but here they are still unopened. 

I am also very excited about a package on its way from Germany right now. I won't give away anything until it arrives, but it's something I never thought I would ever own, so I am biting my nails in anticipation until it gets here. 

Italian Charmkins, Scubidu

A few weeks ago I discovered that Hasbro released a line of Italian Charmkins called Scubidu. I was so excited to find a boxed set that included tons of colored charms that looked just like the characters I've come to love from the Charmkins toy line. There were even a few that I had never seen before including a shy turtle, and a cute deer. The set included string that I called gimp at summer camp. It really reminded me of some of the plastic charms I collected as a kid. 

Pinterest

This morning while browsing Pinterest I came across a few of my photos showing some of my collections. It was really wonderful and really made my morning. I took a few screenshots to share. 

Charmkins Jewelry Case

Snow day, time for Charmkins

Mini Ponies and Paper dolls

A few more packages came today. The first had another lot of the My Little Pony Mommy Charms. I added these to my herd, which is getting quite large. The Charmkins were very happy to welcome them. I was probably having way too much fun setting them up, but they were so cute I couldn't resist. 

I also won a very reasonable copy of a Charmkins Paper Doll Book. All the dolls are intact and I am in love with the illustrations inside. The costumes for each character are beautiful, and I can imagine having so much fun cutting these out if I was still a little girl. I had the best time cutting out paper dolls. I also watched the Charmkins cartoon for the first time. I really loved the way they incorporated the playsets into the actual TV show. I wish more of the characters had been turned into collectable charmkins. I think I may have grown up in the wrong decade.

Mail Delivery

I overslept this morning so there was no thrifting today. Lucky for me I did have enough time to make it to the post office to mail a few packages, but also to pick up these beauties. I found another fairly inexpensive Tea Bunny on eBay. Her name is Pansy Parfait. She doesn't have her tea cup, or saucer, or mini tea cup but she has her cute dress and lovely hat. She came with a second Rose Bonnet, which I already have. I also won two more Charmkins. The top is Busy Lizzie Beaver, who I had but her hook was broken. The gal in the lower corner is Sweet Beth. I was overjoyed to win her and can't wait to add her to the rest of my Charmkins.

Bubblins

While searching for Charmkins I stumbled upon this adorable line called Bubblins. They were small dolls with bubble wands where their feet would be. So far they have been harder to find, but I am overjoyed to own my first one! This cutie is called "Lady Mermaid". She is missing her seashell necklace case, but there is plenty of time to hunt one down. The eBay seller was also super sweet and included two free gifts! One is another Charmkin for my collection!

Lady Mermaid

My Little Pony Mommy Charms

While falling in love with Charmkins I also discovered a line from My Little Pony called "Mommy Charms". I cannot remember which came first, Pixie Pony or these girls, but they are made from the same mold, and quite adorable. These ponies came attached to larger Ponies and then could be added to a charm bracelet.

For more information on Mommy Charms, here is a lovely link: Click Me!

Ponies Pictured:

Fun Lover, Morning Sunshine, Pixie Pony, Yours too, 

Tiny Tumbler, Tell a Tale, Little Helper, and Laugh a Lot

Little Pink Jewelry Box

Charmkins originally came with different accessories that would be combined with each character and then worn as jewelry. Being a jeweler myself, I do appreciate this a lot. I saw my girly Sleeping Beauty wind up jewelry box and figured the Charmkins might like to be photographed where they may have been kept by a little girl in the 80's, in her jewelry box. I can understand why so many of these figures end up with broken hooks on their heads. If you're not careful taking them on and off the different fixtures, their hooks begin to bend and will eventually break. Its a miracle they have lasted this long.

Brown paper packages

Two packages were waiting for me when I came home today. The first had my Krystal Princess Pegasus, and the second had a batch of Charmkins I had been waiting for. I was also able to photograph Peachy with her cute saddle and slippers. I really had a fun time taking a few group photos with different members of my collections.

While out picking up some shopping staples, I "stumbled" across some LPS G2 Blindbags. I decided to pick up two, just to test my luck. I ended up with a Musical Swan and Pig. They are growing on me, but I don't think I could ever religiously collect them. I just love the 90's Littlest Pet shop line too much. I do appreciate the broad spectrum of animals that the new pets are able to cover, but I just think they loose something by only really being adorable bobble heads. None the less I decided to photograph them.

The waiting game...

Sunday I made another visit to a different thrift store. This time there was no such luck of vintage toys. I did find a huge bag of silly bands which I plan on making something from, and a lot of poke balls. I'm expecting more goodies later this week, so with new packages comes more posts! Until then enjoy these cute pictures. Found a nice effects filter on my phone.

Jewelry House

A lot of Charmkins I ordered on eBay came in today! I was super excited opening up the tissue paper wrapped pieces and discovered some of the new ones were in better condition than the ones I already had. I was lucky enough to add a few more sets to my collection. 

I was so excited to finally have the Charmkins Jewelry House so all my Charmkins could be stored inside. I was a bit disgusted by the state of it however. I should have taken some before pictures because this house was grimy! There was a brown sludge like substance all over the flowers on the awning, a dead spider in the widows walk, and tons of gunk in the shingles. So I set to work with a bottle of cleaning spray, some paper towels, and a huge number of q-tips and began cleaning. 1 hour later I was much happier with the house! Some of the stickers are still discolored, and there is some weird wear around the front steps and side porch, but overall its looking better. The front awning cleaned up nicely. The only part I'm still unhappy with is the shingles. I feel like the makers of Charmkins knew it would be hard to clean someday. But now I finally have a cute house for Charmkins photos!

Outside of Jewelry House

Inside with some Visitors

Charmkins for Dessert

Lately the Charmkins seem to want to join the fun no matter which toys are getting their pictures taken. Today they decided to play among the Tea Bunnies tasty treats.

Also figured out how to do photo montages on my phone. So here is some of that!

Charmkins

Another package came in the mail today. I found a lot with three of the carrying cases on eBay. They may be missing their Charmkins, but until then mine had a great time checking out the beautiful scenery inside.

Charmkins

Allure of Vintage Toys: Charmkins

In the last six months I've fallen in love with Vintage 80's and 90's toys. The most recent attraction has been Hasbro's line of Charmkins from the 80's. I'm still waiting for a few more packages from eBay, but until then here are some sneak peaks of my collection.

Back of a Charmkins Card 

The Charmkins decide to visit a few other toys.