tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post4487870436236071525..comments2024-03-25T13:25:19.911-05:00Comments on My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: Sunshine Family (1973)Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-55579397145927587812014-02-02T22:33:36.724-06:002014-02-02T22:33:36.724-06:00I had the greenhuose. I have been looking for one ...I had the greenhuose. I have been looking for one for years! I was starting to wonder if it wasn't orginally Sunshine. My mom helped be plant the lima bean seeds that came with it in the little pots. I remember how exciting it was when they broke through the soil! Like magic. laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09247917428372676960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-15502852288586020042014-01-29T19:34:32.033-06:002014-01-29T19:34:32.033-06:00They were quite the "Green Family" back ...They were quite the "Green Family" back in their day! I found the house for $6 still in the box at a local thrift, the graphics are spectacular-GOOD FIND!discodiva1979https://www.blogger.com/profile/07189489612690516435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-76621881223373627162012-11-22T11:05:43.731-06:002012-11-22T11:05:43.731-06:00In true communal spirit, there was also an accesso...In true communal spirit, there was also an accessory greenhouse that you could buy with little pots & seeds to grow your own. A neighbor girl had gotten the set one christmas and I was very envious...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629988393893500369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-53166341653060720662012-11-22T11:05:25.852-06:002012-11-22T11:05:25.852-06:00In true communal spirit, there was also an accesso...In true communal spirit, there was also an accessory greenhouse that you could buy with little pots & seeds to grow your own. A neighbor girl had gotten the set one christmas and I was very envious...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10629988393893500369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-7557281143392825292012-02-13T11:30:06.543-06:002012-02-13T11:30:06.543-06:00@ Living Vintage: Good save!
@Mrs. Leaphart: I. WA...@ Living Vintage: Good save!<br />@Mrs. Leaphart: I. WANT. A CAMPUS QUEEN. LUNCHBOX. Oh my goodness.<br />@Cheetah Velour: I've got my eye out for the dog and cat. They sound like a popular item!<br />@Jodi: Hi there, fellow Nashvillian! Thanks for reading!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-28725084717904246332012-02-12T15:07:55.924-06:002012-02-12T15:07:55.924-06:00I had this house when I was a kid (still have it)....I had this house when I was a kid (still have it). My favorite thing was a dog/cat house that was a go with type of thing. I still have that and the cat and dog and their little food dishes and the dogs bone. I can't believe that stuff survived. By the way, I'm Jodi, live in Nashville and have reading your blog for a while. Hi!Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022547723334642746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-73703527786337476362012-02-06T20:24:54.279-06:002012-02-06T20:24:54.279-06:00I think I am a little older, ahem, than the averag...I think I am a little older, ahem, than the average reader. Y'all wax nostalgic about the 80's when I was making BABIES in the 80's. I was a child in the 60's/70's. In my day we had oh, Popper Knockers, Chatty Cathy and Zotz candy. I was the top dawg in first grade because I had the Campus Queen lunch box.<br />Then there were those crazy lead balls they gave us 60's babies to teethe on.....Mrs.Leaphearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903237273139458385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-15142504121407008962012-02-02T19:04:04.912-06:002012-02-02T19:04:04.912-06:00I just found my mom giving my sunshine family case...I just found my mom giving my sunshine family case to goodwill and rescued it. I will have to did for the family I think she combined them with the barbies for my nieces to play with.Living Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00707910115390904845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-48020422711424950602012-02-02T15:33:29.369-06:002012-02-02T15:33:29.369-06:00@ Mrs. Leaphart: Some brothers have all the luck! ...@ Mrs. Leaphart: Some brothers have all the luck! Jamie (my aforementioned cousin) had Weebles AND Fisher Price Little People. I smell a follow up blog topic...<br /><br />@Amber: I had the McDonalds set! But no hippies to work in it. I love the poor Sunshine family as the slightly shorter, oh-so-unglamorous have-nots in that scenario, that story is hilarious.<br /><br />@Lauren: Something about their eyes! But you're right, their living arrangements are to die for.<br /><br />@Dolly: It's now my sworn mission to find a Holly Hobbie dollhouse. It can be done!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-29246975956793798292012-02-02T12:42:04.330-06:002012-02-02T12:42:04.330-06:00My gosh, I HAD that house as a kid in the '80s...My gosh, I HAD that house as a kid in the '80s!! I still have the dolls (of the re-branded 1978 'Sunshine FUN Family set) and all of the original house furniture in a box in the basement at my parents, but alas, the house is long gone. I also have the grandparents and some of the accessories from the barn/farm that I had at my grandparents' house (the chicken that actually lays an egg is fabulicious!)...unfortunately, my mom talked me out of keeping the barn itself when I found it a year ago while cleaning out my grandmother's house. Why did I let her???!! Gaahhh!<br />As for my favourite dated childhood toy, that would have to be the Holly Hobbie dollhouse I had at my grandmother's. I loved that thing and have been searching for one for years to no avail. I mean, really. There's none that ever turn up on ebay, no mention on dollhouse or '70s toy sites. Nada. Although another HH house does come up occasionally, but not the one I had. I'd almost think I'd imagined the whole thing if I didn't have all the furniture still and a picture of me at about 7 years old playing with it!<br />Mrs.Leapheart is right about the Weebles. I had the Weebles circus. Talk about a blast! The cannon was absolutely legend!<br />Also, I loved my Littles Victorian Dollhouse and my Maple Town sets! SOOOO '80s!....yeah, I was a dollhouse girl and still am!<br />Nicely done getting such a pristine example of this house! My childhood memories and I are uber jealous!Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-49130298240694484732012-02-02T10:25:13.567-06:002012-02-02T10:25:13.567-06:00It's funny that you mentioned polygamy, becaus...It's funny that you mentioned polygamy, because they do look rather like religious fundamentalists. (Bad Lauren!) I do have to say, though, that their house is totally groovy.Lauren Hairstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037717621464819611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-34406408881915472772012-02-02T10:19:46.683-06:002012-02-02T10:19:46.683-06:00Oh yes! I remmeber the sunshine family! We must ...Oh yes! I remmeber the sunshine family! We must have gotten our childhood hands on them from a yard sale because I had them in the 80's. We knew they we dated even then. My mom called them the Hippy Dippies, and henceforth, that is what we called them ever since. Our Hippy Dippies had the house, and we had the whole family including Sweets. I remember their trippy LSD dialated eyes! OUr Hippy Dippies also had an unfortunate occupation, they were the sole workers at a toy McDonald's restaurant set that was origianlly made for Barbies. Our poor groovy hippy family had to work at McDonald's searving our poshly dressed snooty ass Barbies! Sad how childhood games can take a turn like that! In another coincidence to your post, I came across a sale with a well loved set of the Sunshine Family and allllmost bought them. I thought of cleaning them up and telling them that I was sorry for the McDonalds thing. Maybe I could have crafted them a Whole Foods Market to shop in to make up for it! Alas, an image of my overstuffed apartment popped into my head and I left them behind. I'm so glad yours found a good home! :-)Amber Von Feltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12893607211762877902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-82066685220721320022012-02-01T19:44:56.165-06:002012-02-01T19:44:56.165-06:00Lisa, You..are...the Bomb! May I suggest you resea...Lisa, You..are...the Bomb! May I suggest you research the Weeble family? Father Weeble must have been a corporate overlord of some kind. They had a JET for the love of Betsy! Also a pop up camper, a car, a house, a boat, etc, etc.<br />How do I know this? My spoiled little brother (the one who whispered to Willie the cigarette penguin)had it all. He was Mom's favorite child, you know.Mrs.Leaphearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07903237273139458385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-31656340970019803622012-02-01T11:28:34.659-06:002012-02-01T11:28:34.659-06:00@Eartha: That's so cool you used to have them!...@Eartha: That's so cool you used to have them! My #1 70's era childhood toy was my cousin Jamie's passed along Fisher price A-frame playset, and it has NOTHING on these straight-from-Night-Gallery guys. Good luck on your next treasure hunt out there! I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-35639733628889564932012-02-01T10:56:34.981-06:002012-02-01T10:56:34.981-06:00Get! Out! That's an amazing find! I spent sooo...Get! Out! That's an amazing find! I spent sooooo many hours with them as a kid. I remember that since Little House on The Prairie was on around the same time, I thought that the Sunshine Family Mom looked like Mary who had gone blind on the show. So I always pretended that the doll was blind!<br /><br />And that flea market...oh my god, yes. It's tragic. That must be new booth. Going to have to check it out!Eartha Kitschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189308677139650882noreply@blogger.com