Finding a proper Lamp and Radio has been difficult, however, but I'll keep looking. I have a Hoover Junior 119 that I need to restore, and just yesterday a neighbor was moving out and let us browse stuff they were getting rid of and I saved an old Toaster that is a pretty close match to the Toaster shown in the books. I'm presently working towards getting all the characters as they appear in the original Thomas Disch Novella. Masters Blanky (The Brave Little Toaster)- Crochet Pattern Tutorial 4,197 views 157 Dislike Share SlipStitchery 408 subscribers If you dont watch the entire video, at least fast. Not much more to say really, he's a yellow Westinghouse electric blanket. Blanky was the only one I purchased online, as by the time I obtained Kirby, I only had one more character to go before completing my collection. Interestingly I've since seen another 50 at the same flea market with a green bag, but I of course had no reason to purchase another one.īlanky: Lastly we come to Blanky. So finding a 50 with an aftermarket green bag was absolutely perfect. Up until then I had only seen Dual Sanitronic 80's with green bags, but those models notably have differently designed handles than the 50. He's also rather unique, being a Kirby Dual Sanitronic 50 with a green bag. And to have such a perfect representation of him, down to the triangular piece on the front resembling the nose, was well worth it. Kirby was always my favorite, as for some reason as a kid I had an obsession with vacuum cleaners. Well almost immediately that week I started regretting my decision, and so the following Friday I went back to the flea market and asked the guy what the lowest he'd go for was. I had actually seen Kirby one day, but at the pricetag the guy was asking I walked away empty handed. Kirby: Kirby came from another flea market in 2017, from a vendor who had a ton of old vacuums for sale. But for a while, until I had time, he stayed in this condition. It was rusty and scratched up, the knobs were faded, the actual parts inside were caked with mud, the cord was ripped to shreds. A guy had a bunch of old radios for cheap, and when I saw the red Arvin 540T I knew it was destined to be my radio, even if its appearance wasn't a perfect match (Radio in the film really doesn't match properly with any real life radio that I've seen.) However as you can sort of tell from the first picture, it was not in good shape. Radio: Radio was a bargain find at a flea market. He fits the bill appearance wise, so that's all that really matters to me. No idea on the model number or manufacturer, but then again I haven't really looked into it. Toaster: Toaster came from an antique store a bit more recently, probably around 2015 or so. But, he looks the part, and I couldn't bear with replacing him now. So I guess you could argue that he isnt a proper vintage lamp. He came from Target around the early to mid 2000s. Lampy: Lampy was the first of the main cast I got, way back when I was a kid. I am unfortunately away from home at the moment so I cannot take more pictures than this, however I will still discuss how I came across finding each of them, in order of when I obtained them.