One thing that cheers me up is when I find something that I really enjoyed as a kid.
I enjoyed most things as a kid but one thing I really loved was our View Master viewer and I still love all things 3D.
I saw one of my favorite View Master reels on Ebay the other day so I bid on it and I actually won the auction.
I wanted to post them here for others to enjoy.
This was the one I remembered looking at the most titled "Fred's Invention" 1962.
The caption is "I'll get to work on time using my new invention."
I made them animate because just looking at them flat lost one of the things I loved most about them, dimension. Since I don't have an online viewer this is what I came up with, animation.
Check back for more as I get them done.
Hey! I got posted on Drawn! Cool, cool, cool. Click here to see it.
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Very cool!
You can also make stereoscopic images out of these, which can be "free viewed" to be seen in true 3D! Just put the left/right images next to each other, back off your monitor a little and relax your eyes like you were looking at one of those "magic eye" posters at the mall, back in '89.
I created one from the image on Drawn and posted it to my site, so you can dig it. I'd love to see more Viewmaster scans in their stereoscopic glory!
http://www.barnaclepress.com/varimg/fredsaysgoodbye.jpg
Thanks for the comment.
I can do the magic eye 3d but I have trouble viewing "free viewed".
Thanks for the link and check back as I get the other two disks scanned.
"Wilma learns to drive" and "Fred's Mis-steak"
Cool! I used to have that Flintstones picture disc when I was a kid. I wonder if the old can of discs is still in the attic, we had probably a hundred or so.
I couldn't use the stereoscopic "mode" at first because my head was too small and the eye holes were too far apart. I remember distinctly when i could finally see the 3d effect and how much cooler it was!
Wow, Brian!
That looks soooo amazing! How did you do that? Incredible. I got your email and came over to see some Flintstone goodness! Please post more!
(If it's not too time consuming. I know it was for me).
Great post! Thanks!
Bob
Oh, you did post more! I must have missed these!
Awesome!
B!
I have to agree that it's always cool when you chance upon a vintage find, especially for something like the View-Master. At the risk of sounding like a nerd, I have 4 of them with hundreds of reels. From classic cartoons to comics, and even personal reels, I have it all!
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