The View-Master was first introduced at the 1939 World’s Fair. Originally intended as a souvenir (and not a children’s toy), View-Master was sold at stationary and photo stores as an alternative to postcards. It is easy to forget that the View-Master was once a successful mass-market product akin to today’s VCR and DVD player. It was family entertainment. Millions of reels have been sold and a collectors’ community thrives today even though View-Master is now owned and marketed by Fisher-Price as a toy for toddlers.
The memories of View Master are as cool as the boggling images it gave us. The experience was like graduating from story books. With a clickity clack of the trigger we were presented with frame after frame of eye popping natural wonders, bold new takes on otherwise tired tales, and Scooby’s latest madcap capers – all in 3D that was as mind-blowing as anything on our movie screens today. That’s how I remember it anyway..!
Posts Tagged ‘classic’
The View Master classic toy, trigger happy 3D images
Friday, July 24th, 20099 Video Games Systems from the past
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
- ColecoVision
- Atari 2600
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Intellivision
- Turbo Grafx
- Sega Saturn
- Atari Lynx
- Magnavox Odyssey 2
- Nintendo Vectrex
The Atari 2600 was released in 1977 and took home entertainment to a whole new level. Home video game consoles became all the rage with it’s clunky pixel graphics and annoying sounds. Trying to capture the video game throne here are 9 game consoles that were hits and misses in the video game industry.
Retro Gaming Resources
The supermarket Institute presents…
Friday, June 12th, 2009
The Front Line
The front line of the supermarket. Checker of the year, a solid line up of ladies who are expert checkers.