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ViewMaster
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This memory was added on: April 12, 2008
Love this site! I have been feeling nostalgic lately and reminiscing about the "old days" when toys (and everything, actually) were so much simpler. Now days the toys are all electronic, even for the preschoolers. I enjoyed reading others' comments about the Viewmaster, that was probably my favorite toy as a child. I also enjoyed my Duncan yo yo and playing jacks. Also, did anyone else use silly putty to press on comics in the newspaper and the image would be transferred onto the silly putty? Loved the silly putty. Oh, and don't forget the slinky! Also, the paddle game - the paddle with a rubber band and ball on the end of it.
I also liked paper dolls - my mom used to let me cut women out of the sears catalog for dolls.
Thanks for sharing your stories everyone!
Lillie
1962
This memory was added on: June 5, 2007
Wow! When I was like 3 my cousin had the KISS view master set back in the late 70s. I was scared that they were peeking in my window at night! Well, come on, they were pretty creepy! Who would think to market KISS to little kids anyway?!?
JayJay
1974
74chevelle@cox.net
This memory was added on: May 23,2007
OH my goodness,
I'm so happy I found this site! The older I get the more sentimental I get! I had the Wizard of Oz reel and many others that I can't remember because I spent all my time wearing out the OZ reel....anyone else have the Oz reel? I would love to find it and look at it for old times sake!
bethey
bethey
12-30-70
brikhaus@charter.,net
This memory was added on: May 8,2007
Viewmaster pictures had a cool 3D, yet 2D effect to them. I remember having a bunch of disney movie viewmaster discs.
Also, I remember "Spoons" restaurants in northern California used to use viewmasters for their desert menu back in the late 80s, early 90s.
Jim
1974
This memory was added on: April 9,2007
WOW this one does bring back memories! I actually have the canister pictured above!.
Manny
1968
computrtek@comcast.net
This memory was added on: February 25,2007
Way back in the early 60's (oh, God), I received a Disney Viewmaster Theater with nice brownish projector (with focus lens and cord), and additional viewmaster slide shows. This included Sleeping Beauty, Donald Duck and the Chipmunks, The Three Little Pigs. The box it came packaged in was a dual facility theater sceen (although I prefered to show pictures on full-screen wall). The back of the box was a simulated drive-in movie (with illustrated cars on bottom watching), and front was simulation of walk-in theater screen. I was always hooked on Disney, and this diversive package didn't help.
Robert
August 1956
dancer56@mmode.com
This memory was added on: February 16,2007
I still remember my ViewMaster. The pictures were so clear and the three dimension awesome! The disks I recall were "Three Men in a Tub" and "The Grand Canyon". We had probably six but these are the only ones I recall. I think the spring finally sprung and that was the end of the ViewMaster. : (
Mrs_Sully
1963
This memory was added on: February 15,2007
I got One talking view master and two entertainer projector from my dad when i was a kid.He paid and booked for a projector, but he couldnt get it on time, so he informed the company. They in turn arranged to send another, before he gets the second one the first one arrived and later he had the second one too.Its still in good condition, and we children had a wonderful time with it.I want it to hand over it to my son but i spoiled my pictures with fungus,i dont know where i could find them and am not sure BAF foundation still manufacture them. I be very glad to pass it on to my son if i get films.
Prashant P.N
13th September,1962
prashantphotography@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 24,2007
I had both the regular and the lighted versions. I still remember the reels from the 1964-65 New York World's Fair. It was just like being there. ( I was there) I never did go for the cartoons much, but I sure enjoyed the nature reels.
John Roden
j.roden@insightbb.com
This memory was added on: January 5,2007
Just found mine after years in the attic.... Great fun sharing it with my owm kids, even got the original moon landing set wow
1959
wz9mts@primusonline.com
This memory was added on: January 5,2007
My first memory of my viewmaster was in the early 70s going to the kmart and picking out which reel to take home as a special treat. I tend to not be a pack-rat but my little red and white viewmaster was the one toy i held onto from my childhood.
I had told my parents it was the one thing i wanted to save (it had somehow been misplaced amongst boxes of family things) so if they found it i would like to have it. A few years ago they had a garage sale and gave away my viewmaster and all my reels! It was really upsetting for me and for years i have prodded them about it.
This Christmas my husband had a special gift for me. I opened a small box to find an original viewmaster circa 1970s and a few dozen reels (many of the titles were ones i had remembered and told him about). He had spent months tracking down the exact colour and these reels on ebay and even days before Christmas he was still receiving them in the mail.
I'm really happy to be reunited. This viewmaster will be buried with me (or if i am cremated i will find a lovely home for it! ;)
catherine
1970
This memory was added on: January 3,2007
I used to collect the view master disc and the viewer ! Everyday I would came home or be in my house viewed the discs in the viewer of pictures inside ! I had fun with viewmaster because of the moving pictures ! a different toy then just dolls !
Elizabeth Lapicola
1975
preciousangel75@optonline.net
This memory was added on: December 27,2006
This was probably One of many of my favorite toys as a yougin. My brothers were older than I and I liked playing more by myself making up my own worlds and adventures. Viewmaster used to take me to faraway places. I had all the disk and rightly recall having a long box full of the viewmaster disks. Some of which were pretty old if I remember right. I'd play for hours pretending I was in the places depicted. One I remember was a reel of Cypress Gardens, Florida. I lived looking at the plants, trees, flowers and water skiers. At the age of 5 I decided I wanted to live in Florida. Now at nearly 44 years of age I live in the Florida Keys.
JD
1963
redneckrebel4041@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 8,2006
"Clunk" I can still remember the sound as I was pulling the lever down, just like another viewer shared her memory. My view master was one of the most 'magical' toys I had.. I had Tom and Jerry, and 'Heidi', and the Mts. of NC..I loved this toy. and every time I see one today, it brings back wonderful memories of mine.
Sherry
1960
snoweyscamper@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 4,2006
I had both regular and talking ViewMaster viewers, and my all-time favorite set was the KISS one.
Gerald
1969
This memory was added on: November 30,2006
We had an OLD ViewMaster - probably from the '40s. I remember looking at the old reels over and over again as a child... Loved the 3-D effect of them. We had one of the Expedition Park Rose Garden in Los Angeles - that was my favorite... it was SO colorful.
Kim T.
1958
thefabslv@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: September 15,2006
Hey, I still have my ViewMaster! I totally loved playing with it; I had Tom & Jerry, Thunderbirds and several others I just don't remember the name of.
Bijou-chan
1989
pwincess@sailormoon.com
This memory was added on: August 11,2006
I HAD THE SCOOBY DOO "THAT SNOW GHOST" LOVED IT. TO BAD THEY DIDN'T MAKE ANY OTHERS OF THE SHOW. I STILL HAVE THE MONKEES "LAST TRAIN TO POKEVILLE" STILL IN IT'S ORIGINAL PACKAGE (WITH BOOKLET)LOOKING BACK ON THIS I WISH I'D HAD TAKING CARE OF MY VIEW-MASTERS (ALSO GIVE-A-SHOW PROJECTER)BUT, WHEN YOUR A KID. YOU REALLY DON'T THINK ABUT THE VALUE OF THEM!YOU JUST INJOY THEM. IF I HAD THEM ALL I WOULD NOT SELL THEM!
ROLAND ZAMARRIPA
8-20-61
RZAMARRIPA@TACOCABANA.COM
This memory was added on: July 19,2006
I loved my Viewmaster- as an only child it provided many hours of fun & entertainment. I got the Scooby Doo talking viewmaster canister set that had the Capser reels in it too one year for Christmas & freaked out! Watched them over & over for hours. I just happened to be on line & saw that they still make viewmasters. WOW
Lysa
1968
This memory was added on: June 22,2006
I can remember spending hours looking at Cinderella, a zoo,and different Disney scenes What a cool toy!!!
Melissa
1967
melisssajpix@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 21,2006
omg!! Instant flashback to a christmas past. I was eight or nine the year I got the one pictured!. I got that from my older brother, who paid for it from his first job. He put it under the tree a few days before xmas. I picked up the wrapped parcel, shook it to see if i could guess what it was, and sort of sneeked a peek at it, by ripping the paper just a bit. I only saw the little bit of white plastic on the top, and quickly fixed the rip so no one could see that i tried to look at it. I did not know what it was, and was very happy when I was able to rip the paper off on xmas day. As a side bar, in response to a previous posting, I remember watching rocketship 7 with Tom Jolls, and mopsy. Those were the days
christine
1967
mclf67@yahoo.ca
This memory was added on: June 7,2006
I had the Talking Viewmaster. I can't remember what reels I had though.
Gina
1967
This memory was added on: April 14,2006
Well this brings back memories! There used to be a local show in the morning that used to be on after RocketShip 7. (In Buffalo NY) My Mom and I were in the audience and she was chosen to pick the winning address from some bucket or something. She didn't win the money but she won a Talking Viewmaster! Luckily she didn't play with toys so I got it! It was about the landing on the moon which was very much in the news back than, about the early 70's. Thanks for the memory!
Sharon
1964
This memory was added on: March 7,2006
I went through a couple of Viewmasters in the '70s, which I had plenty of fun with. I had the typical red one, with reels of The Six Million Dollar Man, King Kong ('76 remake), Space: 1999, Batman & Robin, and others. A couple of years ago I thought about looking these up on ebay and getting them again, along with the KISS reels, which I never had. I never got around to doing that, but it's still something to consider when I'm in that nostalgia/collector mood.
Alex
1973
maidenized@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 28,2005
I had the viewmaster handheld and the projector. I used to give "shows" for the neigborhood kids. I don't remember many of the reels I had, I know I had some National Parks, but what sticks out in my mind the most is Woody Woodpecker and Chilly Willy the Penguin. Anita, if you have a sample bulb, or a bulb number, check with TOPBULB @ http://www.topbulb.com/ . They were able to supply me with a bulb for my 1950 movie projector.
Terry
1951
This memory was added on: December 20,2005
My collection of View Master starts with a Vintage Model A which is the prize of my collection, I currently have all models now and over 500 Viewers in stock and around 3000 reels. My love for View Master of course stated when I was a child in the early 50's and to this day, I enjoy going into my Theatre Room, where I still watch 3-D movies and have my entire collection of View Master on display. Thank You View Master!
Geary L. Hoover
1951
BigDaddyBrwnEyes@wmconnect.com
This memory was added on: December 14,2005
My brother and I got our viewmasters in 1972. From then until now the discs we could choose from were not that plentiful. I am 42 years old now and my daughter 6 years old.She enjoys it immensely, but we battle to find new disc. We reside in South-Africa
Gerhard
1963
This memory was added on: December 13,2005
I loved reading all these about this wonderful, almost forgotten toy. The viewmaster people were so creative with their clay figures and specially created scenes. My FAVORITE reels were the Batman TV series (then later Lost In Space). It was almost like having Adam West & Burt Ward right there in your living room. Later we got the "sound/light" version and would listen and look at the cartoon Superman pictured over real live backgrounds. Then along came the Viewmaster projector. Cool memories! Thank you!
Charlie Rose
1960
Charlie@peelerrose.com
This memory was added on: December 3,2005
I loved my Viewfinder. Isn't it funny how we got a kick out of looking at the same pictures over and over again?
lamar
1972
lsmpeevy_72@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 3,2005
I remember my uncle buying me the view finder for Christmas when I was 6 or 7, but the coolest thing was, My Uncle was a " head banger ", and he bought me the KISS reels with my view finder. That was a very cool gift.
Keith
1970
This memory was added on: November 27,2005
I love(d) my ViewMaster. I had some really cool reels, including ones of Disney World, Florida's Cypress Gardens, and some claymation versions of Alice Through the Looking Glass (which I could swear was also a stop motion movie), Sleeping Beauty, and Pinocchio. Does anyone remember those? There's really a dearth of interesting reels out now, which is unfortunate. Of course, with the technology kids have access to, the ViewMaster is probably very underwhelming to them.
Anne
1972
meekmax@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 18,2005
I had a viewmaster growing up. I remember I had an array of slides such as Gene Autry, Barbie, scenic ones such as the Grand Canyon, Christmas themed and an ancient one that I think was called the Littlest Angel. That one in particular was my favorite. I think it was my mom's from the early fifties. If my memory serves me correctly there were real women on the slides and they were beautiful. If anyone remembers this slide I 'd love to know. I think somewhere in my travails my viewmaster and all my slides are still intact. Perhaps they will come back to me.
Sherri
1969
This memory was added on: September 9,2005
Oh, the viewmaster! I can still hear/feel the little "thunk" that resulted from pushing the lever to switch to the next slide! I recall I had the basic viewmaster, and my favorite slide was a collection of scenic photos of caves, underwater scapes...very dreamy and evocative stuff. I remember seeing my viewmaster and discs for sale at one of my Mom's garage sales and thinking nothing of it at the time, but later regretting having not pulling it out of the sale! Fast forward a number of years...my husband and I purchased his childhood home. During renovations, he unearthed HIS viewmaster and a whole bunch of discs! It's been a blast to read other memories of toys and games on this site!! "Thunks" everybody!!!
Lynne
1967
lynne.finnigan@hylant.com
This memory was added on: August 12,2005
ohhh wow viewmasters were and still are great i still have mine, and my son (who will be 30)was given his own for xmas when he was about 5. i think i'll get his out of the closet for his daughter when she's a little older.
patty
57
This memory was added on: August 8,2005
Nothing better than sitting around a fire in Yosemite passing around a Model D (lighted/focusing for us older folks) showing national park reels and everyone friends and strangers telling how they were at this pic or that one. just search online for mrviewmaster and get any reels you want.
Kip
1950
brockmankip@comcast.net
This memory was added on: August 7,2005
My wealthier cousins owned these and always had new slides to watch. I loved them and they're one of the first toys I bought my daughter!
PJ Hedrick
1961
pjeanhedrick@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: July 17,2005
My sister and I each had the standard disk viewers, but we also had two hand-crank viewers that took cartridges, rather than disks. One was hand-held and you cranked it while holding it up to one eye. The other sat on the floor, and you could either project the image from the cartridge onto the wall, or watch it on a "tv" screen. Also hand-cranked. Found but lost the small one on eBay, but can't find the floor model anywhere (help appreciated.)
Melanie
1974
melaniepalmer@adelphia.net
This memory was added on: July 13,2005
I recently bought a viewmaster projector on ebay that was just like the one my parents bought me when I was in kindergarten. I actually had a film projector screen to show mine on but later it broke and I had to show them on our white bedroom walls. I would make my sister and my cousins come into my room for a viewmaster show. I actually had banana splits reels for anyone who remembers the banana splits characters. This was my very favorite toy.
cindy
1968
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This memory was added on: June 25,2005
I had a ViewMaster and a ViewMaster projector when I was a young girl. One family vacation when we went to Niagara Falls, my parents let me buy a lot of ViewMaster slides about the falls. When I returned to school after my trip, my fifth grade teacher let me use my projector to show these slides of the falls to the class and answer children's questions. This was only one of many things Mrs. Thompson did to boost the self esteem of a young girl.
Ronda Foster
1957
ronda_foster@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 22,2005
This is quite possibly the greatest toy ever made. When I was 4 or 5 my brother got the Talking ViewMaster gift set for me for Xmas. I used to sit in the hallway of our apt. (where there was the best lighting, and less chance of being bugged by my family) and play for hours. Once I played w/ it till I fell asleep, right there in the hallway. Someone picked me up and put me in my bed. Upon awakening, the first thing out of my mouth was "Where's my Talking ViewMaster?" hehe...
Now I own several regular ViewMasters (I have a classroom set, and more vintage reels for home use). And you know...even w/ all the "hi-tech" toys out there, this one stands the test of time. It's funny to watch my students playing w/ these and asking each other, "So which one are you watching?" hehe..like it was TV!
THIS TOY ROCKS!
Sharry A.
1966
Hardygirl66@aol.com
This memory was added on: April 20,2005
Wow! So many memories. I had one that was red (and plastic) and I mostly remember looking at slides of Disneyland on it. In fact, in preparing to take my two sons to Disneyworld, I'm hoping to get a hold of the old reels of disneyland and let them look at them before we go.
Stephen
1970
This memory was added on: March 10,2005
My older brother's black viewmaster was handed down to me. My grandparents would go on vacation every year and bring back viewmaster slides of the places they had gone. When I was a little older I got the viewmaster projector for Christmas. Too cool!
Curt
1958
Smtcs@aol.com
This memory was added on: February 20,2005
I had one of those when I was little, a bright red one. I had like all the Disney movies and stuff on them and I'd look at them with my flashlight at night. seriously, you hand my little sister or brother one and they would just look at you like, what? you expect me to play with this? seriously. I'm only 16 and my ViewMaster is like 14 years old, and already toys have changed so much that kids can't appreciate the toys our parents had. my parents never had any of these toys here, growing up in Singapore was kinda poor in the 60s and 70s :)
Eudora
1988
eudorachua@gmail.com
This memory was added on: February 6,2005
We had the one you have pictured along with the old trusty brown plastic viewmaster. I would buy the Disneyland reels when visiting Disneyland in the 70's and 80's. I'm trying to purchase those old reels now! I just bought the viewmaster projector which comes with a remote and is so cool!
Mary
September 1960
marymcq@earthlink.net
This memory was added on: January 13,2005
I had the Disney viewmaster in the casister by GAF. I just now misplaced it. Hope to find another one soon. Boy thats a flashback!!
Angie
06/30/69
summergrl669@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 31,2004
My dad bought me a box of the discs from a garage sale and one of them was of a nudist commune. I SWEAR! Imagine the shock to a six year old mind! I was looking for the Flintstones...
Wendy
1969
This memory was added on: December 27,2004
The great thing about View-Master is that I can use my 1939 viewer to view my 2004 Incredibles reels or view 1939 reels in one of the new 2004 viewers (although the current lens quality on the viewers is often bad). This is a great toy to collect because it has had such a long history.
Eddie Bowers
1968
eddie@vmresource.com
This memory was added on: December 8,2004
ViewMaster helped prepare me for marijuana use in high school. :)
St. Al
23 Feb 1963
alan_reed_digital@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 2,2004
Amie
1968
amiebryant@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 2,2004
I liked this toy think you can still get these now they were the best i had a red one and a brown one,kool
Amie
1968
This memory was added on: November 30,2004
I still have my Talking Viewmaster and a few of my disks. I loved this toy!
Pete D.
1962
pdipas@adelphia.net
This memory was added on: November 24,2004
I still have mine. I believe I got it for Christmas 1953 when I was 4 years old. The disks I got with it included TOM CORBETT - SPACE CADET, TARZAN, AND RIN TIN TIN. Every once in a while I take it out of storage and look at them. It is still enjoyable after all these years
Bill
1949
rev14@ptd.net
This memory was added on: November 11,2004
View-Masters are still made!!! And you can still get many of the travel reels. (I know, I worked on them!) The travel reels (a/k/a "Scenics") were made by a company called Finley-Holiday. I haven't worked on them in about 5 years, and I am not even 100% sure the Scenics reels are still being made, but Fisher-Price is still making View-Masters and reels. It's really cool going into the VM archives and seeing the old viewers, and rare reels! I loved working on this line becuase when I was a kid, my parents took the family to Civel War battlefields, and other historic sites, and we used to pick up reels at each stop.
rkc
1968
This memory was added on: October 4,2004
I thought it was so cool how they got those little pictures in there! I tried to draw my own picture on the slides but that just ruined them. :) I'm sure I have millions of slide wheels around my house...
Although those years are way behind me, I feel like I've lived through them. I know everything about them anyway... Child of the Sixties... that's what mother calls me!
Mary
1990
MiniMary12@aol.com
This memory was added on: July 30,2004
I looooved that thing!! My cousins and I must have traded a TON of reels for that thing!! The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Peanuts, The Brady Bunch...and of course you could vacation in your own home with all the scenic reels. Yosemite, DisneyLand, Niagra Falls, Canada.....Now that Mattel has stopped production on all viewmaster products, it's sort of sad. With the age of electronics (video games..DVDs..etc) a viewmaster must seem kind of primitive. My family has the ones I had growing up....my kids looove it! Here's to stimulating your brain without the aid of television!!!
Ari
1963
This memory was added on: July 13,2004
I had two ViewMasters. One was plastic and one metal. We used to fight over who got the plastic one because the metal would be cold against your eyes.
kay
1966
This memory was added on: July 7,2004
My favourite of all time is the KISS one.
Gerald
1969
GCLOGUE@aol.com
This memory was added on: July 6,2004
Oh, these were great fun. We bought View-Master slides on all our family vacations that included big toruist traps. I still have mine, along with slides of the Grand Canyon and Key West as well as some cartoon favorites. We had the projector, too., at one time.
Did anyone else think it was just a little disturbing seeing those 3-D Woody Woodpeckers..?
michael edelman
1954
mje@spamcop.net
This memory was added on: July 3,2004
Did anyone else have the "Talking" ViewMaster? It came with special reels that had a soundtrack. When inserted into the ViewMaster, a special elongated oval button could be depressed on the back that would then start the "talking" ('D' batteries not included). I'll never forget - the reels we had were of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. My sis and I must have had this around 1974/75. I'm only now realizing that this toy worked on the same vinyl LP principle as the "ABC Monday Night 'Talking' Football.
Bri-Guy
1968
brian@starplex.demon.co.uk
This memory was added on: June 26,2004
The best memory I have of my old ViewMaster also doubles as the worst. I was a hyperactive kid who couldn't sit still for very long, so during one ViewMaster session I decided to walk around while using it. Bad idea. I remember all of a sudden the screens went dark and a split second later - WHAM!, as I walked head first into a wall. The result: Two black eyes.
I remember hiding out in the house for a week, waiting for my eyes to heal, too embarrassed to go out. I finally thought they were just about healed, so I hitched a ride to McDonald's with my Dad (pre-drive-in days). We go in and the first thing the girl behind the counter says is "Wow, what happened to you?" So my Dad explains. I think I turned so red with embarrassment that my blackened eyes were no longer visible.
Fun days. Who new you could actually injure yourself with one of these?
Jeff R.
1970
This memory was added on: June 21,2004
My mother (born in 1940) still has her viewmaster, and so do I!!!! Wonderful toy!!! We cherish the old Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker reels. My sons now are able to enjoy very old and brand new reels! :)
Gabbi
1967
This memory was added on: May 31,2004
Kenny Hooten
08/02/56
falcon5608@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 31,2004
I remember ours being red. The slides we had were of different places across the United States. It was just like being there. It's a sad shame that toys like that go by the way side. Pictures on any internet site can't even touch the realism one could experience with a viewmaster. We also had the projector. I just wish the slides from years ago in the 60's were still available. Really had a lot of fun with that thing. Miss it!
Kenny Hooten
08/02/56
falcon5608@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: May 10,2004
i had a snoopy and woodstock drive-in one. it had a crank on one side and it was really loud. it was a blast
chris
1971
chrisdavis89@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 31,2004
This was so cool! I can remember holding the disc up into the light without the viewer, and looking at the pictures. Had about 2 dozen discs. MOM THREW THEM ALL OUT!!!!!! (along with all of the other toys, had i kept them, they'd be worth a lot. I took good care of my toys).I still haven't forgiven her. I may throw out her jewelry someday.
jb
1967
This memory was added on: February 12,2004
When Viewmaster came out in the 30`s,it was made by a company called Sawyer & the first ones were handwritten instead of typeset.I remember getting Viewmaster reels when I was young,but don`t know what happened to them.Thanks to e-bay,I`m collecting them again & trying to find the ones I had as a child.Now,my "kids" are in their 20`s & find it fascinating.They didn`t know we had 3-D back in my day.I just got a reel from Czech Republic(It`s called Stereo-Mikroma)but you have to be careful with that brand because sometimes Europeans have nudity on them.
Cindy
1953
cinbad27@juno.com
This memory was added on: January 31,2004
Viewmaster was made by GAF, couldn't tell you what it means, but that's the company.
Mark
1962
markhess@ev1.net
This memory was added on: November 19,2003
i left my viewfinder on the back window ledge of my dads car. we lived in fort lauderdale and it was the summer. one afternoon of extreme heat turned my lovely red (and plastic) viewfinder into a twisted, mangled wreck. it looked like something salvador dali would have been proud of.
nathan
1970
This memory was added on: October 30,2003
I had a great aunt who was one of the first female clothes buyers in New York. She traveled all over the world and would get us the Viewmaster slides of where she had been.
I think I wasn't old enough to appreciate them, and I have no idea where they went, but we had a ton :(
I DO still remember a 3D london slide set with a Beafeater in front of some stone building (the tower?)
(p.s. I never had TV slides for the Viewmaster, but I remember the Land of the Lost TV show. It was shown again recently on cable but the effects don't hold up very well to a modern eye. (God we believed those dinosaurs when we were kids and boy do they look like bad puppets today.)
Still, there were some great scripts... for a bit it became fashionable for name science fiction writers of the time to write scripts for that show.
Cyberqat
1963
jeffpk@iname.com
This memory was added on: September 12,2003
I got a jolt when I saw this page- I had this exact Viewmaster and canister with the Snoopy things on it. To this day, my most vivid memory of Snoopy is of the WWI Flying Ace sneaing through occupied France, with the one-of-a-kind ViewMaster lighting effects! My all time favorite ViewMaster reel was Disney's Robin Hood. I don't know if my parents still have it but I think I'll call tonight and ask. If only all of life were that vivid...
Michele
1973
This memory was added on: July 19,2003
Hi! My favorite memory of the viewmaster was playing school with my friends and taking time outs showing Scooby-doo,cinderella, and old Mickey and Goofy ghost detective movies. The funniest thing is that you had to narrate it yourself.
Michelle Marquez
1972
michelleblea@justice.com
This memory was added on: July 7,2003
Mine was red but so much fun! we had cinderella and snow white and pooh bear i think.
Leezie
1975
This memory was added on: June 24,2003
I still have my slides, quick draw mcgraw, peanuts, casper, and so many others, gave them to my 4 year old daughter to play with, and found a few frames on the floor, well, i took them back and put them into storage, some are dated 1961!
DR
1968
nh156@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 8,2003
I remember having one as a kid. I must have had loads of different circular cards for it, but the only one I can vividly remember is the Jungle Book one and that big snake scared me to death.
Wendy B
1964
wavlovr@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: June 7,2003
ViewMaster... ah yes, these were popular back when we kids had to use our imaginations for entertainment. No video games. No computers. No cell phones. No microwaves. No calculators. We played scratched-up records that we had to flip over in order to hear the second side. When we watched TV & wanted to change the channels, we actually had to get up and physically rotate a knob located on the TV itself (how many of us had to repeatedly function as a human remote control by sitting in front of the TV and changing channels until our parents found something they wanted to watch?). Yep, those were the good ol' days!
Chris
1960
This memory was added on: May 26,2003
oh my gosh, I LOVED my viewmaster too! We had a ton of the little card thingies. I remember the Brady Bunch ones for some reason, when the kids got lost in that cave! The pictures were, like, in three-D, and that made it so cool! I too, found that my kids had little interest in it. Such a shame...Oh...one more thing...I remember I had some "Land of the Lost" ones...anyone remember that show? I loved that show...
mindy
1972
minderin@msn.com
This memory was added on: May 20,2003
I still have my ViewMaster from the 60's, tons of reels still in their packages with the papers and all! They are in a gray ViewMaster box that was made to hold the viewer and the reel packets. I'm 40 now but still get a smile from looking at the reels when I clean out the closet! Funny, my kids never took a shine to ViewMaster like I did. Guess there is too much technology today for them to be bothered. Sad though, I loved mine as a kid.
Sharr ONeil
1963
oneilsl@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: May 14,2003
I had about a million of these things - the viewers and the reels. I still have my CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND reel set, and I'll probably be buried with it.
Chris Conner
1966
chris75056_1@lycos.com
This memory was added on: May 10,2003
HEY! One of my favorites! I actually had a ViewMaster projector as well as the hand-held. I LOVED that thing - in fact I believe my mother still has it put up somewhere. I don't think we can find lightbulbs for it. But there was nothing as satisfying as the smell of hot plastic and vinyl in the dark, with pictures of Peanuts on the wall. Soo much fun.
Anita
1965
anitachapman@charter.net
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