The death of ViewMaster has been announced more than once, but the medium keeps rising from the dead. The latest newsletter from Las Vegas-based 3dStereo.com brings word of some new products, including an original story in the form of a booklet and three stereo reels produced by comedy writer Eric Drysdale (of The Colbert Report [...]
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ViewMaster: It’s not dead yet
Posted by acilius on February 23, 2011
http://losthunderlads.com/2011/02/23/viewmaster-its-not-dead-yet/
News for View Master Fans
From the latest bulletin Las Vegas-based 3DStereo sent to its mailing list: News and More News: Sources at Fisher-Price have disclosed that View-Master products are listed in the product list of 2010. A discontinued product line would have no such listing. And although it was not clear what new products are in the offing, it is heartening to [...]
Posted by acilius on September 24, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/09/24/news-for-view-master-fans/
She grew up without a View-Master
Thanks to haha for linking to this LA Times story in which a woman tells what it was like to spend the first 48 years of her life unable to see in three dimensions, and what it was like to gain that ability in middle age.
Posted by acilius on July 17, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/07/17/she-grew-up-without-a-view-master/
More on the Destruction of ViewMaster
In November, I posted here news that had come to me in a mass email from Las Vegas’ 3Dstereo Store, a report that Mattel would no longer produce ViewMaster reels that might appeal to adults. Today, another mass mailing from the same source brings more bad news: Since the the end of last year, the news from [...]
Posted by acilius on March 26, 2009
http://losthunderlads.com/2009/03/26/more-on-the-destruction-of-viewmaster/
Sad news for ViewMaster fans
(image) News in the latest email from Las Vegas’ 3D Stereo Store: View-Master Closing: On a sad note, Mattel/Fisher-Price has announced the permanent closing of the Custom/Commercial/Scenic View-Master division of View-Master. Scenic reels and the Classic Model L will cease to exist. All of the special special 3 Reel sets such as Old TIme Cars, and [...]
Posted by acilius on November 25, 2008
http://losthunderlads.com/2008/11/25/sad-news-for-viewmaster-fans/
One of Jodie Foster’s Early Roles
I posted a link to this a year or so ago, here’s an embed.
Posted by acilius on September 27, 2008
http://losthunderlads.com/2008/09/27/one-of-jodie-fosters-early-roles/
Slow Start
So the blog is off to a slow start. I haven’t had much time lately for the sort of wide-ranging reading that would support a lot of postings, and I know you guys have a lot going on as well. But I think that email would be at a lull right now as well, for the [...]
Posted by acilius on July 18, 2007
http://losthunderlads.com/2007/07/18/slow-start/
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