Peanuts – Good Grief, Beethoven! 1966
I tried to get some more shots of View-Master images taken by camera direct through a viewer – with varying degrees of success. I managed to get two Peanuts stories without too much blurring, and a whole bunch of random images from Sesame Street, The Flintstones, and The Steadfast Tin Soldier.
As my reel collection grows, it’s my aim to try and capture the best images possible – a lot of trial and error. Well, the following aren’t too shabby, as you can see, but nothing can beat seeing these wonderful 3D images with your own eyes through a View-Master! The modelmaking and photography techniques of certain reels is an absolute joy to behold.
Used to have a View-Master as a kid? Haven’t got one as an adult? What are you waiting for? They’re fairly inexpensive to buy on the second-hand market, and your eyes will thank you greatly 🙂 🙂
Peanuts – Throw it home, Snoopy! 1966
Sesame Street, People in your neighbourhood, 1982
The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 1958
Cartoon Favorites, The Flintstones, 1962
Look out for more View-Master goodies coming soon! As always, thanks for looking 🙂
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WOW, 3D Peanuts? It gives Charlie Brown and Snoopy a whole new dimension! (Sorry 😀 ) These are great images and could the Flintstones reels be classed as the first 3D imaging of Fred and Wilma on film (predating the two movies)?
And have you looked into using one of those “Photo Negative to Digital” converters? They work on Cine8 film and film cells so might work on View-Master reels. Great stuff, thanks!
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Haven’t looked at any alternatives other than photography or scanning atm. The Flintstones reels are just staggering the amount of modelmaking work and scene-setting that must have gone into them!
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Those maquettes are really cool, it was just “odd” seeing Fred and Wilma in solid form. I wonder if the models were used in any Ray Harryhausen style StopGo animations.
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Excellent. RE-posted on twitter @trefology
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Thank you Tref, that’s brilliant 🙂
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Fantastic – Thank you for including a fairytale but the Peanuts are great too – amazing!
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They’re good aren’t they. Love how Charlie Brown throws Snoopy with the ball in his mouth, and Lucy with her baseball bat 🙂
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These are amazing! Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the Peanuts ones, but I reckon you managed to capture those images pretty well…
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Thanks J 🙂 Those Peanuts ones are pretty funny aren’t they. I think I have Mickey Mouse 50th anniversary hopefully arriving soon… will try again for some more images.
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Fabulous! View Master was a fave, but Barbie was my passion.
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Thank you. The View-Master and Barbie… two excellent toys that have stood the test of time.
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