Viewmaster reels... remember them?

[BlackSheep214]

Saw this over at modelcarsmag forums.

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/view-masters/

Those brought fond memories of my youth years. My.sister & I had a ton of those viewmasyer reels as kids. From Dakari to Woody Woodpecker.

[LyleW]

Wow, I remember those! Had some as well. We also had some 8mm cartoons that my Dad bought to run on the projector.....You know, the days before video and smart phones? No sound, though. I know we had a few Woddy Woodpecker, not sure if there was anything else. The projector and a bag with the films is in the garage.

[Gary Brantley]

Yes sir, I had 'em too! I especially remember "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Oh, that giant octopus! I also have a set show-casing the early days of the original "Six Flags Over Texas" in Arlington, Texas. Much there has changed since then.

Coincidentally, my wife and I were discussing these just last week, thinking how our young grandchirren might be amused, or maybe bemused, by them. Thanks for reminding me. I'll be dusting off the reels and viewer now.

[Stikpusher]

Yes I do remember them. Good times as a kid.

[BlackSheep214]

Yes sir, I had 'em too! I especially remember "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Oh, that giant octopus! I also have a set show-casing the early days of the original "Six Flags Over Texas" in Arlington, Texas. Much there has changed since then.

Coincidentally, my wife and I were discussing these just last week, thinking how our young grandchirren might be amused, or maybe bemused, by them. Thanks for reminding me. I'll be dusting off the reels and viewer now.

If you really want to mess with them, set up a room and throw in a corded rotory phone on the wall, a pencil sharpener, a tube television set with antenna that shows only 4 channels with no remote, a record player with numbers 16, 32, and 45 with a stack of records.

[Tojo72]

Sure they were in my wheelhouse as a kid

[Glamdring]

I had some too that were kept at my Grandparents' house with my He Man action figures. I think one was a Disneyland slide show and another was of dinosaurs.

[Stikpusher]

Yes sir, I had 'em too! I especially remember "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea". Oh, that giant octopus!

[midnightprowler]

Yep. I still have one. I loved my Star Trek reels.