[Borges]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Awwwwwwww. :( I used to love mine as a kid! 3-D pics!

[Vaduz]

Seems like anything that sells today requires a battery sad.

[stormer]

That’s a shame. I never got tired of mine when I was a kid.

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

When I was young I like my dinosaur pics on these.

[southlake_hoosier]

still have mine from when I was kid!

[tnlibertarian]

Ping material?

[bvw]

Even though I’ve never had 3-d vision these things always fascinated me. Sad the day. I’m sure some boutique manufacturer would do well to license the product.

[Cailleach]

Is mine still at your house? I’d bet the little princess would love it.

[autumnraine]

I loved that toy.

[Sarajevo]

Sad. Another American icon succumbs to time.

[al_c]

That’s too bad. I got one last year for my kids and they love it.

[visualops]

Ohhh bummer! I loved my ViewMaster! The scenic stuff was great; tropical fish, grand canyon, it was so cool.

[jim_trent]

I have a set of those from WWII that were made for the military. They show different enemy airplanes at different angles and different ranges. I spent many hours looking at that and can still name WWII aircraft from just a glance.

There was a collectible website that had one for sale for several thousand dollars. I contacted them and asked if they wanted to buy another one. They offered a couple of hundred bucks. I asked why the difference. They didn’t answer. Anyway, I still have it.

[Skooz]

Loved those things.

There was something ultra-cool about slipping in a reel and flipping through the pictures. It was transporting.

[napscoordinator]

I would have thought those were gone ages ago. I guess I saw a few when I was younger...maybe 1981 or so at 12 years old. Have not seen them in years and did not even think of getting them for my kids, but I am sure that some liked them even today.

[sinanju]

Holy cow! I had no idea they had hung on this long.

What are we going to do for views of the world after civilization collapses? [re: the scene in “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” when the kids show him the old pix in the Viewmaster, along with their recitation]

[the OlLine Rebel]

Point that’s not being understood here:

THE VIEWMASTER IS STILL MANUFACTURED.

THE “SCENIC IMAGES” TYPE OF REELS ARE GONE.

[Vroomfondel]

D’oh! The scenic ones were the only ones I liked. I always thought the cartoon ones were lame; they are like looking at a 3D picture of cardboard cutouts.

[Army Air Corps]

Dang! Those things were fun!

[freespirited]

They need to reinvent this thing with a computer chip in it. Then it will sell again.