Ah, View-Masters--as an essential element of a generation's childhood as Saturday morning cartoons, Star Wars, and Watergate. I had lots of those little paper disks that told a story in fourteen panels, as did a lot of people reading this, I bet.
I had never seen this little beauty before, but when I saw it on ebay I snapped it up. It's that classic "Super Friends + Shazam!" merchandising line-up, with Aquaman either swimming upstream or signaling a field goal.
This "Good Guys Gift Pak" auction didn't come with any disks, but it did come with a fun booklet, which we'll see tomorrow...
I had that! I still have several of the disks, including a few Aquaman ones.
ReplyDeleteThat redrawn art is something you wouldn't see nowadays. And toy packaging is far worse for it.
Chris
I rememember saving and saving in order to buy the one that I saw at Target, and then when I went to see if it was still there, it was on Clearance, and I bought it! I used to keep all my Aquaman goodies in it until my collection got too big. I don't know whatever happened to it....I think my parents must have thrown it out when I moved to Japan. :-(
ReplyDeleteFrom here, Superman looks to be touched by the pen of...Vince Colletta!!! Dum-dum-DUM!!!
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Is that Steve Martin as Aquaman, or a middle-aged Aquaman?
ReplyDeleteNice! I had that when I was a kid!
ReplyDeleteRob, did you see this??
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=7675
yep, i am SO getting that set!
ReplyDeleteNeat. Childhood nostalga rush when I saw that package. Pretty sure I had that one. Is it the one where the Marvel Family fights Black Adam in a [very] loosely adapted version of Marvel Family #1? Thanks for restoring that memory. Sam
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