P3D Re: Mickey viewer

[Project3D@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 07/05/99 03:53:41 GMT,P Zuijlekom wrote:

<<  Found a couple of VM-like viewers last week in a flea market.
 They're in the shape of a Mickey Mouse head (not like the 'real' Mikey VM
 viewer).>>

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<< Anybody seen these before or are aware of them ? Were they only released 
in Europe ? France ? The Netherlands ?>>

These are a current MacDonalds promotion just about everywhere in Europe 
EXCEPT UK :-(

The images were photographed by Bernard Makinson who expects to be listed in 
the Guinness Book of records for having the most duplicates made of his 
images - the edition is 5 MILLION!

The promotion includes the rest of Mickey, as well. The head is the viewer - 
the images are printed on two film disks mounted in 2 inch diameter gears 
that rotate against each other. The viewer lenses see a left image from one 
disk/gear and the right image from the other disk/gear.

The torso top and arms are a water pistol. The pants open into binoculars and 
in the each fot there is a self inkling roller that prints logos in blue and 
red (I think), but are NOT anaglyphs.

A collectable for the future? probably!

Bob Aldridge
at the Stereoscopic Society Convention in Bournemouth, UK  


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