I love the diorama stuff and Joe Liptak's model work is my favourite. I was fortunate to get FT-29 a while back and scanned and converted the images to stereo pairs and posted them on the VM facebook group I help admin now. Response was a little lukewarm to be honest, surprisingly. I'm going to clean up the scans some and post them again around Xmas along with a non stereo version too.
I actually got a Sawyers era Tru Vue viewer just so I could view the copy of the TV card I found - colours faded, natch, so finding the reel was a bonus.
That "Coca Cola Santa" is pretty common in Victorian times (at least here in the UK) - I have plenty of xmas themed jigsaws where he appears in the old designs so maybe it was the case that Coca Cola popularised that look in the USA.
Wow, super cool scenes by Joe Liptak. I lucked out and have this set, though not your rare version, just the one that came with a more traditional cover.
Diorama reels aren't usually my thing, but this one does have a plethora of lovely details! How are the 3D effects through a viewer? Shall have to get one of these someday, perhaps by trade ;) <-- ha ha, 90s internet wink in full effect
This is so very charming! How big were the sculptures, do you know? Where they made from clay? Do any survive? Fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing!
I love the diorama stuff and Joe Liptak's model work is my favourite. I was fortunate to get FT-29 a while back and scanned and converted the images to stereo pairs and posted them on the VM facebook group I help admin now. Response was a little lukewarm to be honest, surprisingly. I'm going to clean up the scans some and post them again around Xmas along with a non stereo version too.
I actually got a Sawyers era Tru Vue viewer just so I could view the copy of the TV card I found - colours faded, natch, so finding the reel was a bonus.
That "Coca Cola Santa" is pretty common in Victorian times (at least here in the UK) - I have plenty of xmas themed jigsaws where he appears in the old designs so maybe it was the case that Coca Cola popularised that look in the USA.
Wow, super cool scenes by Joe Liptak. I lucked out and have this set, though not your rare version, just the one that came with a more traditional cover.
Diorama reels aren't usually my thing, but this one does have a plethora of lovely details! How are the 3D effects through a viewer? Shall have to get one of these someday, perhaps by trade ;) <-- ha ha, 90s internet wink in full effect
The effects are really good in this one! I do think the tabletop 3D photography they did on the diorama reels are just top notch.
This is so very charming! How big were the sculptures, do you know? Where they made from clay? Do any survive? Fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing!
The sculptures were mostly trashed, but they were made from Sculpey, and created for the photo shoots!
They were a little smaller than 1/6 scale. Maybe 1/4? I’m not sure.
Thank you!