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SteveDallas · 11-13-2002, 11:38 AM

When my wife was a girl, they came out with this brand new thing called the Barbie Doll, and she got one. At some later point, probably when she was in college, her mom gave the Barbie away to a kid in the neighborhood. Now that original Barbies are fetching huge sums of money, my wife hasn't forgiven her mom for giving it away.

I've been interested in stereoscopic imaging for some time. I'm now actually starting to take stereo photographs (I may post some samples once I'm comfortable moving it into the digital world). A mid-70s era Talking Viewmaster is quite a collector's item now (though probably not as much so as an original Barbie) and would be a worthy addition to the collection of anyone interested in stereo imaging. You guessed it, I actually owned one of these, along with a couple sets of talking reels and a larger number of traditional "silent" reels. It probably went at a garage sale sometime around 1985 or so.

Is there some lost relic of your own youth that you wish you had kept?

11-13-2002, 11:38 AM	#1
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Lost relics of your childhood When my wife was a girl, they came out with this brand new thing called the Barbie Doll, and she got one. At some later point, probably when she was in college, her mom gave the Barbie away to a kid in the neighborhood. Now that original Barbies are fetching huge sums of money, my wife hasn't forgiven her mom for giving it away. I've been interested in stereoscopic imaging for some time. I'm now actually starting to take stereo photographs (I may post some samples once I'm comfortable moving it into the digital world). A mid-70s era Talking Viewmaster is quite a collector's item now (though probably not as much so as an original Barbie) and would be a worthy addition to the collection of anyone interested in stereo imaging. You guessed it, I actually owned one of these, along with a couple sets of talking reels and a larger number of traditional "silent" reels. It probably went at a garage sale sometime around 1985 or so. Is there some lost relic of your own youth that you wish you had kept?