I was listening to the Full Of Sith podcast this morning and they mention the different ways over the years that you could watch Star Wars. One way that they mention was a portable camera toy that you turned the handle. This was from Kenner and it was called the MovieViewer. It had a cartridge in the camera and a white handle that you turned while looking through the view finder. While turning you were treated to a few minutes of edited Star Wars. It was best used underneath a light as this would enhance the brightness of the grainy picture.
Well as luck has it, I have one of these toys in my collection. I've taken a few photos and uploaded a video to give you an idea of what you see. The cassette I have is called May the Force be with you There were five in the Star Wars series. The other four are Destroy Death Star, Battle in hyperspace, Cantina Scenes and Assault on Death Star.
This ist just too great :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just too great :)
ReplyDeleteYea I really gotta check this out in person. Great article. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it. So tempted to hunt down the rest of the cartridges to make the collection complete
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