View-Master
May 13, 2026
I thought I’d include this, to show you how insane I can get over View-Masters. Although I’m certain that few of you have a burning design to see how View-Master packet designs evolved over the years, I nevertheless think it’s interesting and maybe a few of you will too. Maybe.
So this very detailed account of View-Master’s evolution of packet design was done by Dalia and Andrew Miller, a lovely couple I have known for decades and who have a website for selling things 3-D for anyone who’s tempted to gain further entry into this fascinating world.
It’s a fantastic account, going into the details of how packets changed from the onset of the company and how it differed between the US and Europe.
Oh, and for my money, although I have packets of all kinds, there is nothing quite as lovely as the minimal design of the S5. Just saying.
View-Master
I have a lot of these. At least sundry models A through F (I lost interest in collecting the models when they switched from the lovely bakelite-like plastic to the bland grey plastic versions that followed (model G...
An example of taking a later blister pack and redesigning it into an earlier View-Master sleeve format.
A brief note on what makes View-Masters so appealing as objects, toys, and tiny time machines.
