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Vintage Vari-Vue Lenticular (Winky Blinky Flicker) Plastic Cat & the Fiddle Green Heart Charm
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Poor kitty, most of his friends are gone - one jumped over the moon and two of them ran away together. Hopefully, the little dog is still laughing!
From back in the 1960s, this really neato charm can double as a pendant or even slip onto your shoe or belt! The charm arrives with an old-time plastic thread through the hanging hole, but there is a nice little slide on the back for other uses.
This is a new old stock charm - never used - ready for you to make into something very special.
It measures 1-1/2 inch high by just a bit over 1-1/2 inch wide. Background bezel is a very sweet pea green.
Made in Hong Kong
2July2011
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Vintage Vari-Vue Lenticular (Winky Blinky Flicker) Plastic Cat & the Fiddle Blue Heart Charm
It measures 1-1/2 inch high by just a bit over 1-1/2 inch wide. Background bezel is an nice bright blue, perfect for making kitschy cool jewelry.
14July2011
Art Postcard - Laser Pop Card in Aqua
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We are completely taken by this card. It is at once simple and complex. It is not really a 3d lenticular card, but it appears as such. Technically, the producer calls it a laser-pop card - but we're not really sure what that means!
Just like a lenticular card, there appears to be depth. And just like a lenticular, there is a difference in the image when it is moved in the light, the image changes. But, the best part about it is that there is really no image! It is a beautiful aqua card that shimmers in the light. It looks like the water of the Caribbean Sea.
You'll have to see it in person to know how cool it is as it is quite difficult to illustrate such transformation online.
Printed in Germany
7July2011
Price: $4.50 each
Vintage Vari-Vue Lenticular (Winky Blinky Flicker) Plastic Bunny and his Carrot Green Heart Charm
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Our hungry bunny loves those carrots - just like Bugs Bunny himself!
30June2011
Was: $9.50 Now: $6.50 each
Vintage Vari-Vue Lenticular (Winky Blinky Flicker) Plastic 3D Mama Bird with Nest Babies Blue Heart Charm
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This is a new old stock charm - never used - ready for you to make into something very special. Perfect for the new mom atop a baby shower gift.
It measures 1-1/2 inch high by just a bit over 1-1/2 inch wide. Background bezel is an nice blue color, both modern and retro at the same time.
29June2011
Price: $6.00 each
3D Art Postcard - Running Buffalo
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What a fun postcard this is. The lenticular image changes and it looks as if the elegant buffalo is running. Devised from vintage Muybridge-like photographs, the buffalo truly appears to be in motion.
It's difficult to illustrate the transformations in his movements online, so you'll just have to trust us that he's lots of fun!
17April2011
Out of Stock
Price: $3.50 each
3D Lenticular Art Postcard - Happy Halloween
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This is among the best modern lenticulars we've ever seen! It fluctuates between two scenes. The first is a lovely patch of gorgeous orange pumpkins (as you can see on the top right of the illustration. The other image reads, Happy Halloween, and shows a scary Jack-o'Lantern face.
It's difficult to illustrate the transformations in his movements online, so you'll just have to trust us that this one's scary!
26May2011
Vintage Lenticular Kitchen Aid with Metric to USA Conversions
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We've always enjoyed lenticular (winky, blinky, flicker) images - especially the vintage ones.
This really neat Vari-Vue lenticular features a conversion chart to help folks in the United States convert metric recipes to USA measurements and to help the rest of the world convert to the USA measurements. Of course, when this was created, there were other countries that were not metric as well.
Each measurement is converted to its metric (or in the case of temperature, it's Celsius) equivalent and vice-versa. This is accomplished as each is shown separately as you move the card and the angle of the flicker is changed back and forth. We had difficulty photographing both angles, so you'll just have to trust us on this one!
Although this card is not officially marked Vari-Vue on the back, it is represented in the 1970s Vari-Vue files.
The card is approximately the size of a business card or credit card: 3-1/2 inches by 2 inches.
Made in USA
12February2011
Price: $8.50 each
3D Art Postcard - Van Gogh Self-Portrait
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What a fun postcard this is. The lenticular image changes from the self-portrait by the master Vincent Van Gogh to a tongue-in-cheek (or should we say ear-in-bandage) version of the same print.
20March2011
3D Art Postcard - Gypsy
Our lovely lady's head is covered with a scarf and once removed shows how really lovely she is. We are only speculating that she might be a gypsy or that her dreams of escape include the exotic travels of a fortune teller or such.
11September2010
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3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - The Frog Prince/ss
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What fun this card will be? Is s/he a frog or a prince/ss? - Enough with the clever punctuation. We can't decide if this is a boy or girl frog. So is this a princess or prince? Any way you care to interpret it - it is. The little frog sits on the floor and then decides s/he might be more comfortable on the chair. And, upon jumping up - transforms - in lenticular reality into royalty, be she a princess or he a prince!
The postcard is a standard European size (5-3/4 by 4-1/8 inch). The 2 larger stickers measure 2-1/2 inches high by 1-7/8 inch wide. The 4 mid-sized stickers measure 1-3/4 by 7/8 inch. The smallest 4 measure 7/8 inch square.
The transformation and movement in these stickers is remarkable. Fascinating as they are on-line, you'll be truly amazed when you see them in person.
9September2010
Price: $4.95 each
3D Note Card - MC Escher - Reptiles
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The only way we can think to describe these is way cool! Working in much the same way as the Currier & Ives stereoviews of the past, these operate on the venerable principle of the stereopticon. The viewer does not use the 3D-TV Glasses with one blue and one red lenses. These cards, instead have a nearly identical image for each lens - and of course, there is a cut-out for your nose. You can even adjust the focus - just squeeze the folded-out card.
There's a space for a short message and the whole card folds flat for mailing in the envelope provided. Perfect for the occasion when a gift is too much and a card too little!
Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was and is one of the world's most famous graphic artists. The left-handed artist is best known for his impossible structures and amazing three-dimensional woodcuts and drawings. He was consistently fascinated with congruency, perspective and technique: often spending hours experimenting.
This black and white card is a reproduction of his famous Reptiles tessellation, originally created in 1943.
Made in China
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Lenticular Metric & Fractional Ruler
Talk about useful and fun all at once! This great vintage lenticular VariVue flicker winky ruler measures 6 inches and flips between metric and USA calculations. And, it also shows each US fractional measurement and it's decimal equivalent. For example:
1/32 = 0.03125
When you move the ruler a bit, you'll also see the metric equivalent. In this case:
.7937
These rulers are in excellent condition for their age (probably 20-35 years old). There is some wear and the backs of some of them have wayward pencil and/or pen marks.
Two rulers are illustrated so that you can see the fun functionality.
Made in USA or Japan
29May1010
Price: $7.95 Each
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Human Anatomy
Educational, kitschy, fun and strange all at once - that's what these stickers really are. The lenticular image is repeated t10 times in different sizes. The basic image is a nude man (covered in part by a fig leaf). As the image moves, you'll see different anatomical structures: circulatory, muscular and skeletal. The smallest stickers show only half of the body.
6April2010
3D Art Postcard - Metamorphosis
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In this artist's dream, the caterpillar became the butterfly that became the beautiful woman. Set on a mysterious background of clouds, this lovely card will amaze the person receive your note!
24February2010
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Mystic Mandalas 3D Coloring Book with 3D Glasses & Free Mini Box of Crayons
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Popular among designers and crafters, the circular symmetry of mandala designs also makes them fun to color. This collection of dramatic illustrations invites coloring book fans to apply their hues to a variety of these intriguing patterns, complete with centerpieces of human faces, florals, mythical creatures and abstract designs.
There are 30 dazzling mandala designs to color according to the easy directions. You'll create kaleidoscopic results that just seem to float off the page.
Included is a pair of 3D punch-out glasses.
Once you color the pictures, put on your 3D glasses and see how the warm colors like red, orange and yellow appear to just pop off the page - while the cool colors like purple, blue and green stay in the background.
Just imagine how adventurous you might become with this extra level of artistic creative power!
As with all of our coloring books, a free mini box of crayons is included.
Printed in USA
19March2011
Price: $5.99 Each
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Angels
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With 10 gorgeous and fun lenticular stickers, this is one of the neatest postcards around! Each sticker features two sweet cherubs from master artist Raphael. At first the angels appear to be bored, then, aha, once you move the image one is kissing the other so delicately.
3December2009
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Michelangelo's The Touch
With 10 utterly dazzling lenticular stickers featuring the art of Michelangelo, this is one of the neatest postcards around! Each sticker features the iconic touch of God and Adam, where God is giving life to the world's first human. In this lenticular version, the two hands move closer together and then - a spark! The crack in the mural above Adam's hand is suggestive of lightning, adding to the joy!
15November2009
3D Note Card - MC Escher - Still Life and Street
This black and white card is a reproduction of his famous woodcut Still Life & Street, originally created in 1937. A small street in Savona, Italy, was the inspiration for this special work. Famous for his enigmatic images, in this special work, there are two realities bound together in a seemingly realistic, yet honestly impossible, way. The street is seen from the window. Escher has made the outdoor houses appear as though the indoor books rest upon them. Escher has eliminated the border between the window and the street, allowing all the objects to merge, almost creating another dimension.
27October2007
Price: $5.95 each
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3D Lenticular Ruler - The Great Wave
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We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This wonderfully useful ruler familiar image of the Great Wave by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.
Hokusai is quite famous for his wonderful wood-cut prints of the Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world - everyday life. His works seems to be more popular in the West than it has ever been in his homeland.
The movement of the waves in this lenticular will keep you mesmerized - so much so that you might forget to measure whatever it was you though you needed to measure - after all, measurement is a man-made idea, not nearly as gracious as the earth that Hokusai has captured in his wave, nor as fascinating as the lenticular captured on this ruler.
Each 12-inch ruler is marked with centimeters as well as inches and it measures 2-3/16 inches wide.
28October2009
Price: $5.00 each
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Lips & Kisses
With 10 fantastic lenticular stickers, this is one of the neatest postcards around! Each sticker features lips: opening closing, kissing, smiling! The largest sticker features four sets of lips; the medium and small stickers feature 2 sets of lips each.
23October2009
3D Lenticular Ruler - Black Cat in Stride
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This is the absolute best lenticular ruler we've ever seen! And, we're big time lenticular connoisseurs! The movement includes at least 6 positions. Of course, that is, if we counted correctly. This stealthy black kitty is either running to or from something quickly - that's for sure.
Made in Germany
22October2009
3D Lenticular Ruler - Horses Running
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This is the absolute best lenticular ruler we've ever seen! And, we're big time lenticular connoisseurs! The movement includes at least 5 positions. If we counted correctly, there are 8 positions for each horse. The movement is spectacular!
13October2009
3D Art Postcard - Dancing Skeleton Lenticular
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Now, just what is this happy fellow up to? We guess that he's not afraid of breaking anything, after all, he's a skeleton, or Muerto! This great 3-dimensional lenticular postcard lets him show off his dancing prowess for us all. What a great invitation or just a nice Hallowe'en or Day of the Dead remembrance to send!
23September2009
3D Note Card - MC Escher - Drawing Hands
Drawing Hands is one of Escher's most recognized works. It is absolutely fascinating that Escher was able to turn flat surfaces (drawings) into such spatially perplexing paradoxes. The hands are drawing the other's cuffs on paper. As they draw the detail in the hand becomes so great it appears to be jumping off the page to drew the other cuff on flat paper!
The original lithograph, produced in 1948, measured 28.2 by 33.2 centimeters.
4May2008
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Vintage Lenticular "Winky" Lips
We've always enjoyed lenticular (winky, blinky, flicker) images - especially the vintage ones. We were just so very excited when we found these vintage Vari-Vue lenticular lips that vary from a smile to a kiss!
Use them for your art dolls to ad a kitschy flavor to them. Or just collect them like we do! Lenticular images like these (3d composition screens) were made a bit differently during the mid part of the 20th century - providing what we think is a much better 3D image.
The colors of the printed image are amazingly vibrant considering that these winky lips are almost a half-century old!
Our sample photo doesn't do our lips justice - the variation is delightful as the smile turns to kiss, or, of course, the kiss changes to a smile!
9November2006
Price: $2.55 each
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - SKULLS
With 10 fantastic lenticular stickers, this is one of the coolest postcards around! Each sticker features the same eerie skull moving forward and back! The mid-sized stickers actually feature a set of twin skulls.
25June2009
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Butterflies
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With 10 fantastic lenticular stickers, this is one of the coolest postcards around! Each sticker features the same butterfly flying - wings moving in and out!
The postcard is a standard European size (5-3/4 by 4-1/8 inch). The 2 larger stickers measure 2-1/2 inches wide by 1-7/8 inch high. The 4 mid-sized stickers measure 1-3/4 by 7/8 inch. The smallest 4 measure 7/8 inch square.
23June2009
3D Lenticular Stickers on a Postcard - Cars
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Oh, my, how cool is this postcard? With 10 fantastic lenticular stickers! Each sticker features the same car moving toward you from a bit down the road. We love the fact that the car appears quite like a phantom or ghost car. You can almost feel the speed!
The transformation and movement in these stickers is awesome. Fascinating as they are on-line, you'll be truly amazed when you see them in person.
21June2009
3D Art Postcard - Man on the Moon
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What dreams may come for so many of us? Walking on the moon? We're not sure about you, but that's sure what we both wanted. Unfortunately we didn't study enough, so here we are. But at least we have this wonderful postcard to remind us of the wonders of outer space! What a wonderful graduation card this might be - to wish someone the moon!
Because this is a special 3D lenticular postcard you can actually see the astronaut moving from one place on the moon to another. The image alternates as you move the card - what fun!
Although the transformation from one image to the next is hard to notice online, we're sure you'll be as awed by the images in person.
4April2009
3D Art Postcard - Botticelli's Venus
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Perhaps one of the most beloved paintings of the goddess, Venus, Sandro Botticelli's version show her rising from a giant shell with the glorious sea as the backdrop!
If you, too are a fan, then you'll love this 3D lenticular postcard of the famous painting. The image alternates as you move the card, from a close-up with Venus rising from the shell to the image of her standing inside with the angels and the sea at her back. This is truly spectacular!
02April2009
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3D Art Postcard - da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
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This famous print, Symmetry of Man or alternatively, Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci has been recreated as a 3d Lenticular postcard. This version of the famous 1490 drawing shows the symmetrical man bowing and then standing straight! What fun!
21March2009
Art Postcard - 3D Lenticular Twisting Dancers
We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This fantastic retro-style postcard shows the movement of the twisters in a 3D discothèque dance. There seem to be an infinite number of layers that make the dancers really seem to move! This is truly special - perfect for a party invitation!
Price: $3.25 each
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Art Postcard - 3D Lenticular Aloha Hula Dancers
We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This fantastic retro-style postcard shows the movement of the hula dancers welcoming us with a 3D Aloha dance. There seem to be an infinite number of layers that make the dancers really seem to move! This is truly special - perfect for a winter tiki party invitation!
Vintage Lenticular "Winky" World's Fair Souvenir
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The colors of this wonderful little lenticular are certainly reminiscent of it's era - the 1960s! It was made to become part of a souvenir of the 1964-5 New York World's Fair. The advertisement features the Unisphere - the symbol of the fair that was made of steel - hence the logo USS from United States Steel.
It is in superb condition and is marked Vari-Vue on the back, further verifying its authenticity. Such items are also called flashers, flickers, wiggles, animation or winky pictures.
The front has an exciting effect as you'll see two pictures on each flicker, depending on the angle when you view it. The words
SOUVENIR of the NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR ©1964 - 1965
change to a picture of the World Unisphere with the words
New York World's Fair ©1964 - 1965
Even thought this little novelty was created in the 1960s, the message is just as timely today. This wonderful VariVue Motion Lenticular piece measures 3/4 inch square.
Two pieces shown for illustration only.
18February2008
Price: $3.75 each
Art Postcard - Eiffel Tower Rising
We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This fantastic vintage-style postcard shows the movement of the Eiffel Tower being built from the bottom up! The colors are absolutely elegant in their vintage appearance - it's hard to tell from the internet picture.
19June2007
3D Art Postcard - Hokusai Katsushika - The Great Wave
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We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This wonderfully mailable post card features the familiar image of the Great Wave by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai who lived from 1760 to 1849.
He is quite famous for his wonderful wood-cut prints of the Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world - everyday life. His works seems to be more popular in the West than it has ever been in his homeland.
His striking image of the sea completed in this new lenticular form is simply spectacular - the movement is amazing. In fact the sea appears to transform into mountains, another of the artists favorite subjects. Although the transformation is hard to notice online, we're sure you'll be as awed by the images in person.
31August2007
Lenticular Weeping Willow Tree - Perfect for framing
These lenticular trees are a delight! Culled from never-used old store stock, having never even been sold, they are in tip-top condition. Measuring 8 by 10 inches, these lenticular 3D pictures were originally distributed by Emdor.
Although they are not marked Vari-Vue, they are the same high quality as anything Vari-Vue made. Hailing from the late 1960s or early 1970s, some are from the USA and others from Japan. Other than the "Made in" stamp, there appears to be no difference between them.
There are lots of copies of this same image made today, but these are original to the 3D era of the mid-20th century. Marked on the back is:
Weeping Willow Tree #8014
We framed one for ourselves in a simple wooden frame with glass (from Wal-Mart) and the depth and movement are even more captivating under glass.
29JULY2007
$29.95 each
Vintage Lenticular "Winky" Smile - Frown
We've always enjoyed lenticular (winky, blinky, flicker) images - especially the vintage ones. We were just so very excited when we found these vintage Vari-Vue lenticular smile that, with lenticular movement, changes from a smile to a frown and back again!
The moving mouth piece measures 2-1/2 inches across by 7/8 inches high.
30June2007
Price: $7.50 each
Vintage Lenticular "Winky" Gizmo (for Golf?)
We've always enjoyed lenticular (winky, blinky, flicker) images - especially the vintage ones. These are quite special vintage Vari-Vue triangles with moving arrows.
Sometimes called flashers, flickers, wiggles or animated paper, our lenticulars are all cool, but this one is really neat. This Vari-Vue flicker (we think these are the best!) was made in 1967 and is still in excellent condition. Each is a triangle with a hole at the top - so it can be attached to a key chain or to any project easily. From the top an arrow swings like a pendulum back and forth. The image is so wonderful that it almost makes you dizzy watching the arrow!
But the real use might just surprise you!
We are told that this is a Golf Practice Gizmo. No fooling - that's the real name! To make it work, insert your golf tee through the hole. Place the ball and then place your ball and your Gizmo on the ground in position for driving. If the arrows move, it measures your body sway. A stationary arrow indicates a steady swing.
Each individual triangle measures approximately 2-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches. These are great fun for golfer who celebrate the history of the sport as well as the play. Whether used for golf or not, you'll find this to be mesmerizing.
15April2007
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Vintage Lenticular "Winky" Hula Dancers
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This is a really neat VariVue Motion Lenticular. This delightful pair of hula girls dances in black and white. It is a mint or near-mint condition vintage late 1950s / early 1960s authentic Vari-Vue of two Hawaiian hula dancers at night under a full moon.
Both dancers sway to the rhythm of the silent music. Uniquely, their entire bodies move back and forth, with arms swinging up and down and back and forth. These are truly remarkable effects that are best viewed in person, of course! This little piece is quite sturdy and measures 1-1/4 inch across by just about 1 inch. tall. A Great item!
13June2007
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Vintage Lenticular "Winky" World Peace Through Understanding
Peace Through Understanding
change to a picture of the World Unisphere with the more subtly displayed (in fact, we hardly noticed them at first) words
New York World's Fair 1964 - 1965
Even thought this little novelty was created in the 1960s, the message is just as timely today. This wonderful VariVue Motion Lenticular piece measures 1-1/4 inch wide by 1-1/8 inch high.
9November2006, Updated 07December2010
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