Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D Poster Art

New poster art for Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D featuring the main villain
John Harrison, portrayed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D Motion Picture Soundtrack

The sci-fi sequel Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D motion picture soundtrack is being released by Varese Sarabande on May 28, 2013. The album features the film’s original score composed by Michael Giacchino.

Tracks
1. Logos/Pranking the Natives
2. Spock Drops/Kirk Jumps
3. Sub Prime Directive
4. London Calling
5. Meld-merized
6. The Kronos Wartet
7. Brigadoom
8. Ship to Ship
9. Earthbound and Down
10. Warp Core Values
11. Buying the Space Farm
12. The San Fran Hustle
13. Kirk Enterprises
14. Star Trek Main Theme

Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D is directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Weller.

The movie follows the Enterprise crew as they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization that has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for. The Paramount Pictures production will be released on May 17, 2013 in the United States.

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Star Trek: Into Darkness 3-D Anaglyphic Trailer

Here is the 3-D anaglyphic trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness.

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Topps 2013 Opening Day Lenticular 3-D Baseball Cards

3-D and baseball cards have a long history. Topps latest addition to lenticular baseball cards is found in the 2013 Topps Opening Day Baseball set featuring autographs, exciting all-new inserts and 3-D card technology. Each factory sealed box contains 36 packs per box and seven cards per pack. Mixed in the boxes are 3-D cards, inserts, autographed cards, parallel cards and printing plates. There are 25 3-D cards to make a complete set.

Opening Day Stars 3-D Set Checklist
ODS-1 Prince Fielder
ODS-2 Justin Verlander
ODS-3 Miguel Cabrera
ODS-4 Buster Posey
ODS-5 Derek Jeter
ODS-6 Robinson Cano
ODS-7 Evan Longoria
ODS-8 David Ortiz
ODS-9 Joe Mauer
ODS-10 Albert Pujols
ODS-11 Mike Trout
ODS-12 Josh Hamilton
ODS-13 Yu Darvish
ODS-14 Felix Hernandez
ODS-15 David Wright
ODS-16 R.A. Dickey
ODS-17 Adrian Gonzalez
ODS-18 Cole Hamels
ODS-19 Bryce Harper
ODS-20 Stephen Strasburg
ODS-21 Joey Votto
ODS-22 Ryan Braun
ODS-23 Andrew McCutchen
ODS-24 Matt Kemp
ODS-25 Yadier Molina

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Iron Man 3 3-D Movie Poster Art

Iron Man 3 3-D pre-release poster.

Iron Man 3 3-D IMAX poster.

Iron Man 3 3-D poster.

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Man of Steel 3-D Motion Picture Soundtrack

Award winning composer Hans Zimmer composed the music for Man of Steel 3-D. The soundtrack is being released in two ways. A standard CD package and a deluxe limited edition package. Both the standard and deluxe editions will include the more than 28-minute long track Man of Steel (Hans Original Sketchbook) performed solely by Zimmer.

The deluxe edition is housed in a special embossed steel case. There are 24 score tracks and exclusive behind-the-scenes videos showing the creation of the music.

A drum orchestra and pedal steel guitar orchestra round out bonus material on the discs.

Tracks

Disc 1
1. Look to the Stars
2. Oil Rig
3. Sent here for a Reason
4. DNA
5. Goodbye My Son
6. If You Love These People
7. Krypton's Last
8. Terraforming
9. Tornado
10. You Die or I Do
11. Launch
12. Ignition
13. I Will Find Him
14. This is Clark Kent
15. I Have So Many Questions
16. Flight
17. What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?

Disc 2
1. Man of Steel (Hans' Original Sketchbook)
2. Are You Listening, Clark?
3. General Zod
4. You Led Us Here
5. This Is Madness!
6. Earth
7. Arcade

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New U.S. $100 Bill Adds 3-D Security Features

The new $100 note is the latest denomination of U.S. currency to be redesigned. More than a decade of research and development went into its new security features including a 3-D ribbon.

New Security Features
The advanced security features are the 3-D Security Ribbon and the Bell in the Inkwell. The new security features offer a simple and subtle way to verify a new $100 note is real.

3-D Security Ribbon
Look for a blue ribbon on the front of the note. Tilt the note back and forth while focusing on the blue ribbon. You will see the bells change to 100s as they move. When you tilt the note back and forth, the bells and 100s move side to side. If you tilt it side to side, they move up and down. The ribbon is woven into the paper, not printed on it.

Bell in the Inkwell
Look for an image of a color-shifting bell, inside a copper-colored inkwell, on the front of the new $100 note. Tilt it to see the bell change from copper to green, an effect which makes the bell seem to appear and disappear within the inkwell.

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Disney's The Little Mermaid 3-D Blu-Ray Diamond Edition Set for Oct. 1, 2013 Release

The Little Mermaid 3-D Diamond Edition Blu-ray will be released by Disney on Oct. 1, 2013.

Bonus Material
@ Disney Animation
Disney Intermission
Information about a deleted character
The Real Little Mermaid: Live Action Reference Model
Part of Her World: Jodi Benson’s Voyage To New Fantasyland
Howard’s Lecture
and the classic DVD bonus features

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Jefferson Stereoptics to Stop Offering View-Master® Auctions

John Saddy at Jefferson Stereoptics has announced he will hold one last auction to sell consigned View-Master® items. Date of the auction will be announced.

"I have enough consignments pre-arranged that I believe I will be having one more VM auction," said Saddy. "If there is anyone I promised I would sell for them or made any commitments regarding consignments, please let me know as soon as possible. I intend to remain with the stereoview consignment business which is keeping me busier than ever."

Important upcoming stereoview sale
THE STEREOVIEW BOXED SET COLLECTION OF THE LATE HARRY L. NEWMAN
Harry had been a member of the National Stereoscopic Association for many years and attended most conventions as they were a source for his ever-expanding and
improving boxed set collection. "When I first knew him, he lived in New Jersey but eventually he settled in Arizona," said Saddy. "He will be missed by his many collector and dealer friends. This is widely considered to be the most comprehensive (known) boxed set stereoview collection in the world. The collection is here in London, Canada and I will be offering it over the next couple of years."

It includes comprehensive coverage by the more common makers, Keystone and U&U and also very fine coverage of less common makers such as Stereo Travel, Realistic Travels, HC White and others. Many of the sets up for auction will be what Saddy considers 'once-in-a-lifetime' opportunities for stereo photography enthusiasts to
add to their collections. Some sets he was not even aware existed, even though he has been in the antique stereo imagery business for more than three decades.

Buyer's Premium Added to Stereoview Auctions
Rising costs have forced Jefferson Stereoptics to add a buyer's premium to their stereoview auctions. "I regret that I have to charged everyone who bids in my stereoview auctions a 6% buyer's premium," said Saddy. "However, we will absorb Paypal charges. The amount will be automatically added to the invoice. I have never charged a buyer's premium before, but I know how hard my wife and I work and after expenses, how little we are compensated and we feel this is entirely justified.
We thank you in advance for your understanding. Your business is very much appreciated."

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Peanuts 3-D Movie set for Nov. 15, 2015 Release

20th Century Fox announced that the animated film based on Charles Schulz Peanuts will be released in 3-D. Peanuts 3-D will open in theatres on Nov 15, 2015, which is the 65th anniversary of the comic’s debut.

To make the announcement, Fox chairman Jim Gianopulos unveied a 3-D image of Charlie Brown at CinemaCon.

The last time a Peanuts feature in was in theatres was 1980’s 2-D animated film Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back!).

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Kama Xcitra 3-D Hologram Book Uses Smartphone Apps to Create Holograms

Kama Xcitra is a sexual position guide with 3-D hologram illustrations that are revealed using free smartphone augmented reality apps. Kama Xcitra is published by Xcite Books, winners of ETO Best Erotic Book Brand 2010, 2011 and 2012.

This spiral bound book contains 69 illustrated positions that become interactive 3-D holograms when using free smartphone apps. The couples illustrated in the book are wearing underwear but this is removed when viewed through the smartphone app.

Images can be rotated 360 degrees to explore each position. Skin color can be changed to reflect the reader's preferences.

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Transformers: The Ride 3-D to open at Universal Orlando on June 20, 2013

The Autobots and Decepticons will soon be invading the Universal Orlando, Florida theme park. Transformers: The Ride 3-D, has been under construction for a while now, and it's finally announced its grand opening date for June 20, 2013.

Universal Orlando is the third Universal theme park to open a Transformers: The Ride 3-D attraction. Transformers: The Ride 3-D first premiered at Universal Singapore on Dec. 3, 2011, and then a second version of the ride opened at Universal Hollywood on May 25. Transformers: The Ride 3-D combines 3-D technology with Universal's robotic arm technology to bring fans into the ride's story about a group of guests who get thrown into the action during a visit to the government's NEST facility. They partner with an Autobot named Evac to fight off enemy Decepticons and protect the AllSpark. Classic Transformers pop up in the ride including Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Sideswipe and Starscream. Industrial Light & Magic, the same team that worked on the Transformers movies, created the ride's special effects. Film director Michael Bay also collaborated on the project.

Bay is slated to direct a fourth Transformers movie for Paramount Pictures. It's scheduled to be in theatres on July 27, 2014. The movie currently stars Mark Wahlberg, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, Jack Raynor and Nicola Peltz.

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3-D Review Online Magazine - Best of the past 10 years

3-D Review Online Magazine celebrates its 10th anniversary with this issue. We have gone back into the archives to feature some of the favorite articles from the past 10 years.
Editor's Note: You can get a FREE DVD with all the back issues from the past 10 years here.

View-Master® Advertising Collectibles

View-Master® produced many advertising items to promote selling reels, viewers, cameras and more over the years. Recently in Missouri, a man purchased a store that used to carry View-Master® products. He found several unused View-Master® advertising items stored in the attic.

View-Master® Enamel and Steel Sign
Steel and enamel View-Master® wall sign. This sign is 47-3/4" in diameter and is made to look like a View-Master® 3-D disc. It is multi-colored as shown with a baked-enamel white background and reads, "Take Your Vacation HOME. VIEW-MASTER 3-Dimension color pictures." There were four of these signs inside the wooden shipping crate found in the attic. Three of the signs have been sold and the owner listed the final one on eBay with a starting price of $1,495.

View-Master® Reel Counter Display
This 21 1/2"-diameter View-Master® counter display sign is made to look like a View-Master® reel. This sign is made of heavy (0.075" thick) cardboard with two rear fold-out feet for stability. It has a satin finish.

The seven pair of pictures around the reel show (starting at the top-and-bottom and moving clockwise) The Wizard of Oz, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Roy Rogers, Hawaiian Hula, Scenic Niagara Falls, Andersen's Fairy Tales and the Grand Canyon.

Sawyer's View-Master® Theater Mass Display Kit DS-48
Stock No. 9460
The original 22" x 12-1/2" shipping carton is shown in the foreground in the picture. The kit includes one 18" x 12" colored easel-style stiff-cardstock counter display sign; one 13-3/4" x 10-1/2" lavendar-colored Dy-Quil newspaper mat with three ads coded VMM-805, VMM-806 and VMM-807; one 8-1/2" x 11" 4-page View-Master Theater merchandising brochure; and one 2-sided 8-1/2" x 11" print-ad sheet with the same three VMM ad copies as the newspaper mat. The USPS postmark label on the carton reads"Nov-7 '67 PORTLAND OREG."

GAF View-Master® Display Rack Sign
This is a 5" x 34-3/4" GAF View-Master® display-rack sign. This sign appears to be made of a masonite-type board material. It has three
pre-drilled mounting holes along the horizontal centerline. The white background is a flat finish, and the colors are a satin finish.

Sawyer's View-Master® Projection Display Kit (Photo 1)
The original 24-1/2" x 12-1/4" x 3-1/2" shipping carton is shown in the left in Photo 1. The label on the front of the carton says View-Master® Projection Display Kit. Inside the carton are the black spackle-finish display base board, the View-Master® sign bracket and sign, the instruction sheets, an extra "200 hour 400-W (projector) lamp" and an 8-5/8" diameter Sawyer's Rototray with 100 2"x2" original View-Master® photo slides. The Rototray carousel is shown in its storage box; the box lid is shown on the right; both box and lid are a textured brown "alligator-hide" finish. The Railway Express Agency shipping label on the outside of the carton reads "Nov. 6 - '63." The slides that came with this set had gone magenta. It is not known if the projector came with the original box as it was not with the rest of the display kit.

Sawyer's View-Master® Projection Display Kit (Photo 2)
Photo 2 shows some of the slides close-up. It is evident that there is still some color in the slides, but they have turned a considerable shade of magenta, even though this Item has been stored indoors away from direct sunlight and heat since it was new.

The 100 slides feature individual pictures of the cover jackets of many of the View-Master® reels available up to the early 1960s. A random inspection of these slides shows Woody Woodpecker, Casper, Snow White, Cinderella, Bambi, America's Man In Space, Popeye, Flintstones, London, Grand Canyon, Bugs Bunny and the Wizard of Oz, to name a few. One of the slides is shown in front of the carousel: The slide frames are 2" x 2"; the picture dimensions are 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".

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Creature from the Black Lagoon Hardback Book by Vargo Statten (1954)

The hardback movie tie-in book Creature from the Black Lagoon was published by Dragon Books in London (circa 1953-1954). The book was written by Vargo Statten, a pen name of John Russell Fearn. The hardcover book is bound in blue cloth. The cover art of the dust jacket, painted by John Richards, depicts the Creature in his cave, carrying an unconscious woman. The movie tie-in edition is rare, especially with the dust jacket, and antique booksellers ask as much as $6,500. A paperback version of this book sold for $1,000.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon Aquarium Figure (1971)

One of the rarest and most sought after Creature from the Black Lagoon merchandise pieces is the Penn-Plax figure made for aquariums. Jointed at the waist and equipped with an air tube that ran into its back, air was forced into the toy, causing him to thrash about, as if on the attack. The air then escaped as bubbles. Your fish may be a little uneasy, but rest assured, it's a beautiful piece. One of these Creature figures in it's original box recently sold at auction for over $1,600.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon PEZ Dispenser

The PEZ dispenser shown on the left features The Creature from the Black Lagoon and is highly desired by PEZ collectors. This dispenser sells for an average price of $264 in the PEZ-Heads collector's market. A similar PEZ dispenser known as Fishman, which was issued for Halloween, also sells for a premium price and is available in a variety of color combinations including black head with black stem (average $204), black head with green stem (average $180), black head with orange stem (average $159) and green head with orange stem (average $137).

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File copies of Adventures in 3-D comics sold for $549.70 with seven bids. The lot included Adventures in 3-D #1 (10 copies - VF/NM) and 2 (FN-) published by Harvey in 1953. Also included were 10 very fine copies of Odell Adventures in 3-D #1. Approximate Overstreet value for the group of comics is $2,400 so someone got quite a bargain.

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