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| − | The '''Voltron Starshooter 110''' is a [[toy camera]] in the best meaning of the word. It looks like a cheap plastic fake [[SLR]] with [[viewfinder]] and awful | + | The '''Voltron Starshooter 110''' is a [[toy camera]] in the best meaning of the word. It looks like a cheap plastic fake [[SLR]] with [[viewfinder]] and awful plastic lens; but you have to play with it to find out that it's much more of a toy than many so-called "toy cameras", which often are just bad cameras. Then it unfolds and becomes a science fiction hero as if it jumped out of the computer screen from a space invaders shooting game. But the puppet ''is'' also a camera; its shoulder region contains a real pocket camera for [[110 film]] cartridges. It was made in Macau (then a Portuguese colony; now returned to China) for Impulse Ltd. of Missouri (USA) in 1985. |
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The Voltron Starshooter 110 is a toy camera in the best meaning of the word. It looks like a cheap plastic fake SLR with viewfinder and awful plastic lens; but you have to play with it to find out that it's much more of a toy than many so-called "toy cameras", which often are just bad cameras. Then it unfolds and becomes a science fiction hero as if it jumped out of the computer screen from a space invaders shooting game. But the puppet is also a camera; its shoulder region contains a real pocket camera for 110 film cartridges. It was made in Macau (then a Portuguese colony; now returned to China) for Impulse Ltd. of Missouri (USA) in 1985.
Reviews
- Voltron Starshooter, reviewed by boylovesbowie, YouTube.
