"Talking" View-Master

• in the GAF a clear plastic record was attached to the back of the View-master reel, with which it shared a common center axis and from which it spun independently;
  The 3 reel sets were packed in a plastic tray with a slip-on cover. The size was 9" x 9". Most of the trays were black, but some reels have been found with mauve and grey trays. And a later design had a plastic tray with blue cardboard. Special viewers were needed to play the talking disks. The first issued was the beige followed by the red, white and blue and finally, the electronic all blue viewer. Image of beige viewer; found with original packaging; image of deluxe blue viewer with original packaging.

• in the VMI the View-Master reel and a black plastic record were enclosed within a long "cartridge," inserted into the viewer, with separate axes of rotation. Two styles of packaging were used Tweety and Masters of Universe with 3 records/reels.

• in the Ideal Group View-Master, a 10-minute audio cassette was separate from the 3 reels. The reels have a distinct face style printed on them.