Child Guidance Products Mick-A-Matic
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The Mick-A-Matic is one of the most recognizable and beloved piece of novelty "Disneyana" pop-art from the early 1970s. Produced by Child Guidance Products, this camera is entirely molded in the shape of Mickey Mouse's head. It hides a fully functional, highly simplified 126 cartridge "Instamatic" style camera inside the plastic skull casing. To take a photo, you look through a viewfinder hidden subtly in Mickey's forehead and squeeze his right ear down to actuate the fixed-speed spring shutter. A Masterclass in Novelty Design: The integration of the camera components is brilliant. The lens is situated exactly where Mickey's nose is, and the mechanical shutter linkage runs entirely inside the hollow plastic ear assembly.Category
Toy, 126 Film
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