All about the original Plastiskop picture viewer

The Plastiskop is a small, nostalgic click-through television and picture viewer. As you click, images appear one after another in a built-in viewing window – like a small analogue slideshow in the style of an old television.

What makes it special is that, in addition to our ready-made image series, you can also have your Plastiskop made with your own photos.

This turns a nostalgic classic into a very personal keepsake.

Yes – and a rather unusual one.

With your own photos, the Plastiskop becomes a personal photo gift that you don't simply look at: you hold it in your hands and click through the pictures.

Whether for a birthday, wedding, anniversary, Christmas or simply as a little surprise, your personal pictures make every Plastiskop a unique gift.

Almost everyone knows a photo album, a photo mug or a photo book.

A small television in which your own memories appear as you click, however, is something special.

The Plastiskop combines:

personal photos
nostalgic design
a mechanical click-through function
handmade production in Germany
and the surprise of finding your own pictures inside a little television�.

A personal gift with a genuine surprise effect.

As a small manufacturing workshop, we believe we leave a pleasantly small ecological footprint while making a much bigger contribution if sustainability is also understood in terms of social, cultural, emotional and community resources.

Production using bioplastics is possible.
Naturally - no batteries or rare earth elements are needed.
Instead of disposable slides, we offer lasting emotions and collectable items.
Local production with modest resource consumption.
Our workshop building is a modular construction made from recycled materials and has its own energy supply.

Yes. On request, we can also make your Plastiskopes from bioplastic.

Yes. For selected Plastiskop models, you can have your own image series made.

Depending on the model, you can use, for example, 8, 10, 12 or 16 pictures.

Your photos are prepared for the Plastiskop and incorporated into the image series.

It's easy:

1. Choose your photos
Select your favourite pictures.

2. Send us your photos
Provide us with your image files.

3. We take care of the design
Your pictures are prepared for the relevant Plastiskop model.

4. Your personalised click-through television is ready
You receive an individual Plastiskop filled with your own memories.

Custom-made Plastiskopes are supplied in a presentation box and handcrafted in our workshop in Nuremberg.

That depends on the model.

The various models currently offer image series containing, for example:

8 pictures
10 pictures
12 pictures
16 pictures

The relevant product page gives the exact number for the model you want.

Many different subjects can work well.

Photos that tell a little story are especially lovely:

For your partner:
shared experiences, holidays, your first meeting, favourite places

For the family:
family photos, children, grandchildren, family celebrations

For a birthday:
special moments from the recipient's life

For a wedding:
the couple's story told in pictures

For a holiday:
the highlights of a trip taken together

For Grandma and Grandpa:
family moments and pictures of children and grandchildren

Tip: The pictures don't have to fit together perfectly. A personal mix is often what makes an image series come alive.

The Plastiskop is particularly suitable for personal occasions full of memories, such as birthdays, weddings, wedding anniversaries, anniversaries, Christmas, family celebrations, jubilees, farewells, Mother's Day or Father's Day, holiday memories, a gift for Grandma and Grandpa, or for people who already seem to have everything.

Or simply:

I wanted to give you something not everyone has.

Especially for them.

With a Plastiskop, the focus is not on the material value but on the idea:

You are not giving yet another object - you are giving shared memories in an unusual form.

Both.

Its shape recalls the small televisions and picture viewers of past decades, giving the Plastiskop its nostalgic design.

At the same time, its contents can be thoroughly modern and personal: your own digital photos become an analogue, tangible keepsake.

It creates a lovely connection between the digital world of images and an object you can hold in your hands.

Plastiskopes are handcrafted in our workshop in the Nuremberg region.

The Original Made in Germany� is an essential part of the Plastiskop's story.

Click-through television� is a charming name for the Plastiskop.

Operating the mechanism changes the pictures. In a sense, you click your way through your own little television programme.

With a personalised series, that programme� consists of your own photos.

Click by click, a little television becomes a personal story of memories.

The Plastiskop has its roots in the world of nostalgic picture viewers and souvenir devices.

Today, it is primarily a collector's item, a nostalgic gift item and a distinctive picture viewer.

For personalised, made-to-order versions, the focus is especially on the individual story told through the pictures.

Yes. A personalised holiday series is a particularly lovely option.

Your photos of the sea, mountains, cities, landscapes and shared experiences become your own little “holiday television”.

Individual image series can also be created for special regions and places.

Yes.

A personalised image series of shared memories is an unusual and thoughtful wedding gift.

For example:

“Our Story in 12 Pictures”

The series can show shared experiences, favourite places, holiday moments or the story of the couple.

Yes – especially if you want the gift to be personal.

Instead of giving just one photo, you can bring several memories together to tell a little story.

It works equally well for younger and older recipients.

Yes, very much so.

An image series featuring children, grandchildren, family and shared memories turns the Plastiskop into a very personal gift.

And unlike a photo on paper, you can click through the little story of memories one picture at a time.

Custom-made Plastiskopes are supplied in a presentation box.

This makes the Plastiskop ready to give as a gift.

Current production times for custom-made items range from 10 days to 8 weeks, depending on the service rate.
Production of singel mades in 2-3 days may be possible by prior arrangement.

Several Plastiskop models are available for personalised image series.

These include:

TV classic 8 pictures
TV 50s 8 pictures
TV 70s 10 pictures
TV modern 12 pictures
TV 60s 16 pictures
Camera 10 pictures
Alpine hut 8 pictures

Yes.

Our online shop offers a range of ready-made image series and themes.

These include souvenir, vintage, fairy-tale and animal motifs.

If you are looking for a truly personal gift, however, a custom image series is the more individual option.

With a ready-made series, you receive a Plastiskop containing a pre-selected set of images.

With a custom-made version, you choose the pictures yourself.

This lets you turn the Plastiskop into a truly personal gift:

Your photos + your occasion + your story = your personalised Plastiskop.

Because your photos are not simply printed onto an object.

The pictures are part of how the Plastiskop works.

You hold the device in your hands, look inside and click from one picture to the next.

It becomes a little experience:

look – click – discover – remember.

Yes. Custom Plastiskopes can be used for:

anniversaries and company milestones
presentations
gifts for customers and employees
events
souvenirs
special promotional campaigns

Your own pictures, motifs or stories can be used for these, too.

The Plastiskop brings back something that is becoming increasingly rare in the digital world of images:

a picture you can hold in your hands.

Today, we have thousands of photos on our smartphones.

The Plastiskop makes a few selected pictures special again.

You hold them in your hands, look inside and click through a little story, picture by picture.

Digital photos become an analogue keepsake.

The name refers to this historic patented picture viewer and product family.

The Plastiskop belongs to the tradition of small mechanical picture viewers.

Today, the name is closely associated with its distinctive little television shape and the mechanical way you click through the pictures.

We also offer Plastiskopes made from bioplastic.

The Plastiskop was patented starting in 1952, giving it a long history and reflecting the optimism of Germany's post-war economic boom.

The distinctive shape of the little television is part of its special charm.

Today, the idea lives on through historical and contemporary photos, personalised image series and production in Germany.

Yes – that is exactly what a custom-made version is for.

For example, you can arrange the pictures chronologically:

“Our Story”: meeting – first holiday – shared experiences – wedding – family – today

Or simply choose your personal favourite pictures.

It doesn't have to be a grand story. Sometimes eight lovely memories are enough.

It is small, personal, nostalgic and surprising.

Above all, it is something you can discover together:

“Look – there's our holiday!”
“And here are the children!”
“Remember when that was?”

These little moments are what turn an object into a personal gift.

Still have questions?

Please get in touch. We will be happy to advise you on choosing the model, selecting the pictures and designing your image series.

Your own personal click-through television – filled with your memories.