Stars Wars magazine collection

zenseeker

Don't throw them away, at the very least give them to a charity shop and see if they can get a few quid for them.

Crowqueen

MadelinesMum wrote: »

On my local one someone just gave away a series of StarTrek videos (snapped up within a few hours).

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Videos are worth very little to a seller but I wish I still had a VCR - the DVD versions of Star Trek are pretty expensive and I am really into Deep Space Nine at the moment.

cyberbob

Crowqueen wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Videos are worth very little to a seller but I wish I still had a VCR - the DVD versions of Star Trek are pretty expensive and I am really into Deep Space Nine at the moment.

I still use my VCR a lot as there is quite a few obscure things that are unavailable on blu ray or DVD. Especially things like the original Star Wars trilogy before George Lucas got his Sweaty hands on it and put some pointless CGI in it.

Recently I managed to pick up some really obscure 70s sci-fi on video for nothing.

Actually i'm just in search of a new VCR on ebay. You can get what were top of the range for next to nothing.

Crowqueen

I mostly curl up in bed with a portable player I bought with some birthday money once - it's a bit difficult to do that with a TV and VCR. Also videos take up a lot of room. But that's just making excuses - I have a couple of old Rory Bremner and Have I Got News For You tapes, and a couple of foreign movies (Anna Karenina, a Russian film called Ascension, and a French tape my French teacher managed to get hold of - Emile Zola's Germinal in the original with English subs and Gerard Depardieu playing the lead), but nothing much else. I'd like to see Germinal again some time so I might see if I can find one.

What was your find though? I'll watch most stuff - I love The West Wing (see sig) - but I like Star Trek as the quality of the stories is so good. Never really been into Star Wars though. I go to a sci-fi club once a month, I surprised myself by actually beginning to enjoy what I was watching (I initially only went because a friend took me as a way of introducing me to some more of her friends) but almost consider myself a Trekkie now (or a Trekker as some people prefer).

soolin

Crowqueen, a fellow Trekkie, may I shake you warmly by the hand :beer:

In several places online there are photos of me being silly in my 'skant' (TOS -Uhuru uniform). Ever been to a fan convention?

Babylon 5 of any interest?, my last convention was Discworld and I met up with a fellow MSEr there.

Soo (who wishes she was still able to get into said skant)

cyberbob

As this is turning into a bit of a Sci fi geeks thread. As Soolin knows i;m a huge B5 fan as well as a lot of trek DS9( being the best of the newer ones) and of course I love William Shatners Ham acting.

Lots of 70s and 80s sci fi also (just re watched the tripods Trilogy) My first love though is Books. When I was in my Teens (a while ago:eek:) I used to get through 2 or 3 novels a week. Now a bit slower. Luckily I have managed to turn my wife to my way of thinking and she has now joined me in Geekdom.:D

soolin

To get back slightly on topic but still carry on in a sci fi vein have you seen the way that prices on vintage sci fi books has plumetted?

I could always rely on bulk buys of sci fi books (pre 1980s) turning a good profit on Amazon, but I just bought a huge lot and have maybe only listed 15% of them, the rest are worthless as there are too many copies at 1p , even hardbacks over 1kg.The problem is that some of the publishers have managed to put them on the 'kindle' system, so instead of hunting out that rare book and paying £10 for it, they can now download it straight away for around £3-£4, even the ones issued only in the US. No more tatty and tanned sci fi lovingly sought out in junk shops, now a pristine copy on a kindle.

I've started going through some of my other sci fi novels I have listed and I'm going to have to remove them as well.

cyberbob

soolin wrote: »

To get back slightly on topic but still carry on in a sci fi vein have you seen the way that prices on vintage sci fi books has plumetted?

I could always rely on bulk buys of sci fi books (pre 1980s) turning a good profit on Amazon, but I just bought a huge lot and have maybe only listed 15% of them, the rest are worthless as there are too many copies at 1p , even hardbacks over 1kg.The problem is that some of the publishers have managed to put them on the 'kindle' system, so instead of hunting out that rare book and paying £10 for it, they can now download it straight away for around £3-£4, even the ones issued only in the US. No more tatty and tanned sci fi lovingly sought out in junk shops, now a pristine copy on a kindle.

I've started going through some of my other sci fi novels I have listed and I'm going to have to remove them as well.

That's good news for me as i'm actually in search of some old out of print books. Hopefully i'll get a bargain then.

EssexGirl

Soolin, did you ever go to Pages Bar in Pimlico?

soolin

EssexGirl wrote: »

Soolin, did you ever go to Pages Bar in Pimlico?

Once, years and years ago. My 'group' used to meet in Bermondsey but not for ages now and i always hoped to find another group, I survive now with the occasional fan run convention.