Collectable magazines - Are they worth it??

gyzmo

A friend of mine started on one of these. After ten issues, it stopped. £49 down the drain.

changkra

I remember seeing a Catherine Cookson book collection a few years back. A friend of mine was collecting these but she got half way through and they suddenly didn't deliver any more, she had no letter or notice from the publishers who she was getting them off, not a news agents. She did say at one point that they seemed to be having trouble getting the out of print books re printed as they changed the order in which they would be released. Not nice to start a collection a then it stop and not be informed. I personally wouldn't bother.

bob_a_builder

Oh Yes, :mad:

Build a model of the Bismark, only another 139 issues to go

I would imagine the orginal ship was built in a shorter time than that

Lets see 140 * 4.99, thats nearly £700, well, you can see its clearly value for money, so you can see why people go fo it :rolleyes:

eyelinerprincess

http://www.warplanes.com/store/item.asp?item_id=617&department_id=43

$1250, that's about £625?

eyelinerprincess

http://www.sendairplanes.com/id100982list121product.html?ovchn=BIZ&ovcpn=sendAirplanesBIZ&ovcrn=DKM%20Bismarck%20Model%20Ship&ovtac=CMP&zmam=6947509&zmas=1&zmac=7&zmap=100982

Anthillmob

the radio controlled one you had to buy the engine seperately for another £60 odd quid.

absolute rip off.

spuds_2

These are just a rip off. We only buy magazines like this when the first issue is really cheap (eg 99p) and you get a decent gift - my son was really chuffed with his Tardis from the Dr Who mag, but we didn't buy any more. I think they should have to display the total cost of the model on the front of the mag so people can realise what it will cost them. There was a Titanic model which would have taken abot 2 years to build and cost about £400 if I remember. Just buy a book from WHS and a model at a model shop.

Alternatively, wait until they turn up in Poundland - last week I bought a magazine from France about clockwork toys that had a free reproduction toy with it - they had boats, trucks, planes etc. Quite funky.

suexf

warning! a lot of these magazine companies take bank payments after you cancel and then try to deny receiving your cancellation request or that you did not give enough notice.

rogue_element

I got the star trek one from a car boot for 50p.
I also got the 80s "Input" set (3+ binders full I think), but I later sold this..