Vlad Magic Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Titanic, DeLorean and the like? Issue one only £1.99 subsequent issues £8.99. Kit complete in 140 issues. I think you know what I’m thinking n about? Anyway has anyone on here actually subscribed to one of these “Build your own” magazine things that are advertised everywhere right now? Or indeed even know anyone that has? I can’t for the life of me work out why anyone would? They are a complete rip off? Someone must be because they advertise on TV a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Nobody buys them but they are financed by the sheikhs who have endless money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I've seen some of the complete items and they are impressive. Not worth the thick end of a grand though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, Cade said: I've seen some of the complete items and they are impressive. Not worth the thick end of a grand though. This is what I can’t work out? You don’t need a degree in mathematics to work out the final total cost. You would have to be completely mental to subscribe? Yet people must be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Vlad Magic said: This is what I can’t work out? You don’t need a degree in mathematics to work out the final total cost. You would have to be completely mental to subscribe? Yet people must be? Presumably people sell their finished creations online? Do they fetch anywhere near what they cost to build? Also worth remembering that you do get a full magazine with each part to read. No idea the quality of the content of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: Presumably people sell their finished creations online? Do they fetch anywhere near what they cost to build? Also worth remembering that you do get a full magazine with each part to read. No idea the quality of the content of course. 140 editions though? How much content per issue? A couple of words? Take the DeLorean one for example. Surely there isn’t “that” much content on the car and the business to fill 100 odd issues? Edited December 29, 2021 by Vlad Magic Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Years ago my wife subscribed to the Robot Wars magazine for a laugh. Built your own robot with new pieces and projects sent every fortnight. After about 3 months we had a robot that could follow a line along the floor if you drew one for it and move on it’s own. Then the upgrades shrank until you’d get something like a new sticker set to decorate your robot. Or a single body panel. Absolute scam but we’d guessed that very early on. Fine for us as adults with money but this was very much aimed at kids and young teenagers. Certainly not enough per issue to justify it. We obviously cancelled once it reached that stage but it was still being sold in shops about a year later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchy frog Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Aww shite. I opened this thinking it was gonna be a thread about pizza 😟 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 3 minutes ago, Tazio said: Years ago my wife subscribed to the Robot Wars magazine for a laugh. Built your own robot with new pieces and projects sent every fortnight. After about 3 months we had a robot that could follow a line along the floor if you drew one for it and move on it’s own. Then the upgrades shrank until you’d get something like a new sticker set to decorate your robot. Or a single body panel. Absolute scam but we’d guessed that very early on. Fine for us as adults with money but this was very much aimed at kids and young teenagers. Certainly not enough per issue to justify it. We obviously cancelled once it reached that stage but it was still being sold in shops about a year later. My mates just started filming a similar show in the US. Its a slight departure from her previous careers as a welder and porn star though 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzroy Pointon Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 My mate started a Subaru Impreza one about 20 years ago. He got the guy in the shop to get them in for him but never collected them. He owed the shop over £300 at one point if he wanted to pick them up I have no idea what they would fill hundreds of issues of a magazine about one particular car with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Vlad Magic said: Titanic, DeLorean and the like? Issue one only £1.99 subsequent issues £8.99. Kit complete in 140 issues. I think you know what I’m thinking n about? Anyway has anyone on here actually subscribed to one of these “Build your own” magazine things that are advertised everywhere right now? Or indeed even know anyone that has? I can’t for the life of me work out why anyone would? They are a complete rip off? Someone must be because they advertise on TV a lot. if weekly thats nearly 3 years, no thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Much the same as the fake cosmetic coins made by the fake royal mint. The "London Mint Office" is not the official Royal Mint and hardly any of their coins ever have any actual value as legal tender, nor even as collectors items. It's all just a scam aimed at daft auld flag shaggers who will buy anything with a Spitfire on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 22 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said: When I was wee I used to build Airfix planes and hang them on thread from the ceiling with cellotape. Then shoot at them with elastic bands and tightly folded paper to resemble wee bullets. Planes from when you were young, don't you mean zeppelins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Just now, superjack said: Planes from when you were young, don't you mean zeppelins? more like hot air balloons or horse and carts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 19 minutes ago, jonnothejambo said: Feck off you two.... I asked for that one eh ? tbf i loved making airfix models, mainly planes as a kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 Not a build you own as such but I collected the full set of Boxers magazines and VHS tapes about 25ish years ago. 72 issues plus 3 or 4 special issues. A Marshall Cavendish job if I recall. Still got the magazines in binders but converted the tapes to dvds years back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Magic Posted December 29, 2021 Author Share Posted December 29, 2021 The Titanic ones just been on the telly again. Issue 1 £1.99 140 issues Usual price £9.99 So to complete you are looking at £1400 or thereabouts. Are people mad ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightrope Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 I collected the star trek one for years. I now speak fluid Klingon which in all honesty comes in really handy when chatting with Hibs fans at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 2 hours ago, jonnothejambo said: The feckin glue got everywhere... Especially the top lip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, superjack said: Especially the top lip. You need to be more careful when you’re folding the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Vlad Magic said: The Titanic ones just been on the telly again. Issue 1 £1.99 140 issues Usual price £9.99 So to complete you are looking at £1400 or thereabouts. Are people mad ? that’s absolutely mental. Do they replace if you make an arse of building it ? Imagine being on the 100th and dropping it or getting glue everywhere - or put on a squint sticker . Selling snow to the Eskimos isn’t far fetched after all Edited December 29, 2021 by 1971fozzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbjambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 My dad bought my mum a hiking ? bear that had on a maroon jumper and that kicked off her collecting these bears every fortnight I think. Newsagents at Cannonmills would keep them for me as I worked near there. I would only go in every couple of months and fork out about £50 a time and then have to carry them all home on the bus 😀 Ended up with about 50 odd of them shoved in a cupboard. Ended up giving them away at car boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 14 hours ago, tightrope said: I collected the star trek one for years. I now speak fluid Klingon which in all honesty comes in really handy when chatting with Hibs fans at work. Maktar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightrope Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 19 minutes ago, rudi must stay said: Maktar Jlyajbe lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightrope Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, rudi must stay said: Maktar However, I am sure your chant is good. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 When I think back to my late teens when I had subscriptions to the likes of Empire, Loaded, FHM, Esquire...All I had to show for it was a sore willy and right wrist. Would be nice to have a model of the Titanic on the coffee table obstructing my view of the TV I suspect they are aimed at newly retired men who "need a hobby". There is a reason that they are advertised in the winter when the golf courses are waterlogged and have winter greens... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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wentworth jambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 My son was really into Star Wars so we decided we’d do the Millenium Falcon - 100 issues. About 30 or do in he decides Star Wars is no longer his thing so I was left go cut losses or continue on. Carried on - and as said above, quality is astonishing with hydraulic ramps and working lights throughout controlled by remote. Finished it and I was in for just under a grand - sold it and all the magazines in folders for £1200. Would not do again or recommend though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi must stay Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, wentworth jambo said: My son was really into Star Wars so we decided we’d do the Millenium Falcon - 100 issues. About 30 or do in he decides Star Wars is no longer his thing so I was left go cut losses or continue on. Carried on - and as said above, quality is astonishing with hydraulic ramps and working lights throughout controlled by remote. Finished it and I was in for just under a grand - sold it and all the magazines in folders for £1200. Would not do again or recommend though. This post had everything - ups and downs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 29/12/2021 at 17:29, Salad Fingers said: My mate started a Subaru Impreza one about 20 years ago. He got the guy in the shop to get them in for him but never collected them. He owed the shop over £300 at one point if he wanted to pick them up I have no idea what they would fill hundreds of issues of a magazine about one particular car with. It wouldn’t be anywhere near the much. I’ll guarantee that the shop owner cancelled the order after he didn’t pick up around half a dozen. The problem with these magazines, is that they’re ‘firm sale’ as opposed to ‘sale or return’. Meaning that the shop doesn’t get their money back on unsold copies. So the shop owner would’ve been very quick to cancel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzroy Pointon Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 22 minutes ago, iantjambo said: It wouldn’t be anywhere near the much. I’ll guarantee that the shop owner cancelled the order after he didn’t pick up around half a dozen. The problem with these magazines, is that they’re ‘firm sale’ as opposed to ‘sale or return’. Meaning that the shop doesn’t get their money back on unsold copies. So the shop owner would’ve been very quick to cancel. Probably not but the owners daughter, who we were mates with, said over £300. I caught a glimpse of the box they were one day and there was about 12-15 in it. Going by todays prices these things are what, £8.99 or so and this was 20 years ago so say £6 or something? I'm not sure. But he had to completely avoid the shop out of embarrassment from then on . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 22 hours ago, Vlad Magic said: The Titanic ones just been on the telly again. Issue 1 £1.99 140 issues Usual price £9.99 So to complete you are looking at £1400 or thereabouts. Are people mad ? In the past they used to do the full pricing information at the end of these adverts now, all you see at the end of the advert is the introductory price for the first launch issue…………the full pricing is now flashed to us for a second or two partway through the advert, mainly at a point in the advert where you are most attracted to looking at the item in the Hope that most people miss it (which they do) the legal flash is something like “£1.99 introductory offer, usual price £7.99 over 150 issues”, I’m sure by law they need to post this on the advert…..as small a font as possible with as little exposure time as possible…..scummy con merchants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gorgie Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Although it's not building something but did anyone else collect Football Magic in the late 90s. Collecting the new issue from the shop was a buzz, especially when it had Hearts pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 29/12/2021 at 17:17, sadj said: My mates just started filming a similar show in the US. Its a slight departure from her previous careers as a welder and porn star though 🤣 Hold on - how did everyone miss this? or is this a story everyone else knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, Spellczech said: Hold on - how did everyone miss this? or is this a story everyone else knows? Most prob stopped reading at welder 😉🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadj Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Spellczech said: When I think back to my late teens when I had subscriptions to the likes of Empire, Loaded, FHM, Esquire...All I had to show for it was a sore willy and right wrist. Would be nice to have a model of the Titanic on the coffee table obstructing my view of the TV I suspect they are aimed at newly retired men who "need a hobby". There is a reason that they are advertised in the winter when the golf courses are waterlogged and have winter greens... those were the days…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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