Old magazines: what to do with them?

[Flynn]

I regularly buy them on Ebay if they look to be in good shape. Yeah, I’m one of those guys but I figured getting an older hobbyst $20 for a year’s collection or taking some old stock off a hobby shop is fair. [:D]

[galaxy]

I think MR and others could offer CDs with all the articles for each year and sell them for a good price. I might collect those.

Many have said that, but MR seems steadfast against the idea, though they put out “Dream, Plan, Build” DVD series…

Perhaps with the rate modern Tech is taking off MR is better NOT to offer cd’s or even DVDs of its mags, as CD are being superceeded by things like the IPOD and other “non moving” storage devices" and things such as Smart phone apps and IPad, which I do think may be the way of the future.

Unfortunately that may leave me and others behind as “dinosaurs”.

[hardcoalcase]

Something else we can do to promote the hobby. Each time you go viist the doctor, dentist, barber, driver’s license center, or some office where people have to sit in a waiting room and have magazines to look at…drop off one or two of your old MRR or TRAINS mags that you no longer want but are in good shape. You’d be amazed at how many people will pick those up and look through them, especially the MRRs.

That is an EXCELLENT idea!

Leave 'em on the bus, subway, airport terminal…

Jim

[rrinker]

Personally, I keep mine - and am always lookign for more. I buy cheap plastic magazien hodlers at WalMart, stick 1 year in each, and stick a label ont he spine witht he magazine name and year. Back when MR was pushing 200 pages an issue and using thicker paper, you might need to use the doube-wide ones to hold a complete year. Under my layout is a row of cheap bookshelves, when I got them they were $10 each but I haven’t been able to find more so I may have to go with non-matching and grab whatever I can find. They’re all neatly arranged by year and out of the ay, but easy to get to the issue I want. I’d like to have a complete collection from the 50’s to today, I do have a few issues from the 40’s but those tend to be hard to find. The first year would be great, but thosesell for astronomical sums, even the reprint they did later on. Until some electronic form is offered, this is what I do.

–Randy

[rrebell]

They are currently pack in boxes. My other theory is that the longer they are packed away, the more i will forget what is in them and won’t even need to keep them at all. Professional organizers say if you haven’t seen or used the item in 1-2 years ago, you probably don;t need it anyway and can get rid of it.

I used to pack mine in boxes, too. Eventually, I referred to them so little that the boxes were relegated to a self-strorage unit. The unit was burglarized and the ONLY thing they stole were the magazines (go figure). When I go to train shows I like to thumb through the old MR magazines at various vendor booths and I wonder if I’m seeing my old issues.

Currently, I recycle magazines after reading - except for the Gazette; they are too pretty to get rid of. I had been accumulating them all, but I rarely looked back at them. I think MR and others could offer CDs with all the articles for each year and sell them for a good price. I might collect those.

The intelligence of some thieves leaves alot to be desired. I would have a hard time swallowing this but some of the things thieves do is just unbelievable, in SF a man just ran over 4 people and left his wallet at the scene!

[pastorbob]

At one time, I tried to organize them and store them. Had mags back to the 1950’s (Model Builder is one), plus MR RMC Trains, etc. Then I realized that most of them were on the shelves with a thick coat of dust and no fingerprints on most, so I made a pledge to only keep the last ten years and I started recycling them. My wife is happier, which makes me happier, and I found a lot of suddenly unused shelf space that could be put to better use.

Bob

[shayfan84325]

I used to pack mine in boxes, too. Eventually, I referred to them so little that the boxes were relegated to a self-strorage unit. The unit was burglarized and the ONLY thing they stole were the magazines (go figure). When I go to train shows I like to thumb through the old MR magazines at various vendor booths and I wonder if I’m seeing my old issues

Currently, I recycle magazines after reading - except for the Gazette; they are too pretty to get rid of. I had been accumulating them all, but I rarely looked back at them. I think MR and others could offer CDs with all the articles for each year and sell them for a good price. I might collect those.

The intelligence of some thieves leaves alot to be desired. I would have a hard time swallowing this but some of the things thieves do is just unbelievable, in SF a man just ran over 4 people and left his wallet at the scene!

I’ll admit that there wasn’t much else in the storage unit - the magazines, an old helmet, and my car:

Chances are, the thieves couldn’t find “reverse”: