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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #30 on: April 8, 2005, 02:00 AM »
Premiere
The Onion
Maxim
JP- Jeep Magazine (bought a 5-year subscription and it hasn't yet run out  ::) )

I buy Star Wars Insider at the newsstand since I don't trust the Fan Club after all the stories I've heard about delivery.

I also read Rolling Stone and Spin regularly, though they make me want to start my own music magazine with less crap and far more pretense.
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #31 on: April 8, 2005, 02:08 AM »
Just ToyFare.  I really get a kick out of it each month (and in fact my new issue arrived today - should be some good reading with that big SW feature!).   ;)

My greatest disappointment is that they refuse to cover anything related to McFarlane.  I don't actually collect them, but it's always nice to see what to expect on the shelves.  I'm sure there's some sort of political reason for this...   :(

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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #32 on: April 8, 2005, 02:36 AM »
The Shamus Clan (Wizard) and McFarlane had a falling-out years ago, and it continues to this day.

Quite sad, but not surprising at all given current journalism practices. Egos get in the way of EVERYTHING.

McFarlane doesn't need Wizard's press anyway. Their stuff sells OK as it is.
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #33 on: April 8, 2005, 02:36 AM »
ToyFare
Consumer Reports
Playboy

I let the Insider take a flying leap after the doubling of membership cost. For as little as was actually worth reading in it, anyway, I can skim it at the book store. I do miss those, what were they called....HoloNews & Shadowfeed comics?

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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #34 on: July 2, 2005, 02:10 AM »
Boy's Life -- subscribed 1993 to 2002 or 3, but those last couple of years I was barely reading it. In fact the last year was in error and I was too lazy to cancel. Still not sure whether I paid or not.

Star Wars Galaxy Magazine -- used to buy but I never had a subscription.

I bought Star Wars Insider at the newsstands from 1997 to about 2000, had a subscription for a couple years, then let it lapse sometime in 2003 since it had turned into a piece of crap. (It used to be a for-the-fans-by-the-fans type publication, now that it's run from in-house it's just a corporate puff piece with news that premiered online 2 or 3 months earlier.) I did pick up a couple of issues when there was some feature I really wanted. Then early this year I renewed my Hyperspace and I had to get the Insider as well. ****tards. ::) I read it since I'm paying for it, and I admit it does have some good content, but overall the percentage of good stuff wouldn't be worth it.

Disney Adventures -- about 1994 to about 1999ish, read but never had a subscription.

My dad used to have subscriptions to Invention and Technology, Popular Science, and National Geographic so I read a lot of those.

Nowadays about the only one I read regularly is Newsweek since my dad has a subscription.

Others I purchase sporadically are Time and Rolling Stone.
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #35 on: July 2, 2005, 10:21 AM »
I found a free subscription on the 'net for the following:

FHM
Stuff
Playboy

Free is GOOD! :)



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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #36 on: July 2, 2005, 03:23 PM »
lets see here... Lego, Star Wars Insider, SI, Nintendo Power thats it.
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #37 on: July 2, 2005, 10:52 PM »
We get Time and a mag called Budget Living that's not really what it sounds like. . .my wife gets it. . .it's like a monthly guide to Target swank and cheap chic design.

I may pick up a sub to Backpacker, as well.  I used to not like it, but the newer format and region specific editing that their doing now makes it a lot better.  Will pick up a few more issues before I decide.
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #38 on: July 4, 2005, 12:00 PM »
Currently nothing!!! But in the past I've subscribed to many different mags, just a few:

Bantha Tracks
Barbie Magazine (Hey I was kid) ;D
Rolling Stone
Sports Illustrated
Becket Baseball Card Monthly
Wizard
Toy Fare
SW Insider
National Geographic
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #39 on: July 4, 2005, 01:42 PM »
Thinking about getting a subscription to Super 7, lucky subscribers get to spend more money on exclusive junk! Yah!!
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #40 on: July 4, 2005, 01:50 PM »
Currently I subscribe to:

- ToyFare
- Official X-Box Magazine
- Newsweek
- TIME
- Military Heritage
- Entertainment Weekly

Like others here, I buy Star Wars Insider if there's a good feature, but I haven't subscribed to it since the mid-90's.   
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Re: What magazines do you subscribe to?
« Reply #41 on: August 9, 2005, 06:38 PM »
.Star Wars Insider

.Mad Magazine