I wonder why they include the Dummy Hoy promo as part of the Civil War set when he was a baseball player in the late 19th Century, 30 years after the war ended.
Posts: 4858 | Location: Bayonne, NJ, USA | Registered: May 06, 2001
Originally posted by David R: I wonder why they include the Dummy Hoy promo as part of the Civil War set when he was a baseball player in the late 19th Century, 30 years after the war ended.
David
My guess would be fear of being involved with a baseball licence infringement with whichever company that holds the licence for whichever team he played for. Using a image of him from the Civil War would surely have got around any potential problem and of course makes it more historic.
Anyway for what its worth that is my guess.
regards
John
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Posts: 2181 | Location: United Kingdom | Registered: October 14, 2001
My LCS still hasn’t received the issue, but picked up on at B&N last week. I enjoyed the Marvel-centric issue, but I’m somewhat of a Marvel “mark” so any Marvel trading card news is basically good for me. That “mark” reference would probably would have worked better if it was about wrestling cards. Probably should have used “Marvel Zombie” instead
Speaking of wrestling cards, wouldn’t mind seeing a little from the squared circle
The promos in my issue were:
Ancient Egypt - P1 Bob Ross - BP-5 Gilded Age Claude Monet - 50
Posts: 691 | Location: Long Beach, CA | Registered: October 15, 2006
I went back to B&N yesterday. It sold out of this issue. I had thought there was a chance the next issue would be there - but no.
Since B&N changed its rewards program to extract more money from its customers (charging $40/yr instaed of $25/year), I no longer get a discount on magazines so I will be paying full price. I would be losing money paying the $40 since I buy mostly just NSU (6 times/year) and the occasional gift there. As it was, I might have been barely breaking even paying $25/yr.
Posts: 4677 | Location: San Jose, CA, USA | Registered: December 23, 2002
It's certainly cheaper to subscribe and I might even get it faster, but if I can find a magazine locally, I don't bother subscribing. I also don't have to worry about my copy getting beat-up in the mail.
Jess
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Originally posted by JOHN LEVITT: Jess
Would it not be far easier to just get a subscription?
regards
John
Posts: 4677 | Location: San Jose, CA, USA | Registered: December 23, 2002