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'''''Master Collector''''' was the monthly newsprint classified ad sheet from [[Fun Publications]]. All members of the [[ | '''''Master Collector''''' was the monthly newsprint classified ad sheet from [[Fun Publications]]. All members of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] received a subscription to ''Master Collector'' as part of their membership. The bulk of each issue was given over to classified ads from private and professional toy sellers, largely G.I. Joe and Transformers. Full-page print ads also promoted current Hasbro toys, toy dealers, and various club-exclusive toys, like the forever-lingering [[Descent into Evil]] box set. | ||
Every other month, the ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]'' magazine was bound between the pages of ''Master Collector''. | Every other month, the ''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]'' magazine was bound between the pages of ''Master Collector''. | ||
Fun Publications released ''Master Collector'' in print from 1993, until January 2010, when print publication ceased with Volume 18, issue #1. It will be replaced by an online auction system, which experts expect to be "like eBay was fifteen years ago". Despite Fun Publications now printing 66% less material, and halving the amount of postage they do, club membership costs have not gone down, because the total cost of half-a-dozen envelopes a year is absolutely equal to the money spent on all that! Isn't life funny like that? | Fun Publications released ''Master Collector'' in print from 1993, until January 2010, when print publication ceased with Volume 18, issue #1. It will be replaced by an online auction system, which experts expect to be "like eBay was fifteen years ago". Despite Fun Publications now printing 66% less material, and halving the amount of postage they do, club membership costs have not gone down, because the total cost of half-a-dozen envelopes a year is absolutely equal to the money spent on all that! Isn't life funny like that? | ||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.mastercollector.com/ Master Collector Online] | |||
[[Category:Fun Publications]] | [[Category:Fun Publications]] | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 7 January 2010
Master Collector was the monthly newsprint classified ad sheet from Fun Publications. All members of the Transformers Collectors' Club received a subscription to Master Collector as part of their membership. The bulk of each issue was given over to classified ads from private and professional toy sellers, largely G.I. Joe and Transformers. Full-page print ads also promoted current Hasbro toys, toy dealers, and various club-exclusive toys, like the forever-lingering Descent into Evil box set.
Every other month, the Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club magazine was bound between the pages of Master Collector.
Fun Publications released Master Collector in print from 1993, until January 2010, when print publication ceased with Volume 18, issue #1. It will be replaced by an online auction system, which experts expect to be "like eBay was fifteen years ago". Despite Fun Publications now printing 66% less material, and halving the amount of postage they do, club membership costs have not gone down, because the total cost of half-a-dozen envelopes a year is absolutely equal to the money spent on all that! Isn't life funny like that?
