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TomWeaver999		#101	[-]
(05/20/09 5:10 PM) Vazec Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Thank goodness monster mags weren't first published in the FLINTSTONES days of stone slabs or I guess THOSE would be the "real" monster magazines!
FAMOUSMONSTERS62		#102	[-]
(05/20/09 5:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Rick wrote: I subscribe to Video Watchdog and Monsters from the Vault. I buy every issue of Little Shop of Horrors and Midnight Marquee. I pick up Fangoria, Rue Morgue, Videoscope, Scary Movies when I see them on the rack, browse and make an issue-by-issue decision (and, these days, that decision is usually 'no thank you'). I had fully intended to give Freaky Monsters a chance, but, sorry, not at that price. I recognize that it's expensive to publish a mag, but it's also expensive to buy a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. Sometimes ya gots to choose. I'm just saying in my area (Kansas City, MO.) a gallon of milk 2 % is $ 2.69 and a dozen eggs is about $1.49 I bid you Welcome!!! Kevin AKA (FAMOUSMONSTERS62)
Scaremail		#103	[-]
(05/20/09 6:04 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	TomWeaver999 wrote: Thank goodness monster mags weren't first published in the FLINTSTONES days of stone slabs or I guess THOSE would be the "real" monster magazines! Can you imagine the cost of shipping of those stone slabs and the hand engraving costs??!! Now that's SCARY!
Scaremail		#104	[-]
(05/20/09 6:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Rick wrote: Scary Movies when I see them on the rack, browse and make an issue-by-issue decision (and, these days, that decision is usually 'no thank you'). I had fully intended to give Freaky Monsters a chance, but, sorry, not at that price. I recognize that it's expensive to publish a mag, but it's also expensive to buy a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. Sometimes ya gots to choose. Is there a magazine called Scary Movies that I'm not aware of?
Mike Metzler		#105	[-]
(05/20/09 6:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	TomWeaver999 wrote: Thank goodness monster mags weren't first published in the FLINTSTONES days of stone slabs or I guess THOSE would be the "real" monster magazines! Famous Mammoths of Filmland? Flint Monsters of Filmland? Famous Monoliths of Filmland? Famous Mastodons of Filmland? The Frankenstone Monster? Keep on rockin' in the free world with Just Off Turner! http://justoffturner.com/
BlondieJohnson		#106	[-]
(05/20/09 7:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	TomWeaver999 wrote: Thank goodness monster mags weren't first published in the FLINTSTONES days of stone slabs or I guess THOSE would be the "real" monster magazines! $15.95 for a REAL monster magazine?! Grrrrr ..... you're FIRED!
Latarnia		#107	[-]
(05/20/09 9:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Scaremail wrote: lobo67 wrote: I do agree it is way expensive cover price. But then, I wonder how many sells? I mean, if they make this mag, and only sell like 20 copies, then I can see why the $15 price tag. It must take some work and expense to make a decent quality mag. I'm waiting for a subscription option, hopefully to make it a tad less costly. But then I think Scary Monsters for $9 is steep, and no offence, I'm sure it's a labor of love, the print quality is rather lacking, and has prevented me from buying one. I wish they'd reduce the pages to half, have a color center page, and charge $5.99. I'd buy it then. I'm sorry lobo but you obviously don't have an understanding of printing and or magazines. A publisher can't go to a printer and print 20 copies. Today a publisher could go to a digital printer and print 20 copies of a 48 page magazine but would pay something like $20 each for them if not more but the quality would not be as good as real printing. Why would I put a color centerfold in SCARY MONSTERS? SCARY MONSTERS is meant to look like an old 1960s magazine. Sounds like you may have been raised in the FANGORIA days rather than the 1960s so you don't understand what a real monster magazine should look like, feel like and transport the reader back to those simplier days.... Hmm, MODERN MONSTERS had color centerfolds if I remember correctly. Mirek
Latarnia		#108	[-]
(05/20/09 9:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I wonder how many concerned voices over the price of FREAKY MONSTERS would get the magazine if it were a few dollars cheaper? The price is what the price is, and a reflection of what it costs to produce a magazine with niche appeal on quality paper. People are ready to piss away $20 on a DVD they will maybe watch once and then store for life, but $15 for a magazine is too much? Or how about pissing away $20 to $30 in a restaurant and not have anything collectible to hold onto after that or savor? If you value something, you pay for it; if you don't, then its price shouldn't be a concern to you. Mirek
luluthebeast		#109	[-]
(05/20/09 9:21 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	It doesn't concern me at all!
Latarnia		#110	[-]
(05/20/09 9:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	luluthebeast wrote: It doesn't concern me at all! Yes, and that's why you are posting in the FREAKY MONSTERS thread! Mirek
Mike Metzler		#111	[-]
(05/20/09 10:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Latarnia wrote: If you value something, you pay for it; if you don't, then its price shouldn't be a concern to you. Exactly. I've subscribed to Video Watchdog now for 15 years and haven't batted an eyelash when they've had to raise their cover price. I felt the same way when subscribing to Cinefantastique in the mid-late '80s until the STAR TREK thing hit. Keep on rockin' in the free world with Just Off Turner! http://justoffturner.com/
Rick		#112	[-]
(05/20/09 10:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Is there a magazine called Scary Movies that I'm not aware of? Uh, yeah, sure there is, it's...it's...hey look behind you, a binkysaur!! I'm just saying in my area (Kansas City, MO.) a gallon of milk 2 % is $ 2.69 and a dozen eggs is about $1.49 Nowhere did I say that those food items cost as much as Freaky Monsters, merely that they do cost, and that money must be spent on necessities first. I wonder how many concerned voices over the price of FREAKY MONSTERS would get the magazine if it were a few dollars cheaper? The price is what the price is, and a reflection of what it costs to produce a magazine with niche appeal on quality paper. People are ready to piss away $20 on a DVD they will maybe watch once and then store for life, but $15 for a magazine is too much? Or how about pissing away $20 to $30 in a restaurant and not have anything collectible to hold onto after that or savor? If you value something, you pay for it; if you don't, then its price shouldn't be a concern to you. As I wrote earlier, I was interested in trying Freaky Monsters, to give it a chance. But, at that price, no way. And no niche magazine looks better on better paper than Monsters from the Vault. It is expensive, but not that much. Plus, it has years of proving to me its indispensability. I buy a few DVDs, but, again, only those for which I feel the true need of ownership--and NEVER at $20. If ISLAND OF LOST SOULS shows up at $19.99, I'll wait for a used copy. If it's $9.99 then it's probably something I could buy without feeling guilty. And I never spend $20-30 in a restaurant because I cannot afford to. If I eat out, it's cheap and carefully considered. And all I have to show for it is another day of sustenance. If Freaky Monsters hangs around, and if I get a look and then feel I must have it, then, yes, maybe I'd bite the bullet and fork over the dineros. But not for a look-see, no thankee.
Cinemacabre		#113	[-]
(05/21/09 5:54 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	"Or how about pissing away $20 to $30 in a restaurant and not have anything collectible to hold onto after that or savor?" With luck, the only collectibility factor will be that it's the one and only issue of Freaky Monsters printed. D'Entre les Morts, Cinemacabre
Latarnia		#114	[-]
(05/21/09 6:21 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Cinemacabre wrote: "Or how about pissing away $20 to $30 in a restaurant and not have anything collectible to hold onto after that or savor?" With luck, the only collectibility factor will be that it's the one and only issue of Freaky Monsters printed. And a pleasant day to you, too! Mirek
thehorrorboy		#115	[-]
(05/21/09 6:28 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Latarnia wrote: I wonder how many concerned voices over the price of FREAKY MONSTERS would get the magazine if it were a few dollars cheaper? The price is what the price is, and a reflection of what it costs to produce a magazine with niche appeal on quality paper. People are ready to piss away $20 on a DVD they will maybe watch once and then store for life, but $15 for a magazine is too much? Or how about pissing away $20 to $30 in a restaurant and not have anything collectible to hold onto after that or savor? If you value something, you pay for it; if you don't, then its price shouldn't be a concern to you. Mirek I think there's some sort of theory, or rule, of salesmanship that says that if you enjoy your purchase, then you'll remain happy with it long after you've forgotten how much it cost.
Omega Man		#116	[-]
(05/21/09 6:34 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	No matter how good they may be in terms of quality, printed "niche"magazines must be published on a dependably regular schedule -- like clockwork, be it monthly, quarterly, etcetera. Not many people will subscribe to a mag with an irregular publishing schedule. (How many issues will I get this year?) By no means do I look upon it as a good thing, but the sad fact is printed magazines (of any kind) are probably mortally wounded at this point anyway. It's the Internet... or die. "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
BijouBob8mm		#117	[-]
(05/21/09 8:51 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Thank goodness monster mags weren't first published in the FLINTSTONES days of stone slabs or I guess THOSE would be the "real" monster magazines! Some of those prehistoric cave paintings have some scary critters in them. Maybe they do qualify as the first printed horror. I wonder how many concerned voices over the price of FREAKY MONSTERS would get the magazine if it were a few dollars cheaper? Not an attack on Connie or Ray (nor a criticism of Latarnia), but I think there are some here that really were being sincere. There are some who have a limited amount of disposable income for entertainment. If they can get 2 or 3 magazines for $15, or just 1, some will lean toward getting more. Latarnia's observation about spending $20 on a DVD and then only watching it once is a good one, as there are many who do that. But, given the nature of this Board, I think we find more of that kind of collector here than we do among the mainstream consumers. (Let's face it, we can be an obsessive lot in these parts...and I'm no exception.) But I'm noticing an increasing trend among people I know to either pick up a former rental copy of something when the video store sells it cheap, or to browse the pawn shops and Ebay for bargains rather than pay full price for a DVD. I know the local rental stores and libraries are starting to get more and more requests to carry certain Eurohorror and Criterian titles (the stuff you can't pick up at Walmart or have to pay top dollar for elsewhere) because some fans are starting to tighten their belts and have cut back on what they're actually purchasing. (If the library carries it, then no need to buy it.) And I've heard other areas are seeing an increase in requests at their libraries, as well. (Not just video titles, but also magazines. I'd been seeing things like Starlog and Fangoria show up in a number of libraries for quite some time...and at least one library had even started carrying Playboy...seems like Video Watchdog was also on hand.) We've seen BCI fade away and boutique DVD labels complain of poor sales, we've seen Starlog go to online publishing...I think, at least for a while, entertainment purchases in general are going to become more and more judicious. As I said in a previous post, I don't know how good a time this is for any new specialty magazine to make its debut. None of my comments were intended as a comment on Ray & Connie (or their attempts to use high quality materials), but simply a comment on the times we currently live in and how that will impact both seller and consumer mentality.
Scaremail		#118	[-]
(05/21/09 9:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Hmm, MODERN MONSTERS had color centerfolds if I remember correctly. Mirek Yes, MODERN MONSTERS did have color inserts and FAMOUS MONSTERS experimented with a few color pages for awhile. In fact, at least one issue of SCARY MONSTERS had a full color centerfold of a rare HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER promo comic book story. The ENORMOUS TWENTY-EIGHTH ISSUE! of SCARY MONSTERS contained 200 pages of monster fun and cost $6.95 in Sept. 1998. What a Scary Deal! Just as today's packed issues of SM are...
EDITOR MFTV		#119	[-]
(05/21/09 10:01 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Omega Man wrote: No matter how good they may be in terms of quality, printed "niche"magazines must be published on a dependably regular schedule -- like clockwork, be it monthly, quarterly, etcetera. Not many people will subscribe to a mag with an irregular publishing schedule. (How many issues will I get this year?) By no means do I look upon it as a good thing, but the sad fact is printed magazines (of any kind) are probably mortally wounded at this point anyway. It's the Internet... or die. Why spend all the time and effort to give something away on the Internet? I'll keep publishing a hard copy magazine until I'm tired of it and people quit supporting it (neither which has happened yet). However, there are no plans for a Internet version of Monsters from the Vault. If you want a Internet monster magazine read Monster Kid (Kerry does a great job!). Jim Clatterbaugh Editor/Publisher MFTV www.monstersfromthevault.com
Wich2		#120	[-]
(05/21/09 10:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Connie has always been decent here; and I've said it a million times, I am neither a Ferry NOR Forry worshiper. I do feel, though, that the last-minute, after-the-big-compromise name change for the mag was not, as A.C. Doyle used to say, "quite playing the game." Many of us in the Lonely Middle hoped that the wasted years of pissing matches were over; but printing a competing "F.M." that looks just like the old one, just does not seem like a fair response to the terms of the settlement with Kim. I had much more interest in a SHOCK CLASSICS, that I'd hoped might have had a slightly fresher "flavor." Instead of that, Monster Kiddom has the exciting prospect for dueling "FM 3.0" and "FM 2.5" 's...

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