Rds1983 Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 5 hours ago, theboyangel said: Ah man, guaranteed there’s someone on here that is a seat down number 1er and stand up wiper number 2er! (probably don’t wear socks with shoes and pour inappropriate sauces over fried fish too!) VT is full of sickos Hopefully there's not a stand up number 2er. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 30, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Hopefully there's not a stand up number 2er. VT's favourite meme subject had a massive phobia of sitting directly on toilet seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: Hopefully there's not a stand up number 2er. Nothing would surprise me on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 30, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) Has anybody ever completed one of those partwork magazine model kits? Currently being TV advertised: build your own Titanic. First issue £1.99, thereafter £9.99. 140 issues. So, nearly £1,400 to complete. For comparison: Airfix kit of the Titanic - 47 quid. Edited December 30, 2021 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Yeah, how my body works when I was a kid, think my mom was getting me it to help me be better at biology which was my favourite subject and what I wanted to do as a career God knows how much that must have cost, the model was a plastic human body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Has anybody ever completed one of those partwork magazine model kits? Currently being TC advertised: build your own Titanic. First issue £1.99, thereafter £9.99. 140 issues. So, nearly £1,400 to complete. For comparison: Airfix kit of the Titanic - 47 quid. Mrs Sidcow and I had this exact conversation earlier. They're always a massive rip off these build model / buy magazine things but £1,400 for a plastic model of Titanic is breathtaking. You almost have to take your hat off to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 10 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Has anybody ever completed one of those partwork magazine model kits? Currently being TC advertised: build your own Titanic. First issue £1.99, thereafter £9.99. 140 issues. So, nearly £1,400 to complete. For comparison: Airfix kit of the Titanic - 47 quid. Over 11 years as well if its a monthly magazine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Has anybody ever completed one of those partwork magazine model kits? Currently being TC advertised: build your own Titanic. First issue £1.99, thereafter £9.99. 140 issues. So, nearly £1,400 to complete. For comparison: Airfix kit of the Titanic - 47 quid. I’d be curious to know how many of those magazine publishers ultimately produce the sufficient number of issues to complete the model. I’d have thought a few would peter out with only the model halfway built. And what’s actually the content in the magazine? Is it just 140 magazines worth of information about the Titanic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I’d be curious to know how many of those magazine publishers ultimately produce the sufficient number of issues to complete the model. I’d have thought a few would peter out with only the model halfway built. And what’s actually the content in the magazine? Is it just 140 magazines worth of information about the Titanic? I've just been having the same thoughts. 1) some people must come to their senses at some point and realise what they've got themselves into and 2) the magazine can't possibly come up with 140 editions of new and interesting information for someone obsessed enough with The Titanic to find worth forking out £10 a month for that long. I bet a lot of these things peter out after they've taken enough money. Edited December 30, 2021 by sidcow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: I've just been having the same thoughts. 1) some people must come to their senses at some point and realise what they've got themselves into and 2) the magazine can't possibly come up with 140 editions of new and interesting information for someone obsessed enough with The Titanic to find worth forking out £10 a month for that long. I bet a lot of these things peter out after they've taken enough money. Yeah that’s my thinking too. While obviously you could get 140 magazines worth of information about the titanic, I would have thought the person likely to want to read it would already have a book or two on the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Yeah that’s my thinking too. While obviously you could get 140 magazines worth of information about the titanic, I would have thought the person likely to want to read it would already have a book or two on the subject. I bet they do 10 - 15 editions and the readership starts to die out. Then they send the remaining pieces (which are probably only worth a couple of quid) to anyone still interested. So they've still raked in £150 or so for a worthless model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 It’s a weekly magazine. So potentially £44 a month. Buying by subscription guarantees ‘freebies’ such as folders for the magazines. Premium subscription is an extra £1 per issue (so £10.99) and gets you a display cabinet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: It’s a weekly magazine. So potentially £44 a month. Buying by subscription guarantees ‘freebies’ such as folders for the magazines. Premium subscription is an extra £1 per issue (so £10.99) and gets you a display cabinet. You sound keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, sidcow said: You sound keen. Those adverts have fascinated me for years. Whenever there’s an aircraft or race car or ship magazine I’m scanning the small print for the number of issues and the standard price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 30, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2021 Anyone wanna buy a bridge? (in easy weekly instalments) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Back in the olden days when money was scarce my wife was buying some essential oils magazine. She spent a fortune and had a pile of magazines. We moved 2 years later and I binned that shit. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 30, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, Seat68 said: Back in the olden days when money was scarce my wife was buying some essential oils magazine. She spent a fortune and had a pile of magazines. We moved 2 years later and I binned that shit. Does she have an interest in the modern Thomas Telford's? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 36 minutes ago, bickster said: Anyone wanna buy a bridge? (in easy weekly instalments) Have you had any takers? Don't leave us in suspension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted December 30, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: Has anybody ever completed one of those partwork magazine model kits? Currently being TV advertised: build your own Titanic. First issue £1.99, thereafter £9.99. 140 issues. So, nearly £1,400 to complete. For comparison: Airfix kit of the Titanic - 47 quid. I have to admit when I first read the first sentence I thought you were talking about assembling high priced lingerie from pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I've got insomnia, and I wonder why the busiest thread at 2.30 am is the Gresford thread. Surely to beelzebub there are better things on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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