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I've been going through some stuff, and realise that I got a massive stack of Next Generation and Edge magazines dating as far back as 97! Many are in perfect condition. I'm wondering if it's worth holding on to them for a few more years, selling them now (if people are even buying these things) or just chucking them out.

I'm thinking about ebaying, for example, a years worth of one of the magazines for one flat price...

Any words of wisdom from the Ranch?
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what edge issues do you have
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Edge

63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 102, 107

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32 (August 1997!), 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 (August 99), Lifecycle 2, Volume 1 #1 (September 99).
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I tossed mine a while back and haven't bought a games mag since. Not wasting the money is great.
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I think I have most of those Edge's. Maybe 60-80 I dont have.
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Yeah, I've been meaning to ditch my magazine collection for years... mainly consists of Hyper from #1 to about #120 (I think). Reckon there's a market for it, or should I hold onto them for sentimental value?

The first few years were fucking awesome.
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Sad to say I reckon they're worthless and there's no market for it. But then you just know, the minute I chuck them away I'm going to find out that there are collectors that may want them. Although the difference between magazines from 50's-even the 80's and in recent years is that everything is computerised and backed up - lessening the value of one of these artefacts. I love one of the edge covers "Is this Game Over for Nintendo?". Little did they know that 10 years into the future they'd be making a mint of the generation of hardware that had just been divulged (ie gamecube).
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Yeah, I'm waging that they're not really worth anything... but I can't be fucked holding onto them with the amount of space they're taking up. And I know that once I ditch them, I'll wish I had kept them :/
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I have probably said this before but don't use the recycling to dump magazines, you will be fined (or fortunately warned) for overweight. I filled up a bin with old CVG at the time. Still, I do have a few old EDGE around somewhere that I have to get rid of.
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I'm thinking about holding onto about 5 that are in mint condition and were milestones in the industry...then in 5 years when I have another spring clean, I'll throw them away then lol...
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I used to love my mags but the internet has made them obsolete and pointless. That or I just got older.
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I had a FULL complete collection of Super Play and Mean Machines (from the start to when it split). I sold them to a friend who has probably the best collection of C64 and Amiga stuff in Australia. He literally has a whole room full of large plastic boxes full of perfect condition C64/Amiga stuff. He is extremely pedantic and fussy about condition.

Which leaves me with Hyper 1-15 (he didn't want them) and Edge 1-100 (missing I think two issues - something like 8 and 14).
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Reminiscing through this thread reminded me of a Mean Machines Mean Yob reply to a smart arse letter:

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Got mid eighties to mid nineties consecutive issues of import and Australian computer game magazines boxed up in storage at my parents. I went nuts on them when I was a kid before the internet. I used to get so excited with a new issue in my hands. Probably spent more $$$ on mags than games...
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I recently found my old collection when my Mum moved and told me to get all my old crap that I had left at her place.

Megazone from about '91/92 or so until its demise, Hyper 1-5 I think and then many random ones thereafter, PC Powerplay 1-10 or so, plus various UK mags (mostly Sega mags from around '92-'94), and a bunch of N64 era Next Gen.

Pretty cool looking through them after all these years.
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Post by BigSwingingUdders »

David Carney wrote:Edge

63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 102, 107
I'll take them all. Name your price inc postage to Brisbane.
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BigSwingingUdders wrote:
David Carney wrote:Edge

63, 64, 65, 70, 71, 72, 74, 76, 78, 79, 80, 81, 88, 102, 107
I'll take them all. Name your price inc postage to Brisbane.
:redface: You're kidding me?! I threw them in the rubbish yesterday and the garbage truck came this morning... I feel bad for both of us now... It was always going to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I only saved issue 70.
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And 48 for Next Generation - the issue that declared Zelda OOT the game of the century and my very first issue (32 - August 1997).
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