Rick-okc wrote:Got a question for those in the know.
I have a complete set of back issues of Slot(Machine)-(Juke)Box Collector, Classic Amusement, and Coin-Op Classics magazines.
If my memory serves me correctly Slot-Box Collector and Classic Amusements magazines were the product of Eric Hatchel.
They were published, Slot-Box Collector from May 91 until Oct 92, and then Classic Amusements from Nov 92 until Aug 93.
I had the pleasure of meeting Eric and wrote a few articles for him. I liked the magazines and thought he did a good job.
Sadly, I lost touch with him.
Coin-Op Classics magazines was published from Mar 94 until "Winter" 97 by Peter Movsesian.
To make it easier for me to research a machine, I've scanned them all into PDF files on my computer.
Now my question for you guys.
Who owns the rights to these three great magazines? I'd like to offer the PDF files for sale, but not if I'm stepping on someone's toes.
It seems a shame that most new collectors may never see some of these older magazines and their contents.
Rick:
Cudo's to you, for taking the time, to build the PDF files on our hobbies magazines. Those issues are all history now,
with no back issues available, and most can only be found via the likes of eBay offerings. This will be a really big help
for all of our new entries into the hobby, that were not with us during the publication years. If I can help with acquiring
any permission rights from the original publishers, just let me know, as I have all their contact info, as I wrote for all
of them at one time. There is also another short-run magazine, that you might want to consider with this group. Right
now, I am not at the location of all my files, so will have to get back to you at that time. The only person that I can think
of, that you could have a problem with, would be Hoflin Publications, who is still in business, and were the last ones to
print the final issues of 'The Coin Slot'. Don Hoflin is the one that had a law suit going with our late Dick Bueschel for a
year and a half, and was a real jerk over the entire situation. But being as the remaining back issues of this magazine
have been sold to someone else, it may not be a problem, but that's to be discovered. The person that has them now, I
have not seen them advertised for availability as yet. This was rather a huge pleasant surprise, when I first heard about
it, as I had no idea that they had survived. When 'The Coin Slot' went 'belly-up' at Hoflin, a short time later, a new collector
got ahold of me, asking if back issues were available, and I said they should be. He contacted the publisher, and they told
him 'NO'. I then called Hoflin Publishing, and spoke with a lady, that had worked there for many years, and she told me that
'good ole Don', had ordered them all to be tossed into the company dumpster. I couldn't believe it, and said that it is common
sense, that there is money to be made with back issues, and she agreed, but that was what happened. So, from what I know
now, they were apparently stashed somewhere, only to surface, and be sold last year. I will also contact the new owner,
when I return, to see what is going on with these issues.
Later, Bill