Complete Star Trek Fact Files going free if anyone is interested?

[erl72]

Hi folks,

Apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong area but it seemed like the most logical place ... and since there appear to be loads of these on Ebay that no-one is buying then we're giving them away free to a good home.

We collected the whole set as it was published on subscription but having just recently moved house they are taking up a lot of space and we don't really look at them at all ... there are 20 binders (a good few of the issues need separating and filing in order still) but as far as we can recall we're fairly certain all the issues are there. They are in good condition as they've been on a big bookshelf and hardly touched.

We live in Birmingham so if someone wants them and is able to collect them then you are welcome to have them

All the best,

Eddi

 

[Deranged Nasat]

Well, I'm interested and in theory I'd certainly like to take you up on this generous offer, but I don't have a means to get to Birmingham with any speed or convenience.

 

[Christopher]

Birmingham, Alabama or Birmingham, England? Or one of the other dozen or so Birminghams in the US?

 

[erl72]

My apologies, never thought to quantify the country.

That would be Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

 

[TowerPower]

Just out of curiosity are those available in digital (pdf) format? I've heard of the fact files but never seen one. Were those released in the U.S. under a different name?

 

[erl72]

This is the first link that came up in a google search ....

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Trek_Fact_Files

But incidentally Google offered a few extra pre-determined searches as I was typing in the search box and 2 of those were "star trek files pdf" and "star trek files download" so someone may have done it?

 

[Therin of Andor]

Just out of curiosity are those available in digital (pdf) format? I've heard of the fact files but never seen one. Were those released in the U.S. under a different name?

Some of the diagrams and blueprints prepared for the loose-leaf partwork, GE Fabbri's "Fact Files" (UK), were to reappear in issues of the US square-bound "Star Trek: The Magazine". But the "Fact Files" also featured episode guides, movie guides, character guides, lexicons, etc.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

My apologies, never thought to quantify the country.

That would be Birmingham, West Midlands, England.

That's the one I was thinking of.

 

[F. King Daniel]

FWIW, I consider the Fact Files to be the biggest waste of money in my life. I will however keep mine forever as reminder to never piss money away on garbage like that again.
When they started and I was younger those pretty diagrams were awesome. Many still are, but I think they must have broken some record for padding and redundancy. I don't think they contained a single shred of info that wasn't lifted from the ST Ency or the Chronology.

 

[Dayton Ward]

I have some of the Japanese versions, if anybody's interested....

 

[F. King Daniel]

^Have all the characters been given huge eyes and crazy hair?

 

[Dayton Ward]

Yes, and the landing parties are all stomped on by Godzilla.

 

[SpyOne]

I'm in the US, but would be glad to mail a check to cover postage.

 

[Therin of Andor]

FWIW, I consider the Fact Files to be the biggest waste of money in my life.

I hear this statement often from people who regretted buying them after about issue #30, but continued on relentlessly and angrily until they reached #304. You were allowed to stop at any time you know.

The weekly price only increased once (here it was due to the arrival of our GST) in all that time - 304 consecutive weeks! - and I thoroughly enjoyed the weekly discipline of dividing up the issues, inserting the pages into their correct sections and browsing the odd article.

When they started and I was younger those pretty diagrams were awesome. Many still are, but I think they must have broken some record for padding and redundancy. I don't think they contained a single shred of info that wasn't lifted from the ST Ency or the Chronology.

All the "Star Trek: Enterprise" stuff, for a start.

 

[F. King Daniel]

It wasn't a weekly discipline for me. It was hours of wrist-destroying seperation, hole-reinforcement adding, sorting, correction-sticker adding and binding after they finished. With my sister's help, thankfully.

And yeah, I could have quit any time I wanted.

Yep, any time.

Just...didn't feel like it.

It's a shame that promises of a 1701-A cutaway were cruelly reigned upon.

 

[Therin of Andor]

It wasn't a weekly discipline for me. It was hours of wrist-destroying seperation, hole-reinforcement adding, sorting, correction-sticker adding and binding after they finished. With my sister's help, thankfully.

See, that's where you got no value for money. Every week I had my full $4.95 worth of fun. A few times I had a pile of about four issues to do but mostly I enjoyed the weekly routine. You turned it into a huge, ugly chore!

And yeah, I could have quit any time I wanted.

So don't blame GE Fabbri or its writers, illustrators and photo reference editors. They did a stupendous job!

It's a shame that promises of a 1701-A cutaway were cruelly reigned upon.

What promises?

 

[F. King Daniel]

I think it was the fold-out diagram at the start of the 1701 refit or 1701-A section. It promised a "key location cutaway" in the future. I waited years. I got a bullshit text page with no diagram.

I waited *years*

 

[F. King Daniel]

(double post, sorry)



...YEARS!!!

 

[seigezunt]

Yes, and the landing parties are all stomped on by Godzilla.

Don't forget the tentacles.

 

[locutus42]

I’d like it if still available and possible to post as I’m same country but not near midlands