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Why didn't I spot it before? I was looking through some boxes a few days ago and rediscovered my collection of TV Film Memorabilia magazines, of which I've always believed I had the complete set. I hadn't looked at them in a good while due to the fact I'd forgotten where they were, so I copped a gander at all the covers - but what was this? The first issue was dated May, but the next issue I had was dated July - yet it was a monthly periodical. Here indeed was a mystery worth investigating. I noticed that in the first number's 'next issue' page none of the features matched what was in the next one I had, so that was a definite indication that something wasn't right. Why hadn't I noticed it before though?
I immediately logged on to eBay and tracked down the apparently missing issue, complete with free gift, but was it possible I already owned the mag and had carelessly allowed it to become separated from its fellows? Going by the seller's photos, nothing rang a bell, so I bought it and it arrived today. Poring over its pages, there's nothing familiar about it and surely I'd have remembered the free gift. I can only assume I bought issue #1 as it was about to go 'off sale' and purchased #3 when it first appeared in WHS, so the gap between issues didn't seem inordinately long and is maybe why I hadn't realised I'd missed an ish.
The title first came out in 2007 so it's taken me around 15 years to notice my complete set wasn't so complete after all. It is now though, so all's well that ends well I suppose. This ever happened to any of you Crivvies? Y'know, not realising you had a gap in a collection and thinking you had every issue? If so, help make your genial host feel not quite so inept by sharing your stories in our ever-hungry comments section. Incidentally, only the first two monthly mags out of 20 are numbered - none of the remaining 18 are, which is perhaps why I didn't notice the gap 15 years ago. (There was also an 'Annual' for 2010.)
Right, now I'm going to read the mag, then pull out the box its fellows are in from the cupboard and 'reunite' them. Don't you just love a happy ending?
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Incidentally, look at the free supplement below that came with #2; there was also one about toys that came with #1, but it wasn't advertised on the cover, only alluded to in the editor's page at the back of the mag. I no longer recall whether or not it was present in the issue I bought as, not being mentioned on the cover, I wouldn't have noticed its absence if such were the case. If it was included, I no longer remember and wouldn't know where I stored it at the time or where to even begin looking for it. If any of you own a copy of the supplement and would like to sell it, I'll buy it off you - so let me know. If I do already have it and ever find it, I'll post a cover gallery of the mag and include the supplement.
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