Hi,
This is marketed by the same company (DeAgostini) that also markets those, "Build a Fokker Triplane in x number of parts", or "Build the Bismarck", or "Build a brass planetarium in 100 issues"... or "Build a Supermarine Spitfire" in x parts... grr
My nephew was 'suckered' into starting building the Fokker Dr.1 triplane. The first issue was £1.99 in the UK, followed by £4.99 per issue from then on - well he got fed up at issue #36 when the newsagent refused to get in any more copies as all the attached little parts were a nightmare... to make one wing spar involved gluing a whole load of lollipop stick items together to form one object.
Well, I did the uncle thing, did the math and told him he would be out of pocket by about £500 by the time he finished, even if he did manage to receive all the issues and parts intact. Took him to a model store and bought him a scale flying Triplane for half that sum...
All the collateral in the issues is derivative...
I have heard similar stories from people that attempted others in the er.. series.
I would guess that any and all material in this SF Magazine series would be along the same lines... In the UK a few years back, the first episode of UFO "Identified" was included free with a TV listings magazine... so it's all out there.
Hope this 'saves' someone :)
Sorry to be so cynical, just trying to help...
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[hidden email], "Marc Martin" <marc@...> wrote:
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> > Looks interesting, but the price IS prohibitive.
>
> With one episode per disc, it's possible that they used a higher
> bitrate and these are higher quality versions of the episodes
> that have been released on DVD with 3-4 episodes per disc.
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> However, these days, I think people are expecting high
> definition quality, not DVD quality...
>
> Marc
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