Reply To: “Price check on aisle 7!”

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“We’re going back, Marty!” “Back where, doc ?” ‘Back to the…past….”

Airfix magazine, vol 18,no 1 from September 1976 cost 30p,a 1/35th scale German Jagdpanther by Tamiya £ 2.99, and Skytrex Ltd. in Leicester were selling historical 25mm minis for 9p infantry, 20p cavalry.

Historical minis have always been cheaper than Fantasy or Sci-Fi minis.

My oldest gaming magazine of all, Battle, vol.2 no.5 from April/May 1975 cost 35p ($ 1.75 in US & CAN) and in it we find Charles Grant’s Napoleonic Wargaming advertised for £ 3.00, Avalon Hill’s massive Gettysburg game for £ 5.95 and the already mentioned Skytrex wanted you to  send them a self-addressed stamped envelope to receive a catalog.

I remember sending lots of those to many different companies. When’s the last time YOU sent an SASE to someone ? Or a hand-written letter…..