Jekleandhyde76

On 5/6/2021 at 6:12 PM, Rivin said:

This sticker  Is actually from the mailing of the 1st sample copy of nintendo power. The magazines that have sample copy instead of free poster inside in the Sun area of the cover, were sent out in paper envelopes with a letter and a subscription card and a little note. This subscription card had a sticker that you would peel off and put in a designated area in the shape of that sticker and then send it back the nintendo so that you would subscribe to nintendo power magazine. The paper envelope  with the sample copy the letter and the card were sent out to nintendo fan club members for free, in hopes that they would sign up for the new nintendo power magazine. I can post a picture of it, if you like.I am sorry for the late response, just went through this thread again after some months. If there is something I can help with in reference with my collection, I'd be happy to help.

 

Rivin

 

That makes sense now! Thank you for that info. Very cool!

On 1/18/2021 at 2:02 PM, twiztor said:

that's super cool! i never knew this existed and now i want one

edit: i vote yes on including the Fun Clubs. i don't know of any variants and they don't have posters so there's not much work involved.

Plus there are only 7 of them. I own the last 4 which are technically still a newsletter but had moved into a thin magazine format as a precursor to Nintendo Power’s debut. 

On 12/20/2020 at 12:50 PM, doner24 said:

That looks like someone placed it on there, versus it coming to someone like that.

Someone being Nintendo lol. Not sure where somebody would get a period-correct Mario sticker that states “Insiders Calendar” to then stick onto a premiere issue just before an insiders calendar was included, and decide to call it a day.  

On 12/20/2020 at 12:28 PM, acidjaguar said:

Very interesting picture for sure!  I'd say your right as it probably was very near the end of issue one / beginning of issue 2 for that to happen. 

 

I am hesitant on getting the Fun Club News issues in here as they were Newsletters and I still need to get a formal newsletter list going.  Which probably I should just do now I suppose.  Be on the lookout!

Makes sense, though the first 3 were in a newsletter format, but the last 4 went to a thin magazine format before the fuller Nintendo Power format. But no worries, was just a thought.

13 hours ago, acidjaguar said:

Interesting.  I had always assumed it was with volume 2 and never had seen a sticker on volume 1 for the calender.  Can you post a pic of this? 


Also, updated my table above for Issue 251 .... Gold Lightan's counterpart is PTX-40A Ivan. 
- For what it's worth, I don't know if my table will hold up as being 100% true.  Can anyone send me a message with a formal list of characters from the game?  (Tatsunoko vs Capcom)

 

Yeah here is a pic of the cover below. I am guessing maybe they included it with late-run premier issues AND issue #2. Also, any thoughts on including the 7 issues of Fun Club News that pre-dated the debut of Nintendo Power? They really were the beginning of the magazine.  

Just ran across this site while researching different things about Nintendo Power. Not counting all the variants, just issue numbers, I only have like 17 issues of Nintendo Power left to find, and the first 3 issues of Funclub News. Just to start off, I think the Funclub News issues should be included as they birthed NP...any thoughts? Also, I have the premier issue of NP in quite good shape except the 2 inserts and poster/map are not attached (but are included) and the poster/map and Players poll insert have some carefully placed tape on them...BUT I also have a really beat up premier copy with the poster/ map and 2 inserts missing and that one has a Mario sticker on the front that states “Insiders Calendar”. I notice that this item is included as a variant of issue #2, but I believe this shows it also came with some issues of volume #1. Just my 2-cents for now, curious to hear thoughts.