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Glad you got your book. Slightly less glad you posted pictures, because, damn, I have to get that one. I'm still wavering on O'Neill, but that McMahon art is a must.

Resistance is useless!! 

Success! When in doubt, harass your FedEx agent until they 'find' your shipment. Parcel delivered safe and sound, only 7 days late. And wow! What a beauty.

Given how big the book is, the box must be the size of a small hatchback. How the hell can a courier lose that?

Really good question! Logic doesn't enter into it. Last box they lost had about 8 books in it and weighed 5 kg. It wasn't a small A4 envelope. Most of them were oop books and Rebellion went out of stock - so I never received replacements either. FedEx can't deny it's their fault this time as they have it in their system as at their own depot!

Looks like I'm going to have a long wait for my fix of McMahon as the utterly useless FedEx appears to have lost my parcel. Again. This is the second Rebellion order they have "lost". 

Really interesting quotes. God, what a barbarian! Staedtler projector pens are a really odd choice, they had a dense but runny ink and I think the biggest was only a 6mm wedge. Not very useful for filling in. I long for the original Magic Markers though - the smell was divine - if a little toxic  They weren't very colourfast either.

Wow, really? I'm impressed if that's the case. Some of the filling in looks like markers but I would have guessed Rotring pens and ink/brush.

That's unfortunate. A bit of light fading doesn't worry me too much though - shows a bit of character in the art. It is a bit odd though. I would have guessed that Mick used India Ink back in the 80's and that is pretty much lightfast unlike all other colour inks which will fade quite a bit if exposed. Maybe he applied the ink quite thinly and you are just 'seeing through' it. The repro would have darkened that up for printing.
Or maybe he used a cheap non permanent ink - need a McMahon expert to tell us.

Love it! Thanks. Especially Sláine. 
I'm still waiting for my scheduled delivery sometime between Friday and March.

Oooh, you tease!    Couldn't you show a few pages to keep me going, I've got to wait until Friday for my copy 

As someone that bought the Apex edition this is both annoying and intriguing. There aren't enough details yet to get too excited but I'm interested in the extra pages, especially if it will be printed full size.
Certainly the price point makes this edition more accessible. The price inflation for the Apex editions has been wild. I managed to get the first one for €85 - the second McMahon was €115!!

Or maybe a "radio thing" or even a comic.
Good job this isn't just wild speculation.
Some people might get their hopes up!

Can you imagine how much that book would weigh??? The complete thing? Blimey!

I'm prepared to put in a few extra hours in the gym just to get that on my lap!

Personally I would give any one of my appendages together with either of my offspring and those of my siblings for an Apex edition of the Apocalypse War including Block Mania.  In fact I would quite cheerfully offer up each and every one of my key organs for this.  Am I being slightly extreme or is this "one more for the madness?"

I would absolutely go for this. I mean why not have yet another version? I've already got the original Titan GN's, the IDW coloured hardback and the complete case files, as well as "accidentally" buying the "Essential" version just to see if it was any different. But having the whole thing in one massive Apex sized edition would blow my mind. Even if half of the pages could only be reproduced as printed, instead of art scans, who wouldn't want to see the Apocalypse War in full size?

What is it with the BBC giving family members veto rights over ancient broadcasts? There is no legal or contractual basis for this.

That's not right.  Back then the writer retained the IP.  That's why Terry Nation (and subsequently his estate) own the Daleks.

Two separate things getting mixed up here. The BBC has given surviving relatives of actors/presentors, as well as the actors themselves, the right to veto repeat broadcasts of old programming.

Back in the sixties and seventies, many writers of Doctor Who episodes negotiated over control of characters (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) and monsters (Daleks , K9) so that they retained a say in any further use of their IP. In the case of Terry Nation he managed to secure ownership of the character rights out of the BBC and also writer's privilege over any story involving the Daleks. He had big plans to take them to the US and wanted the right to go it alone. He didn't have copyright over the design though as that was actually owned by Ray Cusick (working directly for the BBC) and Shawcraft Models who actually built the things. His estate still retains the same rights today which is why when Doctor Who was rebooted there was some very public bitching between the "Nation Estate" and the BBC about bringing the Daleks back.