BaronSFel001 wrote:My name is Scott, and I am just your simple hardcore Sega fan. I plan on rebuilding my game and console collection as soon as I start earning a viable income, but there are other mementos which are not quite as accessible as some of us would like them to be. Specifically, as you likely noticed already, I am referring to your collection of both Sega Challenge/Team Sega Newsletter and Sega Visions. I have gone over your list and collaborated with other sources, and have thus verified that your collection of both is complete. I am not asking you to part with any of them (I know I would not if our roles were reversed), but I firmly believe that there are some legacy aspects of gaming that need preservation one way or another. On that note, I am asking you to consider providing the Sega fan community complete high-quality scans of your Sega magazine collection. Actually, come to think of it, there is no need to bother with Sega Visions: 1) the retro magazine community is on the verge of completing that collection, and 2) most are so thick you would be forced to damage them in order to come up with good scans. As I recall, the Team Sega Newsletter is fairly thin, and I agree with your assessment that it was done in several ways better than its successors. Not to mention that it is those small 7 issues that are the hardest to acquire nowadays.

Let me know how this could possibly work for you. First, let me know if you are willing and/or able to do so in the first place, then we can discuss details. Looking forward to hearing back from you.

SEGA!!

P.S. Though I am a member of some, I am not officially representing any specific Sega fan communities with this request. If you would rather officially work this deal with a community, I can give you a referral to one or two whom I am sure would be interested.

Ter wrote: Hello, and thanks for your interest in the newsletters. I regret to inform you that I wrote that list in the late 90's, and had a flood in 2001. Unfortunately, most of the Sega Challenge/Team Sega newsletters suffered severe water damage. I do, however, still own them all and would be willing to scan what I can. Here's what I have:

Issues #1 and #2 have damage so severe, they won't even open. These two issues are completely stuck together.

Issue #3 also has severe damage. The center slightly opens.

Issue #4 has some damage. Some stains, but the pages open, although it's a bit stiff.

Issue #5 has the least damage. Some small stains, but everything feels normal and nothing sticks together.

Issue #6 is similar to issue #4 and #5. However, the front cover is somewhat stuck to issue #7 (but not totally).

Issue #7 is not good. Each page is is stuck, but they all partially open, unlike the first two.

Let me know what I can do for you. Please join my forums (link below) and we can make a discussion in there. Just crate an account, and reprint your original e-mail and I'll reprint mine. From there we can take it step by step, and I'll help you and take it from there.

All the best,
Ter

Ter wrote:Do you want it in .pdf? Here is issue #4's cover in .pdf. If the quality is good enough, I will scan the rest.

Team Sega Issue #4 Cover

BaronSFel001 wrote:

Ter wrote:Do you want it in .pdf? Here is issue #4's cover in .pdf. If the quality is good enough, I will scan the rest.

Team Sega Issue #4 Cover

All things considered, that is not bad - on a listing, I would designate it as an "Acceptable" condition. If you can pull things together like that, especially on the first three, this still ought to go a long way. They may not be archival quality, but that ought to be forgiven if they are complete and readable, considering how rare they are.

Ter wrote: Issue #1, #2, and #3 aren't possible yet, as they are in the process of being repaired. Here is the complete issue of #5. It's not perfect, but it's readable. If it's ok, I will scan the others. Let me know.

BaronSFel001 wrote:

Ter wrote: Issue #1, #2, and #3 aren't possible yet, as they are in the process of being repaired. Here is the complete issue of #5. It's not perfect, but it's readable. If it's ok, I will scan the others. Let me know.

Very readable, very satisfactory (at least to me). By the way, did that include the back cover (I cannot tell)?

Ter wrote:Been extremely busy at work the past few days. I'll start scanning more issues Monday night after work.

Ter wrote:Issue # 6 is scanned and up!

BaronSFel001 wrote:I figured the time was right to present this project to the Sega community. My contact is Chakan, who runs segafans.com. He is most excited and very willing to host and distribute whatever we come up with.

Ter wrote: Feel free to tell anyone to link it here:

http://www.zaponline.org/seganewsletter.html

It is proving very difficult to scan the rest. Issues # 1-3 are in the process of being freeze dried, and this could take months with no guarantees. Issue #7's cover has just been scanned, but do to water damage each page is still partially stuck at the bottom. I'll see what I can do with this, it's not too bad.