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Where are they now?
« on: July 20, 2008, 02:51:06 AM »
So I was thumbing through a handful of Plastic Fantastic magazines John Reeves let me look over....which by the way, I was totally stoked by and by its content and design. Wow, I am thinking where the heck was I at the time. I hardly remember. But I certainly remember most in the issues I got. Then there are folks who I seem to want to remember, but don't really. Vaguely...

For example...

Eric Hathaway (editor and publisher)

Martin Leichter
Kevin Flynn

Two older gentlemen who toyed around with the plastic.

And I do distinctly remember Sharky from tc.com...

There are a lot of folks who have passed thru the plastic gates. I looked over some older issues of Light Leaks and see so many names that ring a bell...but wonder where they've vanished too....gee.

So, where are they now? And what happened to Plastic Fantastic?
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 03:00:23 AM »
...and Wally. Wally Haley. Where in the sam hell has Wally been. He has not uploaded anything to his blog in two years. Wally, if you are reading this, stop by man.  :)
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 05:31:41 AM »
I am right here.
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 11:47:40 AM »
Quote from: beck on July 20, 2008, 03:00:23 AM
...and Wally. Wally Haley. Where in the sam hell has Wally been. He has not uploaded anything to his blog in two years. Wally, if you are reading this, stop by man.  :)

Wally occasionally posts here Becky -if it's the same Wally that is
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 01:17:24 PM »
Leon, that be Wally Billingham. Wally Haley is who I speak of...

http://whaley.my-expressions.com/
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 03:14:31 PM »
Quote from: beck on July 20, 2008, 02:51:06 AM
And what happened to Plastic Fantastic?

The harsh commercial reality of niche market publishing happened  :(
He did a nice job with PF. Clean simple styling. I miss the mag too
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 04:14:40 PM »
Thine eyes did not see...till I did a search here. Damn is right.

http://filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=119.0

I have to thank John once again for sending me these. I had never seen one in person. And yes, Don, I couldn't agree more about the clean and simple design and layout. It was perfect. I am thinking there were only the 4 issues, including the Year End Issue.

When punching in the website, there does appear to be a page....but with zero content. Geez....

http://plasticfantasticonline.com/
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2008, 05:08:39 PM »
They could at least have left a thank you message...

I checked the wayback machine, there were 5 updates in 2005
Here is the link if anybody wants to check out the different versions of the site that were archived through the years.

Wayback Machine
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2008, 05:11:31 PM »
i picked up all the issues on ebay a couple years ago for about $10. nice mag. i think about a year ago there was talk about restarting it again.
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2008, 05:14:48 PM »
Hmm, hard times indeed then. Even more so now. I would love to see this started again and will make any sort of contribution to see it happen.
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Re: Where are they now?
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2008, 05:54:29 PM »
Eric was a one- man- band so to speak.
He did the entire mag by himself with very little assistance from his editor.

I hated to see it go as well. :(
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