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- From: "colin mcgregor" <colin.mcgregor@canrem.com>
- Subject: fen sources
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.2655.638@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "colin mcgregor" <colin.mcgregor@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: aus
- Date: 20 Nov 92 09:14:26 EST
- Lines: 63
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- I love how some conferences carry listings of where find the good stuff,
- the items that you will not normally run across. This is my first
- attempt at a list like that, where to find the odd items fen want. I
- have had good to excellent dealings with all of the firms listed below,
- BUT be warned I have not dealt with some for several years. If you know
- why any of these firms should not be listed, or know of a firm that
- MUST be listed in a list like this, let me know.
-
- Books - New/Used:
-
- Bakka, 282 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2A1 (416)
- 596-8161
-
- Canada's largest/oldest SF bookstore. They do have a mail order
- service.
-
- Buttons - Parts/Equipment:
-
- Badge A Minit, 348 North 30th Road, Box 800, LaSalle, IL, 61301,
- U.S.A. (800) 223-4103, (815) 224-2090
-
- They seem to be the largest button maker. They only support 2.25" buttons.
- Machines start at about $30 and go up. They also sell button parts, paper
- cutters, and other button making accessories.
-
- Mr. Button Products Inc., 5739 W. 85th St., P.O. Box 68355, Indianapolis,
- IN, 46268-0355, U.S.A., (317) 872-7000
-
- Support for over 10 different button sizes. Their machines cost more than
- B-a-M, but parts are less than B-a-M. Unlike B-a-M, Mr. Button parts do NOT
- have advertising on them! The Mr. Button 2 3/8" parts will fit Badge-A-
- Minit machines.
-
- Buttons, pre-made:
-
- Nancy Lebovitz, 400 Wollaston Ave., C6, Newark, DE, 19711, U.S.A.
-
- Nancy Lebovitz has put together the largest collection of cute/clever/
- etc. button saying that I've seen. It's a delight just to sit and read
- her catalog. She does custom work.
-
- Convention listings:
-
- The SF Con Register, Box 3343, Fairfax, VA, 22038, U.S.A. (703) 273-3297
-
- Assembled by Erwin S. ("Filthy Piere") Strauss this is THE convention
- listing, EVERYTHING gets listed. Indexed by guest, place, name and date.
- Cost: $10 (U.S.)/yr. (4 issues) in N. America, $12/yr. overseas. $2+
- S.A.S.E. for a sample issue.
-
- Toys:
-
- Isher Artifacts, 530 W. Walnut Street, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007, U.S.A.
-
- "Expensive but worth it" could be this firms motto. Isher makes a range
- of ray guns, sonic screwdrivers, Dr. Who scarves and other SF toys. Most
- are beautify machined out of acrylic and/or aluminum. They offer ray guns
- that contain a low power laser. They do custom work. Catalog $1.00 (U.S.).
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