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filmwasters<\/a> member Out of Contxt<\/a> (Bill Vaccaro) writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\nEric Hathaway, editor of Plastic Fantastic magazine, has sent out a letter informing subscribers that it is ceasing publication effective May 1 [2006]. To summarize his letter, they couldn’t cut it fanancially and it was personally bleeding Eric dry.<\/p>\n
From hindsight, some of the factors that led to PL’s demise are obvious: lack of a sustainable subscriber base and lack of outside revenue sources (ads). I know Eric was insistent that, apart from the Holgamods<\/a>‘ ad on the back cover, that the magazine be ad-free. And I’m not knocking his decision to do so either. It’s takes a lot of courage to do what Eric attempted to do. And for that, I am eternally grateful.<\/p>\n
In any case, I’m truly sorry to see it go. I know it was a labor of love for Eric and I’ll really miss getting my issues at my doorstep every few months. I always felt there was room for more than one publication devoted to toy cams. Damn shame.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The plasticfantasticonline.com site is already down. Update your links pages and break out the black armbands.<\/p>\n
Via slowlight pinhole blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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