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Discussion in 'Collectables, Literature, & Models' started by lil squid, Jun 9, 2008.

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  1. Buchpilot

    Buchpilot Formula Junior

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    Interestingly, the Waft luxury edition about the Valkyrie offers 778 pages for 950 euros.
    The standard edition offers 326 pages for just 90 euros.
    When you look at the strange layout of the luxury edition with its total waste of space and its white deserts without text or images, than I am sure that you find every important information in the condensed standard edition - for less than a tenth of the price.
     
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  2. bloomberg

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    I'm done with Waft.
     
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  3. Jack-the-lad

    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    I just canceled my purchase.
     
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    Interesting. What made you change your mind, if you don't mind me asking?
     
  5. Rosey

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    More information please…..
     
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    Besides, I'm not sure I have any interest in the Valkyrie - it's a shame if it only saves me 90 euros and not 950 euros :mad:
     
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    Meaning that there are collectors out there who paid up for just 4 different dustjackets?
    Oh well, same trick as they pulled on the brochure for the Superamerica. If you really need them all: 2005 FERRARI SUPERAMERICA BOX: SET OF 9 BROCHURES (autolit.eu)
     
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  9. Rosey

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    Was that an option to just buy the slip cases only ?
     
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    From what I saw, when ordering the yearbook there is no choice so that one receives the book with a randomly selected jacket among the four existing.
    I don't know how one could get the four jackets - if one orders 4 times he may receive the same jacket several times; maybe there will be a jacket exchange market...
     
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  11. of2worlds

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    When Ferrari ships a box of yearbooks there is a label on the outside that identifies which one of the four covers is inside. The dealer has no control over which version arrives.
     
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  12. Maser GTS

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    I received my yearbook yesterday with the human models on the front. While the yearbook is fine, considering that it is a celebration of 75 years, and emphasizes Modena yellow, wouldn't one think that there would be at least one picture of the F1 car that raced at Monza with the special yellow livery? If there was a picture of the car, then I missed it. Would someone be so kind as to inform me of the page number with the picture of the Monza F1 car?
     
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    I have the models cover on my yearbook. Boy is the printing garbage, not clear covered and smells like a chemical fire.
     
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    Page 153 features both drivers wearing their yellow uniforms. No cars.
     
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    Tiny printing for the captions on most pictures.
     
  16. Rosey

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    Thanks.
    That’s what I would imagine the case to be.
     
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    I have never negatively commented on a book the I have bought over 45 years of buying auto books; and I have probably 400 books in my collection. Some have been better than others which would be understandable, and not a big deal.
    I do prefer books that are on the cars production and design which is why I bought the Valkyrie book. All that being said; That book is worst piece of Sh..t I have ever bought. It is written in the style of a reality TV show; you know, “we’re running of time” “ we will never get this done on time” “Adrian wants this and that and boy if he doesn’t get it his way or that hell is going to pay” Everything is a problem etc. etc. I couldn’t even get a quarter of the way through it. The design of the book is poor, there aren’t any pictures of the anything just garbage little drawings. I don’t know anything about the author but from reading this mess of a book I would have to say he is a complete F..king moron. There’s my rant for the day. Do not buy this book and if you have my condolences; you and I got ripped off big time.
     
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    The author is a Belgian journalist and his wife does the photos. His English is pidgin at best, but I guess he thinks he’s funny. He did another book on RUF that is a complete disaster. I contacted them a long time ago, to suggest better proofreading, but they were just happy with it. Hopeless amateurs. Sorry to see you spend so much and not being happy with the book.
     
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    I figured he was a hack. I guess the odds are you are going to eventually get a bad book; so I guess out all my years of buying books this is really the only one that I thought was a complete stinky sack of crap. Lesson learned is stick to books buy known authors; as an example the ones that post here occasionally ;)
     
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    Well there you have it. A totally open and honest review of a “totally open and honest book”—the publisher’s words, not mine. This book did interest me, but it sadly seems like a squandered opportunity. There exists an expanded eight-volume version included with the actual cars. Makes me wonder, based on this review, what content could possibly merit four more volumes.
     
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    There was no chance I would have bought the book because I have no interest in the subject matter, but I appreciate the frank review.
     
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    Thank you very much for your open words! It's the same mess with the Glickenhaus book by Waft ... Total desaster in every respect.
     
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  23. Llenroc

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    Haha; sorry guys for getting out hand there but, gotta call it like you see it sometimes.
     
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    Jack-the-lad Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Silver Subscribed

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    I don’t like self-referential books, i.e. books that are really more about themselves than about the subject matter.
     
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    Why did you cancel your order for the Girardo 550 book ?

    Didn't see the value in it ?
     

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