August 09 MT issue

dragnlo. im with ya on the extra show coverage point, for sure, with out all the under const, just simple and even static dropped trucks none of the guys with the full built rigs would be at a show, on my side of the country there is def. way more "regular" trucks, by regular, i mean not really cover trucks, theres still alot of super high quality rides out here but the majority of us are just buildin shit to cruise around and have fun, ... also what happened to the construction zone, used to get 2 trucks in there now its always only 1?? ive been toolin' with my project for almost 3 yrs now and i love to follow the trucks gettin built that go from show to show with new mods, but it will always be battled by both sides  "no one wants to pay for a mag with a bunch of unfinished trucks" bullshit, i , along with alot of people i know, would love to see more of the  "common" trucks, like dragnlo said everyone gets stoked to see thier truck in mag or vid, makes you feel like all the time you spent got noticed by some one,  either way it would be nice but alot of people ask alot of things from mags, so you cant please them all......but mike, a few more little snaps of regular dudes trucks that catch your eye that you might think twice about puttin in during editing time..maybe throw em in and make some one happy..end rant

 Man alot of you guys dont even have a clue you keep going on and on saying Mike should do this, and do that. I agree it would be great to see more pages of show coverage, and more diversity in those rides.   Do you realize what Mikes budget is like?    He would love to give you guys ten pages of show coverage and 10 features a month but he has no budget and no advertisers you are lucky you have a magazine to bitch about every month with the way things are going.    He has to run the most eye appealing trucks to the casual newstand buyer if he filled show coverage with alot of regular Joe trucks someone would bitch because they dint show cover/cutting edge trucks.    I for one as a freelancer have not been paid for my last four features, and three show coverages and I am still shooting away because I believe in MiniTruckin......and this is all I do for a living so trust me its not fun   Everyone needs to subscribe and then go out to buy another copy just so we have a MiniTruckin to read, and keep buying from some of the advertisers to show them you are still interested in the magazine.   If you have a company that offers something for the scene throw a couple dollars torwards advertising.   I Just dont want to get on this forum one day and go hey remember MiniTruckin it was a bad ass magazine I wish we had something like that now.       Mike has done more with less than any editor of MiniTruckin ever will........Who else comes on here and asks you guys what you think every month?   Just another message from a asshole with a camera    

As of right now I STILL don't have my copy nor have I found one on the shelves. I'm interested in seeing the magazine because I hear that my boy John has his truck featured.

It looks like a lot less stores carry the mag now. That's a shame I'm really trying to buy a copy.

What part of town are you in? I have seen it almost every Kroger thats where I picked up my second copy

I've looked at walmarts, 711s, book stores with like 8000 diff mags, etc & nothing. MT has lost alot of subscribers for the same reason, mags not getting to their subscribers. Thats why I didnt renew mine. I was only getting 1 out of every 3 issues & it sucked. Sure call customer service they extend your subscription to make up, but that gets old after the 3rd or 4th time you talk to 1 of them. Another issue I had was there is no reason why a news stand should be selling copies before the subscribers have gotten theirs. So unsatisfied customers stop subscribing, which in turn makes advertisers stop advertising which drops the budget that can be spent on the mag & will eventually kill the mag. I realize that Mikes job has nothing to do with those 2 problems, but hes at least read about them on here before & if my job depended on people buying mags I would make it my job to find out why so many people arent getting their mags & change it & figure a way to make sure news stands dont have theirs until the last subscriber mag has been mailed. Like I said though its not his job & I dont have anything against him or the magazine & evertime I can find it on the news stand I'll buy it if I dont have it already. I just resubscribed too, see if things have changed, but I doubt it cause there are people on this thread saying they havent got theirs yet so... guess I'll just have to wait & see.      

i was stoked to see a harbor frieght add in the mag, hahaha. harbor frieght and mini trucks are like milk and cookies. haha

I personally love the issue (along with countless back issues as well). Cant wait to see the features on Payback and that taco from Sunset ...I think Mike and team has done an excellent job! And congrats to all the vehicles featured in the magazine!  They all were very NICE.  Glad to see Hydroholics getting some love too.  Well deserved.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by acrochicken What part of town are you in? I have seen it almost every Kroger thats where I picked up my second copy --------------------------------------------- I live on the westside near katy. I've tried several Krogers, walmarts and even two book stores. The only times I have trouble finding them are the months that my friends or I are in the magazine. Lol.

I thought this issue was great. Had some sick trucks featured, and kept me entertained. Keep up the good work Mike.

Edited: 6/7/2009 7:11:15 PM by Lucky

Edited: 6/7/2009 7:10:49 PM by Lucky---------------------------------------------Originally posted by acrochicken   Mike has done more with less than any editor of MiniTruckin ever will........Who else comes on here and asks you guys what you think every month?  -------------------------------------------- That's why i said what i said .....because he does want opinions....and i was obviously stating mine ......  you can step off the podium now  snookums