1992 “Mechforce North America” BattleTech Advertisement

As you know, one of the challenges of being a kid with hobbies is affording those hobbies. Over two decades ago, when I was considerably younger, I would often see the advertisements for the office BattleTech fan club and always wish that I had the extra bucks to throw into membership. The promise of a quarterly magazine was enough to excite my imagination — I didn’t need all of the extra trinkets like a poster and membership card — but I never took action to join. And now, twenty-five years after this ad was first published, I find myself asking: How tough would it be to chase down those old magazine issues?

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