im gonna have to call around for print shops where i can get it unbound, because bending the shit outta the spine will only do so much and this book is chuuuuunky.
your work will not fall into obscurity, yasuda-san.
you are the predecessor to nearly every back to the future fanfiction writer ever.
back to the future (actually nah that would be a straight up lie) marty mcfly themed ita bag! everything here is official merchandise (both new and vintage) besides the boomerang pin and the acrylic keychain!
the boomerang pin is from e.athlete on ebay
the acrylic keychain is by @maxintime (i plan on buying all of them raaauagh)
got an ebay email and was reminded i shelled out for the usa today october 22 2015 gag cover
i own the replica from the ultimate visual history that's double sided (one for youth jailed and one for gang jailed), but the real life usa today one has very tounge-in-cheek front page news that reference the films after the first half of the front page. in the movie anything below it is just filler text.
sigh okay after writing that i want to write more
one of them was written by michael klastorin, the publicist of part 2 and 3. also the co-writer of the ultimate visual history (sole writer on the 1st and 2nd revisions) and the writer of it's predecessor, the official book of the complete movie trilogy.
the rest are filler names, except travis pietsch, which is the name of an artist and graphic designer, who i found a single credit related to usa today, which is doing design for their 35th anniversary promotion. i assume he was also working for them as early as 2015 (their 35th was in 2023)
comparison between the in-universe and real life versions
so... who here remembers my blogs about "Super Adventure Game Back to the Future", aka, super marty torture book? i have some lovely news.
about two weeks ago, i purchased the only two copies that i could on japanese e-commerce sites via proxy, since i was also purchasing the bttf converse that were put out for the 40th anniversary. i was worried about shipping but for my 26k JPY package? 6k JPY shipping with 4k JPY prepaid duties isn't bad. may as well yanno
so. i do not know a lick of japanese. but google translate, as it is now, is sufficient enough. i will be scanning the one in worse condition because i want one for the collection, scanning, and then machine translating so that can at least be out there! ofc anyone who wants to make a proper one would absolutely be free to do so.
also means that deathloop marty who wants to fucking kill everyone is coming soon to martymania who cheered?
okay so i knew the power of love had an extended version (dance mix) but apparently there's a shorter remix and they're both done by the same guy??? and then back in time has the same treatment but it's so obscure
i'm trying to get all three versions of each song on physical formats and it's KILLING me from the inside
also the ones for power of love are really good
it sucks the remixes for both songs haven't gotten a remaster. they have not been rereleased since 1985
i broke my rule but i know it's gonna cost at least a little over $20 to ship (maybe even less) so shit honestly good enough i can absolutely eat that cost