+cvga Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Did anyone else ever join Imagic's Numb Thumb Club (there's an ad in the back of most of their catalogs)? I remember sending in my $2 and waiting and waiting without them sending me my membership card or poster. We wrote back to them and nothing happened. Finally my mother talked someone from the Better Business Bureau into helping us. I did end up receiving the card and poster but I don't know what happened to them. I can't even remember which poster I asked for How many different posters did they release? I would love to have one of each! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osmeroid Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Wow! I didn't know Imagic had a club. I was trying totrck down similar stuff from Parker Bros and Activision. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATARIPITBULL Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 I remember seeing that ad for Imagic a long time ago but I did not try to join because I had sent my $1.00 to join the Atari club and never got anything back, I was so mad that I asked my dad to go over there and kick every body's ASS!! ( I was 10 years old ), but when he told me they were in California and it was too far away, so to make up for it he took me to sears and bought me any game I wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvigor Posted February 3, 2002 Share Posted February 3, 2002 Yes. I too sent my $2 to join the Imagic Numb Thumbs Club. After a number of weeks I got a few flyers and other advertising stuff. After a few more weeks they sent me back my $2, saying that the club was being closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 I did send the $2 early enough to get a numb thumb membership wallet size card and two 4 to 6 page newsletters;unfortunately these items are in a landfill(next to all the e.t. carts!?).Anybody have the newsletters scanned?How many were made?I also had the first two atari age newspaper type newsletters.(there were two,right?)Anybody have these?I only saw one newsletter on ebay once;it was pretty expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Perpetua Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 I have the first 2 Issues of the Numb Thumb News. several years ago I scanned them along with all the Atari Age & Atarian magazines onto a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Pete Perpetua: I have the first 2 Issues of the Numb Thumb News. several years ago I scanned them along with all the Atari Age & Atarian magazines onto a CD. And they will soon all find their way onto this site. Once the Lynx section goes online, we'll be able to get to a backlog of material like this. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted February 4, 2002 Share Posted February 4, 2002 There are only the two issues too, as far as I know or have heard. They seemed to be annual, heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted February 5, 2002 Share Posted February 5, 2002 check out what i have ;-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted February 6, 2002 Share Posted February 6, 2002 Oo, so it was done there too? Any issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 i don't really have a clue i must admit .... the club was advertised and this sticker exists ... but i don't know if they haven't closed before they opened ... that's my guess .... a search on local search engines brought 0 results greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwh Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 http://cvmm.vg-network.com/ntnv2.htm http://www.techtite.com/Features/Spec_imc.html Here is all I could find on the web... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Night Phantom Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 By the way, for whatever it's worth, “Daumen” just means “thumb(s)”—there's no numbness in “Daumen Club”, just in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liveinabin Posted February 7, 2002 Share Posted February 7, 2002 Couldn't they have waited for the appearance of Joypads before calling it the 'numb thumb' club? Then, I guess, sprained wrist club doesn't quite have the same ring to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted February 8, 2002 Author Share Posted February 8, 2002 Ironically if you look at jahfish's picture and the one in the link, Imagic used two different thumbs. The German thumb is the right thumb while the American thumb is the left thumb. With joysticks, the left thumb makes sense because it's the one you would use to push the fire button. Jahfish, did your atari have joysticks or the joypads? If it had joypads, are the fire buttons on the left-hand or right-hand side? I'm wondering if the thumbs are random or if Imagic really put some thought into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanJr Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by Albert: And they will soon all find their way onto this site. Once the Lynx section goes online, we'll be able to get to a backlog of material like this. ..Al This Lynx section is really grating my cheese!! Its really gumming up progress!! I never knew about the club as a kid, but if I did, I bet I woulda' wanted to join. I think modern atari gamers should revive these awesome halls of brother (and sister) hood. (Kinda like a certain Activision Quest...where did it go ) Numb Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted February 8, 2002 Share Posted February 8, 2002 quote: Originally posted by cvga: Ironically if you look at jahfish's picture and the one in the link, Imagic used two different thumbs. The German thumb is the right thumb while the American thumb is the left thumb. With joysticks, the left thumb makes sense because it's the one you would use to push the fire button. i guess the designers of the sticker/logo weren't paying attention enough .... or they got the logo as b/w repro film and used the wrong side .... quote: Originally posted by cvga: Jahfish, did your atari have joysticks ..... no, no joysticks ..... my friends call me mastermind and i play every game with a mindlink controller (it's the same VCS sets that we have, exept for the later junior release that came with the joypad) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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