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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 9:24 am 
 

Several of my issues of Dragon from 60 (lowest # I currently own) through 107 are just a bit to wide for the UltraPro magazine bags that I have. In some cases, I have duplicate issues, and 1 copy just fits, while the other is 1/16" too big. Anyone else ever have this problem? Any explanation on why 2 copies of the same issue # would be slightly different dimensions?

If you don't have this issue with the earlier issues of Dragon magazine, what brand of bags do you use?

  

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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:06 am 
 

I use BCW bags/boards, but they should be the same size as yours.  Whenever I run into this type of issue, I'm usually able to fit the magazine in the bag if I forgo the insertion of a board.  Outside of that, I use "Life Magazine" size bags/boards for my oversized magazines from the UK (Imagine, Warlock, Polyhedron UK, etc...).  These would be a bit of an overkill for Dragon Magazine, but they'll work.

  


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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:46 am 
 

Skullhammer wrote in Storage - Dragon magazine 107 and earlier:Whenever I run into this type of issue, I'm usually able to fit the magazine in the bag if I forgo the insertion of a board.  


This works sometimes. If the page count is higher than normal, and the magazine reduces the width of the bag due to it's thickness, omitting the board can work. But in the case above, we are talking 96 page issues that I cannot fit into the bag even without a board. If I "roll" the issue into a U shape to insert it into the bag then flatten it and push it to the bottom, the issue will form an S inside the bag, as it is clearly too large to fit. I measured one of my bags lying flat on the table with nothing in it, and it comes to 8 11/16". I think that missing 1/16" might be what is killing me in many cases (the bags are advertised as 8/34). If you measure the BCW bags, do they come to a full 8 3/4?

  


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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:54 am 
 

There's always a wee bit of variation in bags. It's possible to get a bad batch that may be a little smaller than usual.


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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 10:50 pm 
 

they make a 'wide' sized magazine bag and a 'normal' sized.

the wides fit items like the mayfair books, grimtooths, and such that size


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Post Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 11:45 pm 
 

webrik33 wrote in Storage - Dragon magazine 107 and earlier:they make a 'wide' sized magazine bag and a 'normal' sized.

the wides fit items like the mayfair books, grimtooths, and such that size


Who is "they". Need to know what brand to ask for when I go to the local shops.

  

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Post Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 10:53 am 
 

Try here:

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