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Title: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Bigfootman on February 27, 2011, 03:09:32 PM
I often go to used book stores in search of Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books, and while I often find Nancy Drew books, I'm having a hard time finding Hardy Boys books that I don't already have. The last Casefile I bought was No Mercy (which I found at a Book Market, along with a few digests that I already have) and the last digest I've found was "Motocross Madness" (which I found at a Chapters last year. Recently, I've also found the Hardy Boys Collector's Edition at another Chapters, but I already have it.). I recently found 5 SuperMysteries at a Value Village, but no Casefiles or Digests were there at all. Is anyone else having a similar problem?
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 27, 2011, 03:26:35 PM
It's definitely gotten a bit harder to find The Hardy Boys Digests books and Casefiles at used book stores nowadays. Every now and then, I can still find new copies of later Digests at Books-A-Million, but these are mainly later reprints (most commonly I've seen Slam Dunk Sabotage). I like to visit my local used bookstores every so often and over time, some of the books do pop up here and there. Of course, I've already acquired the whole Hardy Boys Casefiles series, so I'm not really worried about those books- although I do run across them here and there- but not as many as I used to. It really depends on where you go- a while back, I found a very nice set of a number of the Casefiles at a used bookstore- they looked brand new almost and I picked up quite a few of those. I've also gotten a number of them from Amazon.com and other online book dealers like www.abebooks.com
Those are always good options when it looks like the local bookstores have been drained dry for the moment. You might also like to try these book trading sites I mentioned in another post- www.bookmooch.com and www.paperbackswap.com - I've been able to trade a number of books through these sites- so I get rid of extra books that I don't really need- and pick up some titles I've been looking for in exchange- and the only thing I pay is the postage for when I mail books out. It's a pretty sweet deal. If you choose to use either one, send me a PM, so you can list me as a referral. Thanks.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on February 27, 2011, 05:55:42 PM
I don't think there are any used bookstores where I live, but I get all my Digests and Casefiles from Amazon. They have a bunch and they always have whichever one I'm looking for...
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 27, 2011, 05:58:53 PM
I remember that even back in the 90's the Casefiles and Digests rarely turned up at used bookstores in the Ottawa and Ottawa Valley area that I visited.  Or when they did, there would be the odd couple of books that I didn't have, but the books would usually only be in the stores for a few days to a week before they were sold.  So, even now, I usually check the used bookstores at certain times during the year (especially around the Labor Day long weekend when the Fiddling and Stepdancing competition is in town and a lot of outside visitors are coming in for the event) since the outside visitors will sometimes bring different Casefiles and Digests with them to read, but they don't want to take them back home.

But you have to remember that with all the paperback Hardy Boys books that they've only been around for 31 years, whereas the Grosset & Dunlap books have been around for 84 years (DJ editions) and 49 years (PC), and the G&D books are still being printed, whereas all of the Casefiles and the vast majority of the Digests have been sent to the "Out Of Print" lists, so there are not as many copies of those books around as the G&D books.  Plus, most people tend to list the books online because they know that they can get a better price than by taking it to a used bookstore where they might only get a couple of dollars.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on February 28, 2011, 05:21:58 PM
I found some Casefiles and a few digests recently at a local used bookstore I didn't even know existed! I already have all of the Casefiles but I did pick up the  Digests as well as a Supermystery I actually already had. Oops. Oh well. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 28, 2011, 09:51:48 PM
I finally broke down and ordered one of the few Digests I didn't have yet- it just came in the mail the other day. So now I have a copy of #177 The Case of the Psychic's Vision - and though there are actually a few things that are pretty cool about it- and I can enjoy the story somewhat- this is probably one of the very few cases where I can say that I did not like this book very much. I didn't appreciate Frank and Joe's ready acceptance of the psychic world and jumping in and training their psychic powers and all. I don't mind some stories like this where The Hardy Boys delve some into the paranormal supernatural, but they have typically debunked a lot of it and if that had been the case here, I would have liked this book a lot better. But that aspect of the book aside, I did actually like the story okay as far as the writing goes and I appreciated the references to The Hardy Boys' history.
      Anyway- I am expecting the few other Digests I'm needing to complete my collection soon- #145 Terror at High Tide, #148 The Ice-Cold Case and #151 The Rocky Road to Revenge- I've actually read all of these books before- but I just missed picking up copies of them along the way for whatever reason. I still have some Wanderer copies of some earlier titles (from #59-#83) that I'd like to trade out for Minstrel editions eventually, just for uniformity's sake- and because I like the look of the Minstrels better, probably because I grew up with those- though I still like to keep a few Wanderer books around just for the sake of having a few examples.
    Besides- I've kinda thought it would be nice to have the Wanderer edition of #68, since that is the only one called The Submarine Caper, whereas the Minstrel edition renamed it Deadly Chase (and I've got that book.)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 01, 2011, 01:21:08 AM
I have 2 of the 3 you don't have. :)

Does the psychic part bother you because of your religious beliefs or something else? Just wondering...You're entitled to your opinion. :)

I'm almost on 4 shelves packed with HBs books....I need to make more room before I can add a whole lot more.

In 2 weeks I will be adding BREAK UP though!!! I am SOOOOO excited!
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 01, 2011, 01:47:58 AM
QuoteDoes the psychic part bother you because of your religious beliefs or something else? Just wondering...You're entitled to your opinion
Well, beyond just my Christian beliefs- there is also the fact that it flies in the face of most every other Hardy Boys books that has dealt with the supernatural. I don't want to spoil any plotlines for people- but at least of most of the canon and Digests and Casefiles- there is usually a logically explanation to the ones that deal with the paranormal. (Obviously they veer off from this with The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories and it gets kinda murky in The Witchmaster's Key as well.) But it just seemed out of character that Frank and Joe would be so readily accepting of psychics without at least some skepticism. I don't think they would've necessarily belittled Colin for claiming to have such powers- but I do think they would've been a bit more hesitant in accepting those powers to be real.
      But yeah- I'm also wary mainly because of what The Bible says about staying away from fortune tellers and witchcraft. Leviticus 19:31 is pretty clear- "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am The Lord your God."
Later on in Leviticus 20:27 it says- "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."
     And of course- there are other Bible verses I could point out. And keep in mind that these verses were written specifically to the Israelites at that time- and for Christians on this side of the millennium- we're under the grace of Jesus given to us by His death and Resurrection through faith in Him- and not under the Law. This doesn't give us the option to ignore The Law of course- but it's the reason why Christians today don't go out stoning fortune tellers at their booths at carnivals or something. (At least they shouldn't since that's murder- and that's also wrong.) (But this gets into a much deeper theological subject.)
     I know that this is just a book and it's not quite the same as consulting a psychic hotline or whatever- but 1 Thessalonians 5:22 says to "Avoid every appearance of evil." So I want to be careful- especially considering The Bible's other commands about being careful about what I allow my mind to dwell on. (Philippians 4:8 for one.) The thing is- ultimately there are only two sources of power in the world. There is the unlimited, omnipotent power of God and there is the limited power that the devil holds. If God condemns such things as witchcraft and spiritism and so forth- then anyone claiming to to communicate with the dead or know people's thoughts and such are not getting their powers from God- thus, it only stands to reason that it is really demonic in nature.
    So this is the concern here.
Now I know one could argue that The Lord of the Rings employs similar magic, as does The Chronicles of Narnia- and the difference with both is how those powers are portrayed. It helps that J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were Christians of course. But you had clear distinctions about the side of right and the side of wrong in both. The danger comes when what God defines as evil is being portrayed as good. And of course, as 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 tells us- "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."
    Of course, I can tell that the writer of #177 obviously is not coming from a Christian perspective, so I can recognize the book as the world's general view of such things- if people believe in it at all, that is. C.S. Lewis once said in The Screwtape Letters- "There are two errors men fall into concerning the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence and the other is to believe and express an unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased with either error." (I was quoting that from memory, so it may not be verbatim- but that's the gist of it anyway.)
      Anyway- that's why I am reserved concerning such things. Of course, The Bible also says that because of the freedom Christians have through Jesus' grace, there is a choice that must be made as to where The Holy Spirit is leading each person on individual matters. Romans 14 talks a lot about this- along with other passages.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 03, 2011, 06:20:10 PM
I remember that I read The Case of The Psychic's Vision when it came out and I really found that there was no mystery to it at all, and the boys were sort of going from place to place (kind of like the 1940 version of The Disappearing Floor with no real purpose.  Out of the last 20 OC books, that was probably the worst, with The Mystery of The Black Rhino being not that far behind.

As for Terror At High Tide, as I recall it was an okay book that I found tended to drag in places.

The Ice-Cold Case was a really great book, and when I first read it back in 98-99, I really enjoyed it since the previous couple of OC books had been set in places other than Bayport (except for 143 and 146) and I had been finding that the boys had been away from Bayport for too long (not knowing that from January 1999 till March 2000, the boys would be away from Bayport for 8 straight books; #'s 154-160).

The Rocky Road To Revenge was written at the height of the X-Files phenomena (not to mention Unsolved Mysteries), and heavily reflects the show.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 03, 2011, 08:05:49 PM
Quote(not knowing that from January 1999 till March 2000, the boys would be away from Bayport for 8 straight books; #'s 154-160).
This just made me think of something- it seems that they usually try to align the books with the actual seasons of the year (well, sometimes anyway.) So with some of those titles, it seemed natural that they would be away from home on different trips and working at camps and such, because it was summer break. [I'm mainly thinking of #156 and #157 and #158 here.]
This doesn't always work out perfectly of course, but it helps when it does align well. And then there are other books that match up well with the school year, so with books like #170 and #171, it feels right to be reading a mystery revolving around football or set in the fall in general- because it actually was that time of year at the time.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 04, 2011, 02:13:01 PM
Kinda more on-topic: My library is having a huge booksale this weekend, and I'm hoping to find some Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles. :) Originals would be good too, if they're cheap LOL. :D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 04, 2011, 02:28:27 PM
Sweet! Library book sales are a great place to find all kinds of good books! I have found some of The Hardy Boys books as well as many other series that way. 8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 02:45:14 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 01, 2011, 01:47:58 AM
Well, beyond just my Christian beliefs- there is also the fact that it flies in the face of most every other Hardy Boys books that has dealt with the supernatural. I don't want to spoil any plotlines for people- but at least of most of the canon and Digests and Casefiles- there is usually a logically explanation to the ones that deal with the paranormal. (Obviously they veer off from this with The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories and it gets kinda murky in The Witchmaster's Key as well.) But it just seemed out of character that Frank and Joe would be so readily accepting of psychics without at least some skepticism. I don't think they would've necessarily belittled Colin for claiming to have such powers- but I do think they would've been a bit more hesitant in accepting those powers to be real.
      But yeah- I'm also wary mainly because of what The Bible says about staying away from fortune tellers and witchcraft. Leviticus 19:31 is pretty clear- "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am The Lord your God."
Later on in Leviticus 20:27 it says- "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads."
     And of course- there are other Bible verses I could point out. And keep in mind that these verses were written specifically to the Israelites at that time- and for Christians on this side of the millennium- we're under the grace of Jesus given to us by His death and Resurrection through faith in Him- and not under the Law. This doesn't give us the option to ignore The Law of course- but it's the reason why Christians today don't go out stoning fortune tellers at their booths at carnivals or something. (At least they shouldn't since that's murder- and that's also wrong.) (But this gets into a much deeper theological subject.)
     I know that this is just a book and it's not quite the same as consulting a psychic hotline or whatever- but 1 Thessalonians 5:22 says to "Avoid every appearance of evil." So I want to be careful- especially considering The Bible's other commands about being careful about what I allow my mind to dwell on. (Philippians 4:8 for one.) The thing is- ultimately there are only two sources of power in the world. There is the unlimited, omnipotent power of God and there is the limited power that the devil holds. If God condemns such things as witchcraft and spiritism and so forth- then anyone claiming to to communicate with the dead or know people's thoughts and such are not getting their powers from God- thus, it only stands to reason that it is really demonic in nature.
    So this is the concern here.
Now I know one could argue that The Lord of the Rings employs similar magic, as does The Chronicles of Narnia- and the difference with both is how those powers are portrayed. It helps that J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were Christians of course. But you had clear distinctions about the side of right and the side of wrong in both. The danger comes when what God defines as evil is being portrayed as good. And of course, as 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 tells us- "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."
    Of course, I can tell that the writer of #177 obviously is not coming from a Christian perspective, so I can recognize the book as the world's general view of such things- if people believe in it at all, that is. C.S. Lewis once said in The Screwtape Letters- "There are two errors men fall into concerning the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence and the other is to believe and express an unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased with either error." (I was quoting that from memory, so it may not be verbatim- but that's the gist of it anyway.)
      Anyway- that's why I am reserved concerning such things. Of course, The Bible also says that because of the freedom Christians have through Jesus' grace, there is a choice that must be made as to where The Holy Spirit is leading each person on individual matters. Romans 14 talks a lot about this- along with other passages.

I have The Case of The Psychic's Vision. ;D But, also like you, I thought it was a bit odd that they accepted it. :-\ I'm a Christian as well, and do you have any idea why they weren't like "whatever"  ::) :-\
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 03:21:31 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 01, 2011, 01:47:58 AM
Well, beyond just my Christian beliefs- there is also the fact that it flies in the face of most every other Hardy Boys books that has dealt with the supernatural. I don't want to spoil any plotlines for people- but at least of most of the canon and Digests and Casefiles- there is usually a logically explanation to the ones that deal with the paranormal. (Obviously they veer off from this with The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories and it gets kinda murky in The Witchmaster's Key as well.) But it just seemed out of character that Frank and Joe would be so readily accepting of psychics without at least some skepticism. I don't think they would've necessarily belittled Colin for claiming to have such powers- but I do think they would've been a bit more hesitant in accepting those powers to be real.
      But yeah- I'm also wary mainly because of what The Bible says about staying away from fortune tellers and witchcraft. Leviticus 19:31 is pretty clear- "Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am The Lord your God."
Later on in Leviticus 20:27 it says- "A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their
blood will be on their own heads."
     And of course- there are other Bible verses I could point out. And keep in mind that these verses were written specifically to the Israelites at that time- and for Christians on this side of the millennium- we're under the grace of Jesus given to us by His death and Resurrection through faith in Him- and not under the Law. This doesn't give us the option to ignore The Law of course- but it's the reason why Christians today don't go out stoning fortune tellers at their booths at carnivals or something. (At least they shouldn't since that's murder- and that's also wrong.) (But this gets into a much deeper theological subject.)
     I know that this is just a book and it's not quite the same as consulting a psychic hotline or whatever- but 1 Thessalonians 5:22 says to "Avoid every appearance of evil." So I want to be careful- especially considering The Bible's other commands about being careful about what I allow my mind to dwell on. (Philippians 4:8 for one.) The thing is- ultimately there are only two sources of power in the world. There is the unlimited, omnipotent power of God and there is the limited power that the devil holds. If God condemns such things as witchcraft and spiritism and so forth- then anyone claiming to to communicate with the dead or know people's thoughts and such are not getting their powers from God- thus, it only stands to reason that it is really demonic in nature.
    So this is the concern here.
Now I know one could argue that The Lord of the Rings employs similar magic, as does The Chronicles of Narnia- and the difference with both is how those powers are portrayed. It helps that J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were Christians of course. But you had clear distinctions about the side of right and the side of wrong in both. The danger comes when what God defines as evil is being portrayed as good. And of course, as 2 Corinthians 11:14-15 tells us- "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve."
    Of course, I can tell that the writer of #177 obviously is not coming from a Christian perspective, so I can recognize the book as the world's general view of such things- if people believe in it at all, that is. C.S. Lewis once said in The Screwtape Letters- "There are two errors men fall into concerning the devils. One is to disbelieve their existence and the other is to believe and express an unhealthy interest in them. They themselves are equally pleased with either error." (I was quoting that from memory, so it may not be verbatim- but that's the gist of it anyway.)
      Anyway- that's why I am reserved concerning such things. Of course, The Bible also says that because of the freedom Christians have through Jesus' grace, there is a choice that must be made as to where The Holy Spirit is leading each person on individual matters. Romans 14 talks a lot about this- along with other passages.

And a heart amen to that!  8) I believe that we can be led by spirits. Don't get me wrong, I've got more to say. There are two versions of spirits: God's and Lucifer's. We can choose either. It's like a dogfight, only with Satan's demons and the Holy Spirit doing the fighting. What we read, watch, and listen to affects the fight. If we take in things of the flesh, then the demons will grow stronger. But, if we take in things of God, then the Holy Spirit will grow stronger. The fight between the flesh and the spirit is always going, but who's winning is decided by our actions.

I'll step off my soapbox. For know.  ::) ;)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 03:24:53 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 03:21:31 PM
And a heart amen to that!  8) I believe that we can be led by spirits. Don't get me wrong, I've got more to say. There are two versions of spirits: God's and Lucifer's. We can choose either. It's like a dogfight, only with Satan's demons and the Holy Spirit doing the fighting. What we read, watch, and listen to affects the fight. If we take in things of the flesh, then the demons will grow stronger. But, if we take in things of God, then the Holy Spirit will grow stronger. The fight between the flesh and the spirit is always going, but who's winning is decided by our actions.

I'll step off my soapbox. For now.  ::) ;)

I agree. Have you read the Forbidden Doors series?
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 03:27:05 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 03:24:53 PM
I agree. Have you read the Forbidden Doors series?

No, what is it?
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 03:32:03 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 03:27:05 PM
No, what is it?

http://www.forbiddendoors.com/series.htm (http://www.forbiddendoors.com/series.htm)

Check it out. It's a Christian book series by Bill Myers.  8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 04, 2011, 06:32:05 PM
Hmm- sounds cool. Bill Myers has done a couple of cool series, McGee and Me! being one among them. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 07:05:39 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 04, 2011, 06:32:05 PM
Hmm- sounds cool. Bill Myers has done a couple of cool series, McGee and Me! being one among them. :)

And a few others too!  ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 07:25:58 PM
Back on topic, I'm trying to build up my collection of Casefiles. So if anyone knows where to find some for cheap, please let me know.  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 07:39:16 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 04, 2011, 07:25:58 PM
Back on topic, I'm trying to build up my collection of Casefiles. So if anyone knows where to find some for cheap, please let me know.  :)

You've read the Casefiles?  8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 04, 2011, 11:00:43 PM
I can generally find at least a few of The Hardy Boys Casefiles at the used book stores around. I would check all the used book stores near you for starters. Yard sales and library sales are also great places for good finds for cheap. And don't forget thrift stores like Goodwill and The Salvation Army- I see some pop up there every now and then too. And there's always Amazon.com and Ebay.com as well. You might also try www.abebooks.com or www.bookfinder.com if you do much online ordering.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:45:01 AM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 04, 2011, 07:39:16 PM
You've read the Casefiles?  8)

They're the only Hardy Boys that I can read.  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 10:54:33 AM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:45:01 AM
They're the only Hardy Boys that I can read.  :)

I have a whole bunch of Casefiles that I haven't even read.  :o :-[
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 02:44:41 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 10:54:33 AM
I have a whole bunch of Casefiles that I haven't even read.  :o :-[

Lucky!  ;) The only HB books I get are from the library in my church. And from the local library, but they only have a couple.  :-\ I can buy them off eBay, though.  ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 03:07:16 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 02:44:41 PM
Lucky!  ;) The only HB books I get are from the library in my church. And from the local library, but they only have a couple.  :-\ I can buy them off eBay, though.  ;D

I'm kind of bad at that sort of thing.  :-[ ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 08:31:16 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 03:07:16 PM
I'm kind of bad at that sort of thing.  :-[ ;) ;D

Bad at what sort of thing?  ???
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 08:32:23 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 08:31:16 PM
Bad at what sort of thing?  ???

Getting a bunch of Casefiles and not even reading them!  :-[ ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 08:44:28 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 08:32:23 PM
Getting a bunch of Casefiles and not even reading them!  :-[ ;D

I usually look at book reviews before I buy a book online. And even then, I really only buy Hank The Cowdog, Casefiles, and I'm thinking about the first Alex Rider books, as it is the only book that my local library doesn't have. ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:02:25 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 08:44:28 PM
I usually look at book reviews before I buy a book online. And even then, I really only buy Hank The Cowdog, Casefiles, and I'm thinking about the first Alex Rider books, as it is the only book that my local library doesn't have. ::)

Another Alex Rider fan! Cool!  ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:20:37 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:02:25 PM
Another Alex Rider fan! Cool!  ;D

I'm kind of a fan.  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:22:33 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:20:37 PM
I'm kind of a fan.  :)

What ones have you read?  ??? ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:26:36 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:22:33 PM
What ones have you read?  ??? ;D

Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Ark Angel, and part of Snakehead. And I've watched the movie and read Alex Rider: The Gadgets.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:28:38 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 05, 2011, 09:26:36 PM
Point Blank, Skeleton Key, Eagle Strike, Scorpia, Ark Angel, and part of Snakehead. And I've watched the movie and read Alex Rider: The Gadgets.

I love that move! Despite what SDLagent says.  >:(
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
LOL What did he say about it?
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 06, 2011, 12:42:20 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
LOL What did he say about it?

I don't remember. Something about how it was made.  ::) Whatever . . . I loved it!  ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 05:44:35 PM
There were no HB books at all at the library book sale :(...
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 06, 2011, 07:21:16 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 05:44:35 PM
There were no HB books at all at the library book sale :( ...

Oh no.  ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 06, 2011, 09:04:26 PM
sorry- that's the luck of the draw. You never know what you'll find at these things... just keep on the lookout because sometimes you do make really awesome finds at different places. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 09:46:08 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 05, 2011, 09:28:38 PM
I love that move! Despite what SDLagent says.  >:(

Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 12:39:45 PM
LOL What did he say about it?

There's some parts he doesn't like, particularly how quickly Alex gets through training because he thinks it's a little unrealistic, and also how the fight with Jack and that other lady was goofy.

I'm glad to see most of us enjoy the movie. I think Alex Pettyfer was just right for the role - he had enough rawness to be natural. I liked the pacing and it was just well-done all around IMO. There are a couple of things that was weird, but other than that, it's really the only teen/spy movie I like.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 06, 2011, 09:54:08 PM
Quote from: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 09:46:08 PM
There's some parts he doesn't like, particularly how quickly Alex gets through training because he thinks it's a little unrealistic, and also how the fight with Jack and that other lady was goofy.

I'm glad to see most of us enjoy the movie. I think Alex Pettyfer was just right for the role - he had enough rawness to be natural. I liked the pacing and it was just well-done all around IMO. There are a couple of things that was weird, but other than that, it's really the only teen/spy movie I like.

I love every bit of it!  8) Did I have a hard time finding it to own, though. I found it in a book store of all places! :o ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 10:02:42 PM
That's good. I'm glad you have it.

I buy everything online, and I might get it soon since it's at a good price.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 06, 2011, 10:07:02 PM
Quote from: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 10:02:42 PM
That's good. I'm glad you have it.

I buy everything online, and I might get it soon since it's at a good price.

I had to pay seven dollars for it!  ::) ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 06, 2011, 11:40:46 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 06, 2011, 05:44:35 PM
There were no HB books at all at the library book sale :(...

Bummer for you!  :-\

Quote from: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 09:46:08 PM
There's some parts he doesn't like, particularly how quickly Alex gets through training because he thinks it's a little unrealistic, and also how the fight with Jack and that other lady was goofy.

I agree with those points.  ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 06, 2011, 11:46:04 PM
QuoteThere are a couple of things that was weird, but other than that, it's really the only teen/spy movie I like.
What about Agent Cody Banks?  ;D
(haha- j/k.)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 06, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 06, 2011, 11:46:04 PM
What about Agent Cody Banks?  ;D
(haha- j/k.)

I've watched that. Once.  ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 10:37:45 AM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 06, 2011, 11:46:04 PM
What about Agent Cody Banks?  ;D
(haha- j/k.)

I hate that one!  ::) :o

Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 06, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
I've watched that. Once.  ::)

So did I, once. Never again!  ::) ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 07, 2011, 01:41:20 PM
Quote from: Olivia on March 06, 2011, 09:46:08 PM
I'm glad to see most of us enjoy the movie. I think Alex Pettyfer was just right for the role - he had enough rawness to be natural. I liked the pacing and it was just well-done all around IMO. There are a couple of things that was weird, but other than that, it's really the only teen/spy movie I like.

I thought it was hilarious/weird, when I watched the movie documentary in the special features, every time they talked about Alex Pettyfer, they always said something like "Yeah, when we were casting Alex Rider, Pettyfer was perfect because he was young, was very fit, and he was very good looking." or "Alex Pettyfer? He was amazing, not only is he extrememly talented, but he's also VERY good-looking!" and "Oh, Alex is such a doll, I think we would have chosen him regardless of any acting ablilities he may or may not have had!" and "Alex Rider had to be handsome, so Pettyfer was the perfect fit! He looks like a model or something, I mean, WOW!"

Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 02:47:30 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 07, 2011, 01:41:20 PM
I thought it was hilarious/weird, when I watched the movie documentary in the special features, every time they talked about Alex Pettyfer, they always said something like "Yeah, when we were casting Alex Rider, Pettyfer was perfect because he was young, was very fit, and he was very good looking." or "Alex Pettyfer? He was amazing, not only is he extrememly talented, but he's also VERY good-looking!" and "Oh, Alex is such a doll, I think we would have chosen him regardless of any acting ablilities he may or may not have had!" and "Alex Rider had to be handsome, so Pettyfer was the perfect fit! He looks like a model or something, I mean, WOW!"

I thought he was good!  ;) ;D 8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 07, 2011, 03:32:42 PM
Yeah, but I thought it was odd that the cast and directors only cared that he was good-looking.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 04:20:20 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 07, 2011, 03:32:42 PM
Yeah, but I thought it was odd that the cast and directors only cared that he was good-looking.

That was odd!  ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 07, 2011, 05:41:07 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 04:20:20 PM
That was odd!  ::)

That's the movie business!  ;)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 07:41:03 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 07, 2011, 05:41:07 PM
That's the movie business!  ;)

Okay.  ::) ;) ;D :o
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 07, 2011, 09:32:18 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 07:41:03 PM
Okay.  ::) ;) ;D :o

Yeah, well Hollywood, and the rest of the movie business, focuses on looks. But I prefer to stick with the Biblical principle that we should watch the way a person acts instead of how he looks. The Bible says that while we focus on the looks, or outside of a man, God looks at the heart. I stick with that anytime.  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 10:24:14 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 07, 2011, 09:32:18 PM
Yeah, well Hollywood, and the rest of the movie business, focuses on looks. But I prefer to stick with the Biblical principle that we should watch the way a person acts instead of how he looks. The Bible says that while we focus on the looks, or outside of a man, God looks at the heart. I stick with that anytime.  :)

So do I.  ;) :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2011, 01:08:48 AM
Amen! 1 Samuel 16:7- I LOVE that verse. People in general are so superficial, looking at the outward appearance- it's such an ingrained habit of the fallen human nature- but God looks at the heart- and that's what is most important. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2011, 01:12:46 AM
And going back toward the original topic-
QuoteI finally broke down and ordered one of the few Digests I didn't have yet- it just came in the mail the other day. So now I have a copy of #177 The Case of the Psychic's Vision - and though there are actually a few things that are pretty cool about it- and I can enjoy the story somewhat- this is probably one of the very few cases where I can say that I did not like this book very much. I didn't appreciate Frank and Joe's ready acceptance of the psychic world and jumping in and training their psychic powers and all. I don't mind some stories like this where The Hardy Boys delve some into the paranormal supernatural, but they have typically debunked a lot of it and if that had been the case here, I would have liked this book a lot better. But that aspect of the book aside, I did actually like the story okay as far as the writing goes and I appreciated the references to The Hardy Boys' history.
      Anyway- I am expecting the few other Digests I'm needing to complete my collection soon- #145 Terror at High Tide, #148 The Ice-Cold Case and #151 The Rocky Road to Revenge- I've actually read all of these books before- but I just missed picking up copies of them along the way for whatever reason. I still have some Wanderer copies of some earlier titles (from #59-#83) that I'd like to trade out for Minstrel editions eventually, just for uniformity's sake- and because I like the look of the Minstrels better, probably because I grew up with those- though I still like to keep a few Wanderer books around just for the sake of having a few examples.
    Besides- I've kinda thought it would be nice to have the Wanderer edition of #68, since that is the only one called The Submarine Caper, whereas the Minstrel edition renamed it Deadly Chase (and I've got that book.)
I just got in the mail the last of the Digests I was waiting on- #145, #148, and #151- so now I have all of The Hardy Boys Digests series. (From #59-190) at least in some format or another. (Mostly Minstrel/Aladdin copies, with a few Wanderer copies that I'd like to trade out with Minstrel printings eventually.)
      I will have to look at my Grossett & Dunlap books again to be sure- but I think there are still some books from that set that I may not have a copy of yet- but I do have most all of them in some format or another. I'm also trying to get all the original text books in some format or another as I can. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Fenlaur on March 08, 2011, 11:12:59 AM
I too find it very hard to get Digests and Casefiles in bookstores. I have almost twenty of each, but that is over years of searching.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 08, 2011, 02:47:53 PM
Are Digests still in print? ???
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 08, 2011, 05:21:42 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 08, 2011, 02:47:53 PM
Are Digests still in print? ???

I think so . . . :-\
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2011, 05:25:46 PM
You can typically still find a few of the Digests on bookshelves sometimes.... mainly I've seen a few at Books-A-Million stores- but that may just be old stock. And I typically see #140 Slam-Dunk Sabotage if I see any- and that's mainly because it's an Aladdin reprint of the Minstrel printing that was released a few years ago.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2011, 05:29:57 PM
It seems like most of those Aladdin reprints that were done were all in 2002- so yeah, it's been a number of years ago. Even so, Simon & Schuster still has some of those titles available for order- like #139 The Search for the Snow Leopard http://books.simonandschuster.com/Search-for-the-Snow-Leopard/Franklin-W-Dixon/Hardy-Boys/9780671505257
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 08, 2011, 05:34:56 PM
But most of the later Digest titles are still available too- here's S&S's listing for #190- http://books.simonandschuster.com/Motocross-Madness/Franklin-W-Dixon/Hardy-Boys/9780689873652
They actually have a couple of titles from #160 to #190, though not necessarily all of them.
And they have #154 The Caribbean Cruise Caper  as well, along with that E-book copy of The Hardy Boys Casefiles #89 Darkness Falls and The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories (which has the Minstrel cover pictured, but I'm thinking they would probably be shipping the later Aladdin printing.)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 08, 2011, 07:50:03 PM
And I believe that it is #160 that was reprinted a few years ago, and from what people have told me, that reprint (which was around 2007, and which is why the book is priced higher than the other Digests) was done on higher quality paper than normal, so it is a little bit thicker.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Olivia on March 09, 2011, 08:58:33 AM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 06, 2011, 10:07:02 PM
I had to pay seven dollars for it!  ::) ;D

I found it for five and three quarters (online), but with tax and stuff it'll be close to that.


Quote from: MacGyver on March 06, 2011, 11:46:04 PM
What about Agent Cody Banks?  ;D
(haha- j/k.)

Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 06, 2011, 11:50:37 PM
I've watched that. Once.  ::)

Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 07, 2011, 10:37:45 AM
I hate that one!  ::) :o

So did I, once. Never again!  ::) ;) ;D

That is exactly the movie I was thinking about when I said Alex Rider is the only good one! lol.


Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 07, 2011, 01:41:20 PM
I thought it was hilarious/weird, when I watched the movie documentary in the special features, every time they talked about Alex Pettyfer, they always said something like "Yeah, when we were casting Alex Rider, Pettyfer was perfect because he was young, was very fit, and he was very good looking." or "Alex Pettyfer? He was amazing, not only is he extrememly talented, but he's also VERY good-looking!" and "Oh, Alex is such a doll, I think we would have chosen him regardless of any acting ablilities he may or may not have had!" and "Alex Rider had to be handsome, so Pettyfer was the perfect fit! He looks like a model or something, I mean, WOW!"

Well, the word "talented" is in there, at least ;)

Strange that I don't remember the special features because I always watch it for movies. Guess it has been a while.

Anyway, Alex has actually done modelling too, for like Burberry or something in the magazine ads. There's footage of it on YouTube, and there's actually other funny clips of him goofing off. They are short (like 30 seconds each).
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 09, 2011, 12:13:07 PM
I've been busy and away from my computer for awhile so I missed something about one of my FAVE actors!!!

ALEX PETTYFER IS HOT!!!

I MEAN...HOT...

And a good actor. And British. But he has an American accent in IANF and Beastly. He has his normal accent in Torment, and as Alex Rider.

I fell in love with him in Alex Rider...kinda weird since he was much younger then and will always be younger than me. BUT WHO CARES! He was awesome as Alex Rider. I am now completing my AR series just because he got me into them. I totally love it and always picture him when I read it.

I Am Number Four is a great book and a good movie. The movie and the book are quite different in many ways. However, I like how they did the movie...it made sense for what they had to work with. PLUS Alex is older now (which makes me feel less creepy lol) and doesn't wear a shirt in the whole movie. lol. Plus he's awesome. HIGHLY recommend watching the movie and reading the book. Just be forewarned that they are different...like most movie/books.

Beastly was good...a little slow in a few parts but it's that kind of movie. Again, Alex does a great job. And when he's NOT the beast, he's REALLY HOT. Actually, he's still pretty hot as the beast...but WHOA hotness. This movie I think was filmed before IANF...but released after because it got bumped.

I haven't read the book yet (although I recently got it in the mail). So not sure how they compare.

Alex was in Torment but it's a horror film. You youngin's really shouldn't see it. I will say that he is again...GORGEOUS! :) But he's a jerk there too.

And he dies. :(

But I am a HUGE Fan of Alex. I could go on and on about him but I will stop and share some eye candy with the ladies.

(http://www.disneydreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Alex-Pettyfer-THA.i.jpg)

I have no idea what you were all talking about before...but feel free to swoon. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 12:17:07 PM
He is rather nice-looking. I plan on sending him a letter.  :) I send out to get autographs from celebrities.  :) I've gotten several back.

Are I Am Number Four and Beastly watchable?
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 12:53:34 PM
Quote from: hardygirl847 on March 09, 2011, 12:13:07 PM
I've been busy and away from my computer for awhile so I missed something about one of my FAVE actors!!!

ALEX PETTYFER IS HOT!!!

I MEAN...HOT...

He. Is. GORGEOUS. Those are the exact words that popped into my head when he first came on screen. LOL it's like you read my mind.... He's my age in Alex Rider, and I am reading the books mainly because I can imagine HIM in them! Ahhhhhhhh Sooooo super Hot and Adorable and Gorgeous and Beautiful and BRITTISH and Cute and Amazing and Hot and BRITTISH and Incredible and Adorable and Hot and BRITTISH and Hot and Hot and HOT!!!!
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Fenlaur on March 09, 2011, 03:38:07 PM
One of the bookstores I go to can`t order in the Digests...she told me that they were out of print.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 03:42:10 PM
Well, I know a couple people that are obsessed with Alex Pettyfer.  ;) But then, so am I.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 09, 2011, 04:04:57 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 12:53:34 PM
He. Is. GORGEOUS. Those are the exact words that popped into my head when he first came on screen. LOL it's like you read my mind.... He's my age in Alex Rider, and I am reading the books mainly because I can imagine HIM in them! Ahhhhhhhh Sooooo super Hot and Adorable and Gorgeous and Beautiful and BRITTISH and Cute and Amazing and Hot and BRITTISH and Incredible and Adorable and Hot and BRITTISH and Hot and Hot and HOT!!!!

and BRITISH? ;D 8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 04:08:02 PM
BRITTISH IS AMAZING!!!! lol I found this thing it's

7 REASONS TO DATE A BRITTISH BOY

1. His accent
2. Having someone call you "love"
3. His accent
4. They dress better than American boys
5. His accent
6. They're cuter than American boys
7. His accent

;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 09, 2011, 04:09:43 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 04:08:02 PM
BRITTISH IS AMAZING!!!! lol I found this thing it's

7 REASONS TO DATE A BRITTISH BOY

1. His accent
2. Having someone call you "love"
3. His accent
4. They dress better than American boys
5. His accent
6. They're cuter than American boys
7. His accent

;D

I just love British accents! 8) I also like watching MI-5 on PBS. I have the first season on DVD.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 04:08:02 PM
BRITTISH IS AMAZING!!!! lol I found this thing it's

7 REASONS TO DATE A BRITTISH BOY

1. His accent
2. Having someone call you "love"
3. His accent
4. They dress better than American boys
5. His accent
6. They're cuter than American boys
7. His accent

;D

Shaun Cassidy is American!  ;) ;) But I do agree about the accents. I love doing the British accents. Cheerio!
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 09, 2011, 04:12:30 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Shaun Cassidy is American!  ;) ;) But I do agree about the accents. I love doing the British accents. Cheerio!

I have The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries on DVD. The first two seasons, that's all that's been released so far. ::)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:15:11 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 09, 2011, 04:12:30 PM
I have The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries on DVD. The first two seasons, that's all that's been released so far. ::)

So do I. I got them for my birthday last year, but I had borrowed the first season from a friend in Texas before. I love The Hardy Boys Mysteries!  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 04:18:49 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:10:05 PM
Shaun Cassidy is American!  ;) ;) But I do agree about the accents. I love doing the British accents. Cheerio!

Oh I *gasp* forgot about Shaun!! But I love him, yumyum ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:21:51 PM
Quote from: JoeHardyRocks on March 09, 2011, 04:18:49 PM
Oh I *gasp* forgot about Shaun!! But I love him, yumyum ;D

Shame, shame! Forgetting Shaun. Tsk! Tsk!  ;)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 09, 2011, 04:27:16 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 04:21:51 PM
Shame, shame! Forgetting Shaun. Tsk! Tsk!  ;)
LOL! ;) ;D 8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Olivia on March 10, 2011, 06:16:28 PM
You guys are funny with all your enthusiasm. I bet we could have a whole topic on Alex Pettyfer, but I think we got most of it out.

I saw I Am Number Four and I have an opinion, but I don't want to give anything away. I'm probably going to see Beastly sometime soon. I'm actually kind of particular about people's talent, but I'm always fair because I take everything into consideration. Anyway, every single role I've seen Alex in was excellent. He really is different and believable in each one. Does a good job with an American accent, too (I tend to find British people can do it pretty easily).

We're wayyy off-topic.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 10, 2011, 06:25:25 PM
Quote from: Olivia on March 10, 2011, 06:16:28 PM
You guys are funny with all your enthusiasm. I bet we could have a whole topic on Alex Pettyfer, but I think we got most of it out.

I saw I Am Number Four and I have an opinion, but I don't want to give anything away. I'm probably going to see Beastly sometime soon. I'm actually kind of particular about people's talent, but I'm always fair because I take everything into consideration. Anyway, every single role I've seen Alex in was excellent. He really is different and believable in each one. Does a good job with an American accent, too (I tend to find British people can do it pretty easily).

We're wayyy off-topic.

Yeah. We are! :P ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 10, 2011, 09:43:27 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 10, 2011, 06:25:25 PM
Yeah. We are! :P ;D

But we're having fun!  ;)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 10, 2011, 09:48:36 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 10, 2011, 09:43:27 PM
But we're having fun!  ;)

Yep, and that's what counts! ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 10, 2011, 09:59:14 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 10, 2011, 09:48:36 PM
Yep, and that's what counts! ;) ;D

True that.  :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 13, 2011, 04:53:52 PM
I think I missed something but I don't want to go back and start another I LOVE ALEX PETTYFER post. :) Even though I do love him....like Olivia said, we're WAY off topic.

I find it to be somewhat of an adventure trying to get the remaining Digests that I need. I have all the Casefiles so now I'm working on the other series.

True, I can order stuff online but going into an used bookstore and finding HB..IT'S AWESOME!
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 13, 2011, 04:56:37 PM
Quote from: AlwaysAJoefan on March 09, 2011, 12:17:07 PM
He is rather nice-looking. I plan on sending him a letter.  :) I send out to get autographs from celebrities.  :) I've gotten several back.

Are I Am Number Four and Beastly watchable?

That would be super cool to get an autograph even if it's his assistant's assistant or someone low in the totem pole sending it back. It'd still be cool. :)

BOTH movies are great! DEFINITELY watchable! I plan on owning them. I guess...I am a bit bias though because I have a thing for him...if you haven't noticed. :D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 13, 2011, 07:14:52 PM
Quote from: hardygirl847 on March 13, 2011, 04:56:37 PM
That would be super cool to get an autograph even if it's his assistant's assistant or someone low in the totem pole sending it back. It'd still be cool. :)

BOTH movies are great! DEFINITELY watchable! I plan on owning them. I guess...I am a bit bias though because I have a thing for him...if you haven't noticed. :D

So do I! I liked him in the Alex Rider movie!(http://bestsmileys.com/butterfly/2.gif)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 13, 2011, 09:48:21 PM
QuoteI find it to be somewhat of an adventure trying to get the remaining Digests that I need. I have all the Casefiles so now I'm working on the other series.

True, I can order stuff online but going into an used bookstore and finding HB..IT'S AWESOME!
I just recently finally got all the remaining titles I was missing in the Digests series- and I just wound up ordering them from Amazon.com
I would still like to get Minstrel printings of some of the earliest books for which I only have Wanderer copies, but I'm content with at least having some copy of all the books from #59-190. (I'm still trying to get a uniform collection of the first 58 books too, as well as the original text versions.)
     But yeah- even so, and even when I already have copies of The Casefiles and Digests, I still get excited finding Hardy Boys books at used bookstores. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 13, 2011, 09:52:30 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 13, 2011, 07:14:52 PM
So do I! I liked him in the Alex Rider movie!(http://bestsmileys.com/butterfly/2.gif)

That's how I feel in love with him. :D

Quote from: MacGyver on March 13, 2011, 09:48:21 PM
I just recently finally got all the remaining titles I was missing in the Digests series- and I just wound up ordering them from Amazon.com
I would still like to get Minstrel printings of some of the earliest books for which I only have Wanderer copies, but I'm content with at least having some copy of all the books from #59-190. (I'm still trying to get a uniform collection of the first 58 books too, as well as the original text versions.)
     But yeah- even so, and even when I already have copies of The Casefiles and Digests, I still get excited finding Hardy Boys books at used bookstores. :)

Amazon.com is a great source but it would cost me a lot of $ to fill in the gaps of my Digests collection. So I am slowly getting them...a few or so at a time.

Mac, did you read Break Up yet?? I've been waiting! :D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 14, 2011, 10:49:06 AM
QuoteAmazon.com is a great source but it would cost me a lot of $ to fill in the gaps of my Digests collection. So I am slowly getting them...a few or so at a time.

Mac, did you read Break Up yet?? I've been waiting!
That's cool- half the fun is the search for the different books anyway. :) I was just so close to having all of them and tired of looking around so I went ahead and ordered the other few I was looking for.

And the weekend was really busy (a lot of things going on with my Sunday School class at church), so I haven't gotten to "Break-Up" just yet- but I will soon.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 14, 2011, 11:21:25 AM
Quote from: hardygirl847 on March 13, 2011, 09:52:30 PM
Amazon.com is a great source but it would cost me a lot of $ to fill in the gaps of my Digests collection. So I am slowly getting them...a few or so at a time.

Yeah, I know what ya mean. :( I usually buy the $0.01 used ones from the third party sellers on amazon, but it costs like $3.99 for shipping. :( But for Digests, If I get like 6, Amazon ships them for free. ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Bigfootman on March 17, 2011, 10:10:24 AM
My luck seems to be changing. I just got "The Swamp Monster" and "Hide-and-sneak" at a used book store, along with the Nancy Drew Files books "White Water Terror" and "Update On Crime"!

I try to avoid Amazon if I can, not only because of the shipping cost but because, if you buy from a used book store, you know what you are getting and what condition it is in, but not with Amazon. I tried ordering 2 VHS tapes from there to complete my "Videosaurus" (old educational dinosaur videos starring Gary Owens and Eric Boardman) collection. Both were ex-library. The first one was in perfect condition, but the second one...let's just say I'm amazed it's not damaged at all.

You know how at some libraries vhs tapes are stored in something called a crab-tree case (basically it's a case that really hard to open)? The second tape was originally in one of these. The slip cover is also in the case, missing it's right side. Guess what the seller does. They take the VHS tape and the slip cover out of the crab-tree case, and ship them to me! The vhs is in the slipcover, but the slipcover doesn't hold it because it's right side is missing! I had to glue paper to the right side to make it hold the VHS tape. And before I did that, the VHS had fallen onto a hard floor twice!  >:( I was lucky that tape wasn't broken.

However, one of my other friends who ordered VHS tapes, this time from E-bay wasn't as lucky. The tapes just didn't work.

I did order two used books from Chapter.ca, and despite one of the books having very rippable pages, both arrived in readable condition. However, neither of them were Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew books, and I could not find either of the books in any used book store, and I had $100 in gift cards to use to buy them.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 18, 2011, 11:53:46 AM
Amazon is great for several things but yeah, that can happen. I usually try to find familiar  names of outside sellers that I've used before. If none of them are ones I've used before, then I check the ratings/reviews for people saying similar comments to yours.

There was 1 SuperMystery that was completely trashed...It was sold as part of a huge bundle but I can't do anything with it because it's so destroyed. I wasn't going to return it because I got a LOT of books. So I guess I get to buy it again. I think this was from Ebay.

Used bookstores are great but I just don't have that many around me. Whenever I go somewhere new, I am always in search of any used bookstores and look to see if they have HBs.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: AlwaysAJoefan on March 18, 2011, 02:37:05 PM
Quote from: hardygirl847 on March 18, 2011, 11:53:46 AM
Amazon is great for several things but yeah, that can happen. I usually try to find familiar  names of outside sellers that I've used before. If none of them are ones I've used before, then I check the ratings/reviews for people saying similar comments to yours.

That's sort of what I do one eBay. I'll check out the feedback reports and stuff. I've never done much on Amazon; I'm more the eBay user.  ;)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on March 20, 2011, 12:50:55 AM
Both are good but you have to an informed buyer. :) That's sometimes the annoying part...but necessary part of it.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: JoeHardyRocks on March 21, 2011, 03:20:44 PM
So I went to a used bookstore today and no digests or casefiles :( But I got 2 originals, The Tower Treasure and The Shore Road Mystery, so Now I own at least one of every type of HB book. :D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 04:04:09 PM
I want to a Half Price Books store while I was on vacation and and got Alex Rider: The Gadgets and The Hardy Boys: A Game Called Chaos. #160.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 06:53:33 PM
I went to a used book store as well today, and while I didn't find any Digests or Casefiles (but funnily enough the store had #6 Burned & 12 Trouble In Paradise both from the UB series, and both terrible books) I did gind a copy of The Tower Treasure as printed in 1992 by Scholastic. 

In 1992 Scholastic had permission to reprint The Tower Treasure & The House On The Cliff (revised texts) in a modified "Flashlight" format.  The modifications were minimal, but instead of having the listing of the first 6 books on the back cover, there was a write-up of the plot, and then on the spine there was a red rectangle right at the bottom with the Scholastic Open-book logo that continued onto the Front Cover with "Scholastic" printed on the red stripe.  And the Copyright page mentions a 1992 printing by Scholastic.  Otherwise, the books look just like the current Flashlight editions.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 06:56:55 PM
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 06:53:33 PM
I went to a used book store as well today, and while I didn't find any Digests or Casefiles (but funnily enough the store had #6 Burned & 12 Trouble In Paradise both from the UB series, and both terrible books)

Excuse me, but they are not! :o
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Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 07:17:48 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 06:56:55 PM
Excuse me, but they are not! :o
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They are.  Burned was about Frank and Joe cracking an bootleg CD ring.  Not only is that one of the worst plots of all time, but the author did absolutely nothing with the plot.  The author could've had the boys going all over the US and the world tracking down a huge bootleg ring, but instead it turned into a giant morality tale between the Hardy's and Chet on whether downloading music from iTunes or Napster and burning it to a CD to share with friends is legal or morally right. But  then the boys eventually find out that it was one of their teachers who was creating the bootleg CD's that are floating around the school  It took the whole book for the boys to find out it was their teacher?  Really, in the Original and Casefile continuity books the boys would've discovered that it was their teacher within the first 3 or 4 chapters, and then they would've discovered, or their teacher would've confessed that he was part of a larger operation. 

Not only that, but the Hardy Boys 1977 TV series did an episode in the first season called Mystery of The Flying Courier that was all about pirate vinyl records  (remember that in 1977 there were no CD's or digital files, but there were vinyl records and pirate record rings were hot, especially for albums that were only being played in clubs and their release dates were still months down the road).  Sure all the action stayed in Bayport, but the writer actually had the boys take part of a huge ring that had been operating in the US.

As for Trouble In Paradise the book was left with a dangling end where we have no idea whether the crooks were captured or escaped.  All the author needed to do was put in a line saying that the police or ATAC later informed the boys that the crooks had been caught.  But, instead we are left with the crooks still in the wild, possible captured, but also possible having escaped their bonds and the boys in the hospital.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 07:24:23 PM
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 07:17:48 PM

They are.  Burned was about Frank and Joe cracking an bootleg CD ring.  Not only is that one of the worst plots of all time, but the author did absolutely nothing with the plot.  The author could've had the boys going all over the US and the world tracking down a huge bootleg ring, but instead it turned into a giant morality tale between the Hardy's and Chet on whether downloading music from iTunes or Napster and burning it to a CD to share with friends is legal or morally right. But  then the boys eventually find out that it was one of their teachers who was creating the bootleg CD's that are floating around the school  It took the whole book for the boys to find out it was their teacher?  Really, in the Original and Casefile continuity books the boys would've discovered that it was their teacher within the first 3 or 4 chapters, and then they would've discovered, or their teacher would've confessed that he was part of a larger operation. 

Not only that, but the Hardy Boys 1977 TV series did an episode in the first season called Mystery of The Flying Courier that was all about pirate vinyl records  (remember that in 1977 there were no CD's or digital files, but there were vinyl records and pirate record rings were hot, especially for albums that were only being played in clubs and their release dates were still months down the road).  Sure all the action stayed in Bayport, but the writer actually had the boys take part of a huge ring that had been operating in the US.

As for Trouble In Paradise the book was left with a dangling end where we have no idea whether the crooks were captured or escaped.  All the author needed to do was put in a line saying that the police or ATAC later informed the boys that the crooks had been caught.  But, instead we are left with the crooks still in the wild, possible captured, but also possible having escaped their bonds and the boys in the hospital.

Hey! Give Frank and Joe a break. I loved Burned! ;D I didn't get The Mystery of the Flying Courier. Couldn't get my head around that you had records and not CD's and digital files. So, that was really confusing to me.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 07:30:28 PM
Quote from: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 07:24:23 PM
I didn't get The Mystery of the Flying Courier. Couldn't get my head around that you didn't have records. So, that was really confusing to me.

What was really confusing?  The fact that people made bootleg records back then, or the fact that they could make bootleg records at all?  Did you think that people could only copy stuff onto cassette tapes back then and call it a bootleg recording? 

As for the whole plot, it was like the Napster case from 10 years ago where Napster was allowing free downloads of any music file for people to download and burn to CD without paying royalties to the record companies, especially for music that was just released or Promo copies of albums that were only suppose to be sent to music stations and DJ's for playing on the radio and in clubs before the retail release date of the albums.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 07:34:53 PM
Quote from: tomswift2002 on March 21, 2011, 07:30:28 PM
What was really confusing?  The fact that people made bootleg records back then, or the fact that they could make bootleg records at all?  Did you think that people could only copy stuff onto cassette tapes back then and call it a bootleg recording? 

As for the whole plot, it was like the Napster case from 10 years ago where Napster was allowing free downloads of any music file for people to download and burn to CD without paying royalties to the record companies, especially for music that was just released or Promo copies of albums that were only suppose to be sent to music stations and DJ's for playing on the radio and in clubs before the retail release date of the albums.

Everything. :-[ I never knew that they could make bootleg records.  :o
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 21, 2011, 11:27:26 PM
QuoteAs for Trouble In Paradise the book was left with a dangling end where we have no idea whether the crooks were captured or escaped.  All the author needed to do was put in a line saying that the police or ATAC later informed the boys that the crooks had been caught.  But, instead we are left with the crooks still in the wild, possible captured, but also possible having escaped their bonds and the boys in the hospital.
They had a similar scenario in The Caribbean Cruise Caper where the bad guys apparently got away at the end. I was kinda surprised that Frank and Joe didn't bring them all to justice- but I suppose it was at least a different twist anyway.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 21, 2011, 11:36:57 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 21, 2011, 11:27:26 PM
They had a similar scenario in The Caribbean Cruise Caper where the bad guys apparently got away at the end. I was kinda surprised that Frank and Joe didn't bring them all to justice- but I suppose it was at least a different twist anyway.

Hey. I liked that one, too!
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on March 21, 2011, 11:52:09 PM
I wasn't knocking it- I liked that book pretty well- but I do wish they hadn't left it so open-ended. But like I said- it was something different anyway, so that's cool.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Boys UB Fan on March 22, 2011, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: MacGyver on March 21, 2011, 11:52:09 PM
I wasn't knocking it- I liked that book pretty well- but I do wish they hadn't left it so open-ended. But like I said- it was something different anyway, so that's cool.

Okay. I liked that one, too. ;D
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: hardygirl847 on April 01, 2011, 01:19:20 PM
I feel so behind...I guess I need to have a Hardy Boys reading day. :)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Olivia on April 05, 2011, 08:32:09 AM
I can't remember why, but #12 Trouble in Paradise is on my okay list.

It's been so long since I read a UB but I vaguely remember which ones I like and which ones are just "okay". But I now also judge the books based on the standards within the series (unless otherwise noted). Makes it easier.

(Though, the highest standard would be the Super Mystery #1 Wanted).
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Bigfootman on February 26, 2012, 12:51:32 PM
A while ago, I found "Too Many Traitors" and "The Hardy Boys Casefiles Collector's Edition #3" at a Libary Used Book sale. Also, a nearby Chapters still has the Hardy Boys Digests Collector's Edition. I already have it, so I didn't buy it.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on February 26, 2012, 07:11:55 PM
For the still-in-print paperback Mystery Stories (aka Digests), ordering them through a bookstore like Books A Million or Barnes or Noble works great. 8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 26, 2012, 09:52:29 PM
Quote from: Hardy Sleuth on February 26, 2012, 07:11:55 PM
For the still-in-print paperback Mystery Stories (aka Digests), ordering them through a bookstore like Books A Million or Barnes or Noble works great. 8)

Just recently I was trying to convince Paul Mular that the later original continuity books (and UB's) were still more popular than the G&D books, even though the series was discontinued.  He told me that he had asked a San Diego independent bookstore what they sold more of, they told him the G&D, but up here in Eastern Ontario the post1990 original continuity books (and the UB's) seem to be the Hardy's that take up the bookstore shelf space, while the G&D's are relegated to kiosk/Internet ordering.  And it's surprising that S&S hasn't put any of the post 1990 original continuity books that were in print 7 years ago into the out-of-print listings, along with any of the UB's.  Both those series must be selling.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: Hardy Sleuth on February 26, 2012, 11:24:44 PM
Quote from: Tomswift2002 on February 26, 2012, 09:52:29 PM
Just recently I was trying to convince Paul Mular that the later original continuity books (and UB's) were still more popular than the G&D books, even though the series was discontinued.  He told me that he had asked a San Diego independent bookstore what they sold more of, they told him the G&D, but up here in Eastern Ontario the post1990 original continuity books (and the UB's) seem to be the Hardy's that take up the bookstore shelf space, while the G&D's are relegated to kiosk/Internet ordering.  And it's surprising that S&S hasn't put any of the post 1990 original continuity books that were in print 7 years ago into the out-of-print listings, along with any of the UB's.  Both those series must be selling.

I think both the paperbacks and the hardcovers with the Mystery Stories are very popular and big sellers, makes me really happy about those in print so I can get them brand new.  8)
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 27, 2012, 12:23:55 AM
The Grossett & Dunlap Original 58 stories (albeit revised versions for the first 38 titles of course) are definitely still plenty popular. At least that's what I generally see on the bookshelves of Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million in the USA. Of course, the Undercover Brothers books are still there too and sometimes I still see a few of the Digests- but that's very rare now.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 27, 2012, 06:48:09 AM
Well here in Eastern Ontario the G&D books are only stocked at Chapters four big box stores.  All the mall/small store-front Coles, Smithbooks and Book Company stores just stock the paperbacks since those are the better sellers (I remember seeing the G&D books in Coles up until about 2 years ago, but then they were never brought back in except for the gift sets at Christms).  Coles, Smithbooks and the Book Company are all part of the Chapterrs-Indigo chain, and in a number of smaller communities are the only bookstores.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 27, 2012, 07:40:33 AM
Interesting how the trend seems to differ in different parts of the world. But I saw you did note that most of those stores are on a smaller scale and perhaps that's the difference. The Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million stores I've been to are definitely on a much larger scale than the store fronts in malls...
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 27, 2012, 09:48:47 AM
Well in my area (from Ottawa up to North Bay) there are about 20 stores run by Chapters-Indigo, and only about 3 independents (not counting independent used book stores), and the population is around a million people.  And with the 4 Chapters big box stores being solely in Ottawa (with about 14 of the mall/small retail stores also being in Ottawa), it seems to say that in the other stores people buying the Hardy Boys are only going in for the paperbacks, whereas they can probably find the majority of the G&D books at the used bookstores, or by using the Chapters-Indigo kiosk system that is in all Chapters-Indigo stores that allow people to order right from the Chapters-Indigo website and pay for the book right there in store and have it either shipped to the store or to people's homes.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 28, 2012, 12:53:01 PM
Maybe libraries help keep the Grossett & Dunlap sales alive... But most libraries usually do get the latest paperback titles too...but it just depends on how big or small the branch is- I've seen some with the G&D hardbacks and even some of the Applewood Original Text reprints, as well as the Digests and UB books (curiously though, I don't always seem to see the Casefiles- but those usually are in the young adult section separate from the children's section as they should be)... some smaller branches tend to just have some of the G&D books though...
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: tomswift2002 on February 28, 2012, 06:14:34 PM
I was just in my local library the other day for the first time the other day and they had none of the Hardy Boys Casefiles, Nancy Drew Files or the Tom Swift (Archway Series) books, and yet when I visited the library in my heyday of visiting the library (1996-2004) they always had at least The Negative Zone from Tom Swift and about 15 or 20 Casefiles and Files (each series seperately).  But, for the paperbacks I saw more of the paperbacks from 1997 onwards than I did for the ones from 1979-1996 (of course they've got a few of the Wanderer titles in hardcover that I used to read, and those were still there), but I guess that with the majority of the paperbacks, after 20+ years they tend to fall apart and maybe get sold off.
Title: Re: The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles are becoming hard to find
Post by: MacGyver on February 28, 2012, 06:23:53 PM
Yeah- libraries do have to periodically weed through their collection and older paperbacks, especially ones that are falling apart and perhaps not seeing much circulation anymore, do tend to get discarded and sold, etc.
Of course, sometimes they give paperbacks a hardcover makeover and that helps the books hold up longer- I've seen that done with some of The Hardy Boys Digests and Casefiles at some places.