📚 We Buy Magazines – Help Us Keep Print History Alive
At LadsMags.co.uk, we don’t just sell magazines — we rescue, restore, and rehome them. From Zoo to Redline, Max Power to Front, we’re passionate about preserving the print culture that defined decades of British life.
If you’ve got a collection of old magazines, whether it’s boxed in the attic, stashed under the bed, or gathering dust in a garage — we want to hear from you.
🔍 What Kind of Magazines Are We Looking For?
We’re actively buying vintage and nostalgic print titles across a wide range of categories — from the golden era of men’s lifestyle magazines to performance car culture and retro gaming icons.
Some of the most popular types include:
📖 Lads’ Mags:
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Zoo Weekly
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Nuts Magazine
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FHM
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Loaded
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Front
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Ralph
These weren’t just magazines — they were cultural snapshots, packed with humour, celebrity interviews, outrageous features, and a very specific early-2000s vibe.
đźš— Car & Tuning Magazines:
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Max Power
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Redline
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Fast Car
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Performance VW
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Revs
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CAR Magazine
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Top Gear
They defined the modified car scene for a generation. Even now, petrolheads look back on these mags as their first introduction to turbos, bodykits, and dream builds.
🕹️ Gaming & Tech Magazines:
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Official PlayStation Magazine
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Mean Machines
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Edge
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Nintendo Magazine System
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PC Zone
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Your Sinclair
Before YouTube walkthroughs and Twitch streamers, these were where gamers turned for tips, reviews, and cheat codes.
🎠Culture & Lifestyle Titles:
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The Face
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Arena
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Vice (early issues)
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Esquire UK
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Dazed & Confused
From fashion to politics, underground scenes to mainstream icons, these magazines captured the energy of their era in ways social media never could.
🎮 Retro & Niche Publications:
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Retro Gamer
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Crash
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Amiga Power
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Commodore Format
For collectors and retro computing fans, these magazines are living history — a window into an analogue, pixelated past.
🛠️ Why We Do It
Magazines are more than printed pages — they’re a record of culture, design, humour, and human expression. But they’re fragile. Often forgotten. And they don’t always survive the digital age.
At LadsMags.co.uk, we’re committed to:
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Preserving physical media in a world of throwaway content
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Cataloguing and curating issues so collectors and fans can find what they love
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Helping people declutter responsibly — knowing their mags are going to a good home
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Telling the story of the magazine era, one issue at a time
We’re not just a store. We’re building a living archive of a generation’s print identity.
📦 Got Magazines? Let’s Talk.
We’re always open to hearing from people who have magazines they no longer want or need.
Whether it’s:
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A few old issues of FHM in the bottom drawer
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A full run of Max Power from a past life
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Or an inherited collection you don’t know what to do with
We’d love the opportunity to take a look and potentially add them to our archive.
We’ll guide you through the whole process — from first contact to receiving the magazines — with care, respect, and clear communication.
🧼 Condition Guidelines
Don’t worry if your magazines aren’t perfect. We understand that real collections are read, used, and stored in all sorts of ways. While we do look for completeness and general condition, we’re not expecting pristine museum pieces.
Things that help:
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No missing covers or pages
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Free from damp, mould or major damage
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Posters or inserts still inside (if they came with them)
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Roughly sorted by title or year (if possible)
But if you’re not sure? Just ask. We’ll advise — honestly.
🧡 We Work With…
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Collectors looking to slim down or trade
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Former subscribers who want to pass their issues to fans
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Car & gaming enthusiasts moving house or clearing space
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Partners of former readers who’ve found boxes and want them to go to someone who’ll appreciate them
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Independent sellers with spare stock
We treat every person we work with respectfully and aim to make the process as easy as possible.
✉️ Ready to Reach Out?
If you think your old magazines deserve a new home, don’t bin them — message us first.
🖊️ Tell us what titles you’ve got
📸 A few photos help, but not essential
💬 We’ll reply promptly and let you know if we’re interested
Contact us today via our Contact Page or email — we’d love to hear from you.
🧾 Final Thought
Every magazine tells a story. Every collection says something about a moment in time. Whether it’s glossy covers of Front in the early 2000s, or a full shelf of Redline from your tuning days, we believe these magazines deserve more than to be forgotten.
Let’s keep that story going.
We buy magazines. We save memories. And we make them matter again