Maxim Magazine November 2000 Soap Stars Hollyoaks Brookside EastEnders SKU 1518

Original UK Maxim Magazine – November 2000, cover price £2.90, with a major British soap stars special featuring women associated with Hollyoaks, Brookside, Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders.

This is a substantial turn-of-the-millennium issue of Maxim combining celebrity features, television, humour, fashion, lifestyle, true crime and the magazine's characteristic early-2000s editorial style. The supplied photographs show both the magazine itself and its large fold-out soap-star feature, which remains present.

MAIN COVER – SOAP STARS SPECIAL

The bright red cover is dominated by four models/soap personalities in swimwear, with the headline:

“SOAP UP!”

The accompanying cover wording promotes a “Dirty Dozen” from:

• Hollyoaks
• Brookside
• Emmerdale
• Coronation Street
• EastEnders

The lower-right cover further advertises:

“Fold out for not one, not two, not three, not four... but 12 girls!”

This makes the issue particularly relevant to collectors of British television and soap memorabilia, as well as early-2000s Maxim issues.

ORIGINAL FOLD-OUT FEATURE PRESENT

Importantly, the photographed copy still contains the large fold-out soap-stars feature.

The fold-out opens into a wide multi-panel presentation on a vivid red background featuring a group of women from the British soaps promoted on the cover. The photography is arranged across the extended spread, with the participants posed individually and in small groups in swimwear / fashion styling.

The fold-out also incorporates the original Maxim branding and editorial text around the outer sections. Because these pull-out/fold-out sections can often become separated from used magazine copies, its presence is a useful feature for collectors.

The fold lines are naturally visible because of the original format, and the supplied photographs show the fold-out opened so buyers can assess it properly.

CONTENTS & FEATURES

The photographed contents pages reveal a wide-ranging November 2000 issue.

Prominent features include:

• True Crime – page 72, examining organised crime groups including Turks, Yardies, Russians and Triads
• “She’s Out To Get You” – page 84
• “Win A Pub!” – page 94
• Reality Bites – page 123, concerning Australian firefighter David Bendle
• Bangkok Body Snatchers – page 156
• “You’re Fired!” – page 164
• Gordon Ramsay – page 58, described as a feature with the chef
• The Mighty Quo! – page 38
• What She Wants – page 45
• How To – page 50

The magazine therefore offers much more than the cover shoot and provides a good snapshot of British men's-magazine culture and popular entertainment at the end of 2000.

SOAP STARS FEATURE

The contents specifically lists:

“Soap Stars In Bras!” – page 130

and describes twelve starlets from Hollyoaks, Coronation Street, Brookside, Emmerdale and EastEnders coming together for the feature.

This directly connects with the cover and the large fold-out section shown in the photographs.

OTHER CONTENT

The photographed later contents section also includes:

• Who’s That Girl... – page 16
• Flamin’ Nell – page 62
• Christmas Comes Early – page 114
• Hot Flush – page 246
• All You Need – fashion section
• Stitch This!
• Style Icon
• Pure Jeanius
• What’s New
• Get Smarter
• Get A Life
• Stockists
• Subscriptions

The issue also carries a broad mixture of cars, food, health, fitness, drink, bikes, DVDs, travel, games, books, gadgets and music.

CONDITION

This is an original November 2000 magazine and shows genuine age-related handling and storage wear.

From the supplied photographs:

• front cover remains bright, colourful and highly presentable
• noticeable light surface rubbing and handling marks are present
• some minor scratches/scuffs can be seen on the glossy cover
• light edge wear is visible around the outer perimeter
• bottom edge and corners show some rubbing and minor wear
• spine shows signs of normal handling/storage
• slight corner softening and small creases are visible
• internal pages shown remain colourful and readable
• some pages have natural curvature from being opened
• large fold-out section remains present
• fold-out naturally shows its original panel fold lines
• no obvious major sections missing from the photographed magazine
• rear cover shows light edge/spine wear consistent with age
• no obvious heavy writing or ownership markings can be seen in the supplied photographs

Overall, this appears to be a good used copy for a magazine now over two decades old, with normal cosmetic wear rather than mint condition.

Please inspect all photographs closely, as they form an important part of the condition description.

ORIGINAL EXTRAS / FREE ITEMS

The fold-out feature shown in the photographs IS present with this copy.

However, any other free gifts, promotional items, samples, cards, loose supplements or additional items that may originally have been supplied with the magazine are no longer included unless they are specifically shown in the photographs.

The sale is for the magazine and the contents/items actually pictured.

PACKAGING

The magazine will be carefully packed to help protect it during transit.

UK orders: sent in a hardback envelope, giving firm support and helping protect the magazine and fold-out section from bending or crushing.

International orders: sent in a cardboard mail-size box for additional protection during the longer journey.

SKU 1518