CH-CH-CHANGES
Just what is going on at the YS office? Every month when I buy Your Sinclair, something has changed. Some changes are for the better (T'zer taking over as editor) (Hear, hear. Ed), some are for the worse (the price going up 5p) and some changes just don't make any sense (like Sportscene Specialist Press changing its name to Dennis Publishing). There also seems to be a new Art Editor every month. First there was Martin Dixon, then there were Martin Dixon and Caroline Clayton, then just Caroline Clayton. Now in the May issue, we're told that there is a senior Art Editor called Hazel Bennington. When is everything going to settle down?
Robert A Wilkins
Carmarthen, Dyfed
PS Just what does Kevin Cox do as Man Ed?

And here are your answers, in reverse order. 1. Absolutely nothing. 2. By George, I think we've got it - a new Art Editor called Peter. 3. By changing the company name to Dennis Publishing we can now make naff jokes like Anyone for Dennis? Or Dennis Elbow or... (Snip. Man Ed). Oh, yes - that's what he does. Ed

STAR LETTER BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Just got the May issue of the terrif super wacky YS mag. I think it's really super, great. What a great, super... (More, more! Ed).     I've only recently discovered YS. I bought a couple of the other mags but got fed up with being ripped off. But this YS, well I'd pay £5 for a copy (Crawler. Ed). I'm hooked on adventures at the moment but have been known to play other games. I think the section on adventures in the mag is very good and all the game reviews are excellent.     Program Power and Task Force are pretty good too, but could you tell me where I could get a magnifying glass! I get eye strain reading the small print and a headache keeping my 10x50 binoculars tied to my head (where's my White stick??)     Well, the Easter present Road Race is just the thing my +2 was waiting for. What about a Whitsun present, a summer present, an August bank holiday present, a birthday present (September 19th), a Christmas present and a New Year present (in a case)? R Levers Clifton, Nottingham Well, it just so happens that the summer present is a free cut-out magnifying glass - perfect for reading small print and the ideal gift for any budding trainspotter. Ed

WORRA BOMBER
What a disappointment I had when I bought Bomb Jack II. It had hardly anything to do with Bomb Jack, which was excellent, fantastic and brilliant. You can't jump around whenever you want to, instead you must line up under the platforms. You don't even get any bombs. And what happened to those little men who walk around? Now there are miniature dragons who walk around like mummified midgets. And Bomb Jack himself is almost microscopic. The only good thing about Bomb Jack II is that Bomb Jack is on the other side.
Stephen Ward
Llanelli, Dyfed

Oh. Well, I'm sorry you're not chuffed with Bomb Jack II. Perhaps if you'd have consulted your issue of Your Sinclair before buying it, you might have been swayed to spend your dosh on something else. It got an overall 6, and wasn't a Megagame! What? You didn't have a copy at the time?!? Huh, I think you know what to do! Ed

TURNING TURTLE
I like YS very much. In fact I have bought every issue so far. One (or many) problem(s): the staff are topsy turvy and some of the things that you put in the mag are tipsy. First of all you give such a brill game called Gunstar really low marks. What kind of mark is 5 for Value For Money? It should have been at least 8. That makes ten per cent on the Tipsyometer (my new invention). What's more, you've still printed that topsy turvy 6 in the charts for Kai Temple. That's another 20 per cent on the Tipsyometer. I'm a good friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and of course Monty, so if you don't print this letter then I'll set these macho men (and mole) onto you.
James France
Huddersfield, West Yorks
PS I got the words topsy turvy and tipsy from the Auf Wiedersehen Monty preview (Monty won't mind, will he?)

Ed Turvy Topsy calling you are who?

OCH AYE
If you at YS are so brill how come you make mistakes every month? Do you do it so all the little trainspotters have something to do? Or are you just stupid?
A wild haggis in Scotland
(aka Michael Ross,
Prestwick)

You're not a very intelligent haggis, are you? It's obvious - we make mistakes to keep wild haggi like you busy writing idiotic letters to us. Ed

BLOW YOU, JACK!
I only started reading YS in April, so you can tell I'm a bit of a wally. Could you tell me why they call you T'zer, not that I don't like it but you sound a bit of a wally. Plus, could you please please print another photo of yourself, so I can see for myself why they say you're beautiful. By the way, YS is brill.
David Jack
Airdrie, Lanarkshire
PS I think this letter is worth a badge.

Sorry but I don't. I am not a bit of a wally and they say I'm beautiful 'cos I am. By the way, who are they? I'd love to meet them. Ed For a photo of our glorious leader in eye- stretching black-and-white, see the next letter. Phil.

CHURGLIKKIN' GOOD!
Imagine my surprise when I bought the May issue of Your Sinclair, got home and read through Future Shocks. Gasp, I thought, it can't be her, but yes it was - T'zer is now starring in a new game. First there was Sam Fox Strip Poker (slobber, drool) and now there's T'zer under the false name of Churglik in US Gold's new game Psi-5 Trading Company. Don't believe me, huh? Well, turn to page 9 in the May issue and there she is along with the rest of the YS team.
David Bowden
Altricham, Cheshire
PS I also have a POKE for Road Race to stop cars overtaking you when you've stopped. It's POKE 56093,0

Actually, you're mistaken. I am, as everyone else has no doubt worked out, the model for the young and lovely Nargo. So ner! Ed

BRING BACK MAX!
A few days ago, one of the worst things to happen in my life occurred. I get my YS delivered from the corner shop, and one day they got me mixed up with the boy round the corner who gets Sinkplunger User!! It was the most awful bit of trash I'd ever seen. I took it straight back, of course, and thankfully got wonderful YS the next day.
    Just one thing would improve it though - get Max Phillips back!! I totally agree with Muhammad the Banana! Keep T'zers but put it somewhere else. Max was one of the high spots (What about his other spots? Ed).
    Thanks a bunch for the Easter prezzie. I can only get on to level two but who cares - it's great.
Paul Galpin
Gidding, Cambridgeshire

What a terrible thing to happen to one so young. I don't know who to feel more sorry for, you, or the boy round the bend - oh, sorry, corner. Hopefully the YS badge I'm sending you will help you recover from the shock! Ed

BIG T-ZER
I have noticed in the last ten seconds (that's fast) five annoying things so I decided to put pencil to paper (Why have you written in biro then? Ed).
    1) April 87 issue, p100, reservation order, quote "only 95p", actual price £1.
    2) Price going up with new Ed's takeover.
    3) People writing about the Spectrum +2's music. The normal 128 can do it too.
    4) The fact I can't count.
Big T
Uddingston, Glasgow

Huh! Only five annoying things (which actually turns out to be three). I noticed 300 in the first two seconds of reading your letter which were: 1. The price rise was nothing to do with me. 28. The price rise was out of my control. 56. The price rise was a conspiracy by the Ex Ed. 286. I was in no way responsible for the price rise. 300 I can't count either. Ed

MOLE IN THE HOLE
Oi - you! How about giving us a fair chance with the compos - like the Auf Wiedersehen Monty one. I quote: "If you'd like to get your paws on a set, answer this simple question: Are moles blind or deaf?" So there's me thinking away and then an idea hit me (ouch). I looked in the Junior Encyclopaedia of Nature, and on page 196 there it was, a lot of rubbish about moles. I scan the page, and what do I find? Yes! The book says moles' eyes are hidden by their fur as are their ears. So unless a mole's ears are for doing his natural bodily functions with, moles are neither blind nor deaf, and I claim this month's Trainspotter Award.
Stephen Collins
Lisbon, Portugal
PS Can I say hello to James and Philip if they are reading? No? Oh well, I didn't think I could.

Whisper... Ah... yes... well, here... I am... up to my neck in a... molehill... and I can see... with my own eyes... a mole coming towards me... Hello? Hello there! Do you know me? (rustle rustle) As... I suspected... either totally blind... or just... very very stupid... ah... yes... 'Cos I'm David... not... Russell... oh... David Attenborough

TRAINSPOTTER AWARD ALL MIXED UP Super-person (none of your sexist rubbish here) who works for the Daily Planet wears his nickies outside his trousiz. Some-person who works (worked?) for you wears his piccies back to front! (YS May 87 - page 7 - Dogfight 2187). Please dispatch a post-person immediately with my trainspotter award. The Wizard of the Northern Marches (aka Jack Trollope) Sleaford, Lincs PS I still think that the little adverts that said Strip Teaser were misspelt, but nevertheless a good idea! PPS Isn't it strange how they've vanished now that you've taken over as Ed? Very well spotted there, but then, since you're a wizard, I'm not really very surprised. It's young Darrell, the designer, you see. He has these terrible problems with his eyes. We don't like to mention it too much but he does tend to get things up-mixed. We tell him to wear his glasses, but he just won't listen. However, as his penance, he'll be sending you your trainspotter award just as soon as he can get things sorted out. KO? De

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