Originally Posted by Dreaming
I really don't think your missing anything. It is very rare, that I find something I like in a magazine. Personally, I think they know that there is nothing attractive in them and that putting them in plastic prevents people from thumbing through them and realizing that they don't want them. Just mine opinion.
What I'm thinking is, they know most of the patterns are rehashes of traditional blocks, and if you look at them you can reproduce them without buying the magazine.
Or else, they have something special in there, that they know you might be able to reproduce without buying the book - either way, they don't let us see the insides.