Evolution after 5 years
I think playmail.sprawl.it was a funny website, anyway…….
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the endOf our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
Ill never look into your eyes…again
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.This is the end
Comments
Comment from Gary
Time 15 August 2008 at 17:40:43
You will be missed. Brought back a lot of memories of long past Playmates. Really enjoyed Playmate of the day and the Match Race. Nothing good last forever and the bad thing just stay and stay.
Comment from Akbar
Time 15 August 2008 at 18:12:51
Thanks for all the great pics. It’s unfortunate that playboy themselves cant seem to offer a great service like you did.
Comment from NoWayJose
Time 15 August 2008 at 18:31:44
Funny, I had begun to think that I would subscribe to Playboy because of all the Bunny’s I got to see here. Porn has become blahse’ on the net and seeing the beauty in the Playboy photos reawakened what art there is in what they do. Now, they have just made me realize that it is all corporate and nothing more.
Thanks for the fun while it lasted.
Comment from ben
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:00:59
well so much for my collecting centerfolds good while it lasted. thanks.
Comment from M Paul Lloyd
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:02:07
First of all please forgive my total lack of Italian, a fine language that i lack the ability to understand. I am so sorry to here this very sad news, I guessed as much might be afoot after I started getting error404 messages and given the current litigious attitude over copyright I am not surprised, but still feel that Playboy are being extremely petty and childish about what was just a bit of harmless fun, indeed they might actually have learnt a thing or two had they paid attention to your voting pole system. I will miss Playmail very much indeed, but wish you well in whatever venture you may choose to pursue in future. Good luck to you.
M Paul Lloyd
Comment from jim
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:10:15
also sorry to see the end of this entertaining, intelligent and well done site. i too grew suspicious lately when i couldn’t connect. only wish now that i would have dl’d many of the earlier playmates. thank you for the good work.
Comment from Nujo Srekoob
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:26:18
Thank you for the wonderful site. I can’t buy PB in my country, so it was great to have an opportunity to view all the playmates. I wish I knew about your site earlier, and never thought that the site will be closed, so I haven’t DLed many but is there a way I can DL the data somehow?
Comment from BP
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:28:52
This was a great site,very sad to see it go.It was great seeing girls of the past and the present.
Good Luck!!
Comment from joe
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:38:44
all for the dollar. the earliest photos have out lived their original (C) protections though.
Comment from Bill
Time 15 August 2008 at 19:49:19
I,too,loved your site. I loved the choice of pics, pics that I had not seen.
I remain curious about how and where you got them, especially as I am currently looking for two pics in particular:
1.More shots of Playboy Playmate Victoria Cunningham in the coat that she wears in her centerfold, and
2.More shots of Playmate Shay Knuth in that mini-dress she has on in the disco sequence of pics in her cnterfold spread.
Comment from Dave
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:09:31
Loved your site. Sorry to see it go! Thanks for all the great photos you shared with us.
Comment from Walter
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:10:21
Well, after I noticed I wasn’t getting the daily email anymore, I pretty much suspected that Playboy, Inc. had gotten to you. Thanks for the email letting us all know what happened. And thanks for keeping the site going as long as you did.
Oh, a question: after all the rankings and match race that was done, I’d say you must have accumulated a pretty accurate tabulation of which photos and which playmates are the most popular. Probably a heck of a lot more accurate than the rankings that Playboy has published in their magazine. Do you have a final result we could all see? I doubt Playboy, Inc. would be interested in it, because they don’t want to publicly acknowledge you. But we KNOW it’s probably the best ranking out there.
Comment from AYHJA
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:26:43
Thanks for the hard work and effort in creating such a great site…I wish you the best..!
Comment from greg
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:40:37
Loved all that you had to offer. Hopefully you can be back in a slightly different format that does not void the copyright.
Comment from anon
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:42:22
Playboy sucks! Playmates are skinny. Horrible
Comment from Paul
Time 15 August 2008 at 20:57:48
Sorry man! I really enjoyed it and I am sure that you have somewhat of a ‘victory’ in that you have had so many supporters and have livened up the lives of your followers.
Good luck, God bless, and “remember the Playmates!”
Paul
Comment from Mike
Time 15 August 2008 at 21:04:27
Is there anyway to keep your enews letter going, can they stop you from emailing
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Comment from sinbad
Time 15 August 2008 at 21:05:41
Enjoyed your site – mui caliente! You should use your extensive email list to help with the global energy crisis. You could make mucho dinero as an MPG50 affiliate or distributor. See http://mpg50.com or email me: tim@mpg50.com for info.
Comment from Bob
Time 15 August 2008 at 21:25:51
What a shame. It was a unique resource. I wish there had been some warning. I’m sure PB thought it was cutting into their business, so their actions are hardly surprising. While that may be true to a degree, my guess is that most of your followers wouldn’t subscribe to PB Online. Especially now.
PB has been going the wrong way for years. They used to have beautiful, natural girls. Now the standard is blond and skinny with silicone tops. Silicone makes girls look great in clothes, but undressed they’re all the same. Boring, boring, boring.
Comment from derek
Time 15 August 2008 at 22:19:19
Sorry to hear the news – I was looking forward to your return although I thought it was on the cards that Hef’s Empire would step in to stop a free of charge site when they could make even more money out of what you’ve been doing extremely well for the past few years. Thought you’d be around for much longer but it’s all about money at the end of the day.
Especially liked the month by month list of playmates – not just lovely ladies but a history of the pinup showing the changing styles of glamour photography since the fifties.
But having said that, playmates have become more and more unreal since the eighties and, for the last twenty years, have just been barbies and plastic in every sense of the word. Always fantasy figures but now totally robotic.
Many thanks for such an excellent website – hope you’ll keep in touch with your appreciative clientele.
Hope to meet you in your next endeavour !!
Comment from Scott
Time 15 August 2008 at 22:19:22
Once I saw the website was having problems, I began to worry. Then when I saw it had finally been taken offline, I was truly disappointed. All your hard work over the years was certainly appreciated, as you had the finest collection anywhere. More substantial and satisfying than Playboy.com itself! Good luck to you, and thanks again for all the great high quality images.
Comment from joelunchbox
Time 15 August 2008 at 22:33:42
Waht is funny is that your website got me to join playboy’s cyber club…I wanted to see more pictures! Would be interesting to know how much that happened…
Comment from Luis F.
Time 15 August 2008 at 22:43:18
You had made a great job with all the information and pictures about the playboy magazine , and , of course, we could see the history evolution of the humanity in the 20 century second half (50s to 2000s)the pictures show us, not just the girls, but the evolution thru the years, clothes, styles, the thinking and dreams of a moment, and his changes of values… thanks for everything!!! im really sad it ends, dont know where i can find now the girls from 60s and 70s …
greetings from Brazil …
Comment from surfk
Time 15 August 2008 at 22:59:17
Great site – i enjoyed the match feature. Would be great if you could share your database as you close.
Comment from Frank
Time 15 August 2008 at 23:15:59
What a pity! Your site was THE BEST!! Maybe you could share your database via Bit Torrent or some similar application . . . Wishing you much happiness and all the best as repayment for all the enjoyment your site brought me!! Thanks!!
Comment from Kerry
Time 15 August 2008 at 23:26:11
Sorry to hear this loved the artistic work you site gave all of us. Sorry to see you go good luck in your future endevers.
Comment from XenaGuy
Time 15 August 2008 at 23:41:07
Too bad, but I’m extremely surprised that your site lasted for five years. PB is very litigious , and will sue immediately if you don’t do what they say. Thanks for the mammaries (memories)! 
Comment from Tom
Time 16 August 2008 at 0:24:33
Thanks and Good-Bye. You will be missed. Just keep in mind that you are just following the room. We each have our own. Soom fork and some intersect. It realy doesn’t seem like (5) five years. Are you sure? Boy how time can fly! Letus know of your next adventure of the path that you follow, you have a great creative talent, it would be wrong not to furture your abilities. REMEBER – we’er friends.
Comment from Mike
Time 16 August 2008 at 0:31:01
Great site. I downloaded each playmate as you sent it hoping to get the entire collection. I remember many of the older ones from peeking at my dads Playboy magazines. Sure wish I had taken the time to download the collection. Any chance of receiving it via e-mail as a package, or on CD?
Best of luck in your endeavors. Keep us informed of what you will be doing.
Comment from Don Mullican
Time 16 August 2008 at 1:01:01
I am very sorry to see your site go but I suspicioned Playboy might be at the root of it when you were down for more than one day. Playboy(I wonder if they can get me for using their name here?) is notorious for zealous copyright enforcement. Good luck and I hope they leave you alone now. You had some fine pics and a good idea for them. I wouldn’t be surprised if Playboy now copies it in some form.
I hope you don’t think this tactless at this time, but do you have idea where I can get some hi def pics of the very early Playmates; late 50′s & 60′s? Mickey Winters in Paticular.
Anyway, good luck and let me know if there is anything I can do if Playboy won’t let you alone. 
Don
Comment from Kevin
Time 16 August 2008 at 2:05:52
Yes, as do many others, I must congratulate you on a wonderful site.
It was great to be able to explore the whole history of the playmate, make comparisons and give our own ratings.
The standard of pictures and the quality of organization of your site were both excellent.
I too, wish I had made better use of the site but it just seemed to be a part of daily life after a while. No more!!!
Is it greedy to wonder, with some of the others, if your resources have to be lost for ever??? And could we at least get some final results of all that voting.
Thank you once again.
Kevin.
Comment from Joe P.
Time 16 August 2008 at 2:06:01
Just as Akbar stated – Too bad Playboy Enterprises is too thick headed to see the benefit of your incredible site. Unfortunately I only discovered you 5 months ago, not 5 years ago. Your site had me reliving my growing up years, early adulthood, even looking into Playmates from the 50′s, 60′s, and early/mid 70′s that I never gave the time of day to before. I actually even bought old issues due to the exposure your site gave to these women WAY PAST The lame exposure that the Cyber Club, etc gave when I was a member of that. Even some of the newer Playmates, despite many with umpteen tattoos and shaved pre-pubescent looking “kitty” – your site had me taking a second look at Playboy after dismissing them in the early part of this decade (and canceling a 20+ year subscription) for the same silicone overdone, bottle blonde, cookie cutter rehash every month. Thank you for the Playmate of the Day and Match Race. I knew why you went down as soon as you did…just wish for once Playboy would realize the positive publicity you gave them, especially for free.
Comment from Sebastian
Time 16 August 2008 at 2:13:32
It was a great site. I enjoyed it a lot. Sorry to see it go. On the other hand, I’m glad you emailed to let us know what happened.
Comment from Cam
Time 16 August 2008 at 2:31:55
What a pity. I loved your site and visited on a daily basis. Damn you Hugh!
Comment from Thomas J
Time 16 August 2008 at 3:56:27
Rotten of pb…anytime someone shows a free spirit, or great idea, it seems some corporation feels the need to be violated in some fashion, and that is the end…i grew up reading pb, but since the mid 90′s ran away from the shaven, implanted, lipoed, surgically altered aliens in pb…with hef, it seems its all about the money and not about the art anymore…he has lost touch with the people who got him where he is…gonna miss my updates…great job and thanks for letting us know what happend…
Comment from Sunny Brook
Time 16 August 2008 at 4:22:57
Please keep my email for any list you may be involved with. Anything you do will surely be outstanding.
Thanks for all the joy with PlayMail.
Comment from Pete
Time 16 August 2008 at 5:23:27
I don’t understand how you infringed on copywrite when you were not selling. Thanks for 5 good years.
Comment from joe
Time 16 August 2008 at 6:30:09
Great website… a chance for everyone to see some REAL and natural beauties, the way they were meant to be. We will miss you
Comment from GM
Time 16 August 2008 at 7:11:29
ah, what a shame, what a shame. I only wish l’d stumbled upon it 5 years ago.
Pics you just can’t find anywhere else: curvy, natural women.
Thank You.
Comment from imu
Time 16 August 2008 at 7:56:56
real shame its down for good.
The general collection(1953-2007) is available by searching in any torrent site “playboy collection”
but the layout playmail had and more extra pics was priceless. hopefully someone took the time to d/l all pics and will torrent entire collection soon.
Comment from BunnyRabbitEars
Time 16 August 2008 at 9:04:51
Yeah, a shame, but fun while it lasted.
Thanks for all the effort you’ve put into the site over the years.
Comment from Klydezilla
Time 16 August 2008 at 9:28:47
I too joined Cyber Club after seeing many of the playmates from your site. PEI does not think about the ripple effect, which is a shame. I’ll miss the site.
Comment from sigh senechalis
Time 16 August 2008 at 13:18:59
great shame, but thank you for the time and effort to bring joy to many.
Comment from King Arthur
Time 16 August 2008 at 14:10:01
I can’t begin to express my appreciation for all the pleasant memories of years past. As others have commented, it is really a shame that Playboy is too short-sighted to see how your site benefits them. Good luck in any future endeavors, and please keep my e-mail address in your mailing list for any future ventures.
Comment from Nick
Time 16 August 2008 at 15:55:16
Many thanks. Keep the database, give it later to someone willing to restart it. Information spread is unstoppable. Cheers.
Comment from mark
Time 16 August 2008 at 15:58:58
So sorry to see you go. Playmail is something I looked foward to everyday. I lost interest in internet porn after finding your site full of truly wonderful women of yesteryear PB. It is somewhat shortsighted of PB.
Thanks for your efforts.
Comment from Miki dodli do
Time 16 August 2008 at 16:39:37
Cant describe what a suprise it was to bump in to your page! well, good stuff dont last long. Farewell and, tnx
Comment from Pirim
Time 16 August 2008 at 17:14:12
It seems to me, that Playboy should have bought Playmail and made a social network or something — you had pretty nice thing going. Appealing to copyright is always easier than thinking, I guess.
Thanks for everything you’ve done!
Comment from Deepcool
Time 16 August 2008 at 18:20:05
it is a pity, I imagine how gentily proposed it to you, and now, we loving them of those beauties, as we are going to obtain those wonderful images that you have in the portal? Good, in any case, thank you very much by those good moments, until always and you do not doubt in contacting. Until always friend.
Comment from Jona
Time 17 August 2008 at 5:18:02
It was great. I loved the match race.
Gonna miss that. Got to see those
models without spendin the $$$.
I still say Candy Loving is the greatest ever.
Comment from Vladimir Illich
Time 17 August 2008 at 8:07:30
Thanks for the effort. it was fun while it lasted but Playboy is becoming an outdated institution and its photographers’ and readers’ tastes are corny. This monotonous succession of Busty Boring Blond Bimbos was increasingly lacking in excitement. Don’t they know about the beauty of African, Asian, Middle-Eastern women ? Thousands of beautiful creatures can be admired for free on Russian, Chinese, japanese sites.
Best wishes
Comment from Turbo V8
Time 17 August 2008 at 10:51:08
What a great service you have provided. Your site will be sorely missed.
Comment from Richard
Time 17 August 2008 at 17:21:04
Nooooo.Say it isn’t so.I hope that one day things can be worked out so we can get your service back.Keep me/us updated with any changes.The site will be missed.
Comment from Sonny
Time 17 August 2008 at 17:57:15
Grazie, Grazie for the excellent site. It was well executed and ordered, tasteful, showcased how artistic nude photography in Playboy used to be and lacked those annoying flashing banners. In other words, your site was everything the current Playboy site is not. I believe the same thing has happened to other European sites. Sigh. Good Luck on your future enterprises!
Comment from Timanel
Time 17 August 2008 at 18:53:36
Loved your site. Sorry to see it go! Thanks for all the great photos you shared with us.
Comment from Niliaend
Time 17 August 2008 at 23:20:39
Thank you for your great site and mailing list! It gave every day a little moment of beauty, that’s a lot!
I’ll miss your work!
Comment from andy
Time 18 August 2008 at 3:16:49
Playmail was a great incentive to get to e-mail on time, daily. It added true pleasure to the daily grind.
Comment from nicos_const
Time 18 August 2008 at 5:42:37
Good Luck our friend. Thank you for everything.
Take Care. Hope Soon you will be with us again.
The Beauty never dies.
Comment from nanook
Time 18 August 2008 at 8:34:25
So sad to get a farewell from playmail. I really enjoyed the site and even though I only had the pleasure of seeing it for a couple of months, I can say I it will be missed. Thanks for making a great site and a big boooo to the playboy people for having it taken off line. Take care man and hope to see more of your work in the near future!!
Comment from Gregg
Time 18 August 2008 at 13:19:56
Thanks so much for the great site, I’ve always been a lover of the Playboy Playmate of the Month, you done such a great job it’s a shame Playboy couldn’t respect the great work you doing. Ole Hef should offer something free to all of us!!!
Thanks for sharing
Comment from Ian
Time 18 August 2008 at 13:52:43
I subscribed in November 2007 (wish I had found you earlier!) and have really enjoyed the site and daily email. When the daily emails stopped, I went looking for what had happened to you but found nothing – but guessed that Playboy had caught up with you.
If your collection is available somewhere I would really appreciate a copy to add to my humble collection.
Thank you for notifying us of what had happened and good luck in any future enterprise. Keep me on your mailing list.
Ian
Comment from Jeff Laugtug
Time 18 August 2008 at 20:55:34
I am trully sorry that your website had to leave us. It tastefull and non-pornographic I hope that you will come back some day and let us all visit again. It would be a pleasure as it always has been. I don’t understand why you had to leave us. Hope to see you again soon.
Comment from John W
Time 19 August 2008 at 7:13:54
Damn you Hef! I do miss a nice pubic triangle and real titts. Do we have that to blame on you old man? Hurry up and die. You are a mockery of everything you once stood for. I hear ya got a crypt next to Monroe. Sorry to inform you pal, but she don’t meet your most recent ideas of the female form. Rest in peace, and soon I hope. Man, did you make me mad by hurting this great sitr.
Comment from Steve-o
Time 19 August 2008 at 12:05:14
Playboy shouldn’t have bee intimidated, they still have PLENTY of ads to support them. I will miss starting my day with Playmate of the day and Match Race. Memories of Playmates past…
Comment from Ice
Time 19 August 2008 at 19:47:55
Sad to see you go. I’ve missed the last few weeks and surmised something like this was afoot. Maybe Playboy would be interested in letting you continue if you shared the statistics of your viewers. They don’t have an similar feature. You should watch carefully to ensure they don’t “steal” your ideas.
Ciao
Comment from Paul
Time 22 August 2008 at 6:54:40
You are already a part of my life…I feel soooooo sorry that you go away like this.
Thank you for giving me so many wonderful days each time I opened my email from you.
Comment from Dave
Time 22 August 2008 at 18:02:56
I agree with that guy a few messages back. Where else can you go for all natural women (From the 50-80″s)? Please come back if you can.
Comment from D Haines
Time 23 August 2008 at 7:21:01
Loved you site. So many lost playmates. Your efforts will be missed.
Comment from Jay
Time 23 August 2008 at 20:27:49
One less thing to look forward too. Will miss the daily.
Comment from glad you’re ok
Time 23 August 2008 at 21:11:25
i figured something like that had happened but no word until now so glad you’re alright and thanks for the fun. good luck to you.
whoa! your page is writing my comment in ajax below!
Comment from Porfeshar
Time 24 August 2008 at 20:44:39
Good luck, hope to see u again.
May be the Playmate team was right (the copy right issue), but don’t be sad or sorry, you did really well.
A comment: why don’t u think of a new site (full of fun), with all these fan you have? it might be a good business for you (we will support you by visiting your site).
Anyway Thanks
Comment from Brent
Time 28 August 2008 at 19:52:44
too bad – i really enjoyed the daily pics – who wouldnt – these are beautiful women – thanks for the site
Comment from Falco2112
Time 30 August 2008 at 11:33:42
Thanks for the beautifull years. I really miss your e-mails.
Comment from Sam Waterson
Time 31 August 2008 at 19:44:27
I agree with that guy John W. about the lack of natural women lnow days. (But John, why so harsh on Hef?) You can kind’a get some on ATK but most of those girls are dogs, either pierced tattoed wonders or geriatrics. Why, why, why do young people insist on marking up thier bodies and changing the waqy God wants them to be? Maybe before I die I will see a turn around of this farce!
Comment from luic
Time 31 August 2008 at 22:07:11
What a pity !
I just hope everybody try to share through p2p all the related material they might have. These guys from Playboy are really stupid. What you were doing was a service to them, it was really free publicity for them. I was even considering to subscribe Playboy….
Well, it was good while it lasted. Congratulation for your terrific job. Wish you all the luck, all the best. Hope your next ventures are plenty of success.
Thank you very much for the wonderful work. I hope to hear from you again.
Comment from Kinkyd4me
Time 1 September 2008 at 3:28:45
At least there are a few of you out there that agree with me that “natural” women are the best. I never looked at the stuff past the mid 80′s, too plastic. Hell, shaved crotches seems too much like pedophilia to me. This web site was awesome, women like they used to be–and as they should be. Man, if there is anyway in Hell that you could come back, please do. Untill that wonderous day, thanks for all you have done for us in the past. Take care my friend.
Comment from Randy
Time 2 September 2008 at 16:57:13
Knowing that (very) good things don’t usually last, I downloaded most of the playmates of the late 60′s, the 70′s and early 80′s, as soon as I discovered the site a few months ago. Now it is a very precious collection, especially seeing the Playboy girls of today, all silicon and shaved pubic hair, ridiculous. Thank you so much for allowing us to save those really sexy girls, for they were more sexy than any girl photographed today that we see on the net. All the best in your future endeavours and please advise us if you come up with any new great ideas.
Comment from KillerKarlKastanski
Time 6 September 2008 at 8:43:00
Pussy, pussy, pussy. Never enough time for that, just not that shaved stuff. Me likes mine furry and sweet smelling. Where else can I get my fi?. Anyone know? Playboy, the good one, is dead. What is left is like a zombie, on auto pilot for a senile Hefner who forgot what a real woman looks like. I would subscribe again if REAL women were in it. Untill then, I need to keep looking for what you gave us good buddy.
Comment from david
Time 16 September 2008 at 10:22:33
great page.
thank you for your time and your work during these years!
Comment from Raymond
Time 24 September 2008 at 3:57:47
Thats just so disappointing. Been a fan for a long time, totally sad that you are going offline. Wishing you the very best
Comment from Brent
Time 13 October 2008 at 14:04:56
Seeing those old photos brought back my younger days of sneaking a peak at a Playboy in my Dads barbershop where the customers always enjoyed them. Women then seemed just like the girl down the street.(Or at least one from across town, maybe the one you would only get to date if your Pa owned the local steel mill or something,)
Now when ever I happen to be exposed to a “modern” Playmate, it doesn’t do anything for me. These girls sure are not what you could see at school and lust for from afar. These ones came from Dr. Frankenstiens lab or something. Truly, not real. And beyond that, seemingly, less sincere; less innocent. Certinly not the girls of my dreams. They are akin to what has happenned to popular music. Quickly rushed out, corporate ideas of what music should be. Neither feels real or is ultimatley satisfying. Thankyou for your past service to us. Take Care.
Comment from peter
Time 13 October 2008 at 15:15:29
sorry you’re gone. Saved some of the oldest pages on a cd, fortunately. Hope tot see you again sometime, somewhere.
Comment from Tubaing
Time 8 November 2008 at 21:59:32
Thanks so very much for a quality presentation of some truly beautiful art. Too bad it can no longer be shared. I’ll never buy another Playboy magazine again!!! I think Hef is loosing it.
Comment from Stuart
Time 24 March 2009 at 5:59:52
Thanks for brining back a lot of old girlfriends from the 70′s & 80″s. They were fun.
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Comment from alessandro
Time 18 July 2008 at 22:56:26
Sei un mito…………………………………… Anche se la canzone parla di un’altra fine, un po più definitiva diciamo……………. ecco!
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