Gregg,
Seems to me that you would be the one to ask this question as I have wondered about it for quite some time and it is NOT just related to Model Cars Magazine. Back in the 60's it would take 6 to 8 weeks for the first issue of a new subscription to arrive at the subscribers house. You mean to tell me that in this world of sending men to the moon and all the computers we're using, that nothing has changed over the last 50 years?