I had to wait for one of two things to happen...
1) a family friend was coming to visit cambridge UK (unfortunately they always seemed to come before mags were in shops.... so Nadal for me)
Or 2) we were going on summer holidays to the states, mostly California or Florida. Then I'd stoke up on every mag in the shops..... but it had to include Lindys and then hopefully Athalon.
I spent a year at Uni Washington on exchange back in 1994....... and gorged myself on buying every mag I could find, even ghe usa today for the small snippets.
The internet and this board now have far more than any mag does but I still have to get my Lindys!!!!