northantsbloke34:Noticed this months mag is half the size of last months
206 pages including covers last month, 182 this month. It's hardly half, is it? Unless you've been sent a rogue A5 format issue by mistake...
But the issues this time of year do tend to be a little slimmer: the ones running up to and over the Christmas/New Year Sales period tend to be loaded up with seasonal advertising, while now is a slightly fallow time between the end of those promotions and the launch of the new ranges from the major Japanese companies.