I bought a gift subscription for my nephew at the beginning of January. He got his first magazine last week (March 20th). They have an extremely long ship window to when you or your gift recipient may get their subscription, so I'm glad that it wasn't too terribly long. My nephew LOVES the book and recognizes all the different characters that're in it. It's nice that it's not all the same character and they mix it up. My suggestion is, if you want to give this to someone as a present, order it a few months in advance.