Hey jon425, I was in the same boat as you. I too live in the USA, (Pennsylvania to be exact). I called all the close BMW dealers to me, and asked the parts dept. to see when they were expecting these. Needless to say, they weren't any help, some said 6-8 months :ranting . I went ahead and bought one off of ebay :danbana . I am soooo anxious to see this car in person. The car is coming from the Netherlands from a great seller who I bought an old Revell 850CSI off of a year ago. If I remember correctly, it took about 14 days or so to get it. If I were you, I would go for it. I wound up paying $85 plus airmail freight of $30, but I have a good feeling that this is going to be a hard model to get in the states, and I really wanted to add this to my collection. Hope you get one for yourself soon.