I went to a shop in Italy last year whilst we were there because my friend said he'd bought a new Yokomo 834B from them - but it was closed that day and we looked thru the back window to see old kit boxes etc but couldn't go take a look
sob sob.
Back in my vintage collecting days I was in touch with a guy in the far east and he sometimes visited another country on business (don't remember which) and they had many old cars like PB, Yankee, etc. But he ended up losing his job and couldn't travel.
I did manage to get my new cat XLS from a shop in spain though - and they also had a new gold tub rc10 but I foolishly didn't buy it (they were fairly common at the time, and I have 2 already)