My NIB optima, turbo optima mid, Ultima and Progress (all Kyosho) all came from shops in Japan - a culture where old stuff isn't desired and gets left on a shelf.
I made contact with a Japanese chap and he would go get any car I wanted. On average they cost around £200 each or there abouts. This is maybe 10 years ago now.
My NIB Cat XLS (now sold) came from a shop shelf in Spain. They also had a nib original rc10 but I didn't buy it.
A guy I knew in the far east used to visit another country and I forget the details now but they had yankee electras, all sorts of PB buggies etc etc in a shop over there.
He was going to get me one (a Yankee) but he ended up losing that job and didn't travel again. He offered me his new yankee but he'd built it and put a single colour orange paint over it. Gutted.
So yeah - I'm sure old kits are still in shops in various countries but it must get more and more rare.
I'd love a Yankee but you can't buy anything like that on ebay as it'll be crazy money.
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