RE: The OP and people still today wanting a US release.

buy the Takara release while you can and for cheap. get the painful part of paying for it over and be done with it.
because in 2015, when he's still not in TRU, he may be $120+ and you still WON'T have him.

to me, he's worth between retail and ~$75 tops (shipped) and looks great.