I had heard the rumor they were moving to South America. But that was just over a year ago. The Pica T28's are going for a fortune on Ebay. I saw the big one priced at over 440 with still another day left in the auction and 230 for the little one with a couple of days left. People are behaving as if Pica is gone for good.
I know Tower Hobbies was really jerking them around. Tower told me for months that the T28's were on back order. Finally I called Pica directly. When I advised them that I had attempted to order a T28 from Tower for several months , Pica advised me that Tower didn't even have an order placed with Pica.