I have seen the new blue Hi-MDs in Toronto (Canada) for over 2-3 months now. I have found them in better Hi-Fi shops and even in some dollar stores (where you can find regular MDs). I only saw them once at the Sony Stores here and then they were promptly gone. They tend to be $10 (Canadian) in most shops and $11.50 (Canadian) at the Sony Stores. Funny enough you still can't find the new second gen Hi-MD models here in Canada at Hi-Fi shops or the Sony Store for that matter. The only place that appears to have these players is http://www.minidisc-canada.com/. It also looks like they just got these new blue Hi-MDs in too (they ship all over the place if you are dire for them). http://www.minidisc-canada.com/shopexd.asp?id=435. Interesting enough the new blue Hi-MDs that I have bought to date don't have the same cover on the shrink-wrap. Instead of this picture they have a hued blue dot.
