You can get a pre-modded V5 with Messiah from Lan-Kwei.com ..
I live in the US also...... It came right to my door.....:cool:

Ok they have a SCPH 30004R Europeon Pal Premodded Messiah PS2. A couple of questions.

1. will it work fine with ntsc games?
2. Is the laser good? Or weak like the V4's
3. will i need to patch ntsc to pal to make it work with this unit?

ANSWERS
1. Works perfect with NTSC games.. (that's the only games I have)
2. It's a V5: SO YES the laser is excellent.
3. NO... Since it has the Messiah installed, there is no need to patch the games.

The only thing you will have to buy is a step-up converter.
(The PAL units run off of 220V.. US is 110V)
You can buy the converter at any electronics store such as Radio Shack etc...

I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THE SERVICE I GOT FROM THEM AND ALSO WITH THE UNIT ITSELF... JUST PUT THE BACKUP IN, PRESS RESET, AND START PLAYING...

note: This is the SAME unit as Charlie_PS2 has.... I'm sure he will post and tell you how good this unit is also...