Looks like the Easter Bunny delivered something more delicious than eggs this year—the Raspberry Pi Model A is now available for purchase for $25 in the United States.

Allied Electronics, based in Texas, appears to be the first local retailer to sell the cheaper edition to the American market. Nearly two months ago, the Model A finally went on sale in Europe. Sales in Asia followed about a month later. However, for at least a week now, a German electronics shop has been selling the Model A to Americans on eBay for $38.50, and other British eBay sellers are selling combo editions including a case.

The $25 Model A's cost savings comes from skimping on an Ethernet port and including just a single USB port. This means the Model A needs only one-third the power that the Model B requires. (Conceivably, this also implies it's better-suited for solar-powered hobbyist projects.)

On its website, Allied Electronics offers this notice:

“Due to limited supply of the Raspberry Pi Model A, we are not offering preorders or backorders on the product at this time. The Raspberry Pi Model A will only be available for purchase when we have inventory on hand to fill the order. We regret this inconvenience and sincerely thank you for your patience.”

As of this writing, Allied Electronics lists 49 remaining in stock, but we’re guessing that those are going to go pretty fast. (Disclosure: When I saw that early Sunday morning, I ordered two.) If you don’t manage to get a Model A, Amazon has the Model B Revision 2.0 (with the 512MB RAM bump) for $45.

We’ve reached out to Raspberry Pi and Allied Electronics to help explain the delay and limited stock and will update when we hear back.

UPDATE 12:45pm: The Model A has sold out on the Allied Electronics website.

Eben Upton, the founder of Raspberry Pi, wrote Ars to say that the Model A is "now on sale worldwide. The delay was caused by the need to get some items of US import paperwork completed, and by the desire of our distributors to make sure they had at least some stock in place worldwide before launch."

"We expect it to be available from the same resellers as the Model B in due course."