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Wow, thanks guys, lots of possibilities, 

the strike was bought new from a retailer here in Malaysia back in the late 80s early 90s .. the price was in Malaysian Ringgit .. 

the Nissan sticker, could have been stuck on by me as my dad worked at Nissan haha, another senario could also be it was a gift set by Nissan and he brought it back for us kids back then. ! I can’t for the life of me remember the actual senario .. but it had a price tag so that is unlikely.. gifts don’t normally have price tags haha not cool 

in fact I have the elintseeker as well also from the same time but that one is correct parts as far as I can gather

well anyway it’s really an eye opener to explore the possibilities 

thanks chaps! 

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Here is an interesting bit for everyone.

At the end of the Strike VF-1S/Elintseeker production run there was an uneven production run of VFs to Armour. More VFs were produced and were sold to various retailers through out the US accompanied with Matsushiro armor.

From a story I was told involved Pony Go Round in San Francisco, CA. The owner was given a rare opportunity to buy stock in mismatched VFs with Jetfire Armor. These were sold at a steep discount to the retailer and then these ended up in the common market. So this is why you see VE-1 and VF-1S Valkyries with Jetfire Armor from Matsushiro. 

IIRC, this all took place in mid 1990s.

The source was Ravishing Rick an old MW member on the boards.

I actually have each of the two versions with Jetfire armor. It’s easy to tell when these are real and not a Frankenstein mash up but I won’t give away the tells. 

Hope this cleared up a bit of mystique from Valkyries of our past.

Thanks for the warm welcome! 
mysterious boosters and armour.

proper Japan made toy back then. 
a pity never took care of it as a kid.. I’ll try to restore it if not a good clean

cheers

Hi guys, 

I dug our my old toys and found my macross vf-1s , not in great condition coz it was played with heaps.

however I noticed the booster and armour is in red as opposed to grey/navy as on the box art. 
 

were there error productions? Ie boosters meant for transformer jetfire but ended up in macross boxes that sort of thing

cheers guys