1/55's revisited
Ok... many know I have a 1/55 fetish. I think I only need 9 more [mib or boxes for my loose] to have all of them boxed. 10 if somebody proves to me joon's made a 1a. Maybe more depending. Can anybody make a list of every 1/55 that was made off the original taka molds and sold boxed? I say boxed because every carded knock-off I've seen wasn't worth the plastic it was made of [even the obsessive have to have boundaries . I consider it a proper 1/55 if I can swap parts between valks using taka's a
I have more questions, regarding the maker's mark/copyright stamping on the 1/55s.
The Big West/Takatoku Toys stamp was drilled out and replaced by the MATSUSHIRO/TOKYO JAPAN stamp, and then the MATUSHIRO was replaced by BANDAI, resulting in BANDAI/TOKYO JAPAN. As far as I'm concerned this is the same piece, modified over time. (So, if limiting to 1S gift sets, these are seen across Super, Strike and Jetfire)
I have two Strikes and I can see that both have the original Big West/Takatok