Did I get a fake 1/55 Strike Valkyrie?

[ben2099]

Hello all, I am new to this site, but I have been a collector for years. Recently, I got two different Strike Valkyries. The first one has two stickers on the back plastic piece where the tail wings section connects too. The stickers say "Bandai 1984 Japan" and "VALKYRIE VF-1S" with kanji under it. Also, it has a painted macross symbol on the wing.

The second one has Bandai (but no date) and Tokyo Japan stamped where the stickers of the first one were, but they are apart of the plastic instead of being stickers. It also doesn't have a macross symbol painted on the wing.

So which is the fake? Or are they both real and just different production runs of the same toy?

i don't have a digital camera to show you what I mean, but I can get one if it becomes necessary

To me they look absolutely the same except for these minor differences

Anyone got any idea?

[protodeviln]

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=22175

is this the type of strike valkyrie you are refering to?

Edited May 9, 2007 by protodeviln

[ben2099]

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=22175

is this the type of strike valkyrie you are refering to?

Yep, thats the one, did yours have the macross symbol painted on the wing or did you put the sticker there?

[Solscud007]

no those are real. its just production runs. you should see the variants on GBP gift sets that I found among my three sets.

[big F]

Yeah there are quite a few versions and many many more sub versions.

Wheres Kanata67 he is after all the resident expert in this field.

(stands paitently wating for him to chime in)