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About Where This Came From: First this came from a 1970-1990’s Tonka designer executives home. He passed some time ago, this collection includes MANY product samples, packaging prototypes etc. I will likely miss some and classify them as just basic stock. Some may have generic price tags as he was going to sell them shortly before his death. So this at worst is standard product, could be something more. If questions ask, I got around 1,000 items in this collection. Comes as shown.
What is a Test Shot: Pre-production samples are generally called final engineering pilots or as “test shots”. They are cast in final plastic color and they are generally painted to specifications. They are very close to the final toy in appearance. Their purpose is to show what the final toy looks like. They are often used in product photography as well as in displays at events and toy shows. Given this, they are marked with “sample” “not for sale” or other distinct markings. They also generally have deliberately wrong paint or stickers to prevent confusion with the final products they represent.
Condition: Clearly marked “sample”. Basically BRAND NEW, it does not work, since it was a test toy this may have been on purpose…given it’s almost new condition I would say it was not put togther to in fact function. Stickers missing is on purpose. It is stamped Japan.
