Darth Vader TIE Fighter Model Kit

Official Takara Japanese model-kit release; exact issue chronology and box variants remain under reconstruction. Direct surviving example evidence identifies a 1978 Takara Japan domestic release of the MPC 1/32 Darth Vader TIE Fighter, manufactured in the USA and packaged for Japan with Japanese instructions and product literature. Final certification: period Japanese Takara documentation confirms this exact 1978 launch kit, product number and original retail price.