King Of Rarity

At least the regular Sports series does not yellow that much.

 

Break out the retrobrite.

 

Is there a new king in town?

 

That must have been the gold copy!

 

or it's just the unit of a heavy smoker

 

It looks gold alright but probably custom painted , damage to the "BATTERY" letters seem to be also gold not flaked paint .

 

I also thought I smoked to much…
But it’s real!

 

Here is the new King of Rarity!

 

nice, didn't even know this one exists. in fact it does look more like tha champaign-colour they had (i have f.ex. a champaign colour wm5)

 

Speaking genuine factory wise it's the first time I see a WM-2 with "WALKMAN" logo and "PLAY" button instead of "FWD" although through the transition period there were WM-2s with "WALKMAN II" logo and "FWD" button.

 

Yes, the combination itself leads to many questions.
Older details: Walkman logo without II, small window
Newer details: Play-Button, SerialNo. around 490000, Sticker (okay the position is also strange)

But the case itself looks authentic. The same look and feel of a used silver one. Also typical signs of use like scratches and missing paint on a corner.

I got it from a regular Japanese electronics thrift store with no other special articles.

 

It looks like a mix and match from different units indeed.
Is the color in this eBay listing the same? https://www.ebay.com/itm/303392546003
Text on the housing is not.

 

Well to be honest the most convincing part is the silk screened printing over the painting , it's not impossible to do but it needs super skills and effort from an individual and then you ask yourself why , the missing paint on the corners is how the damage on the "BATTERY" letters I mentioned before should look like , very confusing.

 

This looks like a standard silver one in bad indoor lighting.

 

Long ago I bought a silver DD, because of a similar picture. I thought it would be the golden version Now I know, the golden one has black prints instead of white.