There is an inaccurate statement in this catalog item.
It says: "The top of the heads of the earliest examples of this part had
a more squared-off forehead."
It should be "...some of the earlier examples of this part...".
The first heads in 1978/79 were not squared off, it was something that happened
roughly in the mid-80s (and possibly later) and was possibly a North American
manufacturing "thing". I know this from collecting many sets (European,
US and Canadian) from 1978 onwards. I have only come across these in Canadian
sets where I know it was "original". It could be they were manufactured
in the US for a brief period of time.
There hasn't much informed discussion about this but based on what I know
and what have read the catalog statement is definitely inaccurate. Collectors
of early sets will be misled into getting the wrong heads if they believe the
statement.
New Zealand, Auckland
