Good job on gathering some info. These threads come up once in a while and no one seems to know all the facts about these masks. One thing I noticed is that C.S. weren’t very consistent with the Deluxe and Collector’s 1/1000. I’ve owned both. Most collector’s look sharp but I’ve seen some deluxe looking just as good as some collector’s and sometimes even better imo. Some collector’s looked better/different than others as some were made in China and haired differently if I’m not mistaken.
Deluxe with LM03 tag
The only thing I can add is that in my case the deluxe is a bit thicker and both were close in size.
Mine doesn’t have a tag anymore because I wanted to use it but I think mine might be the economy version? Around $50 from buy costumes.com way back then.
Thanks for the great info, were these masks sold at stores back when they came out? I slightly remember seeing them. And if they were which ones were in the stores?