Yes, Takagi has been building and studying blasters since 1985. In fact he was the first to publish back in 1993 the gun was made with Steyr parts and that the revolver inside the gun was a Bulldog. Way before Phil Stencheider; Craig Kovach and Rich could confirm this.
The blaster is not perfect, I could point some minos innnacuracies to you, but till this day is the more accurate replica. Sure I would have preferred a finish closer to the actual gun used in the movie, metal receiver and more metal casted parts.
I wrote to Mr Mune, who visited LA to see the blaster in person, and helped Takagi getting more information and details right, that even produced accurizing kits for older versions of the Tome blaster and he confirmed to me that whilo not an absolutely perfect replica, Takagi's blaster was the most accurate replica untill today, and given that Tomenosuke is not producing any more replicas, the Retailer Pro is their definitive model, I consider myself lucky to own a Takagi.
I have a Retailer Pro kit in order too, I'm looking forward to receive them and compare the pair in person.
