I owned a kit in cherry wine stain back in '84 and loved it. They were available from 76,through 86 when they were replaced by the Crestar series. There other colors that were available in other countries like Japan only The interior of the shell is stained with the same color as the exterior. In the USA,they were available in super maple(that is just the name of the finish,as there is NO maple in the shell),super mahogany,cherry wine,candy apple,aqua marine,piano black and piano white. The concert toms have a rectangular badge. They were available in standard (12x8,13x9) sizes and X-tra sized shells (12x11,13x12),and a concert tom single head shells.The two headed drums have what's called the 'flying T' black and silver badge,with a metal grommet/vent hole,although some earlier 9600 deries drums had the badge held on with 4 nails.The badge says Tama,superstar and has a serial number. Mid 80s Tama Superstars are the 9700 series drums,made in Japan and are 6 ply 9mm shells of 100% Japanese birch.These shells differ from the earlier 9600 series shells that were 4 ply 6mm shells with re-rings.
