I have just checked AFA's population report on all series 2 minibots and was surprised to see that white borders are more common than I thought. The columns are normal/with patch/with white borders: Beachcomber 45, 5 w/ patch, 7 w. borders Cosmos 17, 2 w/ patch, 10 w. borders Powerglide 21, 3 w/ patch, 10 w. borders Seaspray 31, 1 w/ patch, 10 w. borders Warpath 18, 1 w/ patch, 7 w. borders Judging from the ratio whiteborder/normal it's almost 1/2 except for Seaspray and Beachcomber. I wonder how many reissues have made their way in that list .. It looks like the ones with patch are much rarer. Were the ones with white borders sold as soon as 1985 or were they sold later? It's strange that only the series 2 minibots had this variation.
