Thanks for posting your ID sheet, Jay - I have one also, and that led me to believe that whoever produced this was aware that it would probably not just be a point of sale piece. It probably was a pretty cool item back in '55, and I certainly could see Dodger fans pestering their friends who worked for Schaefer to get them one!
They seem to pop up once or twice a year on the Bay or in auctions, and quite often they do have issues with missing heads or badly creased necks. Hard enough for an oversized "2D" item to survive in nice shape for 60 years, and these usually show battle scars due to their construction. Ones in fairly nice shape don't seem to change hands too often, and based on the comments here I think we can understand why - perhaps one of the nicest display items produced.
Thanks for all of your thoughts and help!
Happy collecting!
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