Victa has done that for years, think of all the PT plastic top variations all to make people think it was a new model. The later style catcher was another "new" model innovation, which was a bigger catcher, but then they cheaped out on those with a rubbish screen that is of poor quality, similar to the Rover catchers
I went mower hunting last night on another council kerbside collection, and found an all plastic small electric mower that looked like an import with Victa stamped on it and found a red Rover with the vertical pull B & S motor. The rear wheels had been pulled off, as well as the starter and carburettor. A shame as the base was in excellent condition and motor very good cosmetically. Even the decals looked near pristine. I noticed the flimsy catcher mesh NormK had mentioned.
