davidd's A Doll A Day 2018

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Mint-in-Box March continues:

12 March: The Pinky Street Tribe No. PK009A – Reina

The original Pinky Street series bore the phrase, "The Pinky Street Tribe" on the box art. The 10cm / 4-inch figures included a separate body (torso, legs, and skirt) and a metal pinback badge.
The releases were usually in groups of three: PK001, PK002, PK003, for example. The initial releases were often followed up by color variants, numbered as PK001A and PK001B. The "A" versions are
generally more scarce than the un-lettered version, and the "B" variants are significantly more scarce than either of the other two.

I believe "B" variants were only issued in the first three figures. "A" repaints continued to be released through at least PK014A.

PK024 (Series 8) was the last figure to be released with an extra body. Beginning with Series 9 (PK025), the remaining figures, through the end of Series 11, PK033, were issued in a smaller blister pack without the second body. Beginning with Series 8, the composition of the plastic compound used to cast the figures changed to a lower quality, softer material. The figures were less detailed and show lower quality finishing. Series 8 and later pieces do not alway interchange seamlessly with earlier releases.

My heart skipped a beat a moment ago; while looking around online, I discovered an archived page from the Pinky-Street forum listing, in chronological order, all the Pinky Street releases from 2003 through 2006, with photos:

Archive.org

A text-only version lists figures through 2009:

Archive.org