Picked this up this week: a NOS never-opened, never-used original Commodore 2-button mouse I'm guessing made some time in the early 1990s. When I received the mouse it was in bubble wrap with tape that had never been opened. I know this because the tape was slightly yellowed and required a surprising amount of force to break its gluey seal off it's bubble-wrap cocoon.
I don't know the model number for this particular find. On the bottom it says MUS15E S41 #023 AA. No idea what that means. Note the foam insert still protecting the giant rubber ball inside from moving around.
This is one of the later-model designs. It is more ergonomic and form-fits nicely to a cupped hand. It rather reminds me of some of the future Microsoft mouses (which I used to adore BITD).
Note the bright color compared to my old (I thought pretty awesome looking) tank. This new mouse is almost white but not quite. The difference is pretty stark - much more like the case colors of the eventual 600/1200 models.
This NOS mouse is higher than the tank, and a tiny bit shorter by maybe 7 or 8 millimeters.
I don't really need this mouse at this time - but it's NOS! - and that's always something special in my book. I'm going to save it and use it at some stage in the future. For now, I've put it back in its cozy cocoon.