Nah, the black siderods were on the prototype model only. The retail release has white ones. The prototype can be seen running in this Plarail Promotional Video from 1998, as well as other prototypes:
https://youtu.be/JB9OaT3pE5g?t=507
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(This post was last modified: 10-12-2017, 02:07 AM by Super.)
https://youtu.be/JB9OaT3pE5g?t=507
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