Why does the DP "Halloween movie" Phantom have 1981 & not 1982?

[GeorgeHere]

I've not posted much these past few months, being occupied with trying to patch up some distressed masks, as well as  trying to come up with a perfect Retro Green Frankenstein mask colour based solely on my recollection of an early to mid 60s DP  Frankenstein -not quite over the head mask I ordered from The Captain Company---that  is quite awhile long gone.   I was looking at the fantastic Crimson Ghost vids on YouTube, and found the one  giving attention to a perfect copy of the DP 1982 Phantom that shows up in the Halloween movie.--  The one I have--is quite messed up along the neck area, and suffering the loss of much facial contours---but still  very recognizable and a little less than good. I am wondering why mine is dated 1981 and not 1982.  I am assuming it came out in 1981, but the one used in the movie had 1982 dates?   

[Sir Masksalot]

mine is dated 1981 and not 1982

Products are typically developed and copyrighted long before they're catalogued.

How are you coming on that Phantom restoration? Post some progress pics.

[GeorgeHere]

So far---so good I suppose,  as to the fixing up of my poor Phantom.   The lower neck area, that had  breaks extending one inch upward from the rim to the face--was closed with Gorilla tape  from the inside---as well as from the inside application of  G tape  where cracks--or tears of  a little more than 1/8  of an inch at the corners of the eyes.   Also any weak spots in the facial area had the G tape treatment from inside. 
     Then the neck tears with the G tape backing have been smoothed over with Rubber Cement from the exterior side of the mask somewhat thickly, then painted over with Acrylic/Latex paint.   I am temped to paint  the mask in the pinkish look of the Calendar mask, ---but I suppose most would think I would be ruining it if I did not repaint it replicating the original Grey/Green colour it originally had.
    The entire face has to be repainted due to the original finish being worn away in several patches---as well as what I can only describe as faded in other spots. 
 
I am still working on getting the PC to recognize  the 5Gphone I was forced to switch to.   The pics will come, eventually;  if not I will have to use another PC that will probably be easier to configure to deal specifically with cameras, pictures and cloud use.   
   I am adding here another method of restoring  certain distressed areas of this mask which I will elaborate.  The nose is "pinched" tight and dry at the top; even the hot water treatment did not restore the rounded shape to it.  I am pondering the use of Green Stuff epoxy, that comes in the blue and yellow ribbon.   I have used it before to sculpt all kinds of little things, such as a  ring design, little skulls etc.   If it sticks to the latex, or made to do so, I could easily restore the rounded upper nose. almost exactly as it was originally.    I would test such methods of the use such an epoxy on some cheap Amazon mask first of course!