Re: Cosmo Mission and Astar International Co.

[sicklittlemonkey <nick.westgate@gmail.com>]

On Sunday, 5 May 2013 08:28:39 UTC+12, Paul Hagstrom  wrote:
> Here's three more, two from disks, one from a cassette, all of Super 
> Invader, clumsily pasted together from photos I took with my phone.  If 
> that helps.

Yes, that helps. Mystery solved! ; - )

Those other stickers are much more readable, so my (Japanese) wife recognized a Chinese character pronounced "kure" or "go" in Japanese. In Chinese it's "go" or "wu":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_%28surname%29#W.C3.BA_.28.E5.90.B3_or_.E5.90.B4.29

This matches the name Symeon Wu which was illegible (to me) on the first sticker but which I see you've included in the URL, so it must be his seal:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_(East_Asia)#Chinese_usage

Googling "Symeon Wu" (in quotes for strict matching) gives an interesting result in memoriam of Mr. (Symeon) Woo Hsi-mien who died in 1995:
http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/66-no7.htm

So Symeon is an English version of his Chinese name "Hsi-mien". One stamp has other marks above "wu" which aren't clear but are presumably all or part of "Hsi-mien" - if this is the same guy. His family name is given as Wu or Woo.

Googling "Symeon Woo" (quotes again) gives:
http://www.corporationwiki.com/California/South-El-Monte/symeon-woo/41322321.aspx

This unofficial site shows a connection to "Astar International Co., Inc." which we need to check.

Searching for "Astar International" in California here:
http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/

Solidifies the link:
Entity Name: ASTAR INTERNATIONAL CO., INC.
Entity Number: C1352020
Date Filed: 09/23/1985
Status: SUSPENDED
Jurisdiction: CALIFORNIA
Entity Address: 1600 CHICO AVE #I
Entity City, State, Zip: SOUTH EL MONTE CA 91733
Agent for Service of Process: SYMEON WOO
Agent Address: 1600 CHICO AVE #I
Agent City, State, Zip: SOUTH EL MONTE CA 91733

So it is the same Symeon Wu, and there's a picture of the guy who signed and stamped those disks in the PDF of the memoriam here:
http://www.taiwandc.org/twcom/tc66-int.pdf

I wonder if the disks were manufactured in Taiwan. There's still an ASTAR INTERNATIONAL INC trading in Taiwan. The CEO is Yun Woo - Symeon's daughter perhaps? The story continues ...
http://www.taiwantrade.com.tw/MAIN/en_front/searchserv.do?method=listProductCompanyDetail&company_id=986&locale=2

Cheers,
Nick.