Had to share this am afraid
as after years of wanting one and never being able to get one have managed to snag myself a VP70 unfortunately it has the wrong sights and is an M not civilian Z version but having the stock and burst mode makes up for that and hey, beggars can't be choosers. Am now on the hunt for the metal top slide or standard sights. if anyone has any they want to split or a set of hens teeth to go with that would be lovely.

I take it that is a real firearm then?

nope its the tanio koba airsoft one.

That looks ace, any sources you can share? Resin VP70 would be my only other option as of now.

it was just in a classified on an airsoft forum. have never seen one come up before so snapped the guys hand off. came from denmark!

They are indeed pretty rare. I passed on one a few months back and have been regretting it every since.

Side note regarding the "M" and "Z". I long believed the "M" (military) had the thumb contours but I have come to see images of both M and Z versions that do NOT have that contour. Looks like it may have just been early models with the contour and later ones were ambidextrous (smooth) regardless of M or Z.