Hi Gary,
Glad you got the guitar, those pickups are probably worth what you paid. I'm not any kind of an authority, so I really hope the experts will weigh in with the suble nuances. I'm sure there's a difference in the 85 and 95 serial number, and it may even be posted somewhere here buried deep in past threads, but the dimpled headstock is sort of a giveaway. Korean models, which are fine gutars in their own right, also have this dimple, but they have white backplates and a bevelled edge on the pickguard (the Tokai logo font is also different, thicker than the slender script of the MIJ, but thats tough to describe here). If you don't have these features, then you can eliminate MIK.
According to the old catalogues available at the Registry, it looks like the same shaped truss rod cover was used through both years - so that doesn't help - but I belive the dimple was only used for a couple of years (my '84 has it) to appease Gibson who were miffed about copyright infringment of the headstock shape. It was shortly after this the Tokai stopped exporting to North America, only to Europe and their domestic market, where they kept the "open book" headstock. A '95 would definetely fall into that category.
Tokai used to put a little black oval sticker with the model designation below the serial number - I don't know why people peel that **** sticker off! - or sometimes impressed into the fretboard at the 22nd fret, or sometimes written in one of the pickup cavities, but the solid plain maple top with lack of fret nibs seems to indicate maybe an LS50. I think the original owner upgraded the pickups because he knew it was a darn good guitar to begin with.
Well, Gary, I hope there's enough mis-information here to fire up the resident experts into contributing and educating us both! :wink: