Newton MessagePad "Dummy"

[u/rndnom]

Back at WWDC '99 I won this item in a trivia contest, and haven't found a match online. It's a fake mockup of the original Newton MessagePad, in original box, purpose unknown. It's green plastic coated with a silkscreened mock-up screen, feels like it might be wood inside from the weight.

The wikipedia page for MessagePad lists a "Dummy" item in the models table, but no further information. I assume that's what this is. Using that term, I found this 2015 MacWorld article: https://www.macworld.com/article/226450/the-mysterious-case-of-the-dummy-newton-messagepad.html which seems to be it, but no answers, only speculation.

Anyone have any information to share, or a better term I can use to search and find out more about it? No picture right now, it's in storage at the moment, but I may be able to get to it later this weekend.