The 4410 and that series of reels introduced in 1980 was really the point when Mitchell lost its way and its soul in the face of new Japanese competition.
Up until then Mitchell reels had been the ones to be copied by other manufacturers. The 4400 series is when Mitchell copied Ryobi....
Ryobi started out as a bicycle gear and transmission manufacturer like its subsequent successor, Shimano. Equally similarly the quality of the gearing, machining, materials and manufacture knocked spots off the by now rather tired Mitchell stable. Mitchell panicked and the unlovely 4400 range was the result. The angular banana body shape and configuration was / is a knock off copy of the Ryobi shape which was taking America apart. I seem to remember that Abu also did a line of reels with a similar shape body style at that time as well.
Mitchell then just staggered along a bit until, in the last gasp for breath before expiry, they produced the genuinely revolutionary Quartz range - for just 18 months.
Unfortunately too revolutionary to be appreciated for the amazing advance in compact reel design that they were (and still are !). Especially by Mitchell afficionados, who still just wanted the classic 1950's and 1960's oval bodied models forever re-warmed over and over. Details tweaked here and there, over and over again, but never properly redesigned or updated.
And so the opportunity represented by the Quartz was lost and the world passed Mitchell by into insolvency. Finally bought out by the Yanks (Johnson's wax, would you believe ?!?) who abandoned the Quartz range forthwith, together with all its innovations, and moved manufacture to Mexico. Where the gearing was made out of vastly inferior materials and machined with a knife and fork.... 60 years of reputation for quality wiped out in ten minutes flat. *sigh*
So I'm afraid the 4410 isn't a valuable collectors item for the Mitchellistas, more a shameful secret to keep hidden.... along with the Quartz range which equally was never really accepted as a 'proper' Mitchell. Which suits me just fine, as I continue to collect Quartz Pro's for next to nowt as they come up on Fleabay.... /forum/smilies/wink_smiley.gif