TM backups succeed but won't show up in TM App since 10.5.7 update

So, I have mounted the "sparse bundle" file and can see all the backups going back to the beginning. And, the TM pref-pane indicates that its aware of backups going back to the same date by showing the oldest backup date as the same as the oldest actual backup in the sparse bundle.
The trouble is that the Time Machine App won't browse the backups.
I've done a verify and repair on the sparse bundle volume and no errors were found. I can open the sparse bundle and browse the backups through finder without issue (within the small sample I checked).
I've removed and deleted the plist file without any change in behavior.
The USB disk I'm using is a 650GB drive having about 203.2GB free at this moment.
I have run Disk Utility against both the drive and the sparse bundle and both are clean and clear of errors.
While its not critical right now... and I feel pretty comfortable that the existing backups are good... it is troubling that I am not easily able to get files out of the backups with Time Machine, it suggests that the recent backups might not be as good as I might need at some critical moment..
Any one have any additional things to try. If this continues to be a problem I'm going to take this drive and retire it and switch over to a new drive (750gb) and start over (or perhaps try copying the back up files from one to the other.)

TM keeps the backups for each Mac separate, and normally only shows the ones for the Mac it's running on, even if there are other Macs' backups on its disk/partition.
Also, sometimes TM will start a new "sequence" of backups, as if they were from a different Mac.
To see these "other" backups, you need the (badly named) +Browse Other Time Machine Disks+ option. It's available by holding down the Option key while selecting the TM icon in your Menubar, or by control-clicking (right-clicking) the TM icon in your Dock.
You'll see a selection screen showing all the disks/partitions that have TM backups on them. Select the one you want, and you'll be taken to the normal TM "Star Wars" interface, where you should see all the backups on that disk/partition.

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