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[ShadowKat]

I have 1 magnet feet Obitsu girl. She wears a pair of Takara Jenny socks and shoes, and there's a strong enough pull that helps when she's standing solo. Though, they are quite stable without magnets, and if you grab one of the Obitsu stands off Junky Spot, you can get all kinds of crazy action poses with them (I watched AsenvaBJD's review on them, and now I want several). If your not sure, you can always order the other set of feet separately later.

When you say "ken doll neck", are you talking about the ones that the neck is sculpted as a part of the head sculpt? I've got 3 guys like that (Sideshow Spike, and Toynami Tenchi and Inuyasha). They have a surprising amount of head movement (front, back, and side to side tilt). There's a separate joint part in the body part that gives them range, at least my guys do. I'd say they have nearly as much range as my Obitsu boys and girls. If you want, I can take some pictures (I just looked and I have no pics of them with their heads tilted XD).

[WhiteDove01s]

Given that I hope to do a lot of action shots, I think I will get the magnet feet this time, especially since I already waited on the order to be sure I saved up enough.

When you say "ken doll neck", are you talking about the ones that the neck is sculpted as a part of the head sculpt?

Yes, that's what I mean. I call it that because it looks like what Ken dolls have, and they're only slightly more poseable than bricks. I'd love to see some pictures showing range of motion! (especially now that I'll have high speed starting on the 6th and can start viewing pics without a long wait)

[ShadowKat]

I know your pain, we have dial-up as well. What I usually do is load the images one at a time (I use Firefox, so I just right-click somewhere on the page, View Page Info, go to Media, and then copy-pasta the image links into separate tabs), which makes things quicker.

I made these as small as I could and still be able to see the details. On the left is Sideshow's Spike on the old Art S. Buck body. It's quite posable, but looks kinda funny without any clothes on, though it looks much better when you put a shirt on him. On the right is Toynami's Tenchi Muyo!, which is older than Spike, I think. His body is alright, but very fragile around the hips. I think Toynami only did a couple of guy figures, Tenchi and Inuyasha that I know for sure (Inuyasha was limited to 5000). Inuyasha's body is much sturdier than Tenchi's, but Inuyasha is limited by his giant roto-casted hair in the posing department.



They've got about the same amount of neck range right and left.


Tenchi's got Spike beat forwards and back though. No shot of Spike leaning forward (the same as just facing front). If you bend his chest joint forward, you can get him to look down some.


And from the sides. I forgot to get one of Tenchi looking down from this side (The camera refused to focus of either of them for this shot. Instead, we get a nice shot of Inuyasha and Ed in the background. Inuyasha is actually taller than Ed, he's just in a crouchy action pose right now ).

And a size comparison with my 27cm normal bust girl (Maimimi only agreed if she could show off her miniature boat. She refuses to put it down! )

Of course, there are a ton of different bodies out there. If you can grab one cheap, Sideshow's are pretty decent. ToyAnxiety.com used to have several Buffy figures parted out pretty cheaply ($15 to $30 for a body and head depending on who). I really know more about different girl figures, but most of the guys with this style neck have about the same posing there (maybe a little more or less forwards and back), as far as I can tell.
Hope this helps!

[WhiteDove01s]

Thanks! I can see what they've done now as far as the neck joint on those types. I'll have to still give thought as to which charas will work better with those bodies, as it looks like they're really a good bit taller than Obitsu. (There's actually an in character running gag in Roleplay that the charas from my Mega Man AU are all short. XD But that's not the only universe stuck in my head. And even in that one, there are a few exceptions.)

And you can tell Maimimi that that's a cute boat. I actually have a similar-design one somewhere, only it's a lighter green and maybe about 5 inches long.

Also, just have to say it... I see a Turtle! XD Hi, Michaelangelo! ... and is that Donatello's arm over there? XD

[ShadowKat]

My husband wondered if anyone would notice them. It's Mikey and Raphael hiding back there. I need to post about them, but they are some of the 1st 1/6th scale Turtles ever released. My husband was super excited about them (He's been a huge turtles fan since he was little), and I love them, so we're working on getting the set (and then making April, Casey, and Karai )

[WhiteDove01s]

If you're near a Big Lots store be on the look out for 12" Power Team Elite figures, they're on Ebay and Amazon as well.

Sorry for somehow missing this one.

I've heard of those, and have a handful wishlisted on Amazon... though I noticed resellers almost double the prices there. Sadly, I'm not near enough to a Big Lots for normal travel, but I will be visiting the area where one is sometime around August. If I can save up by then, and have the time, I may run in on a quick splurge... especially if I'm lucky enough for them to have the one that comes with a 1/6 motorcycle! XD

:D My husband wondered if anyone would notice them. It's Mikey and Raphael hiding back there. I need to post about them, but they are some of the 1st 1/6th scale Turtles ever released. My husband was super excited about them (He's been a huge turtles fan since he was little), and I love them, so we're working on getting the set (and then making April, Casey, and Karai )

That sounds cool. When cleaning out the back room (a process that may take years at this rate) I also found my old Turtles from when I was a kid. Well, some of them. They're the original small 80's ones. And I can't remember which right now, but one's missing and one has a broken off arm. I used to have all four, but so did one of my cousins, and I'm pretty sure I never broke mine, so I think two of mine are still missing and the one with the broke arm is theirs. There was also one extra one I've put in a 'collectable toys box' shoved under my bed until I can find some way to contact a reseller of such things. Finding a good place to display my Turtles may be as tricky as finding enough flat surface for all my Transformers...

[DollyKim]

I haven't seen the motorcycle guy in awhile, I'm looking for another one of that to modify, it's the Seal Team Six guys out right now. The one with the crow bar looks like Kevin Spacey. Their prices went up recently and they're a bit bulky to ship, especially that motorcycle. So far I've only bought one on Ebay, needed the sculpt and he has a working parachute, but I do some funky doll math when I shop for them any way and can justify paying some of the prices.

Is there a specific sculpt you're looking for? I have most of the white guys and one black one http://dolfielittles.com/mc.html and the new two http://dolfielittles.typepad.com/blog/2 ... evins.html I'm actually looking for a second of the worried blonde, who came on the motorcycle, to make him John Stewart. I turned another twin in to Stephen Colbert and he wants a buddy, Mini Cooper doesn't seem to count.

[Faydreams]

I have a few Kumik male bodies at the moment in my dolly collection. They are waiting for heads to be completed to match their skin tone.

Keep in mind that although the pictures look really good sometimes (actually most of the time) they do not show the true colors of the skin. The AA Kumik looked about as dark as a Mattel Basics Ken AA head in the stock pictures of the body. You can see how dark the Kumik body actually was vs the ken head in this picture.


SAM_2384 by faydreams, on Flickr

But with pastels and a whole lot of work I did make them match better.


I've deepen his skin tone. by faydreams, on Flickr

It's not 100% match but it is as close as I could get to that dark without loosing the details of the head sculpt.

If you plan to order these bodies (I think it holds true for all of them) but not the heads they come with be prepared to skin tone match.

[KatyaR]

Nice skintone match! Basic looks great on his new body.

[Faydreams]

Thank you.

He lost his body to a CAM Monster High Puma Boy head I matched to it. I plan to get another kumik for the head or just sell the head to some one who might want it.