What were the three different options on this suit? I don't know a thing about the suits and I'm at work on my phone so I can't attempt to translate it.
3 different editions . Pics all looked exactly the same. $57 Devil Monster (plum) $76 Devil Monster (bamboo) $95 Devil Monster (pine)
The suits were in varying conditions probably due to the chrome coating degrading over time. The pine/bamboo/plum is apparently a Japanese convention for designating quality (pine is best, plum is worst). I didn't know this before reading the item listing. The More You Know, rainbow, star, jingle.
Thx liquid Here's a useful thread for anyone as clueless as me about bodies and SB suits. http://skullbrain.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=28914 From the thread:
I could be slightly off-base on this, but my theory is that these were produced a while ago, maybe around the same time as the last Death Phantom suits (Halloween painted and unpainted orange) - and have been unearthed and put up for sale now. I know at least one person who already has a gold death phantom suit that he got a while back. I would also guess there are an extremely low number of these based on expense to produce and (relatively) niche appeal. I cant say how happy I was to see these - I could hardly type properly as I submitted my order
Hiddy originally made the suits when the re-production Heshin Cyborg / Walder bodies were plentiful and have their links back to that old line of suits. It's the lack of these bodies now that holds Hiddy back from making new suits. These latest gold ones I think have been floating about unreleased. I scored one some time back which was from a not for sale release and Hiddy isn't joking when he says the chrome is fragile. The gold looks stunning though. In terms of bodies: : Henshin Cyborg / Walder is always the best. : If you have to, then the Obitsu bodies work fine - pose infinitely better too. (Reproduction Henshins are pretty loose). : NT has made some of the later edition Henshin bodies work, but it takes a bit of DIY.
Ha ha ha - I immediately thought of you Carl. Gold and silver etc..... I wrote to SB asking on the suit when I got it. It was made for an exhibition and is few in number was the history I got and that some may have been in Lucky Bags at some point. No indication of from when. I imagine you're right though Carl.
I'm so short on bodies... I should probably just buy a bunch of Obitsu so I can display the rest of my suits. For these plated D.Phantoms, I'm assuming the best way to display them is to just put the large head on the neck stump without fussing with the inner head? I can't imagine stuffing the inner head into the horned head would work well.
I would leave the inner head at peace and just use the neck stump if using the Obitsu body. You could fit the horned head over a heated up and squishy Henshine human head to give a little support. Take care with the chest piece too. Boots and gloves are fine, but the chest piece needs to be pushed about a little to get it on a body and that's where the chrome fun begins. Great looking thing when on a body though. Looks great with a clear body and chrome motor of a henshin.
Good to know! Do you heat it up with a hair dryer? Or will the application of heat do more harm than good?
You shouldn't need to heat anything up to get the suit without inner head onto the body. My chrome bee suit has survived well over the 8 years Ive had it as a result. Can I add; so stoked to see a few folk talking SB suits - these were one of the hobby gateways for me years ago.
Thanks again, Carl! Yeah, now that I'm thinking of it there's no need for any real wrangling to get the chest-piece on. Also, I think I just sourced two new KW II bodies! Still would love to find a purple one though...
Purple means either a vintage body or the dukuro king repro. Go for the vintage - they stand better than the repros - joints are tighter on all mine even though they are 40 years old - and they price similarly.
The KWII bodies are a lot more broad chested and have magnetic limbs so they may not fit this suit. There are several exact or near exact bodies to fit the vintage and vintage style fit suits if you can't afford or don't want to spend the Henshin body money. Henshin Cyborg bodies are exactly GI bodies and were licensed from Hasbro originally. Here are some relatively cheap alternatives that fit: These all use the vintage style Joe Body or an extremely close matching body type: Vintage/Repro GI Joe bodies Medicom RAH original style bodies Magic Q bodies (bonus they come with an Ultraman looking head) Sgt. Rock 12" Figures (do not put repro Henshin Costumes on these though the vinyl match is not good) Vintage/Repro Action Man Avoid: Neo Henshin Cyborg Cyborg 99 KWII Modern muscled up Joe bodies
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