They were made like that. The dome
is too big and the back of the head
is a separate piece. lol.
I have no idea why they broke up the back of the head into separate pieces. I am at a loss on that one; but I can at least offer some reason to the oversized dome.
The Tsukuda figure is a little shorter than the Kenner item it is directly derived from. It appears like the manufacturer neglected to scale down the dome for it accordingly. As a result, yeah, the dome looks too big. That's because it is. It doesn't fit will on the Kenner figure, though. The front has been truncated a little; as if in an effort to correct the size mismatch.
Here's a close up of the back of the head:
The mismatched dome and rear head piece are blatantly obvious and as ugly as you can get in terms of presentation and finish but there's another feature of note here as well. The figure is a direct derivation of the original Kenner item with many recognisable features in place but the entire jaw mechanism system has been completely removed. Above, you can see where the trigger cavity once existed and how it's been filled in on the Tsukuda figure. It's a clumsy piece of work and there is a noticeable bulge in the underside where the cavity has been poorly filled in. Surface features (hoses) abruptly terminate at this point.
It's not to hard to trace the shape of the trigger cavity when compared to the original figure:
The rest of the Tsukuda figure is OK and the introduction of the wire core tail was a great idea; but when the head is messed up like this so much, it ruins the overall presentation. This sloppy work and shoddy finish should have been avoided on the Japanese pressing instead of the 1 minute hack job present in the figure. Mind you, as far as I am concerned, it provides additional content for my purposes.
-Windebieste.
Thank you, Mr. V..
Everything is coming along fine, I am pleased to say.
