Henshin Cyborgs

[KingboyD]

Now THIS is the way to photograph Henshin Cyborgs! Use of a light table via a YJ auction:

[repairtechjon]

That's excellent!
I've always liked having a few clear things on LED light up, rotating stands, but never did a broad area like that light panel table.

[B-]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!! love henshins too! i had a remake of the King satan one I think hes called.Not as poseable as originals but nice,think he was vinyl mostly though.

[admin1 aka Ed]

Sweet....

Now is it me, or do you find that 90% of the vintage ones yellow? -Or did they originally have a yellow tinge to the them?

[cybermuton]

I had one new in about 1975 - and they were as clear as glass. I still have the same one, and he's most definitely yellower than he was. In particular the soft areas (head, feet, and hands).
I also have a 1999 reissue, and he's still totally clear some 15 years later. I guess plastic technology has improved somewhat!
Funniest (and rarest) one I ever had was a Chinese KO 'cyborg baby' from the mid 70s. He was clearly molded from a baby doll mold (like a Tiny Tears doll), and his cyborg innards were just printed on a piece of card inside the body. Being made entirely of soft vinyl, he had yellowed a fair bit, but the plastic bag he was sealed inside was as clear as day :-)

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