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1/6 (Sixth Scale) Bodies for Bashing
Posted: Sunday, July 15, 2007 by Shaun in Labels: 12 inch one sixth sixth scale, bandai, batman, hot toys, kitbash, medicom, spiderman, superman, Takara Tomy
This post may come across as abit ghey, heck make it outrageously gay (OG) but it's for my brudders, Arthur, who just got into the hobby and William, who will be picking up the hobby any day now. This post is necessary for them when they want to embark on kitbashing.
Here's wiki's definition of kitbashing, knock yourself out. In 1/6 terms, it simply means putting pieces from different figures, or after-market parts together to make a completely new figure. Don't be going round the forums using the word 'custom' unless you want to be dissed. 6th scale customising includes painting, sewing and modifications to the gear and clothes. Sorta like Gundam.
So here goes my observations about some of the bodies available in the market for bashing. It's not an exhaustive list, but its what I work with for my kitbashes.
Medicom RAH 301 Kai
Available at Hobbylink Japan. The great guys from TFH can bring this in for you, if you ask them nicely.
Good: Body is light weight, hangs naturally, wide range of articulation, height is adjustable
Bruce Lee was bashed with Medicom RAH 301 Kai body
See the cyclindrical objects on the RHS of the figure? They can be added to or removed from the foot peg to adjust the height of the figure. Note that even upon adjustment, the figure is still shorter than Hot Toys GL body.
Bad: Body is prone to breakage due to material used, metal joints are unsightly, looks very bad when topless, common 1:6 clothes are too big for this figure and will not fit well.
Things to note when buying parts to bash with Medicom RAH 301 Kai body.
If you're buying loose hands to fit onto your figure, note the pegs for the hands. However, if you intend to fit a BBI hand (much thinner hand peg) onto this figure, you can consider filling up the extra space with poster putty / blue tag to secure the hand in place. 
Note this figure's neck peg and head cavity are very small. A BBI loose head's cavity is much bigger than this and the newer Hot Toys head cavity's are just gigantic. Nevertheless, the blue tag/poster putty solution can be applied here as well.
BBI 3.5 Body
This is the most commonly available body for bashing in Singapore, next to Dragon's. Note this figure has cracked hip joints, but I'm not really bothered as I tend to use these for my military bashes.
Good: Good articulation, neck joint can fit Hot Toys newer heads, cheap option. 
As you can see, you can fit Hot Toys heads with neck joints onto this figure
Bad: Unsightly shoulder joints, permanent trigger finger.
Things to note about the BBI 3.5 Body
Not much, just take note of the neck and hand joints when purchasing heads and hands. The cracked hips on mine are an anomaly, they were production samples, hence were cheap at S$6.
Hot Toys Generation Life Body
This is my favourite of the lot, as it comes with bendy fingers and an additional neck option.
Good: Aforementioned bendy fingers and an additional neck option, good articulation.
Bad: Wide hips (be careful when buying bottoms, esp jeans)
Things to note about the Hot Toys Generation Life Body
As usual, the head and hand pegs and cavities.
I hope you found this post interesting my brudders.
Added Barrack Sergeant Body here.
Added Hot Toys Muscular Nude Body here
My Kitbashes
I've done the following kitbashes to date, simple cut and pastes of different heads, sculpts and clothes from different figures to form an original figure of my own.
Peter Parker Movie Version
Formula:
Head - Toybiz 12 inch Spiderman Movie Figure
Body - Medicom RAH 301 Kai Body
Clothes - Medicom Andy Warhol
Camera - Some shop in Hong Kong
*Also did a bash with the Comic Peter Parker head here
Clark Kent - Smallville Farmboy Version
Head - Hot Toys Clark Kent Additional Head
Body - Hot Toys Generation Life Asian Body
Clothes - bbicn.com
Bruce Wayne
Head - Additional Head from Takara Batman
Body - BBI body from Carlos figure
Clothes & Briefcase- bbicn.com
Mary Jane
Body - BBI Perfect Female Body Caucasian
Clothes - Cy Girls (top) and Barbie (shorts)
Wonder Woman
Body - BBI Perfect Female Body Hispanic
Clothes - Barbie Wonder Woman Figure
Bracelets - Plastic wrap (Telt) sprayed with silver Paint
Yes, I've to admit that there's unbridled joy in having figures that no one else owns.
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Thanks for this excellent post.