Older Volks MSD Ken headcap problems

my oldskin msd ken (I sold him to Kagari..) was the same as your photos. I held his headcap on by putting a thick bit of fabric over the bottom 'clips' usually.

my one's headcap said 12/03 if I remember right

your Ken seems totally identical to mine...I got mine as a kit so maybe yours was too!

 

From your photos it looks like the hole that the plastic peg goes into is filled with eye putty or something. Try removing that and pulling the plastic peg out a bit (I use pliers) so that it is longer. I have two MSD with this type of system and their caps actually stay on very well. You get extra plastic pegs with each MSD kit as well, but I haven't had to replace mine in over 3 years and I've done a lot of head/eye changes.

 

My MSD Enn's headcap doesn't fit right as well. I think it's normal for oldskin versions. I used an elastic to attach the headcap to the S hook, but it was too hard to put and I ended up just taping it. ^^"

 

Enn's headcap is not the same as the Ken headcap in the picture, which seems to be a really old version. My Enn and Hewitt are both oldskin but they have a different headcap than this Ken. Their headcap looks very similar to my pureskin F-10: it stays on great with the elastic put through the resin loop in the headcap and then hooked onto the S-hook in the head. I guess only the newest models have magnets...but I find the magnet-less oldskin/pureskin system works great, too.

 

I vote that he's not LE since LE dolls have "LE" in the back of their head cap and not "RE" (it stands for Regular Edition!) but my friend's Ken also has that same problem...though I own an old skin, old body MSD Mario and he has the rubber band thing goin' on.

But at least your head cap is the right size, Hakuji's is to big for him... >^^<''' lol but my friend just got fed up and used some blue tac to hold on Turee's head cap.

~suppi

 

You're welcome!

You could use tweezers or something like that too, anything that will give you a good grip on it... those things can get wedged in pretty tight! If you need another peg (like if that one is too loose or damaged) just send me a PM, I have a bunch of extras

 

Just taking a stab at it, but is your S-hook on upside down? I have a pureskin Mika, and her S-hook goes with the small end facing up. This may seem irrelevant, but when Cassis' S-hook was even slightly off from the grooves, her headcap would not stay on at all, so that's why I'm throwing it out there ^ ^

 

Actually, no. The first Ken, LE Ken, did not come as a kit. He and Mika were finished dolls. ^^;

 

Thanks for the info

 

I have a limited Ken.
He is old resin and came with two pairs of hands. One free like most of the Volks MSDs, and one clasping. His head plate is: DP8/02.12.15

The inside of your doll's head looks just like mine. However, the pate fits alot better than the one you have on your guy.

Deb's correct....the peg thing really does work. That's how my Ken's pate stays on.

 

Huh, that's funny, because in my Mika's papers, it clearly shows the small end facing upwards. But I do have a pureskin Mika, after all, so it's very possible that it's different.

 

the limited kens:
http://www.denofangels.com/msd/ken.jpg

he's probably one of the standard kit kens. my guess like someone else said is that he's a regular edition (standard) ken

just for some more information about his twin, limited mika:
http://denofangels.com/carmen/carmen2.jpg
http://denofangels.com/carmen/cfb8.jpg
If I had to guess based on those old photos, I would say the hand was http://denofangels.com/MSD-H-01.jpg.
the clasped hands... (I have these somewhere... if someone wants me to take a pic)

as to the headcap, your headcap seems totally normal... its just some headcaps on the older dolls didn't fit quite right. My old F08 head did the same thing.

 

My Ken's headcap doesn't fit on properly either.