Medicom 1/6 Kamen Rider Shocker Doctor Shinigami (死神博士/イカデビル)

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Before joining Shocker, Doctor Shinigami was known as Ivan Tawanovitch a half-Japanese, half-Russian citizen who was given the title 'Shinigami' due to the deaths of people he met, even if he did not have anything to do with the deaths and 'Doctor' after he graduated from college with a doctorate as a famous researcher.

Shinigami was working with the Nazis during WWII when Japan was allied with them. He was working on a way to make replacement bodies for dying people, one of them was his father but it was a failure. His sister had became ill and after an accident in the arctic her body was frozen. After the war, the doctor traveled the world after hearing rumors of a monk who can bring back the dead. After finding the monk, Chan Mao, in Tibet; the doctor begged the monk to tell him the secret of bringing back the dead. But the monk refused as the doctor because he is too bound to human emotions. A few years later, Shinigami finds Mao supposedly dead in South America, but Mao had actually just transcended his Earthly body. Mao then asks Shinigami to join him in his goal to take over the world offering to help save his sister.

Shinigami began working in modified human research in Europe but his creations were destroyed by Kamen Rider #1 whose constant interference made the doctor focus on defeating the rider. He then goes against Rider #2 in Japan and Brazil but could not defeat him. The doctor then went through the reconstruction process to become Ikadevil but predicted he would die in battle.

After Colonel Zol's destruction at the hands of Rider #2 Shinigami takes command of Japan's branch. When Takeshi Hongo appears to fight him Shinigami discards his cape and transforms into his Inhumanoid form, Ikadevil, a Squid Kaijin with the ability to use his tentacles as whips. Ikadevil had Shocker Soldiers take care of Ichimonji while he fought Hongo. At first Ikadevil had the upper hand, with guidance from Tobei, Rider #1 manages to overpower Ikadevil and weaken him with a Rider Chop before finishing him off with his Rider Tailspin Shoot.

Dr Shinigami is one of the boss character in the initial Kamen Rider series. This action figure has long been a coveted piece that almost every Kamen Rider collectibles collectors I knew wanted to have one in their collection. Medicom made this very fine 1/6 scale (approx 12" tall) version but made it difficult for collectors to own since they release it as a HyperHobby Magazine exclusives. It means you need to buy the month's issue and use an ordering card from within to submit in - via snail mail - for making your order. A Japanese address is also a requisite ie no shipment overseas.
To me, this uncle nothing special but I was oblige to get it due to his cult status in the circle and also given the fact that I got it much much later from another collector who is flushing out his collection. Good price, cult figure, must have (to me, it is a case of "can have" though LOL!)
Under the black coat, the good Dr has a full white tuxedo kinda suit.Very spiffy. The shoes are white as well but molded plastic. Through the years in storage, the shoes are having black stains...not sure where it comes from but not a big deal for me. He is the Dr after all. A good capture all in all.