Diamond Doll
Dimando
     He is the prince and leader of the Black Moon Family, and he's got way too many names. Alternately: Prince Demando, Dimando, Diaumond, Demand, and so forth. Normally I prefer Dimando, but the name on the box is Prince Diamond, dub name, so today that's what we'll use.
On a recent shopping trip I chanced across a doll, or rather three of them, hidden away in the back of a music shop in the Northtown Mall. What a strange place for Sailor Moon dolls. At any rate, not having enough money with me to purchase one, they got to stay put. Then on May 23rd I went back to Northtown to fetch Dimando-sama. Err, Diamond. Bah, stupid dub names. He cost me $16.20 after tax, which in Washington is 8.11 cents to the dollar. Rip offs. :P
And thus Diamond (see, I remembered!) came home with me. I'll go back for "Princess Serena" and "Prince Darien" later. Gah, can't they get anything straight? Prince Endymion lived in the past. Neo-King Endymion lives in the future. And only the Neo-King would wear a lilac suit like that.
Enough babble, onto the doll.
Bringing Diamond home, I amused myself by making a running comentary to my online friends as I proceeded to examine him. After a few snickers and giggles, one of them suggested I devote a web page to my new dollie. So here he is, in all his glory. (Click on images for larger versions)
Image of Doll in Box
In Box
Here we have the Prince Diamond doll in his box. Note the half-French writing in the upper-left. Oddly enough, my friends in Canada haven't seen these dolls up there. I had to put Diamond back in his box to take this picture, since I immediately rescued him from it back at the mall.		 Image of Back of Box
Doll out of box
Out of Box
Immediately upon rescuing the Prince from his captivity, I discovered just how cheap IRWIN is. Diamond's arms and legs only move vertically, making him walk like a mummy, his head moves horizontally, and his cape doesn't detach from his shirt. He's got a nice big head of poofy hair and tiny little earrings.		 Back of doll
Beneath shirt
Back
After discovering, much to my disgust, that his majesty's cape didn't come off, I looked underneath to see what it looked like. Rather boring, unsurprisingly.
Shirtless
Shirtless
No guesses what the next step was. Prince Diamond lost his shirt, and incidentally the cape which was still attached to it. Stupid cape. Ah well, we discover a decent pair of pecs, confirm the one-way arms, and the fact that Diamond wears his pants very high. His back reads:
(c) 1997
N T./K , TOEI
IRWIN
CHINA
 Shirtless back
Shoes & feet
Shoes
Notice that the shoes are all black, as opposed to the black and white that they should be. Getting his shoes off is VERY difficult, as he seems to wear one size too small, and I nearly broke one of my nails trying to yank his shoes off the first time.		 Di's anime/manga shoes
Boxers
Underpants
Ah, now we get to the fun stuff. Once divested of his pants, we find that Diamond wears a cute little pair of white not-silk boxers. Or maybe they're briefs. Are boxers supposed to be this tight? Incidentally, his boxers get pulled down every time you take his pants off, leading me to...		 Boxers, back
Nude
Nude
AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! They neutered Diamond!!! Oh, the indignity of it all... Yes dear readers, poor Diamond has been deprived of his masculinity. We don't even get a courtesy bulge to show that he's really male. His pride shall never recover, I'm afraid. On the up-side, he does have a cute butt...		 Nude, back

There you have it, a full exploration of the North American Prince Diamond doll. Just as a side note, I actually managed to frighten one of my friends out of the house with him. She decided he was very creepy and ran away from him. Somehow, I can't blame her...
As one final comparison, let's see the face of the Diamond-doll next to the real thing:
Doll's Head
Diamond Doll
Dimando's Head
Dimando

Somehow... I just can't see the similarities.
Maybe it's the shoes, maybe the cape, maybe the hair... or maybe it's just that dorky smile. I don't think I've ever once seen Prince Dimando smile. Whatever it is, Doll-makers produce very frightening results. I don't believe my poor Dimando's pride will ever recover.

Extra Photos:
Earrings
Pants & Boxers
Shirt & Cape
Side shot

Did I mention that they forgot to give me a hairbrush with him, so I borrowed a hot-pink Barbie brush? Instead they gave me a white plastic stand that I still haven't taken out of the box.