Hmm, I stand corrected; I've had mine out of the box only a few times, and had forgotten. Upon closer examination, the helmet IS a seperate piece, but was obviously never intended to be removed, as it seems to be glued to the head underneath (at least it appears that way; I don't intend to pull hard enough to find out). It's a nice enough figure, the costuming is great, especially the rocket pack, but he's a bit smallish next to other 1/6 scales. If they had been able to engineer a removeable helmet with Cliff Secord's head underneath, I would have liked it more. I paid around $175, as I recall, and felt a bit foolish after seeing it. Now that they're re-issuing it, I also feel a bit cheated that I won't have the mauser; I wonder if they might make it available seperately for those who own the original?