Hi Chris , he is the version 2, rubber head, wire hands. He can be quite well manipulated to "speak", the eyes are fixed but can be set to any position atm, his ears don't move and there are no frown functions.
I think it is the V3 that you are thinking of that has the skin and undersupport.
The eyes were bought off a guy on here, they were a perfect fit in the sockets and seem to look fine.Glad you like him, good luck with you V3 .