That's an option for you when you create the figure -- in this case, the designer (the wonderful Maveris) chose to locate all the controls in the hip part for ease of use. Btw -- there is also a snake tail for koshini available.

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)