Bandai S.H.Figuarts Beetlejuice (1988) Review and Images

It's Wednesday and you know what that means: ToyFarce review!

This week, we're having a look at the S.H.Figuarts Beetlejuice (1988) figure from Bandai/Tamashii Nations. When it rains, it pours when it comes to Beetlejuice figures, as a deluge of figures has hit our shelves this year, with still a few to come (Mezco, Hot Toys...). I don't know if I will get them all, but I haven't been disappointed so far... Now, a Beetlejuice figure from the Japanese brand behind all the great anime figures with crazy articulations? I had to check that.

A few weeks ago, I posted a review of the 3 latest NECA Ultimate Beetlejuice figures, and knowing that this one was on the way too, I hesitated to a 'Beetlejuice month' thing, reviewing one NECA figure per week over 3 weeks and this Bandai one last, but decided to group the NECA one in order to get rid of a lot of the backlog I have (ok, 'want') to review. This figure arrived a few weeks ago, and since I said its name way more than 3 times in the last review, it was its time!






The S.H.Figuarts Beetlejuice comes with 2 heads (one normal and a shrunken one), 3 face plates for the normal head, 9 different hands (open, fists, pointing, nail filing hands,...), the signboard with his name, the Maitlands gravestone and a stand for the sign or to keep him seated on the gravestone. The likeness of the faceplates is decent, but happen to look better in certain angles or light. With full lights on, it's a bit off, but when posing him a bit, you can see it more, somehow. The face plates can be changed by removing the front part of his hair and removing the face. Pretty on theme! The shrunken head is a fun one, and only available with that figure so far.












The articulations are, of course, better than the NECA figures. Bandai has a long history of having great articulations, so it doesn't come as a surprise. The figure really looks great, even if it is a bit tiny next to the NECA ones. I didn'ttake a lot of comparison pic, but if you want a picture of that figure next to something else, let me know and I'll post it!


"Sure... I can help them, but you got to help me."


"I want out... for good. In order for me to do that, I got to get married."


"Okay... Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice... Beetlejuice."


"IT'S SHOWTIME!"

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Old NECA Beetlejuice, S.H.Figuarts Beetlejuice , NECA Ultimate Beetlejuice and The Loyal Subjects BST AXN Animated series version Beetlejuice.

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