Bandai S.H.Figuarts Squid Game Action Figures Review and Images

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This week, we're having a look at the S.H.Figuarts Squid Game figures from Bandai. That's right! No Christmas related reviews anymore! Bandai made action figure for the Netflix Korean hit series Squid Game, which saw a bunch of strangers play 'games' in order to win a huge sum of money. Oh, and they could also die a horrible death while trying... The show came out in September 2021, and the action figures were released during the last couple of months (the 2 soldiers at the end of November, and the Front Man at the end of December).




First, the Masked Soldier. See it as the basic soldier, the one that could be used for army building. He has a triangle on his mask. He comes with 3 extra sets of hands, a revolver, a machine gun and a chest camera. You can also find a foldable paper version of the coffins from the show in the box, with the little bow on it (so cute!). The figure is highly articulated, even if it's not necessarily needed (they are soldiers, not Spider-man). The chest camera piece is easy to put on, and the hands are relatively easy to change, although the pegs seems to be really tiny and might break if used a lot. The only problem I had with it is the machine gun's shoulder rig (not sure if it's the correct name), which is made of hard plastic and kinda gets in the way, or detaches itself when you move the machine gun. The soldier can't really be posed nicely with it.










The Masked Worker/Manager is also a good army builder, because he comes with 2 different masks (square and circle). The figure has an extra mask, 3 extra sets of hands, a backpack and a knife. The mask is easy to change, and can also be changed on the Masked Soldier figure (good to know if you plan to army build them!). The backpack seems to be able to open, as seen on promo pics, but I did not figure out how to (Go, me!). A good figure as well, basically the same figure as the Masked Soldier with different accessories.












The Front Man, the mysterious boss of the Masked Soldiers is a surprisingly slim figure, at least compared to the other 2. The Front Man comes with 3 extra pairs of hands, a cellphone, a gun and the green landline phone that he had in the show. I thought the jacket would hinder the articulation of the legs, but it turns out it's pretty soft and the figure can even bend forward easily. He looks quite menacing, but it's a figure that will need to be displayed with the other pink masked figures next to it for people to realize who it is. 20 years from now, if you see that figure loose on a shelf in a collectible store, I can imagine people wondering who it is.












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