Repaint....from the past!

[Benstamania]

I'm not sure how old most of you are, but if your like me and remember when Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" hit theaters....it was all the rage. From toys to cartoons the Ghost with the Most was EVERYWHERE!

When I was a tike, my aunt got me the talking "head spinning" Beetlejuice doll by Kenner. I took that guy EVERYWHERE, he even replaced my talking Pee-Wee doll.

I recently found this trusty doll from my youth when my wife and I helped my parents clean out their attic. Needless to say I was shocked at how much the figure LOOKED like Keaton, seriously, this is an impressive face mold for back in the late 80's/early 90's, take a look for yourself.

Needless to say, mine was not mint in the box, he had some wear and tear to him....but honestly, it ADDED to the figure. His suit is dirty and dusty, his hair is no longer neat and combed back, but matted and old looking....I almost had a solid looking Beetlejuice (Until Neca gets on the ball and makes this guy, you hear me Neca!) but something was off.

His skin, he has "just came from the beach" skin....ok, maybe not THAT tan, but for the 'Juice, it's pretty off.

I decided to set down with my acrylics and fix up this 18 year old toy, the result was pretty good IMO. Here's some pics of the finished product.

I was thinking about putting the head on the SA doll bodies that you can find at Wal-Mart, my wife would even make a new suit for him (I was thinking the trench coat and hat, the one you see him with when you first REALLY see him) but I honestly think his head is to big to fit on those things.

Anyway, that's it, I was bored and just thought it would be neat to share.

 

[SpiderHulkThing]

i used to have some beetlejuice figures. I had the one in the burgandy coat, the one in the blue coat, and the guy with the glasses and funny looking removable head.

 

[JokerFish]

Actually NECA did make some Beetljuice figures but they sucked terribly cause they were produced when they were just starting out a couple years back....

Dont know if they still hold the license but if they did.....I want me a Suit Beetlejuice now....

 

[Benstamania]

Wow, your right.

http://www.figurerealm.com/Galleries/beetlejuiceneca/actionfigures.html

And yeah...they look like crap compared to Neca's standards today.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

not a bad repaint at all.. though he looks better far away, but still pretty good

 

[Benstamania]

Yeah, I agree.

It's one of those things that I'm going to work on over time, because I would LOVE to get one of those bodies, provided the over sized doll head fit on them. I painted it using a makeup sponge of my wife's, got the best effect over a brush because you don't see the stroke lines.

Over all I'm happy with it, but I'll continue to update it over time.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

ya, the makeup sponge was probably the best move for acrylics.. though for some reason acrylics on toys, always look like acrylic paint to me.. not the plasticy smooth paint it should have, so i gotta figure out what works better in the end, probably some type of model paint

 

[Benstamania]

Yeah, but I do custom work on Clones (Episode II/III) and acrylics work the best on them. I didn't want to risk damage to the doll because I know some paints can eat plastic.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

ya, but you gotta research that before hand is all

 

[Benstamania]

True....but I'm lazy.

 

[Roughneck]

Hmmm....Damn I want a new Neca Beetjuice

 

[Assassin]

the only thing i still have is the "magic" grave bed, where you put one fig, close it and hit the lever and a smaller fig appears.

Damn I had it all, even the mask with the worms that pop out when you press a button.

 

[spideyboy_1111]

the only thing i still have is the "magic" grave bed, where you put one fig, close it and hit the lever and a smaller fig appears.

Damn I had it all, even the mask with the worms that pop out when you press a button.

lol, i had the grave...

and i had the striped suit where his head comes off and theres like an eye thing under it, then one with batt wings for a head, then one where you stuck swords in him, and another in the purple suit where his head spins around