Kenner Beetlejuice Toys - Pegwarmers

[@KeithKeihsaBrock]

I had the carousel Beetlejuice, the wedding suit Beetlejuice, and Bob the hunter as a kid. I wish they would bring this line back like they have the MOTU, TMNT, and Ghostbusters from the 80s -90s.

[@bionabot]

My first introduction to this character was seeing the showtime figure in a barbershop when I was very little. Now I voice the guy!

[@Pegwarmers]

You voice Beetlejuice?

[@bionabot]

In fan projects yes

[@russellj.s.257]

I had only the three versions of Beetlejuice and the vanishing vault,i used to have him go up against The Real Ghostbusters long before Universal Studios Orlando thought of their live show

[@Pegwarmers]

Great minds think alike.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

Glenn Shaddix (who played Otho) was the guy in Demolition Man actually

[@theactorsspace]

Man, I got the wedding suit with spinning head and the stripe suit with carousel head when I was a kid, and first thing I did was swap the heads to get a proper strip suit with classic head! So funny, you guys did the same. 😅

[@ioncewasmikey]

Yes!! I'd give Shish Kabob Beetlejuice the tux head as well haha

[@Dragonrider1227]

I remember kid me being disappointed the toyline wasn’t based on the cartoon. Even kid me could tell there was a lot more potential in that

[@Pegwarmers]

Understandable

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

Why was it based on the movie?! Movie Beetlejuice is a sexual predator and I believe the toyline was released at the same time as the cartoon series

[@ioncewasmikey]

​@@KRobinson-ko1neIt was the late 80s, man. Haha

[@ioncewasmikey]

I love(d) that it was based on the movie, was just disappointed they didn't make all the characters!

[@Gbusted]

We ALMOST got a Lydia cartoon figure from The Loyal Subjects but it apparently got cancelled 😭😭😭😭

[@Pegwarmers]

That's a shame!

[@leejones8582]

I loved these figures I had tux Beetlejuice and stripey suit Beetlejuice recently got the fisherman one so nostalgic.

[@lokidragon8725]

The carousel Beetlejuice came with the black and white stripey snake. The dragon actually belongs to the exploding BeetleJuice.

[@Pegwarmers]

Yeah, I'm missing the snake abs got confused while filming.

[@JO-iv7tl]

I only remember the grave play set. I thought it was strange. It looked like a bed to me. "So why does bettleguese go inside the box frame?" Instead of lay on top.

[@Pegwarmers]

It does look like a bed, but you can't bury a toy under the playset.

[@JO-iv7tl]

@Pegwarmers I thought he was under the bed. Either way my imagination went the wrong direction.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

I was like one or two but I remember the commercial I do remember thinking why isn’t Beetlejuice wearing the striped suit(I couldn’t talk at the time but I remember thinking it) My brother had the cartoon show on and he also had a puzzle and a coloring book

[@russellj.s.257]

I wish they would have made Barbara Maitland,Delia, Charles and Lydia. They did have Otho

[@TheTrashStash]

i had so many of these as a kid! they were the greatest. i even had the car, motorcycle, and bed. my favorite one is shishkabob beetlejuice!

[@Pegwarmers]

Good memories!

[@dmitch1983]

Something to consider regarding the toys for PG-13 movies at that time was that the rating was still relatively new. I imagine the marketing and concept departments of toy companies back then just had to take a chance since the type of movies that achieved the rating were more diverse and less codified than nowadays.

[@Pegwarmers]

Honestly when they sign the deals during reproduction, they might not even know what the final rating will be.

[@YY_White_Nova]

Glad to see you guys in my feed! 😁

[@Pegwarmers]

Nice!

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

I never had the chance to see any of those toys back then

[@Pegwarmers]

Bummer!

[@Fixxxer07082]

Had the wedding suit Beetlejuice, Harry The Haunted Hunter, the car and the Vanishing Vault. This was a great toy line overall. And yeah, the new movie is fantastic! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@Pegwarmers]

They are very fun. Looking forward to seeing it!

[@lloydmcnabb276]

Bring these back please ❤

[@1977TA]

I totally forgot about these Beetlejuice toys. I remember seeing the commercials for them on TV when I was a kid. They were also a constant feature in toy catalogs. There was even a Beetlejuice game for the NES. Goes to show how well the 1988 film did. Spawned a tone of merchandise and a cool cartoon series. Hindsight being 20/20 I think Kenner should have waited until the cartoon came out and built the toy line around that. The movie wasn't really for kids even though it was safe for kids to watch. I think if the toy line had been based on the cartoon, they would have made a Lydia figure. I think it was absolutely criminal they made an Adam figure and did not make Barbra to go with him. They should have made the entire Deetz family too and a house playset. For the most part the toy line we got was mostly just different versions of Beetlejuice and a few wacky vehicles. The toy line had the potential to be a lot better than it was. Not sure what the reasoning was behind Kenner not making any of the female characters into figures. It's not like boys were opposed to playing with female figures. There was Teela, Evil-Lyn, and the Sorceress in the Masters of the Universe toy line and April O'Neil in the TMNT toy line.

[@Pegwarmers]

Yeah, the film made a big impact.

[@ioncewasmikey]

I'd always wished they made all the main characters from the movie, but had never considered a house playset! 😯 Great idea!

[@Pegwarmers]

@@ioncewasmikey Yeah, a playset would be grest.

[@daverichards9141]

I had the yellow exploder and maroon suit head spin as a kid. Also had an animated series sweater, mom still has a school photo of me in it.

[@Pegwarmers]

The sweater sounds awesome. If you find the picture send it on Instagram or X.

[@daverichards9141]

@@Pegwarmers at my mom's in another state. Sorry dude

[@Pegwarmers]

@@daverichards9141 no problem

[@urrutiap]

there was an action figure of the burnt cigarette man that did get made like a few years back from NECO/NECA and he was even in some multipack also

[@TUM_Toons]

I know this pitch would've been more relevant years before i was born, but I feel like if Kenner made a toy line for the cartoon, they would do... Beetlejuice Variant 1: His head spins when pressing a button on his back. Beetlejuice Variant 2: He has a top hat and tails that come out of his back. Lydia: Her attire could transform from her normal purple shirt and pants to her red web gown thing somehow. Jacques: Like the Exploding Beetlejuice, if you squeeze his legs, he'll fall apart. Monster Across the Street: I honestly don't know... i guess, a mechanism where you could open his mouth? Ginger The Tap-Dancing Spider: I guess Ginger could be a wind-up toy that dances. Dragster of Doom: To replace the Creepy Cruiser, we get Doomie.

[@Pegwarmers]

Sounds like some great ideas.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Glenn Shadix is the Otho actor. According to Wikipedia, he died from falling and hitting his head in a kitchen, not a fall down stairs.

[@Pegwarmers]

Sorry for being less factual that wikipedi

[@TheLeonDarko]

Omg I had all of these as a kid , I still have Adam’s head and the mask, I wish that I had these today!!! I also had the cars !! 🪲🪲🪲

[@Pegwarmers]

Ha! Just his head?

[@Bren0780K]

I've never seen these before, but they look great fun!

[@Pegwarmers]

They are!

[@ironheadrat3420]

Watching this made me want to make a custom Lydia. Maybe a Kenner Catwoman base with the spiderweb poncho? If we did get one back then she would have probably had rooted hair.

[@Pegwarmers]

That sounds about right.

[@geekstrong1]

💪🤓 Definitely a fun line.

[@pseudodope8363]

Tony from Pegwarmers!!

[@ryanpowell2540]

And Kevin from Hack the Movies!

[@Robert-nu4vc]

I never had any of these Kenner Beetlejuice figures, but I did have a couple of the Burger King Beetlejuice toys.

[@Pegwarmers]

Cool!

[@happiestplace3754]

The 80s and 90s were notorious for making kids' toys from movies that were rated PG-13 and even rated R. Different times. 😂

[@Pegwarmers]

For sure! We've talked about a bunch of them in the past like Aliens.

[@beartrapinuwuland]

I recently watched the movie for the first time, and it is as weird as I expected it to be, just hoping the secuel is good

[@Pegwarmers]

Yeah , fingers crossed.

[@radarlovedr]

I had all of these as a kid

[@Pegwarmers]

Awesome!

[@Sigmacenturion]

Oh wow so I have the the beetlejuice eyeball figure but I picked it up loose and had no idea what it was.

[@Pegwarmers]

Nice, toy identified!

[@geekstrong1]

The Stuff!!! That's awesome 💪🤓

[@Pegwarmers]

Oh yeah!

[@TheTrashStash]

the cartoon had figures from burger king actually. they were really cool, like little reversible rubber statues. i had a bunch of those. the burger king ones actually had lydia and sandworm figures

[@Pegwarmers]

Yeah, I miss spoke when I said McDonalds. They just unfortunately are not action figured.

[@TheTrashStash]

@@Pegwarmers im still halfway through watching the video, i must of missed the mention or didnt get to it yet. i wasnt trying to correct burger king over mickery d's or anything

[@dgambo1985]

I only had showtime bjuice, headspin and the coffin as a kid. Now I'm a year away from 40, I've almost the full set. Just missing most of the nasty neighbours and vehicles. Bit annoyed the new film will up the price. A toy line I'd like to see reissued. Loyal subjects did release a cartoon accurate bjuice. I have it. It's rad

[@Pegwarmers]

Awesome! Yeah, Nasty Neighbors are hard to find.

[@isaachalverson7826]

i have the collectors case and an unopened phantom flyer great figs

[@Pegwarmers]

Awesome!

[@locnar1]

I'm surprised they didn't do a Lydia doll with different outfits. Could have the goth outfit with the big hat and veil, then the red wedding dress sold separately.

[@KRobinson-ko1ne]

They should have made a Barbara one with her alternate face but also the skull under her removable head Then they should have made a play set of the house with cheaper figures of the deetzs

[@ryanpowell2540]

You gotta have Beetlejuice team up with Batman from the old toyline.

[@Pegwarmers]

There will be a height difference.

[@trevorfeelgood]

I had both Beetlejuice toy and swapped the heads.

[@Pegwarmers]

The carnival head is a little odd on the Tux.

[@Xer0sMedia-rf7ou]

Yall talking about Glenn Shaddix who also did the voices for some of the demons on Jackie Chan Adventures. His voice work was great.

[@Pegwarmers]

I love Jackie Chan Adventures. I didn't know he worked on it.

[@ScarysReviews]

there's a Geena Davis Cutthroat island figure. Plus all the Gotham divas, Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, so what was the ( Star Wars with LEIA, later Rey) excuse for no Barbara, Lydia, Deelia figs for Beetlejuice? maybe with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, we'll get em.

[@Pegwarmers]

The toy designers have always said little boys alway pick the female character as their last purchase from a line and since most kids don't own a whole line, the girls don't sell.

[@ioncewasmikey]

I've had a theory for awhile now that the football player figure from Real Ghostbusters was designed for the BJ toy line, maybe for a 3rd wave that never happened? I haven't bothered referencing date stamps to see if the theory would even match up with the release timeline of the figures, but the color scheme used on that figure is so close to matching the football uniforms in the movie...

[@Pegwarmers]

I think it's reverse of the movie.

[@ioncewasmikey]

@@Pegwarmers It is, but that's pretty close considering the artistic liberties taken with the figures in this line.

[@Pegwarmers]

@ioncewasmikey for sure. That whole towns people ghosts and nasty neighbors are almost the same idea.

[@Phaota]

I have both the zebra-striped carousel hatted figure (that is below my computer monitor but with the normal head from the wedding suit release with a small, plastic movie photo frame of the character leaning on the gravestone that says various quotes of his, and the purple wedding suit figure (stored away in a plastic tote half full of various figures I bought back in the 80s and 90s. BTW, that's not a cockroach it comes with. It's an orange beetle. Get it? Technically, it's a variation on the Stag Beetle. Used to have the grave as well, but got rid of it at some point. Prefer the recently released gravestone popcorn holder that Regel Theaters sold for the sequel. Not sure why anyone would want to put buttery popcorn in that thing though. Would be hell getting the oil out of it.

[@Pegwarmers]

None of those things are really foe putting popcorn in. They are just made to separate people from their money.

[@Phaota]

@@Pegwarmers Agreed, though in the case of the gravestone one, it is the only prop worth getting for the details, size and it isn't technically a bucket. Being a faithful recreation of the film prop, it looks great in display and can used for a Halloween decoration. The light up arrow on the front is a nice touch as well.

[@shadowofbosstown]

Even more The Mask connections for Tony.

[@dr.aleccort1833]

Kylie from extreme ghostbusters is the closest we ever got to a Lydia figure

[@Pegwarmers]

Not a bad stand I'm. Good Call!

[@reeseangle9621]

I was scared of my Beatle juice figures when I was a Todler

[@Pegwarmers]

Oh yeah?

[@job4391]

Does the Alec Baldwin character come with a gun and hip firing action?

[@Pegwarmers]

They left it out, too much engineering to get it to meet minimum safety standards.

[@Gorditaburrito]

Holy snap, I knew I liked Tony but my god the man knows of Tattooed Teenage Alian Fighters from Beverly Hills. I had such fun watching that show as a kid, I can't imagine how terrible it actually is.

[@Pegwarmers]

Don't go back to find out!

[@careful...Icarus]

Lmao. With the new movie coming out,Ebay sellers will jack the crap outta their prices for all the old dogs in their inventories.

[@gregramson9927]

they should make a miss argentina action figure and also a barbara played by geena davis

[@Pegwarmers]

Yeah, I think Barbera would be a good inclusion for a playset.

[@reeseangle9621]

I was born in 88 these toys was scare to me like crazy.

[@nathanforester5993]

They made figures of Otho and Adam Maitland. And yeah Otho did wear robes in the movie, he has a black one with a dragon on it. Maybe to go with the release of the sequel they will make a Delia and a Lydia as well as 'Bob' and the police officer Willem Dafoe plays.

[@ioncewasmikey]

If only... NECA has some stuff coming out. Keeping my fingers crossed they do a full blown line.

[@nathanforester5993]

@@ioncewasmikey So far I have seen quite a few Bobs.

[@ioncewasmikey]

@@nathanforester5993 who's making them?

[@nobodyimportant8859]

The lunch box says 1989

[@theflail]

I saw the cartoon before the movie.

[@Pegwarmers]

That's how I was with Ghostbusters.

[@BlueWingedPanther12]

You showed the wrong pack in with Showtime

[@Pegwarmers]

Sorry about that, I don't have the snake.

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

Also, the movie was only pg not pg-13

[@Pegwarmers]

Sorry about that.

[@lloydmcnabb276]

Glean strikes

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

They did make a cartoon Beetlejuice a few years ago but he didn't come with lydia but the girl spider from the cartoon! Why do they hate lydia so much. She the most known female character in the ip. But yes there was one cartoon beetlejuice figure!

[@Pegwarmers]

But not while the cartoon aired.

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

@@Pegwarmers I know that stinks.

[@inaheap7172]

Girl figures will sell when made well.

[@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark]

Beetlejuice was only PG

[@Pegwarmers]

Thanks. We fired the fact checking department.

[@MidnightsEdgeAfterDark]

@@Pegwarmers lol

[@Bonelesssousage]

I still have the mask

[@Pegwarmers]

Awesome!

[@scottmcclary594]

I had the mask and for my first grade year book there wasn't a regular picture of me in the book because on the day my school sent the photographer to the classrooms for random pictures of student doing shit I had my beetlejuice mask on and he thought it was awesome they let me where that mask in school for like 2 weeks straight and they screwed up and not only was I in one of the splash pages or whatever those are called but on the page with the individual photos and names they one of the pictures of me by myself wearing the mask... oopsie!😂 we got a refund that year and an honorable mention the next because they thought their screw up was funny as hell!

[@MegaNerdX]

Pretty sure the original Beetlejuice was PG

[@Pegwarmers]

My bad.

[@ilkvomit88]

As of today 9/4/2024 Beetlejuice the animated series is streaming on Tubi

[@Pegwarmers]

That's good news!

[@saturdaymorningfan3123]

It's on metv toons channel also next to police academy cartoon and the mask cartoon!

[@Pegwarmers]

@@saturdaymorningfan3123 ooo... the Police Academy carroon!