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The Toyark › General Toy News › Labyrinth – Jareth The Goblin King “Magic Dance” Version – Toyark Photo Shoot

Labyrinth – Jareth The Goblin King “Magic Dance” Version – Toyark Photo Shoot

Posted on September 24, 2019 at 3:38 pm by Joe Moore under General Toy News, Random Photo Shoot

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Labyrinth, the 1986 fantasy film from the mind of Jim Henson mixed puppetry, fantasy, and music to create an astounding and timeless experience. The film featured a very young Jennifer Connelly as Sarah, a teenager who wants nothing more than to escape her modern life for fantasy world. Asked to babysit her baby brother, Sarah makes a fleeting wish to The Goblin King to take her brother away. When Jareth The Goblin King, played by the late David Bowie, shows up to fulfill her wish, Sarah is forced to take on an impossible Labyrinth to rescue her young brother. Along the way, Sarah meets various inhabitants of the Labyrinth who all help in guiding her to the center to face Jareth and find out who she truly wants to be. The film is one of my all-time personal favorites. The music by David Bowie and Trevor Jones is as memorable as the assorted Jim Henson Studio creations.

The new Dance Magic Jareth The Goblin King 7″ Scale Figure is the second Labyrinth release by McFarlane Toys. In late 2017, they released their first Jareth 7″ Scale Figure. As the name implies, the figure represent Jareth’s appearance during the iconic “Magic Dance” sequence. The figure includes a whip, a miniature Goblin, and a figure stand. We picked up the figure from Toyark sponsor Entertainment Earth. After the jump, you can check out my thoughts on the figure, as well as a full photo gallery.

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Labyrinth – “Magic Dance” Jareth The Goblin King7″ Scale Figure

Pros

  • Excellent overall sculpt
  • Great likeness of David Bowie
  • Clean paint apps

Cons

  • Articulation isn’t as good as their current figure offerings

Overall
The figure is packed in a collector friendly window box. The front consists mainly of a large window, which gives you a great look at the figure. The back of the packaging features one of the great posters for the film. Jareth sits on a plastic tray, held in by a few plastic ties. The figure includes a mini Goblin, a whip, and a simple figure stand.

Jareth hit right before McFarlane switched their figure articulation over to the higher articulated style. While the figure is by no means a statue, it doesn’t quite have the range of motion that their Fortnite or new anime figures have. Here you get about 14 points of articulation. Joints were solid, with no paint locking issues. What you do get, like the original figure, is an incredibly sculpted figure with a really solid likeness of David Bowie. The sculpted details are actually fantastic, with nice texture work on the clothing and boots. The highlight of the figure is the excellent portrait here, which is a pretty spot on representation of David Bowie’s Jareth. While the hair sculpting is a little thick in spots, it still works well. Paint work is mostly solid, with the face paint coming out especially nice. There are multiple layers of paint throughout, with only a few slight bleeds, but nothing I noticed until I got the photos onto the computer.

The only thing this figure really needs is a throne and a few more Goblins. I used the chair from NECA’s Pale Man for this shoot, which wound up  working well enough even though it’s nothing like the one used in Labyrinth. But I’m still happy to own this figure, and hope we see additional characters eventually. Check out some select photos below, and the full gallery after that.

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Discussion / Comments (Jump to this Thread on the Forum)

  1. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-24-2019, 12:38 PM

    Labyrinth – Jareth The Goblin King “Magic Dance” Version – Toyark Photo Shoot







  2. deecee4's Avatar deecee4 says

    09-24-2019, 01:33 PM

    Im really happy with the figure but between the dainty feet, heels and ankle joints not holding very well, hes not very stable at all-with or without the stand.

  3. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-24-2019, 01:37 PM

    Good photo shoot, Joe. You make even the figures I'm not personally interested in look great.

    BTW, McFarlane-related question: have you heard anything regarding the series 2 of their Star Trek figures? Spock was supposed to be in that one but it's been a while since they were announced. Hoping they weren't quietly cancelled.

  4. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-24-2019, 01:49 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    Good photo shoot, Joe. You make even the figures I'm not personally interested look great.

    BTW, McFarlane-related question: have you heard anything regarding the series 2 of their Star Trek figures? Spock was supposed to be in that one but it's been a while since they were announced. Hoping they weren't quietly cancelled.
    I haven't heard anything at all. Both Spock and Discovery's Burnham were supposed to get figures, but nothing was ever shown. At this point, I'm thinking they aren't moving forward with them.

  5. webz's Avatar webz says

    09-24-2019, 01:57 PM

    Everyone who sees this all say the same thing... "Junk too small."

    LOL

  6. baronvonstroud has no avatar! baronvonstroud says

    09-24-2019, 05:50 PM

    Where did that chair come from?

  7. En Sabah Nerd's Avatar En Sabah Nerd says

    09-24-2019, 06:02 PM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by baronvonstroud View Post
    Where did that chair come from?
    That is the Pale Man's chair from the recent NECA figure.

  8. Dolemite's Avatar Dolemite says

    09-25-2019, 05:41 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Joe Moore View Post
    I haven't heard anything at all. Both Spock and Discovery's Burnham were supposed to get figures, but nothing was ever shown. At this point, I'm thinking they aren't moving forward with them.
    That's what I thought. Bummer...Kirk's going to be lonely without Spock.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd View Post
    That is the Pale Man's chair from the recent NECA figure.
    It says it right in the review. Come on, people.

  9. Joe Moore's Avatar Joe Moore says

    09-25-2019, 05:51 AM

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dolemite View Post
    That's what I thought. Bummer...Kirk's going to be lonely without Spock.
    A troubling sign is that Star Trek is no longer listed under their "Brands" section of their website.

  10. Comedian's Avatar Comedian says

    09-25-2019, 11:03 AM

    I figured with Star Trek. It seems very few stores carried them. If he can’t sell them, he can’t make them.

    With the goblin king, I have him and he is pure art. I agree on the articulation. My ankles are very weak on him, so he falls a lot. I do hope we can get other characters out of labyrinth.

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