S.H. Figuarts DragonBall Z Majin Buu review

Majin Buu is one of those characters who would totally come out of left field when you think of the later stages of Dragonball Z, especially given how much he visually has in common with the wacky, earlier eras of the series. He's a big, punk chocolate lover who was once resurrected by Bidibi as a force of destruction and was later bosses around by Badibi. This pink weirdo would later turn people into chocolate, absorb those who fought against him, and later try turning people into clay for his house. Certainly he has inspired some DeviantArt fetishes that he regrets doing. His skinnier, muscular forms were later destroyed, and he would later live with Mr. Satan and keeping the prefix of Videl's father himself. Thankfully, not much trouble arose from him since, so now let's see what he's like as a Figuart for today's review!

Here we have Majin Buu in-hand. He's a big, chunky dude who could give Patrick Star a run for his money by 5 years! The outfit of this dude almost makes me thing of the Toads from the Mario series, with the big white pants and the vest, though he has yellow boots to go with his boxing gloves. He also has a cape wrapped over his neck, though there are three holes meant for the cape pieces proper to tab in. Not much paint is used on the figure, though thankfully the plastic has a matte finish and isn't glossy, which is always appreciative compared to many Hasbro Legends. We do have some gold paint for the vest and buckle as well as black for the surrounding areas on those parts. The aesthetics are pretty good for a dude who's blobby in shape, and thankfully the pants look fine despite being broken up for articulation. 

His head sculpt has the eyes and blush lines painted on while the mouth is a slight recess as well as the dots near his antenna. Pretty good attention to detail overall. His alternate accessories include a two alternate heads (one with the tongue out and one with a devious smile), two pointing hands, two open hands, and three cape parts on a separate tray.

His articulation includes a double ball joint with a hinge for the neck, shoulder rotation, outward arm movement, butterfly joints, bicep swivels, double jointed elbows, ball jointed wrists, a ball joint for the torso, hips that can move front and back as well as in and out (thankfully without the hips being limited like on the Mario Bros), rotation at where the legs connect, hinged knees, and ball jointed ankles. Being somewhat hollow, he can at least balance on single leg without the aid of a flight stand.

His chocolate bar accessory will go great with other figures that want to have some delicious candy for toy photography. I like that the wrapper is white on the outside while it's silver on the inside to represent the foil it's made of. The shiny brown paint works perfectly to represent chocolate despite being made of plastic.

Here he is with Vegeta, a Saiyan who got the Majin treatment at one point in the series. They both really look like they're gonna beat some poor sucker's ass. There isn't much else to say about Majin Buu, but he's just so one of a kind that I highly recommend him immensely. He may be my favorite Figuart I own from the DBZ line in terms of non-Saiyans and in regards to villains. I hope to get Mr. Satan at some point.

And now we close this review off, here is an old photo taken from when Buu met Boo. My longtime friend I've known since we went to high school together hung out with me at a hotel and we bought these plushies if you're wondering about our lore.

Final ranking: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐