Charmed and Buffy Gentlemen and Belthazor

Two supernatural themed TV shows from the 1990s and early 2000s were Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Charmed.

Buffy starred Buffy along with her ‘Scooby Squad’ that kept their hometown Sunnyvale safe from vampires, ghouls and other nasty supernatural and creatures of the night.

Charmed starred three women who were witches.  They too kept humanity safe from supernatural threats.

While the Charmed sisters and Buffy and her gang were the stars of their respective show it was the villains that made the shows interesting.

I’ve chosen two villains (one from each show) that I consider memorable.

SOTA Toys created several series of Charmed action figures.

I’ve selected The Gentlemen from Buffy toys by Moore Action Collectibles and Belthazor for Charmed to review.

The Gentlemen are fairy-tale monsters who search for seven hearts.  They invade towns and villages and steal everyone’s voices so no one can scream.  No sword or weapon can kill them except the scream of a princess.

Belthazor is half demon and half human.  He was hired by The Brotherhood Of The Thorn to kill the Charmed witches.

He possesses incredible physical and mental abilities and is known for killing countless witches, wizards and the like.

He proves to be a formidable foe for the Charmed sisters.

Belthazor has red skin (as one would expect form a demon) with black facial tattoos on is face that are especially heavy around his eyes.  The black tattoos serve to intensify his dark eyes and fangs.

The figure is bald, has large red hands and is articulated in the shoulders and neck.

He stands with his hands wide open at his sides and legs slightly placed apart.

The figure wears a black jacket and trouser with silver buckle best, a collarless back shirt and black loafers.

He also includes a translucent cluster of flames.

The Series 1 figures each come with a section of a backdrop.

Beltzazor’s set pieces is of a room with a brick and wood slat wall, wooden slat floor and a small bookcase with an assortment of books cluttering its shelves.  

The Gentlemen action figures consist of two figures.  Both have gruesome, gaunt, pale white faces with bald skulls.  Both have shallow cheeks, deep set dark eyes, one has a large sneer (the standing one) and the other has a drawn back sinister smile.

The standing figure comes dressed in a solid black suit (similar to an old time undertaker long coat suit) a white shirt, black ties and white handkerchief in the coat’s pocket.  He wears black shoes and comes with a separate set of clenched skeletal hands.

Accessories include large black tongs, a small square wooden book wit markings, a corked bottle, a knife and a long round piercing knife with black handle.

The accompanying wood slate base is included, as is half of a large black hands and hour indicators oversize clock.  A wound up rope and wooden crate are on the floor.

The second figure is a Gentleman who is crouching and wears an untied straight jacket and facial bandages that cover his cranium and his nose.

Sculpting of the figures is very precise and detailed with nice color separation, shading and clean crisp differentiation between color edges.

The figures have partial articulation that is well hidden by clothing folds.  

Psalm 91:11 (NKJV) ^“For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.”