MattyCollector.com reports that Mattel will be releasing new Ghostbusters action figures via the website! The figures will be available in 12" and 6" formats. The 6" figures will be sculpted by the Four Horsemen (shocker) and will feature the Ghostbusters with their equipment and ghost-buddies! Read on for details:Sony Pictures Consumer Products and Mattel, Inc. announced today the development of a new collectible line of toys based on the world's favorite poltergeist fighting team, the Ghostbusters, including an extensive cast of ghosts and ghostbusters - celebrating the 25th anniversary of the frightfully funny classic film "Ghostbusters."
Mattel's "Ghostbusters" collectible line, debuts with 12-inch figures in June 2009, and will be available exclusively at MattyCollector.com. Each figure will feature window box packaging and include authentic Ghostbuster equipment unique to each character. ...
"Ghostbusters" collectors can also look forward to 6-inch figures, with one debuting at San Diego Comic Con in July 2009. Sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios, the team currently working on Mattel's popular DC Universe™ Classics and Masters of the Universe® Classics collectible lines, the 6-inch line will come complete with authentic "Ghostbusters" equipment and ghost. ...
Mattel will also create characters and ghosts from the classic animated series, "The Real Ghostbusters," to go along with the classic "Ghostbusters" film.
With the great work the Four Horsemen have done with the DC Universe and MOTU Classics lines, this Ghostbusters line will certainly be one of the most sought-after lines of 2009! And the Four Horsemen have already proven their potential to make incredible figures based on live action properties, as the Dark Knight action figures show. Click here to see the full announcement!
Update: 2/7/2009 Toy News International posted pics of some of the new Ghostbusters figures. They look awesome! Check them out!
Update: 8/12/2009 I updated with a review of the first Ghostbusters figure from Mattel: Egon with Slimer!
5 out of 5 - Simply incredible!
4 out of 5 - Pretty awesome!
3 out of 5 - Cool enough, I suppose.
2 out of 5 - Not quite good enough.
1 out of 5 - Pretty horrific!
0 out of 5 - No redeeming quality at all.
2 comments:
These figures are perfect! Almost. I could go ahead and categorize them under "better than we deserve" but I'll leave that distinction to Battlestar Galactica figures for now. I only have two reservations about this Ghostbusters line. First, it looks like the straps for the proton pack are sculpted on and not removable (an issue I had with the cartoon line long ago). Second (and this may be mute once we see the actual figures) I'm not sure if the proton gun (or positron collider) can hang from the proton pack. On the fully painted large figures there is nothing to hang it by. But I noticed that on the smaller 6" there is a peg on the side that could fit in a possible hole in the side of the gun. These are ridiculous nitpicks given that the sculpt and articulation are perfect!!
I see what you're saying, but if the straps were removable, they would also be thicker and look weird on the figure. I'm not too broken up about it because I would always display them with their proton packs on anyways.
I agree that being able to hang the proton gun on the pack would be really useful. Hopefully they can actually do that.
I wonder if they'll release a slimed Venkman variation? Or the Ghostbusters with marshmallow splatters?
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