Ghostbusters General Thread

Curious to see if they hold to the free shipping vow on this one. My guess is it's out the windows now that the main guys are offered.
 
As far as them almost certainly re-releasing other "exclusive" ghosts goes, I do remember in the stream they did after Ray was solicited that Alex said he's sculpted a stomach for Ghash that had all the little ghosts coming out of his body instead of worming into it, so I could definitely see them re-releasing him with that as the alt look.
 
Making them glow-in-the-dark seems to be the easiest change up. I'm not really bothered about Sam since it's a show-accurate color variant. I'm deciding if I want to pick it up though. I don't really NEED the extras it has.

I missed out on the Winston and Sandman set, so I guess it'll be nice if they do re-release Sandman. Either it knocks the 2-pack costs down on ebay or I just settle for the variant.
 
Detrimental Fig said:
Making them glow-in-the-dark seems to be the easiest change up. I'm not really bothered about Sam since it's a show-accurate color variant. I'm deciding if I want to pick it up though. I don't really NEED the extras it has.

I missed out on the Winston and Sandman set, so I guess it'll be nice if they do re-release Sandman. Either it knocks the 2-pack costs down on ebay or I just settle for the variant.
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I prefer the newer Sam variant, the original version with the pupils and the teeth I find legitimately unsettling. I wonder how much more creepy the Boogeyman will be when he's rereleased. The alternate "teeth" face on this newer variant doesn't bother me but for some reason the other version was just too creepy for me personally.
 
I finally opened up Venkman this weekend. He was more or less what I expected, but not entirely what I hoped he would be. I do understand the comments about WTF is up with the box. For those that got the two pack - the single pack's box is almost like a gag. The tray with the figure only takes up a tiny layer at the top, then there is massive empty plastic tray space below him, you could fit a pair of shoes in there. It's kind of confusing, like they were supposed to pack the large ghost behind him. But it becomes kind of funny when you empty the box and see how few things are in it. I don't understand the logic here, unless it's supposed to conform with their 1/6 box sizes, or if they're hoping a big box will make people feel better about paying $110 for these.

Venkman himself is everything everyone said he was. Great paint and sculpt, but boring figure. He looks awkward sitting down, and would look very toy-like and stiff sitting in an Ecto-1. The engineering and articulation really leave a lot be desired, and some extra hands reaaaalllyy could have done some extra lifting. I'm a little annoyed that the gloved hands don't have a few mm of extra plastic on the peg to account for the cuff of the glove that sits on the wrist stump. It would allow you to use the ball jointed wrists a lot better when holding the wand. Again, extra hands that are sculpted to grip the handle of the wand, instead of generic grippies, would help as well.

I don't like being a negative Nancy all the time so I'll stop my griping about the line soon. This is my first Mondo figure and I wish I was as excited for it as when the figures were initially announced. I was hoping that the figure would sing once I had him actually in hand, but he is what he is.

Ultimately, I might bail on the line, cancel my other PO's and put him and the Egon 2-pack up on eBay when they come in. I just don't think they have the wow factor for the price, and there are so many great things out there that are getting increasingly more expensive. We'll see if he grows on me after a little bit. An announcement for a head/hand pack would keep me in, but I feel that it's unlikely that'll happen.
 
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