Mattel Ghostbusters Thread

Jim_Abell · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 5:09 am

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost?...

DanMan · **Joined:** Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:30 pm **Posts:** 778

Jim_Abell wrote:

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost?...

Oh man, I would love to see them do a "Ghostbusters: the UK office" movie!

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:48 pm

um...

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4. Are the rumours true? Is the 4th Ghostbusters figure for next year a Vigo variant?

Again, you’ll just have to wait and see!

WTF!? WHEN THE F WAS THIS RUMORED AND WTF DOES THAT EVEN FING MEAN?! so you're fing telling me that out of the FOUR FING GHOSTBUSTER FIGURES WE GET NEXT YEAR, THERE'S EVER A FING POSSIBILITY THAT HALF OF THEM WILL BE SH*TTY VIGO!? THE SH*TTIEST VILLAIN IN THE WORLD!? HE'S A FING PAINTING!!! WHY THE F WOULD YOU MAKE HALF OF YOUR FING LINE FOR THE WHOLE FING YEAR BASED ON A FING PAINTING!?! THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN "HELL. EMPHATICALLY. NO."

shabbyblue · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:52 pm

Calm the F down, dude. Seriously.

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:29 pm

I mean, I calmed the f down probably way before you even read that, but it doesnt invalidate my argument. half a year's toy line being based on one character is stupid unless it's like a batman retail line or something. I guess I'm more surprised or disappointed by the fact that matty wasn't immediately like, "no, we wouldn't do that to our fans because we're not total dickfarts."

shabbyblue · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:34 pm

It'll probably be Vigo with "pink slime" all over him, similar to the awesome Marshmellow Ray variant. Just what the fans wanted.

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:42 pm

see, that would be totally cool to put out as the "sorry we cancelled your subscription" gift or whatever, but not as one fourth of a year's worth of toys.

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:58 am

There are pictures out now of an evil head variant of Vigo floating around the internet, so it looks like, unless it was just a planned accessory that didnt make the cut, the variant Vigo figure is an inevitability. I know nobody but me give a **** about Ghostbusters anymore, but has anyone heard any word on what the "thank you" gift is going to be for those who subscribed before the sub was cancelled? I'm really hoping it's this sh**ty vigo variant and that the 4th and final figure next year is something OTHER THAN the sh**ty Vigo variant.

Jim_Abell · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 4:23 am

I'm really hoping that second Vigo head is something unannounced for the one coming out this month (maybe that's the something extra for subscribers, which will suck for me since they cancelled my subs with the Man-E-Faces screw-up in August).

BlackCanary · **Joined:** Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:57 am **Posts:** 262

Matty just posted the January 2012 sale items - including some Ghostbusters and MOTUC items that they claim will be available all year long! I wonder how many people will bite especially after the great Halloween sale?

Matty wrote:

January 17th Sale

First up, please note that the first sale of the year is on TUESDAY, January 17th due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Here's the list of products we'll have for your purchasing pleasure:

Masters of the Universe® Classics

•Sorceress®, Club Eternia® Figure of the Month (included with 2012 subscriptions)
•Fearless Photog™ (included with MOTU 30th Anniversary Series subscriptions)
•Battle Armor® Skeletor®
•Faker®
•Mer-Man®

Ghostbusters™

•"Ready to Believe You" 6" Peter Venkman (with Taxi Cab Ghost)

Core Characters Available Year 'Round

Great news… we heard your requests and will have a selection of fan-favorites available in the shop all year so you can buy them anytime! We're starting with MOTUC and Ghostbusters™, and these figures will be available starting January 17th so you can combine them with other products and save on shipping!

•He-Man®
•Battle Cat®
•Skeletor®
•Panthor®
•6" Peter Venkman (with proton stream)
•6" Ray Stantz (with "no ghost" ghost

TRDouble · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:03 pm

I just realized the other day that I have to logon during the 1/17 sale to get the "Ready To Believe You" Peter Venkman... ugh! I miss the subscription already.

And it would be nice if the year 'round Ray Stantz had a new & improved head sculpt. I'd buy that! Heck, they should just humor us a release a GB 2 Gray Suit Winston with the slimeblower head. I'd buy it and it would save me the trouble of of tracking down a cheap Slimeblower Winston and swapping the heads myself.

Oh, and I am not impressed with that thing I received called Vigo.

Ham Salad · **Posted:** Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:48 am

The best part of the Vigo figure?

The lenticular painting.

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:09 am

Just grabbed labcoat Peter to round out my commercial collection, and yikes. even on sale, with tax and shipping, over $30! for one figure! this will definitely be the last figure i buy from matty until zuul comes out. and man, as much as i hate the thought of not getting Janine, Gozer, the terror dogs and plainclothes versions of Winston, Louis and Dana, at one figure per purchase not on sale with tax and shipping, thats probably another $250 just for that. yeesh. that said, yo, matty, make sure you get around to Gozer and the terror dogs at least!

shabbyblue · **Posted:** Tue Mar 06, 2012 6:08 pm

shishalzafrazz wrote:

yo, matty, make sure you get around to Gozer and the terror dogs at least!

Reading between the lines, it looks like this line is practically done by now. I don't expect we'll ever get anymore figures beyond what's already planned for release this year. It's a damn shame we have to settle for that generic rookie character from the video game instead of getting an important villain like Gozer. My only hope is that Mattel may surprise us with a nice final hurrah for GB at SDCC, perhaps as a SDCC exclusive. Gozer and two terror dogs with a rooftop display backdrop would be a nice multi-pack this year to compliment the rest of the GB figures and the Stay Puft set we got last year.

shishalzafrazz · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:15 am

yeah, dude, that's what im hoping for too. even though a few clutch characters might not make it out, and even though a little garbage like vigo and courtroom peter with only one of the scolari bros is out, we got most of the essentials covered if the gozer/terror dogs/rooftop diorama makes it out. im not holdin my breath, though.

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