Star Ace Ghostbusters

SigitoSutasmano said:

On the other hand, license holder or the actor can request their likeness or expression. So Venkman having thick hair and the hairline more forward than it was in the movies, could be a personal request of Bill Murray himself. We never know.

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I never thought an actor would care how the were portrayed as long as they got paid, but then I saw Michael J Fox on a late night talk show talking about his he required them to use a waist grabber with the hot toys mcfly figure and now I can only imagine what kind of wacky issues people demand.

karamazov80 said:

I never thought an actor would care how the were portrayed as long as they got paid, but then I saw Michael J Fox on a late night talk show talking about his he required them to use a waist grabber with the hot toys mcfly figure and now I can only imagine what kind of wacky issues people demand.

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I would love it if the "hacker known as 4Chan" decided to leak a list of all such demands from licensors/actors. I bet it would be very enlightening

lordnastrond said:

Genuine question - what was the last decent figure Star Ace produced?

I have their Viktor figure and Markus statue from Underworld and those are both really good, but everything else I've seen from them has been.... less than stellar.

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In terms of 1/6, Star Ace’s original Hermione figure (1st Harry Potter movie)was pretty good - IIRC, K.A. Kim was the artist of that sculpt, she does great work, mostly with Blitzway/Prime 1 now.

I thought their 1:1 scale Bubo (the gold owl from 1981 Clash of the Titans) was decent - the collector’s edition came with a mini 1/6 version too.

But it has been mostly downhill for Star Ace over the last several years.

Hermoine was almost 7 years ago. They literally haven't made something good since then.

Their human figures always look like $100 Target figures.

Their chaplin I believe came out pretty decent. I find it super weird that they've not even posted about GB on any of their socials etc.

Yet bbts has them up.

Now available on their site, £220 each Sheesh! If this was hot toys I'd have no problem paying it but not with star ace.

Yeah. . .

https://staracetoys.com/products/1-6-scale-peter-venkman

https://staracetoys.com/products/1-6-scale-winston-zeddemore

Almost $400 CAD, yikes!! Those licensing fees must've been pretty steep.

Star ace fighting back.... At this point Star ace have bought a twig to a gunfight.

Lost cause.... Cannot wait for Blitzway to put theirs up for pre order. Adding to the mix the ghost trap is the wrong colour.

You are being generous with the "twig."
Who ever approves this should be ashamed

Almost feel sorry for them. But it’s time they move to something else, there’s no place for them in the current market.

Godfather1408 said:

Star ace fighting back.... At this point Star ace have bought a twig to a gunfight.
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This is probably a first licensed Mark Wahlberg figure..

Godfather1408 said:

Star ace fighting back.... At this point Star ace have bought a twig to a gunfight.

Lost cause.... Cannot wait for Blitzway to put theirs up for pre order. Adding to the mix the ghost trap is the wrong colour.

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Ray looks like John Laroquette from night court there.

punisher1974 said:

Ray looks like John Laroquette from night court there.

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Don't forget they come with back packs not proton packs.

dantes2501 said:

Almost feel sorry for them. But it’s time they move to something else, there’s no place for them in the current market.

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I suppose it could be a cheaper option for those who don't want to pay the high Blitzway prices... but I can't imagine possibly being happy with those figures now after seeing the much better BW sculpts.

Godfather1408 said:

Star ace fighting back.... At this point Star ace have bought a twig to a gunfight.

Lost cause.... Cannot wait for Blitzway to put theirs up for pre order. Adding to the mix the ghost trap is the wrong colour.

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batsheva said:

Yes the proton pack lights up..

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Do the Blitzway ghost traps light up?

I noticed the Star Ace Ray trap has that LED feature, not sure if that’s a new innovation. It’s been so long since I futzed with the Blitzway figures.

Godfather1408 said:

Star ace fighting back.... At this point Star ace have bought a twig to a gunfight.

Lost cause.... Cannot wait for Blitzway to put theirs up for pre order. Adding to the mix the ghost trap is the wrong colour.

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Yeah, but "the backpack has blue and red scrolling lights, and the gun has lights". Gotta give their marketing minds points for that.

I forgot that Walter Matthau was in Ghostbusters. Also, those packs are HIDEOUS.

sabin23 said:

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Do the Blitzway ghost traps light up?

I noticed the Star Ace Ray trap has that LED feature, not sure if that’s a new innovation. It’s been so long since I futzed with the Blitzway figures.

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I only have BW Egon and Slimer, so I can't really tell, but no, as far as I can remember the BW trap has no light up features.