New Ghostbusters Figures

[emceerice]

What scale is that one in?

 

[Deckard]

5", thats why its carded and all plastic.

Pretty crap figure tbh(Venkman) but I really want the Scoleri Bros.

 

[karamazov80]

Pic released of the Real Ghostbusters Minimates box set #1

 

[theghostinside]

Pic released of the Real Ghostbusters Minimates box set #1

i will buy ALL of these. it would be amazing if they made a scale ghostbusters tower and ecto. are there any pics of others besides these???

 

[sigep756]

The RGB mini mates just gave me a huge grin. Will be picking these up for sure. The minis have been so much better than the Mattel releases!

 

[karamazov80]

i will buy ALL of these. it would be amazing if they made a scale ghostbusters tower and ecto. are there any pics of others besides these???

They did release some prototype pics and control art for some ghost I don't remember. Maybe you do?

 

[Boba Ben]

I hope they make Boogieman and Samhain.

 

[Deckard]

Pic released of the Real Ghostbusters Minimates box set #1

Now thats gold.

 

[Kuzeh]

Crap!!
I thought I was done with Minimates!!!
Those look awesome!!!

 

[Boba Ben]

I'm not much of a minimate either and the only one I have left is the Battle Beast, but I will probably get these. I like them a lot more than the retro style figures from Mattel and I'm a huge fan of Real Ghostbusters.

 

[karamazov80]

it would be amazing if they made a scale ghostbusters tower and ecto.

There is a 1/18th scale Die Cast Ecto 1 that isn't perfectly in scale with the Minimates, but close enough IMO.

https://cgi.ebay.com/1-18-Ghostbust...59022?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item19c2926f2e

Supposedly there are some licensing issues that won't allow DST to do an Ecto-1. Not even a funny looking one like their recent Deloreans.

Here's an old pic of mine of the Ertl Ecto-1.

 

[theghostinside]

There is a 1/18th scale Die Cast Ecto 1 that isn't perfectly in scale with the Minimates, but close enough IMO.

https://cgi.ebay.com/1-18-Ghostbust...59022?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item19c2926f2e

Supposedly there are some licensing issues that won't allow DST to do an Ecto-1. Not even a funny looking one like their recent Deloreans.

Here's an old pic of mine of the Ertl Ecto-1.

thanks for the heads up. that ecto is way out my price range though. oh and by the way if anyone has any extras or a collection of the ghostbuster minimates they want to part with, right here is your man.

 

[Kuzeh]

Updates from TG:

Originally posted by Toyguru:
Hey Ghost fans,

I know everyone has been itching from some news for the line. Obviously we are gearing up for NYTF where we will update collectors on all of our Matty.com toy lines, but to help get some needed info out there, here is the latest scoop.

1: The next figure will be Vinz Clortho in March. Also in March will be the Club Ecto Marshmallow Mess Ray which ships only to Club Members and was covered by the cost of membership!

2: After Vinz will be a new figure in May that will include a new pack in Ghost.

3: Winston with slime blower will be out in July.

4: We also have 2 GB2 12" 2-packs coming out this year (that was a lot of 2s!). The first will be Winston and Peter in April. Both packs will come with a TON of 12" accessories including protonstreams!

5: The PKE meter did great. We are looking into other prop replicas down the road. No plans right now for a re-release but it might happen in time (such as in a movie year).

6: The Retro Action RGB figures should be hitting Toys R Us and "emerging channel accounts (i.e. online retailers) soon. They will not be available here at this time.

Okay, so that is the catch up on releases. To hit a few points fans have brought up and are concerned about:

A: The line is doing great! We have a total of 7 figures coming out this year including 4 variants of the GB boys and 2 new characters (one is Vinz!). Plus a really amazing SDCC item to reveal in April-ish.

B: We do hear all the requests. More Ghosts, more equipment, more proton streams, removable packs, more characters and so on.

There is a lot planned. We do need to spread out key releases and key refreshes to keep the line going strong. We've already front loaded the line with the iconic movie 1 versions of each character. With a little time, we'd like to get to most if not all of these requests.

C: There are more re-releases of older figures planned. We won't offer re-releases every month, but much as we did for Cyber Monday last year, you can expect the main guys to be up for sale again.

D: We know there is a lot of demand of Real GB 6" scale figures. The catch with that is based on the baseline sale of the 6" movie style line, the demand just isn't there (well the vocal online demand is, the sales number are not). GB Classics sells well, but at this time not at the numbers that would justify a 6" RGB expansion which requires A LOT of new tooling.

We know fans want RG. Personally, I do to. But in the end, it is pretty accepted that the movie style is overall more popular (meaning not just the hardcore fans, the casual fans need to purchase too to keep the line going and for the casual fan the movie is more popular). And if the movie style is not doing the numbers we need to see for an expansion, expanding into a more tooling intensive (and overall less popular) style is not a wise business model. (I am not saying Animated is not popular, just that it is not AS popular as movie style).

Personally I really want RGB toys, especially for the vintage nods we could do. It might be something we can get to in time. Right now we are doing 1-2 newly 100% tool'd figures a year (like Vinz Clortho) and 4 partially tool'd figures in movie style. All of the RGB figs require almost 100% new tools and we just don't have the resources right now for this (based on sales).

So to wrap up, do keep those suggestions going! We want to deliver product GB fans are going to love and we need your feedback to do that. I will continue to be most available on the "Ask Matty" section of this board. If you feel like GB info is not getting out there, just post a question here and I will try to answer. That is the best way to get direct info answered (but it is not a forum for asking about unreleased figs etc.. do check out the "tips" post before posting!)

See you in New York for Toy Fair! (I love this town!)

Scott

There's a few exciting bits of info, but bummed about the RGB line...

 

[Mightytrex]

 

[Batfreak]

man part of me feels bad that i sold my 6" figures, i sold a ton of stuff lately. the only way i might get this line again is if they get more characters especially vigos.

 

[Eamon]

More proton streams and more figure stands would be sweet.
And loving the idea of proton streams for the 12" figures.

I don't want to have to bur re-releases with removable packs which I likely that Mattel will do this.

I'm still annoyed with having three Peter's in a row!

 

[Kuzeh]

New stuff from Toy Fair !!!:

 

[karamazov80]

Librarian ghost is awesome. RGB Minimates are awesomer, though:

RGB MMs 1st Look!!!!!

 

[Eamon]

Not bad I suppose! Loving the Winston and Slime Blower.

 

[karamazov80]

So they're gonna re-release the 1/6th scale GB 1 figures again, with proton streams?