Voorhees27
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Boy I must say with a True Type, custom made and painted sculpt along with what you see above you're laughing. I'd love to see one complete. It should make for the ultimate GB figure.
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Yeah, the more I see these, the more I realize that I won't be happy with them as-is. And as much as I love the movie and these characters, I don't know if I'm willing to go through this much time, money, and hassle to salvage these figures (essentially, buying them for their equipment).
Blech. Why couldn't Hot Toys make these ^^^^ers instead? Then, there would be no need for any of this.
I will only switch them to TT and use Spenser's HS,
maybe change the boots, but I can live with everything else!
Maybe if GB3 happens, HT will snag the license, but that won't happen for at least 2 more years, so, I'll get Mattel's next month!
maybe change the boots, but I can live with everything else!
Maybe if GB3 happens, HT will snag the license, but that won't happen for at least 2 more years, so, I'll get Mattel's next month!
lerath666
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everything but the head looks great for 60$. WE've got PLENTY of head options , so no problem there. I'm eager to see how their body sizes up to other 1/6th bodies. the preliminairy shots of the body looked really neet. Eager to see how good it is.
Fine with everything else? The only thing you're not doing is swapping the pads and gloves.Bet you do in the end.
teabelly83
Super Freak
aha in all honesty im not even using the uniforms. i got a customset made up by using some other flight suits, which i prefer so i might jst used afew pieces frm the figs like the equipment n packs etc. possibly the leg hose aswel but im changing the gloves, i alreayd have leather boots, having elbow pads made and spensers headsculpts.
have u all seen the pic of the 12" ray in packaging? i quite like the way its packaged.
have u all seen the pic of the 12" ray in packaging? i quite like the way its packaged.
when i get these im gonna do all the lighting for the traps, pke meter, neutrona wand. Then add better boots, flightsuit, get a better headsculpt and pad down the figure a little and i reckon it'll be the ultimate gb figure!
But yeah the headsculpt
But yeah the headsculpt
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teabelly83
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thats pretty much what im guna do aswel mate, change almost the whole fig. im using a different flight, proper leather boots, better looking gloved hands, sculpted elbow pads and a real fabric web beltl. il prob useparts of the mattel figs to jst add to the custom set, so should look great with spensers heads.
Agreed! I've already ordered Steven's heads and am getting them sent to small_studios Josh for the repaint treatment. Gotta get 4 Hot Toys narrow-shoulder True-Types, and like Wor-Gar said, new Boots, elbow pads, and gloves will be needed too. Maybe a new web-belt if this one is actually plastic, but web-belts should be fairly easy to come across...
I'm OK with the flight suit (for now), I'm sure with a little tailoring/futzing/weathering/water treatment, they'll be fine...We'll see in-hand...
But definitely, the packs and traps look GREAT! Can't wait to start seeing everyone's mods!
P.S., anyone else notice that the straps of the elbow pads on the figure 'out-of-pack' are black, but inside the pack are white? Hope they're 'actually' black like they were on screen...
teabelly83
Super Freak
when i get these im gonna do all the lighting for the traps, pke meter, neutrona wand. Then add better boots, flightsuit, get a better headsculpt and pad down the figure a little and i reckon it'll be the ultimate gb figure!
But yeah the headsculpt
cool u guna add lights, wow. that be hard? and what did ya mean pad down?
Just mean the ray figure looks 'overpadded' like a football player(american) because his flightsuit looks too big so gonna see how the body is and add a new flightsuit which fits his body better.
teabelly83
Super Freak
ah right i understand. yeah thats why i prefer another flightsuit, it looks too puffed up and chunky, and im a pain for as much detail as possible so i prefer real pockets, proper fastening etc. so i prefer the flight suits i got. im guna use the packs tho, i might weather them abit, not sure what with tho, any ideas/?? bit of silver paint maybe??
I just watched Ghostbusters last night and the arm bands are actually closer to gray than black. Not as light as the fig in the box but definitely a dark gray not black.
teabelly83
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yeah the elbow pads are amid tone grey and they have black patches on the inside of the strap bit. the mattel elbow pads look terrible.
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The new pics of Ray 12" and Egon 12" are up on the Mattycollector site...along with the 6" figures. The photos of Egon make the suit appear to fit a bit better than Ray...Anyways, Have a look:
https://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.17846500
https://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.17846500
Bezzerkerr
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they look good.
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Good enough...I guess, for Mattel anyway. They are by no means perfect, as they do need some...work.
Aw man, got me excited, I thought these were new pics... been up for awhile now.
Anyway, yeah, they are serviceable outfits, and the gear is terrific. Hope the prod isn't too far off from this proto.
Same here! The proton packs look fantastic! With a bit of futzing and a few additions here and there, including Spenser's amazing head sculpts, looks like the "boys in grey" are finally within reach!
Guess we'd better bookmark Oct. 15th for Ray, and Dec. 15th for Egon... I have a feeling these guys probably won't last very long!
teabelly83
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yeah i cant wait for these either, but again i still think the outfits are not to my liking ,but thats my personal taste. im guna use my dragon suits still., they jst look better an more closert to the movie look and look better fitted on the bodys. the equipment looks great tho, and b great to have a set of packs that are in scale, i have some from nick a tron and sadly his where jst alittle too big and looked out of proportion on the figure.
What Dragon suits would you be referring to, if you don't mind my asking? I'm also interested in finding the most screen accurate suits possible for my GBs. Any info would be much appreciated.
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