New Ghostbusters Figures

[Mr Barlow]

Aw,
I got more than 1 , 12 inch Ray

Obviously the sculpt is not great , but I dont mind the suit , The Proton pack and trap are cool though.

Im suprised anyone is complaining , How much have people spent even getting this far w a Ghostbusters suit, piecing it all together, buying unpainted resin backpacks and overpriced Alice Pack rigs .

I think its a great deal for the money, very workable to bring it up to awesome. !!

The only complaint I have is , yes the 1 hr unpacking it requires, and 1 of the figures heads is a bit squished , like it was a lil warm when squished into the packaging. guess i need to contact them bout that ...lol

 

[Spartan Rex]

Well, I still say it'll be worth it.
Theres a few other parts on this fig that make it indispensable to bash a proper 'buster.

 

[holtrax]

meh to be honest i didn't buy these figures for the headsculpts. I think the folks over at matty got confused and modelled ray's head after this guy

With better headsculpts, uniform and the mods im gonna do when i get the accessories this will be the ultimate GB figure....


as Macho Man randy savage used to say

'OHHHHH YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHH'

 

[Kuzeh]

Honestly,
I think this uniform works great IMO...

 

[Wor-Gar]

OK Pics coming shortly...
but first impressions:

Ray 6"

-Package isn't collector friendly like Egon,
you can't re-sea it... fail Mattel...
- Everything is exactly the same as Egon, body, hands, everything... Only head changes and no slime...
- Overall, looks great, but face a bit too cartoony, Egon looks more realistic... but I love it regardless!! Can't wait for Winston and Peter!!

Ray 12"

Packaging:
- Package is really cool, I thought I wouldn't like it but it's really nice visually.
- Practicality on the other end, it's crap... the locker/accessory is great! Easy to access and a nice detail, but to get the figure out it's a pain in the neck... the clear plastic doesn't allow for closing it again without the use of tape, so that sucks... and then you got to pen it both from above and below, and get the figure out from below carefully.
-Twisties and plastic bands and rubber bands, as well, so it's not collector friendly at all...

Figure:
- Sculpt is crap, maybe with a very good re-paint you can make it work, but otherwise it sucks!
- Body is really sturdy and with tight joints, but I think nthe figure is too tall, it's taller than SS Anakin... about 13"... so, again Mattel- Fail!!!
- Gloved Hands are really nice, and with slight mods I think they might work with a TT, barehands suck...
Outfit:
-Actually it's really good, it looks a bit weird but I think it might be the current body, I'm sure once you use it on a TT it will look great!

-No zippers, and that helps avoid puffiness, but it also makes it less accurate, it uses velcro on the back instead, which doesn't really matters as it's covered by the Proton-pack.

-Logo looks great but its not a patch, it's painted, same with the name-tag.

_ Boots, better than what I expected but still pretty crappy...

-Overall, better than expected.

- Elbow pads are too puffy... they really suck


Proton-pack and Trap:
-In a word: WOW!!! !!
Amazing work, just the proton-pack and trap are worth the 60 bucks IMO, you have to see it to believe the ammount of detail on these things!!
Excellent work Mattel!!
The lightup features is too cool!!


Accesories:
-Goggles are great but could use some weathering, and actual thru barrels would've been nice...
- Web belt sucks...
- Belt accessories are plastic some work, some don't
- Walkie needs to be changed IMO, specially the pouch...

Overall, this is like SS IJ, an amazing starting point, for a great 12" figure...

I'm gonna customize this with:

-Narrow Shoulder TT
- Spenser's Ray HS
- Godfather's fat suit
- Fabric web belt,
- Combat boots with laces
- New talkie and pouches
- Elbowpads...

You win!

I just got home, Ray was waiting for me... but its gonna take some time to open him up and the light's gone.

Great review. Eager to see what I got. I'll see if I can confirm/add anything to your excellent coverage.

Glad to read that the suit works well and isn't as bad as I feared.

 

[JacktheRipper]

Getting him out of the box is some work.
Head sculpt is the weakest aspect of this figure. With all the great custom heads out there this will be a great addition to a collection.

 

[Mr.E]

These figures require some work, no doubt about that. The flightsuit could be better, there are better ones out there...somewhere. The Mattel one needs to be dyed...but I can't wait till mine arrives on Wednesday!

 

[Wor-Gar]

Isn't the Mattel suit the correct color? It's just that so many of the scenes we remember are in that blue night light that makes the suit look blue-tinted.

Or should the suits more blueish gray?

If so, its an easy dye job. As long as those iron logos don't peel off.

Kuzeh: are the backpack lights ready to go or do you need to remove some plastic tab like HT?

 

[Mr.E]

In GB1, the suits are a grayish khaki, sort of a taupe. In GB2, they are closer to what Mattel has provided.

 

[Wor-Gar]

In GB1, the suits are a grayish khaki, sort of a taupe. In GB2, they are closer to what Mattel has provided.

Ah, OK, so I may need to do a dye job on these.

BTW, after initial investigation of the figure within its box -- I like what I see! But he does look rather large.

 

[Mr.E]

Nothing too drastic, just a little bath in some RIT pearl gray dye will probably do the trick. The current light khaki color will likely take the dye quite nicely, without affecting the white ghost on the arm patch...I hope. The color of the uniforms on the 6" figures is a fairly accurate representation of the grayish khaki BTW.

 

[JacktheRipper]

 

[Mr.E]

Oh man, that head sculpt is an eye sore. Somebody repaint it!

 

[holtrax]

Pretty cool. Think his elbow pads look too big though. The waistline where his belt is also looks a little too far up his chest. Can you lower his belt ? I think the headsculpt issue is obviously a major letdown but i think thats been discussed to death so no point talking about that. Im also going to lower his pants below his boots because i dunno it seems like theres something about them that doesn't look right and i think it just needs to be lowered to make it look good. Overall though for 60 bucks what can you expect, it looks good.

 

[Mr.E]

Ironically enough, it looks better w/o paint.

 

[JacktheRipper]

I hate the body. It's very ackward. Glad that the joints are tight. The chest plate sqweaks. The neck joint only really moves left and right. There is a slight up and down movement, but very little. The head sculpt only has shading on the cheeks. The lips are all a wash of one color. Looking at the pic on the back of the box adding some color to the lips "could" bring out Dan.

The wife pointed out he should be fatter. Padding is needed.

 

[JacktheRipper]

Where's that yellow tube suppose to connect to on the pack?

 

[Mr.E]

The yellow hose is actually supposed to connect to the gray belt via a leather belt hook.

 

[holtrax]

anyone got any suggestions as to where to get a good replacement set of elbow pads ?

 

[Mr.E]

Probably custom fabricate them.

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