New Ghostbusters Figures

[Khev]

Yes it is a clothed 12" figure

Is that a miniature port-a-potty on his back? What's the yellow hose attached to?

Looks great though!

 

[saintsyn]

The fully sculpted ones are 2-ups which is why they look like 12"ers. They are the 6" ones...

 

[galactiboy]

Holy crap! The 1/6 figure looks awesome! I will buy that for sure But Fall 2009 Why so long a wait?!?

Seems like Matty Collector is going to be in the business of blowing minds

 

[ProgMatinee]

But Fall 2009 Why so long a wait?!?

I know its almost like a Sideshow license announcement.

 

[teabelly83]

these are cool, well frm the 1st link im liking the sculpt of dan ackroyd and harold ramis, who look like moulded uniforms, as for the other 1 is it supposed 2 b ray?? frm that angle i aint keen on the face but the uniform it cool. the boots NEED to be leather tho!!

im glad they look different to the customs being made up, means i can still go ahead and get a customized set aswel!!

 

[Mad Old Lu]

The fully sculpted ones are 2-ups which is why they look like 12"ers. They are the 6" ones...

Wut? Please explain?

 

[karamazov80]

The fully sculpted ones are 2-ups which is why they look like 12"ers. They are the 6" ones...

I was wondering what the hell was going on there. Anybody seen pics of 12 inch Ray from the front?

 

[Voorhees27]

Heres a better look at the proton pack

 

[Boba Ben]

Wut? Please explain?

Prototypes of 6" figures are sculpted two times larger than the final product to show better detail and they are shrunken down when they are mass produced.

The ones with sculpted clothes will be produced in the 6" scale while the one with clothing will be produced in 12" scale.

 

[teabelly83]

The fully sculpted ones are 2-ups which is why they look like 12"ers. They are the 6" ones...

hey saintsyn what u mean fully sculpted 2-ups?? sorry to ask pal!!

so are these both the 12" and 6" in the pic?

 

[galactiboy]

Wut? Please explain?

A 2-up is a figure that is twice the size of what the final figure will be. Basically a lot of smaller scale figures are sculpted twice as large... that way when they are reduced to a smaller size there is a lot of detail.

So basically if the final figure will be 6" tall, it was originally sculpted 12" and then shrunk. At least that is my understanding.

 

[Kuzeh]

These figures rock hard!!!
Awesome job Mattel!!!!

 

[saintsyn]

Wut? Please explain?

The fully sculpted ones are large size mock-ups for what the 6" line will be. When they are produced they get scaled down. They produce the big ones to get the details in there before pantographing it down to 6".... Wow, that is clear as mud... anyone help me out here?

 

[teabelly83]

Prototypes of 6" figures are sculpted two times larger than the final product to show better detail and they are shrunken down when they are mass produced.

The ones with sculpted clothes will be produced in the 6" scale while the one with clothing will be produced in 12" scale.

aahh right iunderstand.

so as the 12" cloth figs are only availble at mattys site, will the regular 6" be availble in most other collector stores ?? or r they exclusives 2?

 

[saintsyn]

A 2-up is a figure that is twice the size of what the final figure will be. Basically a lot of smaller scale figures are sculpted twice as large... that way when they are reduced to a smaller size there is a lot of detail.

So basically if the final figure will be 6" tall, it was originally sculpted 12" and then shrunk. At least that is my understanding.

Much better explanation. Thanks!

 

[Mad Old Lu]

Prototypes of 6" figures are sculpted two times larger than the final product to show better detail and they are shrunken down when they are mass produced.

The ones with sculpted clothes will be produced in the 6" scale while the one with clothing will be produced in 12" scale.

Ah! Thanks Boba Ben and Galactiboy. I thought it was something like that.

 

[Kuzeh]

so as the 12" cloth figs are only availble at mattys site, will the regular 6" be availble in most other collector stores ?? or r they exclusives 2?

Apparently!!
We can only hope!!
Wow!! This is the year of the Ghostheads!!

 

[Shropt]

Where are the cigarettes?!?!

I need my Ghostbusters the way they were in GB1!

 

[BuddyGus]

oooohhhhhhh........!!!!!!! I only saw the mock ups for the 6 inch figures. I did not see the real deal holyfields. Those look awesome. Anyone seen a price yet..

 

[galactiboy]

Much better explanation. Thanks!

I'm glad, its a bit of a trick to get that to make sense