New Ghostbusters Figures

[karamazov80]

Wow! Those look fantastic. Makes me realize that it will be worth the cost in the long run to get these figures put together.

 

[Mr.E]

BTW the Mattel Stantz with a dyed flightsuit is an improvement. I also padded his abdomen to make the suit fit better. I'll post pics soon.

 

[Kuzeh]

Was the suit easy to dye?
I've never done anything like that, and I don't want to screw it up...

 

[Astro_zombie]

I just cut the patches off the mattel suit and super glued them to a dragon flight suit and IMO it looks miles better (and fits a true type body much better). Ill have some pics up in the morning.

 

[teabelly83]

I just cut the patches off the mattel suit and super glued them to a dragon flight suit and IMO it looks miles better (and fits a true type body much better). Ill have some pics up in the morning.

yeah get pics up astro. cnt wait to see mate. hows my gear goin?


also i didnt knw dan aykroyd had to difference coloured eyes in real life?? i never noticed.

 

[Indiana Fett]

I just cut the patches off the mattel suit and super glued them to a dragon flight suit and IMO it looks miles better (and fits a true type body much better). Ill have some pics up in the morning.

Cool, can't wait to see the pics. This is my plan too!

And thanks for the link to these pics Greg...THIS is really close to how I want to try to get my GB set to look when all is said and done. Simply stunning!

thanks again Spenser. i still need to do some work on em but your heads are perfect.

 

[Mr.E]

Dyeing is fairly easy. I used a small tupperware container (sandwich size), filled with hot water, and added a little RIT pearl gray dye, you don't need very much. Stir it thorougly to dissolve the dye particles.

Then you, wet the flightsuit down with hot water, and then dunk it for a few minutes, agitating the mix. I had it in the dye bath for about seven minutes. I then removed the suit, rinsed it in cold water, and allowed it to air dry.

It came out nice, much better than the light tan right outta the box.

FYI, I didnt want to color the no ghost patch, so I didn't keep the suit in the bath too long. The time it was in there (about 7 minutes), and the patches were unaffected.

Hope this helps.

 

[teabelly83]

wow thats awsome mate. i might have to have ago at that when my ray comes, as alot of ppl have said the out of the box colour of mattel ray isnt close enough to the movie flight suit colour.

ill try get hold of some of that grey rit dye and give it ago, not sure if we sell rit in theuk, theres one called dyson here. ill have alook online for the rit one then.

so once the suit was dyed greyer mate, the white no ghost logo was stilll white?? and the black name tag was stayed black? cool.

Dyeing is fairly easy. I used a small tupperware container (sandwich size), filled with hot water, and added a little RIT pearl gray dye, you don't need very much. Stir it thorougly to dissolve the dye particles.

Then you, wet the flightsuit down with hot water, and then dunk it for a few minutes, agitating the mix. I had it in the dye bath for about seven minutes. I then removed the suit, rinsed it in cold water, and allowed it to air dry.

It came out nice, much better than the light tan right outta the box.

FYI, I didnt want to color the no ghost patch, so I didn't keep the suit in the bath too long. The time it was in there (about 7 minutes), and the patches were unaffected.

Hope this helps.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Good to know the patch wasn't effected.

I usually heat the water -- did you heat it or just go cold? I ask because that might effect the decal.

 

[KingGrayskull]

Matty package arrive today... Well... I am not sure if I like him or not... Give until Monday and Iwill write a little review with a decision...

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[Astro_zombie]

Heres my custom colored dragon flight suit with the patches from Mattel. I used a black marker to color the back so the lighter colored fabric wont show though

Side by side

Also an update on my kit. I started it last night and I figured I would start with what I felt was the worst part of mattels belt, the gizmo. In the movie it was a Sanyo ICC 808D calculator circuit board

Last night I made up the 8 glass nixies

I plan to get the ribbon cable and elbow pads tonight, as well as starting my own thread in the customs section so those interested can follow it.

 

[JacktheRipper]

Saw thoses yesterday and they look fantastic!

The base body isn't that bad and the vest he's wearing works rather well. The issues I have is the waist which is too thin, but that can be padded. He's also bow-legged which annoys me to no end. I'm deciding whether I want to switch him to a TT. It's not like these guys did any real acrobatic moves, but the bow-legs show through the jumper out of the box. Trying to futz with the cloth to see if I can make it a none issue.
Question: the under shirt isn't black but dark brown; is that the correct color?
Sorry about the naked image

 

[EVILFACE]

Damn, these look fantastic. Would buy in a heartbeat.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Just get a new body. The one that comes with Ray might be fine for some other custom, but yeah the bow-legged thing drives me nuts too. So does the 'thrusting pelvis' that I got on mine.

Kuzeh sawpped out the body and it looks tons better as a start. Both in height and proportions. Add padding and you're done,

 

[teabelly83]

yeah that looks great jon, u did cool work on that. and wow there is a big difference in the colour between urs and the mattel suit!!

Heres my custom colored dragon flight suit with the patches from Mattel. I used a black marker to color the back so the lighter colored fabric wont show though

Side by side

Also an update on my kit. I started it last night and I figured I would start with what I felt was the worst part of mattels belt, the gizmo. In the movie it was a Sanyo ICC 808D calculator circuit board

Last night I made up the 8 glass nixies

I plan to get the ribbon cable and elbow pads tonight, as well as starting my own thread in the customs section so those interested can follow it.

 

[teabelly83]

is it jst me or doe the headsculpts in those pics look far too pale? other than winston lol but imean the others look like they jst come off a rollercoaster. pale and ill hehe. other than that they are perfect for me.




QUOTE=EVILFACE;2051913]

Damn, these look fantastic. Would buy in a heartbeat.[/QUOTE]

 

[JacktheRipper]

Just get a new body. The one that comes with Ray might be fine for some other custom, but yeah the bow-legged thing drives me nuts too. So does the 'thrusting pelvis' that I got on mine.

Kuzeh sawpped out the body and it looks tons better as a start. Both in height and proportions. Add padding and you're done,

I've got the TT's in the garage just trying to use them wisely. The crotch sticking out bothers the hell out of me too.
So, is the dark brown shirt correct?
I actually like the jumper a lot. I don't see the need to replace it.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I've got the TT's in the garage just trying to use them wisely. The crotch sticking out bothers the hell out of me too.
So, is the dark brown shirt correct?
I actually like the jumper a lot. I don't see the need to replace it.

I always thought they wore black t-shirts and to be honest I thought the Mattel one was black too.

 

[teabelly83]

yeah as far as im awarethey are black tees, take a close look when ray and winston drive up inecto1 half way thru the movie when the police officer shuts off the containment unit. ray has his flight suit unzipped and right open revealing the black tshirt. and again when they are goin over the plans to danas building in the prison cell.

 

[JacktheRipper]

Well, the shirt on mine is definitely not black. It looked black at first glance. Not that I'm going to look for a black shirt for this one because it isn't that obvious and it could have been dark brown at some point in the movie. However, for those diehard sticklers if it's suppose to be black it ain't. If it's suppose to be dark brown then at least for this someone did some research.