Death therapy.
Hey, look, it’s Venkman! (…one of two, as I explained yesterday, with the unwanted, unexplainable duplicate order to be auctioned probably tomorrow or something.) But this first one I’m keeping!
Of course they save Venkman for last. Sure, Matty teased us with the slimed variant first before giving us the “real” one, but we all knew this day would come! Frankly, I expected it to come a little later, after Louis came out, or something. Is there gonna be a Dana? There has to be a Dana.
(This arrangement has me wondering how Matty’s gonna handle their Back to the Future line. Is Marty gonna be last? Will they release “Marty-dressed-as-’Darth-Vader’” earlier on, as a similar tease? And how can they possibly be doing a Back to the Future line when the entire cast can’t use the same body? And which Biff will I buy?)
Peter’s got one of the better likenesses. Actually, I think he, Winston, and Egon all have pretty good likenesses, with poor Ray looking off somehow. Ray needed a taller body, I think. They tried to make him look taller by making his head tiny, and he just looks strange. But, Peter, he looks great. Affably smug.
You think he's gone? He's NEVER gone!
The first thing I noticed out of the package, because I don’t pay any attention to these things apparently, is that, oh my god, his body actually has different parts. His pantlegs aren’t tucked into his boots. He’s wearing gloves! It was quickly confirmed by my roommate, Steve-o, that the untucked pantlegs are Venkman’s trademark. So, hey, cool, that was a nice attention to detail. The gloves though, after some Google Images research, they upset my OCD. Peter seems to wears gloves only when everyone else is wearing gloves! And none of the other toys are wearing gloves! Grarrr.
Ah well. Let’s not stare a gift-retool in the mouth.
Venkman comes with a stand. It’s dumb and unnecessary, especially since nobody else has one.
But he also comes with a proton pack stream! Now that is sweet. It’s two pieces that snap together so that it can fit into the packaging, and it’s super long. It’s so super-long that I had to crop it off in the initial photo so you could see Venkman better. The thing is, man, I kinda wish one of the other guys had come with one, too. To get the full Crossing-the-Streams effect, you’d hafta buy a buttload of Peters. (hahaha buttload of peters) And I did get shipped that extra one, but I don’t think its cost is worth it to me just for the accessory. Ah well.
Anyway, complete Ghostbusters power! Woooo!
I’ll buy peter sans-proton stream;)
Well, it is removable, so you don’t have to display him with it. Just depends on your display preferences. Some fans display their collections in action poses (Like Dave’s team pic), while others like me tend to just pose them like they are posing for a group picture. My GI Joe collection is displays similar to the World War III cover art featuring every Joe member you had appeared as a toy or in the comics.
Wait? there’s a back to the future line?!?!? tell me more
We don’t know anything about it other than that Mattel got the license.
And they only have likeness rights to Michael Fox & Chris Lloyd, so expect lots of Marty & Doc.
Hadn’t heard that bit. Dammit, now I can’t have Marty feel up his mom!
Oh, Willis… You just had to work in that Buttload of Peters joke.
There is no Dana. Only Zuul.
Dammit, I wanted to say that!
Would they release Vader Costume Marty first, or Doc’s Ridiculous Cowboy Costume Marty? Because I really want the latter.
And which Biff will I buy?)
you buy ALL the biffs.
I was very tempted to get the gift pack of Ghostbusters at Toys R Us the other day, it was all 4 of them w/ Slimer. They were dressed in the grey jumpsuits from GB2 and wore Santa hats. I told my wife to tell Santa about them.
TC
If they’re going to release a special Marty, the only awesome answer is the wild west copying the outfit of the western star Gods look.
Damn right.