Ecto-Thread: Ghostbusters! (SDCC 2011 News Pg. 18)

[Lay Ze-Man]

http://thefwoosh.com/2011/08/first-look ... carpathian

What a crap figure.

[dayraven]

i almost felt bad for veebee having to chat that thing up... like "well, it's taller than the other figs... and it looks like if you left an old tb lotr fig out on your dashboard and you lived in dallas... and half the articulation melted together. but it comes w/ a card!! the card is lenticular, like those cereal box things, but in this case, it's cereal box prizing two pieces of movie prop art from the film, so that's cool... and i got it free, so i totally don't feel ripped off."

it's just not a good figure. the likeness is poor, as have been all the likenesses, the suit's texturing is dull and shabby looking, he has no accessories even when some make great sense for him (like oscar), and then he's "saved" as a 20 dollar figure because he comes w/ a lenticular card? are you kidding me? i guess this is one area me being a tool fan makes me sensitive, i've paid 15 bucks for some of the coolest visual tricks going in packaging (including maynard on a lenticular card doing... something which shall not be named) AND i've come away w/ over an hour of top flight musicianship each time that left a lifelong enjoyment imprinted on my soul... so this nifty box around a bogus chap mei figure leaves me more than a tad underwhelmed.

seriously, tell me this doesn't look like the knockoff of a fictional "quality version of vigo?"

[Mose]

"i almost felt bad for veebee having to chat that thing up... like "well, it's taller than the other figs... and it looks like if you left an old tb lotr fig out on your dashboard and you lived in dallas... and half the articulation melted together. but it comes w/ a card!! the card is lenticular, like those cereal box things, but in this case, it's cereal box prizing two pieces of movie prop art from the film, so that's cool... and i got it free, so i totally don't feel ripped off."

Any site that gets free products will never be considered a review site by me. I just really dislike reading/seeing bias in reviews. PD’s reviews of the classics Thundercats figures is another recent example.

FYI: This isn't intended to be an attack, and if it does come off as that then I apologize. I’m just pointing it out.

it's just not a good figure. the likeness is poor, as have been all the likenesses, the suit's texturing is dull and shabby looking, he has no accessories even when some make great sense for him (like oscar), and then he's "saved" as a 20 dollar figure because he comes w/ a lenticular card? are you kidding me? i guess this is one area me being a tool fan makes me sensitive, i've paid 15 bucks for some of the coolest visual tricks going in packaging (including maynard on a lenticular card doing... something which shall not be named) AND i've come away w/ over an hour of top flight musicianship each time that left a lifelong enjoyment imprinted on my soul... so this nifty box around a bogus chap mei figure leaves me more than a tad underwhelmed."

I found that Mattel dropped the ball when it came to Vigo. They missed out on at least a few accessories, like Oscar and maybe some ooze. Any other things from the movie that could have been an accessory that came with Vigo? I'm really curious now.

"seriously, tell me this doesn't look like the knockoff of a fictional "quality version of vigo?"

Yup, it does. Is it wrong that I find the mini mates figure more accurate?

[NoisyDvL5]

I just really dislike reading/seeing bias in reviews. PD’s reviews of the classics Thundercats figures is another recent example.

I always worry/wonder would happen if Mattel sent product samples and how I'd handle a bad one. Fortunately, I've been lucky so far and only gotten free product samples from Onell & the Four Horsemen - I don't think you can actually over-praise that stuff.

[NoisyDvL5]

Vigo won't be getting any Poppies, but I'm not feeling as bad about him as you guys. I need to see him move though - that Fwoosh review took no advantage of the articulation (surprisingly, it's easy to forget some times).

[Tekwych]

So ther rant enough GB fans for a club and we're going to cancel the the Sub. Now that you're not locked into that old pricing we'll announce that we still intend to make the figures and sell them individually but at a higher price.


Now please turn around and bend over for your proper thank you from Mattel

[He-Mullet]

Damn! That Vigo looks REALLY crappy... With that said, Mattel is killen teh lien... TOO many Busters, too little ghosts. I bought the TRU GB set and put the figs back in the box. No point in having them around if there are no ghosts to bust... (and I ain't interested in buying the guys again and again just to get near staction ghosts)

[NoisyDvL5]

So ther rant enough GB fans for a club and we're going to cancel the the Sub. Now that you're not locked into that old pricing we'll announce that we still intend to make the figures and sell them individually but at a higher price.


Now please turn around and bend over for your proper thank you from Mattel

Why? The money we save by not buying Dana can pay for the shipping of the other three!

[dayraven]

they needed to do a host of ghosts, and better than the ghosts we got, in order for this to turn out. they also needed to get the four guys done and round out the core movie casts pronto. like honestly, the four busters should have been sold in 4 pack form only, one purchase and done, then monthly ghosts with accessories for the busters (ghost pack-ins could have included proton streams, traps, and slime, for example). and it would have helped to not rely so heavily on the buck system... these guys were not the same size or build, so treating them that way was kind of dumb, but i think the odd facial executions ruined this for the more devoted fans. the figs came out cartoony, so you felt like you weren't buying "movie" figures... mattel did fine w/ the batman movie masters stuff, making it look like the film, why was that approach not taken on GB? instead, the sculpts are soft and cartoony like a knockoff line. not that cartoony is necessarily bad, especially for the busters, but don't call it a movie line when it's a cartoon line.

[PrfktTear]

I haven't bought a GB figure since the standard Venkman w/ Proto Stream was released last November. I have never bought into Club Ecto Cooler, but I'm sad to hear this news.

TG talks about the ghosts that require special tooling and whatnot, why not make a series of ghosts using some sort of buck/interchangable parts system a la Glyos/OSM. I'm sure fans from various properties whether it be GB/MOTUC/DCUC, etc would be more than happy to buy up various spectres, ghouls, and goblines. Though I doubt it'd save the line, I think it'd be cool and would help offset costs...

I'm also happy to hear Stay Puft MM is back on sale again!