Month: April 2012

Equipment: Ghost Detector

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The second Kenner toy I wrote about was the Ghost Nabber. Although I knew it was based on the Ghost Sniffer from Ghostbusters and had been drawn as the Ghost Detector for The Real Ghostbusters, I didn’t know off hand (and I hadn’t researched it yet at the time) if the Ghost Detector had ever been used during the series. Last time I saw an episode with the Ghost Detector in it was Take Two in 2005.

Recently Ghostbusters fan Midcoast Ghostbuster clued me in that the Ghost Detector had indeed been apart of The Real Ghostbusters and proceeded to give me some information. I also heard from Ghostbusters fan Matthew (devilmanozzy) who runs the Ghostbusters Wiki about the Ghost Detector and the Wiki’s page about it.

The not as popular piece of ghostbusting equipment was seen and/or used three times during The Real Ghostbusters. It was first seen as a prop in Take Two, the season one episode where The (Real) Ghostbusters movie was being made. It was really used during the season 3 episode (“guest starring” Walter Peck) Big Trouble With Little Slimer.

With this recent information to me I’ve added a Ghost Detector equipment page to Ectocontainment and updated the Kenner Ghost Nabber write up.

Post Update: With Ecto-Containment’s evolution to an overall Ghostbusters web site, their isn’t a separate RGBs page for equipment from the series. Equipment like the Ghost Detector would be part of a “It’s Technical” part of an episode review.

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 26

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From NOW™ – October 1990

Closet Case

Story: James Van Hise

Pencils: Neil Grahame

Inks: Jim Brozman

Colors: Susan (as S.) Dechnik & Kelly (as K.) Kinsey

Letters: Joseph Allen

Art Director: Michele Mach

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Dougie Braithwaite & Dave Hine

Scanned and restored in April 2012 by Richard Roy

“Something lurks in the closet of Tommy Newkirk, something that fills him completely with terror! Something bothers Egon Spengler too, and a check-up later he learns his fears were just; when Samhain had escaped the containment unit the last time, so did another entity; the Boogieman! He’s out, and he’s looking for revenge against his favorite meal-ticket; Egon!”

  1. Reference: The Boogieman first appeared in the first season episode, The Boogieman Cometh.

The Real Ghostbusters Issue 26. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 25

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From NOW™ – September 1990

Ghost Train

Story: James Van Hise

Pencils: Neil Grahame

Inks: Jim Brozman

Colors: Suzanne Dechnik & Holly Sanfelippo

Letters: Joseph Allen

Art Director: Michele Mach

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Neil Grahame

Scanned and restored in April 2012 by Richard Roy

“The Ghostbusters are hired by A.R.M.O.R. (Advanced Radical Military Occult Railroad) to head through a gateway at Mount St. Helens into another dimension to retrieve their prototype ghost train. Given high tech body armor, the Ghostbusters pass through a portal and find themselves in a strange world with strange creatures…all hungry for human flesh!”

  1. Reference: Pg 10: Mr. Badge: “Years later, after the explosion of Mt. St. Helens…”

Mt. St. Helens has been an active volcano and is located in Washington.

The Real Ghostbusters Issue 25. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

Episode Review: Mrs Roger’s Neighborhood

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After at least a two year absence I’ve begun reviewing The Real Ghostbusters episodes again. Unlike 2008 or 2009 I will not be writing about the episodes plots almost word for word like I’m writing a report. Each episode review will have a synopsis and any of the following:

  • Thoughts and comments.
  • Technical references.
  • Facts and/or trivia.
  • Product “placement.”
  • Mistakes/goofs from an episode.

Today’s case file continues from September 1986, titled Mrs. Roger’s Neighborhood. After The Real Ghostbusters had unplugged Killerwatt the week before business has slowed down considerably. That is until a “little old lady” named Mrs. Rogers calls about her haunted house. Mrs. Rogers and her house are more then they appear.

Photo File: Mrs. Rogers with her bird Precious.

Sears Christmas The Real Ghostbusters Pages

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I haven’t made a separate post for Kenner Collector in the past. It’s a web site run by Dan Flarida and John Wooten that is all about the toy company Kenner. Who as we know made many iconic and memorable toy lines, which included The Real Ghostbusters. You thought I was going to mention a certain space movie?

While I was looking at the most recent post by Dan, a link in the post lead to another site (Plaid Stallions) who has a link to Wishbook Web. A site that’s all about Christmas catalogs going as far back as the 1930s! I pursued the limited catalogs from 1987 and up to see if The Real Ghostbusters were in them. As a child of the 80s I vividly remember looking at Christmas toy catalogs. I didn’t remember as a 34 year old early The Real Ghoatbusters advertising.

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Fortunately Wishbook Web has Sears Catalogs from 1987 and 1988. Where I found three scans advertising The Real Ghostbusters toys and a sleeping bag. Also feel nostalgic for the Transformers toys that mattered.