Extreme Ghostbusters

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When Extreme Ghostbusters premiered on September 1, 1997 somewhere on my aging 13 inch Sharp TV I was officially an adult. I had graduated high school a little more then a year ago. Those responsible adult things had already been set in motion. I had finally gotten my license, taken a real vacation without my parents, bought a car, was in college, and I had my first not in high school job. Minimum wage, oh yeah!

The cartoons I grew up with, that shaped my ’80s childhood were part of my past. Stored in a clutter of awesome memory files. Even a new Ghostbusters cartoon wasn’t exactly on my radar. I’m fuzzy on the whole how I even found out about it. I do remember a friend of mine and I talking about it.Read More »

Matty Collector Courtroom Battle Egon Spengler

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For Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Matty Collector displayed, then sold post San Diego Comic Con (GB Inc Blog Post, July 24, 2014) two sets featuring 6″ figures of the Ghostbusters. Which we probably should have had from almost the beginning. Then at a panel during SDCC, Mattel had announced they had plans (Blog Post, July 24, 2014) for The Real Ghostbusters figures during 2015.

While we still await or quietly forget about whether Matty Collector can or will produce RGB figures, they may have surprised ghostheads by announcing the final figure in the Ghostbusters II ‘courtroom battle’ line. Whether it was financial or something else at the time, Matty didn’t produce that Egon figure. At a time now where different scale and types of Ghostbusters figures are surpassing Mattel, they’re releasing what appears to be a redressed/reused sculpts parts to make up a Egon figure from the Ghostbusters II courtroom scene.

Which seems to make the figure look off and somewhat cheap.Read More »

Ecto-Containment Site Updates

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If you’ve visited Ecto-Containment in the last couple of weeks you probably noticed I’ve been busy making organizational changes. (Blog post: Jan 5, 2015) Ecto-Containment has become more of a Ghostbusters web site, then an all things The Real Ghostbusters web site. This is because of how my interests in Ghostbusters have changed at times in recent years and the number of Ghostbusters sites I manage.

Personally it made more sense to evolve Ecto-Containment from a The Real Ghostbusters web site that was lacking in just that content due to time and sometimes financial reasons to a Ghostbusters web site that can contain current and ‘classic’ Ghostbusters content. Whatever that is could depend on what’s currently happening with Ghostbusters fandom to my interest in a Ghostbusters item from the ’80s. After the jump, a sorta necessary, informational tour of Ecto-Containment.Read More »

Diamond Select Ghostbusters Series 1 Official Announcement

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I’ve been talking about Diamond Select Toys upcoming 7″ Ghostbusters figures since (GB Inc) New York Toy Fair. With additional information added to Ghostbusters Firehouse.

DST officially made the announcement on April 21 about Series 1 and beyond. We most likely knew Ray and Winston would be part of the first figures, the third figure (and the remaining line up) depended on approval. The third figure, “check on the little guy,” Louis Tully as Vinz Clortho!Read More »

Ghostbusters II Liberty Crown Featured on A&E’s Shipping Wars

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This week’s episode (titled Holy Horrible Voice, Batman!) of Shipping Wars featured Val Kilmer’s Batman cape….

Boring. lol With shipping that cape from the seller (who runs a movie prop rental business) was a rather large Ghostbusters II Statue of Liberty head/crown piece supposedly used in the making of Ghostbusters II. As is typical no “proof” was ever shown (that was a different show) about its authenticity. The crown even had a little ‘figure’ of Egon inside.

Todd and Tamara were ‘lucky’ enough to transport both pieces to the new owner. However, (if this wasn’t just for TV) the shoddy crate someone else built didn’t support the piece and along the way, Ms. Liberty fell over! On its face, breaking 4 “spikes” from the crown.

Throughout the episode their were Ghostbusters/II references. Another shipper, the oldest guy Mark did seem to get Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II mixed up. Which I suppose is “fine” since he kinda bashed Ghostbusters II anyway. :/

In the end the new owner and the shippers worked out a deduction so the family could have the crown fixed.

I guess he wasn’t ‘too’ mad as he let Tamara wear the cape worth $10,000 USD. After the jump, plenty of screen caps.Read More »

Print Isn’t Dead, It Moved From The Basement To Upstairs

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About two months ago as I was working on the Ghostbusters NYC website (also known for web site purposes as Ghostbusters Firehouse) I decided to begin moving the once scanned/current PDF files of Ghostbusters/The Real Ghostbusters reading material to Ghostbusters Firehouse for realism and to save space at Ecto-Containment.

Every smaller PDF file wasn’t complete in February. Something I hadn’t realized during most of the uploads. Naturally as is the case when one runs multiple web sites, that project had to be put on hold. I became busier with at least one other Ghostbusters “thing”, the franchise I’m part of, Ghostbusters NJ.

As I looked ahead to getting back to all the Ghostbusters sites I run it was Easter. Within a week I was preparing to go on vacation. I had a great time, thanks for asking. 🙂Read More »

LEGO Ideas Isn’t Moving Forward With Sergio’s Ghostbusters Firehouse

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LEGO has announced the product or products they’ll be moving forward with from LEGO Ideas. Unfortunately, not that surprising they didn’t choose Sergio Herencias’ Ghostbusters Firehouse. (GB Inc. Blog Post) If we’re not getting Ghostbusters HQ yet, what will LEGO Idea will they make?

LEGO Ideas #011 WALL-E

Big congratulations to Angus MacLane who created this blocky version of everyone’s favorite hopelessly romantic robot. MacLane is a Pixar animator and director, who actually worked on the WALL-E film. He created the model during the WALL-E production, and submitted it to LEGO Ideas in hopes of it becoming a set. Your hopes and dreams for WALL-E have come true, as the creation will become the next LEGO Ideas product.

Getting an official Lego Ghostbusters Firehouse isn’t over until Lego Wall-E cleans up a world full of colored bricks.Read More »

Brent Waller’s LEGO Ghostbusters Stay-Puft

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Last April we introduced Ecto-Containment readers to Brent Waller’s LEGO Ideas Ghostbusters Stay-Puft. Since then Lego Cuusoo became LEGO Ideas, Brent’s Ghostbusters ECTO-1 set became a reality, Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary has come to pass, and Ghostbusters is really getting a new movie, uh we think.

While that may bring on new merchandising and marketing opportunities, it doesn’t mean more LEGO Ghostbusters sets are a sure thing.Read More »

My Ghostbusters Japanese Merchandise

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Note: Originally appeared at my personal site, iRich

If you’re a ghosthead and read the comments in my blog post about Universal considering bringing back (GBI) the Ghostbusters Spooktacular this year you would have learned for the first time about my fascination with Japan.

If you’re Japanese or from Japan I mean no disrespect. Yeah, I’m an American. I grew up in a suburb of a small New Jersey city, (compared to nearby cities, such as New York City) which has its own rich history. Something maybe I’ll talk about eventually. Nothing like a country or city on another continent.

I learned a lot in school about US and world history, their never could be enough time to study more of a countries history and culture. Its something I really couldn’t appreciate until after graduating.

This is where no disrespect is intended from an American with Italian, Irish, German, and maybe French (still haven’t proven it) heritage. From a kid who grew up in Jersey, the distance to Japan to how their culture seems to me without really understanding it, Japan may as well be an alien world.

The internet (then later documentary shows) has allowed me to read and view about countries and cultures in a way I couldn’t have growing up. Unfortunately I’ve never visited any country besides America. I still have plenty of states I still could visit.

Their’s two things (more then that, perhaps some other time) where I’d fit in quite well with Japanese people. Our shared interests in GHOSTBUSTERS and Back To The Future.

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Ghostbusters Japanese Movie Program Merchandise

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Yesterday I wrote about and shared our Ghostbusters Japanese Movie Program. If you were wondering I don’t have a Ghostbusters II Japanese program to archive and share. Today I wanted to discuss (well talk about) that internationally Ghostbusters merchandise and collecting was ahead of its time (or got the ball rolling…wait, was their a Ghostbusters ball?) compared to GHOSTBUSTERS™ merchandise in the North American markets.

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With GHOSTBUSTERS™ rushed production schedule and narrow minded executive thinking, movie suits couldn’t see much of a market for Ghostbusters. Thankfully (though not for our wallets) that would change in the next three decades.

The best we had early on was the official fan club, (GBI) followed by cereal. Of course their was the usual merchandise. i.e.: t-shirts, vinyl records and tapes, and your new dinnerware. (GBI)

North American ghostheads couldn’t have imagined they would have wanted nor possibly needed more functional Ghostbusters merchandise.

Beyond the soundtrack and Ray Parker Jr. were an assortment of logo t-shirts, a sweatshirt, and two choices of baseball caps/hats. Sweet, wait their’s more!

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ゴーストバスターズ映画プログラム Ghostbusters Japanese Movie Program

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Note: Originally written for Ghostbusters Inc. in 2015 as part of an unofficial Japanese Ghostbusters month.

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Ghostbusters Incorporated’s unofficial Japanese Ghostbusters month continues with a ゴーストバスターズ映画プログラム. Or Ghostbusters Japanese Movie Program.

By the way, if you speak and/or read Japanese and know Google Translate got it wrong, its ok to laugh. We’re just trying something here for Ghostbusters and some level of effectiveness.

I don’t personally know about these days, during the ’80s if you saw GHOSTBUSTERS™ or GHOSTBUSTERS II™ in a Japanese movie theater you’d receive a movie program. Which maybe was or wasn’t meant to be collectible.

The glossy pages Ghostbusters program is more like a magazine. With articles for just about every aspect of Ghostbusters. With great photos overall to accompany the information.

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