The Ghost Trap™ from Kenner was one of my favorite “action toys.” Without it my kid self couldn’t catch the ghosts I was chasing with my proton pack!
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Kenner: Proton Pack
I first saw Ghostbusters™ in theaters when I was six. I had a real wonderment about the ghosts in the movie and the equipment that caught them had almost magical qualities to me.
If I thought the Proton Pack™ was really cool I couldn’t have imagined how happy Kenner was going to make me a mere few years later.
Kenner: Ecto-Goggles & Ecto-Popper
I don’t know if it’s the way toy companies have evolved since the 1980s or it’s my perception of companies as a toy collector. Kenner could have easily sold the P.K.E Meter™ separately. Fortunately for kids they didn’t.
The Ecto-Goggles™ are another example of how cool Kenner was in the ‘80s. Like my earlier perception Kenner could have just sold them separately. They included a miniature rubber version of the nutrona wand called the Ecto-Popper.™ Which was somewhat similar to the Ghostpopper.™
Kenner: GhostZapper & Ghostpopper
Before Kenner ever made the Ecto Goggles, Proton Pack, or even a Ghost Trap they created the first two ghostbusting weapons for kids in 1986. The first is a light and sound toy known as the GhostZapper.™ The second is a Nerf like blaster (before Nerf came out with them in the late ‘80s) called the Ghostpopper.™
Kenner: Gooper Ghosts
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with the last three (bonus, fourth) The Real Ghostbusters first series ghost figures. We’re taking a look at the Gooper Ghosts action figures.
Kenner: Do Give Me Bug Eye
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with three more The Real Ghostbusters first series ghost figures. We’re taking a look at Bug-Eye, H2Ghost, and Bad-To-The Bone.
Kenner: Haunted Rides
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with The Real Ghostbusters Haunted Rides.
In the next Kenner toys update we’ll take a look back at the first series ghosts figures.
Kenner: First Series Ghosts
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with The Real Ghostbusters first series ghost figures. Where we take a look at Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man and Green Ghost.
In the next toy update we’ll look at the rest of the first series ghosts figures.
Kenner: Ecto Bomber
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with The Real Ghostbusters Ecto Bomber. This is the third page out of four where we’re taking a look at Ecto Toys.
In the fourth and final page about the ecto vehicles that were made we’ll take a look at Kenner’s haunted rides.
More Ecto Toys
I had a couple appointments this past week, one which took me out of town. In between and afterwards I’ve been working on the next two pages from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section. I spent the better part of the afternoon and evening on it today.
With the number of ecto vehicles Kenner produced I’m creating multiple pages to organize the toys and write ups.
Earlier in the week I wrote about Ecto-1, Ecto 2, and Ecto 3 on the Ecto Toys page. Today we take a look at ECTO-500, Ghost Sweeper which Kenner probably should have called an Ecto Sweeper, and ECTO-1A.
The third page will focus on the Ecto Bomber™. In the fourth and final page about the ecto vehicles that were made we’ll look at Kenner’s haunted rides.
Kenner: Ecto Toys
The next page from the Kenner “chapter” of the Toys section continues with The Real Ghostbusters Ecto Toys. Because of the number of Kenner vehicles with Ecto in the title, one page would be pretty lengthy. On the Ecto Toys page I take a look at ECTO-1, followed with a new ECTO-2, page and an ECTO-3 page.
The next toy update will include ECTO-500, Ghost Sweeper, and ECTO-1A.
Ecto-Containment 
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