Tag: Merchandise

Lego Dimensions And Lego Dimensions Ghostbusters Packs

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Whether you’re a ghosthead or not, you’re probably aware by now that a LEGO video game is coming out with licensed characters from Warner Brothers, Universal, Sony Pictures, and additional studios. Lego Dimensions was announced back in April 2015. Two days before my birthday for the excuse.

While I wasn’t disinterested in a multi-character arc Lego game, it wasn’t exactly peaking my interest. Also, ghostheads didn’t know whether Ghostbusters would be apart of it. Ghostbusters Legos were like the little brother of Lego video game DC super heroes and Lego video game lords. Coincidentally Lego video game Marty and Doc could be considered the middle child. Their’s also another doctor in the game. Whomever that may be. 😀

With an announcement months later Ghostbusters will be just as much a part of Lego Dimensions as the rest of someone’s favorite characters “everything is awesome.”Read More »

The Real Watch

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Recently a technology company released a digital watch. The core of the produce section watch is the same, their designs, style, and even the way they’re made varies. Did you know another company that invented technology also was involved in the watch business back in the 1980s?

Amongst the upper echelon of Ghostbusters merchandise, originally meant for children, also stylish enough for adults is The Real Watch, watches based on the Ghostbusters and The Real Ghostbusters license.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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The Real Ghostbusters Vintage Style Shelf Talkers

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Last month thanks to JBlake and originally Kenner I was able to share photos from The Real Ghostbusters Ghost Center. I didn’t think I’d be talking about anything ‘Ghost Center’ related within a month.

During the usual eBay searches I came across brand new RGBs Shelf Talkers! :ORead More »

The Real Ghostbusters Stay-Puft Party

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Last month around this time (almost to the day) after posting about Party Time RGBs plates I came across another The Real Ghostbusters party plate. This plate (with party invitation!) was produced by C.A. Reed. It features The Real Ghostbusters in an action pose, seems like artwork that was used on other products. What are they so afraid of?Read More »

Party Time The Real Ghostbusters Plates

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I was certainly the right age for both Ghostbusters Snack Pack (GB Inc. Blog Post) items and The Real Ghostbusters paper goods. Unless they weren’t sold at stores my parents would have shopped at or not available in mass quantities; I never had a Ghostbusters party using officially licensed paper goods. The only Ghostbusters food related paper items I can remember using were The Real Ghostbusters Hi-C lunch bags.

When I’m browsing that certain popular auction site and come across these types of items, it makes me feel at the least happy.Read More »

Kenner’s The Real Ghostbusters Ghost Center

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Ghosthead and toy collector JBlake shared corporate Kenner The Real Ghostbusters display images. The pictures were to show employees and retailers how The Real Ghostbusters merchandise should or can be displayed. I don’t personally recall seeing any of this at the chain toy stores I’d frequent (well as much as I could) during the ’80s.

I have a hard time believing I wouldn’t have remembered being at The Real Ghostbusters Ghost Center.Read More »

Commodore 64 Ghostbusters Instructions

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On February 22, 2010 Nicholszz started a thread at Ghostbusters Fans about the Commodore 64 version of Ghostbusters, created by David Crane for the game company Activison. Two days later, Ectofiend666 asked if anyone had scans of the instructions. More then three years later, Alex Newborn brought the thread back to inform ghostheads he came across his instructions. A fresh discussion about C64 version of Ghostbusters began again.

I remembered the original post, at the time I couldn’t contribute about the instructions. That changed most likely in 2011 when I either bought or won 2 copies of the Commodore 64 version of Ghostbusters. They didn’t have the boxes, both came with the instructions. That was more the reason I wanted them. As I don’t have a way to play the physical 1.44 diskette. I had intended at some point so share the instructions. Once the thread was current again I knew the time was right.

I didn’t share the instructions so much sooner as in my mind I’d like to have a larger content update about Ghostbusters gaming. Today’s update may become apart of its own page in an update during 2048.

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A bit interestingly the two instructions have both a red and maroon text/logo colors. This may have come from variations with colors used in Ghostbusters. The maroon colors may have also come from a more hand drawn logo and a different print batch. I wanted to show the front and back for comparison.

I used the better copy (which happened to be the red graphics) to scan the artwork and instructions. Except for sharpening through my scan software, I haven’t used imaging software to restore the scans like I normally would.

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Troy Benjamin (Netsolo) who oversees the Ghostbusters site, Ghostbusters HQ may have an C64 advertisement involving Slimer coming out of a computer screen or TV. If he does, I’ll see about sharing it through Ectocontainment.

I almost forgot to post the actual scan of the Ghostbusters 1.44 diskette in I presume its original and official Activision sleeve. If scanners have magnets, I may have completely ruined this diskette. :O

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Slimer Bubble Gum Toothpaste

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As a kid growing up in the 1980s I was in the demographic of companies who marketed licensed products with children’s characters on them. This constantly happened with toy companies. Some of our favorite cartoon series were designed to sell us toys. These characters from comic books, video games, and certainly cartoons were on any product imaginable kids just had to have. This also includes hygienic products which isn’t much different from today.

Other The Real Ghostbusters hygienic products included a bathroom set which had a white toothbrush with The Real Ghostbusters logo on the handle. That sounds right. I never owned one because if I had to guess it came out when I was older. I’ve seen them on a popular auction site. It doesn’t seem right to buy a used bathroom set. Their was also this pretend shaving set (which I don’t own, would like to) for when you need to shave your already smooth face. You wanted to be like your dad, he didn’t have the heart to tell you some day having to shave isn’t all that exciting. Their was also Slimer bubble bath.

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I vaguely remember toothbrushes with characters on them. At least I think I do. I know toothpaste companies marketed toothpaste with their own characters for children. Without minutes of unnecessary research I don’t know if their were other licensed character toothpastes. If you had to pick two popular franchises, you can’t go wrong with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Real Ghostbusters. What other cartoon characters from around that time love to eat? True, Pac-Man is based on a pizza with a slice missing. “What about those Italian guys Rich?” Okay, the list can’t be that long.

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Slimer toothpaste (with fluoride, whatever that really is) possibly came out around 1991. I was already in middle school and children based toothpastes were passing me by. I don’t remember if I had even heard of The Real Ghostbusters/Slimer toothpaste at the time. Twenty two years later I would confess if I had ever used this toothpaste. I could have never admitted it in 7th grade. It wouldn’t have been from young peer pressure either.

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Perio Products (today Perio Inc.) from Dublin, Ohio (who makes the shaving cream your dad and barbershops use) distributed The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer toothpaste. It came in three flavors, bubble gum, grape, (just like the gum, please kids don’t eat the toothpaste) and the usual mint. It doesn’t contain any sugar. Yeah, its bubble game flavor, still its toothpaste. Kids didn’t really need a disclaimer.

Slimer, showing how no one really cares about The Real Ghostbusters 😦 and moments earlier having held his iron clad contract then points to his name written in toothpaste. Because of this, the other packaging may have omitted The Real Ghostbusters logo.

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Slimer Fluoride Toothpaste naturally helps to fight cavities from snack cake and cheesy products. None of them are sponsors of Ecto-Containment. If your parents bought you the very specific The Real Ghostbusters Fluoride Rinse, your kid teeth (which will be replaced naturally) reduces cavities by 40%. Notice Perio doesn’t give percentages without using the rinse they made.

The Real Ghostbusters Slimer toothpaste was also sold in the United Kingdom. As Ghoulish Minty Gel. The box graphics are more detailed then its United States counterpart. If you know who made/distributed the toothpaste in the UK, please leave a comment.

Just like any good company advertising to kids a commercial was made to sell us on the fact we could have brushed our teeth with a gel that resembles slime. This could be a separate post, I like how The Real Ghostbusters/Ghostbusters products were animated and told a story. The animation just seemed to work for these products.

You can watch the video on Spook Central. Its near the bottom of the merchandise page.