Retro Action Ghostbusters?

[Remco Monster]

Yes, there is no waist articulation.

EDIT: Whoops, replied to your post before seeing page 11. lol

[rche]

Thanks doc; That would certainly explain the lack of lurch. Are the legs still done with elastic?

[drmego]

The Ghostbusters have a voice chip in the torso so the torso and pelvis
are one piece, not two.

[rche]

looking at the protos at SDCC, they don't seem to have the body giddy that the RA heroes do. Is the body significantly different for this line with the talk action and all that?

[drmego]

That is correct.

[samurainoir]

So according to the Mattel representative, the reason why Peter is wearing the movie uniform is because there was a single episode of the original Real Ghostbusters cartoon where he did in fact wear the movie costume.

[starsky]

coolness!

[Sandman9580]

^ sounds good.

[gonzo]

It sounds like Mattel wanted the SDCC figure to look as much like the movie version as possible, but the actual figures will have the correct blue packs.

"We do have plans for a full line of cartoon color'd Retro Action GB in the fall at Toys R Us with all of the Ghostbusters represented. For our SDCC item we wanted to do something different so we went with a movie colored outfit and proton pack. You'll get blue packs with the retail line all on display at SDCC!"

Great news! Also, that's confirmation of them being sold at TRU.

[gonzo]

I'll say this much, the price is right. I fully expected Peter to cost $25-30. Also, the fact that the sound mechanism is inside his chest gives me hope that the body has been retooled. The band that connects the chest to the pelvis probably won't fit so that should be redesigned. All good news as far as I'm concerned. The variant also sounds great, but those are very hard to come by.

[pmwasson]

A little more info from Matty: MattyCollector.com Online Store

Retro-Action™ The Real Ghostbusters™ Peter Venkman™ ($20)

Our all-new line of Retro-Action™ The Real Ghostbusters™ figures arrives this fall, but you can get the first figure at SDCC! We'll have an exclusive variant version of Peter Venkman™ as a spooky spirit when his outfit was possessed in episode 11 "Citizen Ghost" (variant version has all green clear skin). Best of all, Peter Venkman™ talks! Just press the button on his chest to hear four lines of his dialog from the episode.

Clear skin? Cool.

[drmego]

One never knows, do one?

[Orion]

I demand a "perfect" figure, made to my specifications and packaged how I desire, and available for sale next door to my house for a $2 price point!

And since this figure is supposed to talk, I want input on the phrases it will say - - - and they better secure both Lorenzo Music and Dave Coulier to do alternative voicing on this figure. I haven't decided which voice actor I prefer, but I will let Mattel know soon enough.

[spamn]

I have not been told yet if they are a Toys R Us product or mattycollector only,
but my spider sense is saying TRU. This is too popular a line not to be at mass
retail.

So factoring in that and with all the tooling money they save on the figures, they can make an 8" scale Hearse!

Right?

Right?

I can dream....

[Flynne]

I demand a "perfect" figure, made to my specifications and packaged how I desire, and available for sale next door to my house for a $2 price point!

I can understand people complaining about issues such as bad legs, but nitpicking about a prototype protopack?
It's the Ghostbusters, and the prototype figure I saw looks exactly like the Ghostbusters. Who cares if there's 3 or 4 circles at the bottom?
Sure, they are exclusives, but they are toys, made to have the same charm as the original Megos, which weren't 100% accurate either

What he said