"Get Slimed" (Part 3) The Making of the Classic Animatronic Character is now online. It is the third in a series of videos availabe from Steve Johnson's "Rubber Rules" channel on YouTube. The video chronicles the making of Slimer and Steve Johnson's other work on Ghostbusters in the early 80's.
This video is also available (in full) on DVD with purchase of a Slimer Statue, which are on sale in the GBFans Shop:
Its been two years since we last held a competition to design the Ghostbusters Fans Membership Badge. The previous badge design has been great, but with the new year (and a better photo ID printer), its time to update the design. So we are looking towards the fans once again to come up with the new design and work together to come up with another great design. The constraints and design goals are:
-2-1/8" x 3-3/8" - at 300 DPI (or larger). -The badge must be hung vertically (similar to current badge). -The personal photo must be larger than the current badge. (it should take up close to 1/4 of the badge design). -There must be room for: Name, Location, ID-Number, and Franchise logo. -The text should be large and easily read.
We will be giving away several of the new membership badges to those who have a large influence on coming up with the new design, or come up with the winning design. Post your badge designs in the thread here.
Posted By: AJ Quick at January 31st, 2010, 1:44 pm
The original Universal Studios Florida Ecto-1 replica was put up for auction through Barrett Jackson, which aired on the Speed Network. The USF Ecto-1 is one of three officially authorized vehicles to be recognized as an Ecto-1(a). While it was never used in either of the movies as Ecto-1, it did travel around Universal Studios Florida themepark for years. The car was one of the last vehicles auctioned during the show, and fetched $80,000. Not a bad increase from when it was initially offered for sale a year ago for $35,000. The Arizona Ghostbusters were on hand to take photos from the event which can be seen here.
Thanks to jettajeffro, and others for photos from the show.
Posted By: AJ Quick at January 23rd, 2010, 6:44 pm
Finally instock! The once exclusive Slimer statue from the Amazon.com Slimer Edition Video Game is now available directly from Ghostbusters Fans. This item isn't exactly the same as the one from the Amazon bundle, it actually has the correct packaging and an exclusive behind the scenes DVD with Steve Johnson as he talks about the creation of Slimer. We hear the quantity of these is limited to 1000 (compared to the original 6500 from the Amazon bundle.)
Ghostbuster's Slimer leaps from the screen into a specially made resin statue from Solid Thought! Designed by Steve Johnson, the creator of the cinematic Slimer, this item comes in a custom "Ecto Containment Unit" box along with an exclusive behind-the-scenes DVD detailing the making of the statue as well as how Slimer was created and performed in the movies - a must for all Ghostbusters fans. This translucent spectre statue stands 10" tall and measures 9" wide. Slimer is possibly the most iconic ghost in cinema, and even went on to star in his own cartoon series; now he can haunt your own home, too!
Toy News International has the full story on new Toys R Us exclusive Ghostbusters 2 minimates, including many characters that have been in popular demand. We have GB2 Egon(the last one in the group to come out) and Titanic Captain ghost, Courtroom Egon and Ray will each respectively come with a Scoleri Brother, Tony and Nunzio. Vigo the Carpathian and World of the Psychic Peter Venkman with a hairless cat!
