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I just spotted another GB themed release at SDCC.. it looks like a Terror dog Lightup by DST, the same people doing the Stay Puft light up, and the Statue of Liberty light up. He's standing upon back legs, and looks a bit odd in that pose.

http://i.toynewsi.com/g/index.php?mode= ... 00&start=0



I hadn't seen him mentioned anywhere else before.

taking a closer look at the pics AJ posted, looks like the doors definitely open. you can see the hinge clearly. now, whether or not they have a mechanism to open them remotely is something else entirely.

Looks like Christmas is going to be a couple months early.... 0_o

This looks Awesome

Woah, this is most excellent!! I can send it to my beloved american "friend", so he can keep it along with my pke meter...
jokes aside, this is amazing. I'll get it for sure!

WOOHOO!!!!

HELL YEAH!!!!

I want 2 of these babie's!!!!

Let's hope i can afford the shipping to Ireland

Lets wait until Matty releases the News that they won't ship to other countries again, because it is too expensive to get the necessary CE sign for the trap...

I'm honestly very surprised at that, i thought we may get a trap but i wasn't expecting it to include the peddle at all

Thanks for the great pictures AJ

I'll try to buy one even if there is restrictions, but i still plan on buying one of Nick-a-tron's ones to do myself, its fun doing the building


It think you mean

I think its neat, it will look great hanging on my belt or sitting in my kids room. Since when I am not wearing my pack the kids use it as a night light.

I can't even say how excited I am about this!

I hope they either have plenty to go around or limit the number people can buy to 2-3 per order. This thing looks really great!

Doubt there'll be any at all.

Shame there isn't a cheatsheet noting the features like there was with the PKE prototype last year.

And to think I was going to start a build a trap with lights, motors, etc. Looks like Matty just saved me the effort.

If this trap is anything close to having the features that the PKE Meter had, I'm going to have to pick a couple of traps.

I don't get why everyone has to be so down on it... it's a collectible toy... not a prop replica… if you want an exact, close as possible, screen accurate unit, build it/buy it from people here that spend countless hours designing and building them. If you want something that any person on the planet that has seen Ghostbusters will recognize as a ghost trap… buy this. I wished I could have bought a PKE meter… hell for $60 to have all those functions… it’s pretty amazing. If the PKE meter is so bad and inaccurate, why is it that it sells for over $160 on Ebay on a regular basis…. I think people just like to complain.

Ya... I was trying to avoid that. Was hoping someone would know something. MattyCollector just said to just keep checking back and knowing me I'll miss it.




I agree, and I wish I could have bought it for the $60 too and now on ebay you gotta pay for more then double and I saw on amazon that they have 2 going for around $250.

Doesn't look so bad, depends on the price though. The pedal looks really good, better than the trap itself.

I"m sure there's some people who are just mad because they can't make money off of selling PKE Meters anymore, and feel that Mattel has somehow stolen away their income (when Mattel is the only one with the license to make them). Not saying that everyone who doesn't like it has that issue, but I'm positive there are some that are down on the prop replicas simply because they can't make as much money off of them now.

I'm sure thats some of it. I'm frankly delighted after all these years, to see amazing things like this get released.

I agree 100%. The past couple years have been very good for Ghostbusters merchandising. Sure, there may be some gripes along the way about this or that, but overall we're very lucky to be offered such fun products. AND, we're lucky to be able to afford these luxuries.

This is exactly the point.



Of course. But that is not going to prevent people from comparing Matty's effort to the real props.



There are tradeoffs when it comes to these things, and the tradeoff of a $60 price on a PKE is a few inaccuracies. Some people will not think an inaccurate device is a good deal for $60 or $40 or even $20. And there's nothing wrong with that, and their point of view is equally valid.



This is not logical. The fact that people want to buy it doesn't make it any less inaccurate. How much money does the "Twilight" franchise make? It's still crap. (Not that I believe the PKE to be crap. Just an example.)

Yes, some people like to complain. Also, different people draw the line between analyzing and complaining in different ways. For instance, I see a valid purpose in the "complaining" about Matty's "props": whether I buy them or not, I would like to know/discuss what the possible shortcomings are. The obvious pro of the Matty props are the price. I would like to also know the cons--the sacrifices Matty had to make to get the thing mass-produced and at a reasonable price. However I do not see a purpose in "complaining" about how many people "complain" about Matty.

This is a discussion board. The inaccuracies are bound to be discussed. If Master or Cyland are full of Bologna Sausage, then by all means, call them on it and point out where they are wrong. Join in. I don't see the point of bemoaning the fact that people are doing kind of what we do here--pick things apart, for good or for bad.

I need to borrow that for a second...


Thanks ^_^

I see our prop building community shrinking lol

what makes you say that?

there's nothing stopping people from building a ghost trap, in fact, you're more likely to see more people using a trap kit like the one gbfans had a while back and not turn it into a major cluster f*** from the start.

because those people that would screw up an easy and fantastic kit, will have just gotten the matty trap instead.

I see the prop building community growing in leaps and bounds the last few years.

Look at Vince's shells, Zombie Repellant's shells, Nickotron's parts, and the new GBfans and Crix's offerings. We are seeing better/more accurate items, and in some cases, at prices lower than what we'd seen in the past. What's available now surpasses the original source material.

Even alternate solutions like Proton Charger's pepekura work can be repurposed for better templates than what was offered before.

If nothing else, there is more GB stuff around than ever, and it is almost becoming common place. Plus there are more options to fit everyone's budget, and accuracy tastes. Good times.

Take for instance the PKE's people were building/selling. It was either tough or expensive to own a PKE, then mattel makes one that is really nice and affordable. I see the same thing with the traps that are going for $300+ and whatever else Mattel comes out with.

Just as with the PKE, this isn't going to have any lasting effects on people doing prop building. This isn't something that's going to be on the shelves in droves in every Walmart across America - it's going to be a limited online sale run just as with the PKEs, and when they're gone, they're gone, in all likelihood. After that, people will go back to prop building all the same, or pay insane prices on ebay for the few that linger out there. The end, no prop building armageddon.

And besides, as can be seen around here with some folks, those who are most preoccupied or worried about extreme authenticity won't even be buying these things at all (or they will buy them and then complain about them ad nauseum with the smallest possible minutia). Y'all can just dig up the PKE thread from last year to see a carbon copy of the discussion that will be going on in this thread for the next few months up to and after the traps ship out. And away we go....

^This! A 1000x this! I personally can't wait for this item and it'll look great next to my matty PKE meter. Only problem that I'm going to have is between me....and my wallet.

This post was deleted by jackdoud on July 24th, 2011, 7:55 am. Reason: Baiting

@kevinj319 - All I can say is... you are correct the "Twilight" Franchise is crap!

My second trap didn't come out as bad as the first...With only two minor goof ups in drilling. The door alignment is slanted (easy but annoying fix) and side rods. I'm still going to make a Trap Mark 3 one day, AND buy this. Prop Building community will be fine...especially with idiots like me making mistakes and ordering backup parts galore..

Yeah this is only gonna affect Trap prop builders for maybe a year, like the pke everyone will grab the traps and throw them online for twice the price, but after about a year the cost will be just as high as normal props, and trap makers will be back in business. I'm wonderin what a Sealed Mattel Pke will go for in a year or two if Mattel really never realeses them again or takes years to do another release. I agree a limit of maybe 4-5 per person would be a decent move by mattel, not letting you reorder for 30 mins or so.. so everyone gets a chance at one, and the ebay sharks have to sit on there traps for a good while.