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LinearRanger · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 5:17 am

Purchased the set Friday the 16th at a Toys R Us in Tulsa, OK. $49.99 plus tax. The UPC Code is: 74677511027

Some pictures I took with my set of Retro Action Figures & Firehouse Diorama:

I'll go back to lurking now.

dfak2009 · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 6:14 am

I had my doubt's when i first heard about this but it actually look's pretty damn awesome with all 5 GB's in front of it !!!!

Fritz · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 8:03 am

Oh f***...time to start checking the TRUs...

Judhudson · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 8:28 am

Crappp....Our Toys R Us is moving, so I won't see it in stores until it opens later next month. I hope it is online.

JayTigran · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 8:45 am

Goddamn! That looks fantastic! Me want!!!!!

Alex Newborn · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 10:04 am

Judhudson wrote:

Crappp....Our Toys R Us is moving, so I won't see it in stores until it opens later next month. I hope it is online.

I'm in the same boat as you... I live in Florence, though, so I'm glad the Huntsville TRU is moving to Madison, i.e. slightly closer to me!

Sigh... I got mad at the Florence TRU a few years ago and boycotted them because they were being greedy corporate robots over a matter of three cents, even though they had ripped me off for $2.01 the week before. Little did I know how much I was keeping them afloat, apparently, because when I stopped giving them my business, they folded and closed within three months.

But, as to my reactions to this set... WOW. I have been holding off on collecting these Retro Action figures because I missed the SDCC green variant of Venkman, but that Samhain alone might make me begin a collection. Love him, his face looks awesome.

Alex

keoni · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 12:15 pm

thats sweet! I hope you can order it online cause the closest TRU to me is an hour and a half away

Kingpin · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 12:22 pm

I was going to ask what the Firehouse interior behind the doors looked like, but I needn't bother now as I've just worked out that the graphics they've used to make that Firehouse (with some modifications) are the ones Time Life used on the Real Ghostbusters DVD box set.

AJ Quick · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 12:30 pm

It is not yet available on TRU online.

AJ Quick · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 2:41 pm

Also... We still have the whole set in stock!

http://www.gbfans.com/shop/real-ghostbu ... ro-action/

pOOpTarT · **Posted:** September 18th, 2011, 5:21 pm

Do want.

joeghostbuster · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 6:34 am

$50.00 !!!! all I want is the firehouse backdrop. guess I wont be picking this up.

Doctor Venkman · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 7:08 am

Checked out 2 Toys R Us's this weekend... nothing. Definitely want to try to pick this up.

Iggy · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 8:27 am

Why is Slimer soooo small?

Adonis · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 2:57 pm

That's what she said!

Seriously, I want it. But I can no longer support the douchbaggery that is Toys R Us.

dfak2009 · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 3:44 pm

Hey i just noticed that they didnt put kneepads on the Janine doll

Kingpin · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 4:05 pm

Janine didn't wear kneepads with that uniform.

Alex Newborn · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 4:26 pm

The box art shows her with the kneepads, so no matter what the episode showed, they got one of the two wrong.

Alex

AJ Quick · **Posted:** September 19th, 2011, 4:28 pm

Doctor Venkman wrote:

Checked out 2 Toys R Us's this weekend... nothing. Definitely want to try to pick this up.

I went to a brand new TRU last night and they only had (a few) of the regular Retro-Action Ghostbusters.

Ecto83 · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 1:36 am

Anyone ever wonder why the figures are using the movie style proton pack instead of the cartoon style? That little detail kinda throws me off.

SeikoVoiceNote29 · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 2:37 am

So happy that they made a Janine but why didn't they make her with the white or hot pink jumpsuit? The orange is hideous.

SlimeGuy · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 6:22 am

I believe it's because the orange came first in "Janine's Genie" followed by the white in "Mr Sandman, Dream me a Dream", then Peter's Brown in "Janine Melnutz, Ghostbuster." I'm just greatful Mattel didn't cut another corner and use the brown. It would have been correct as well.

If you want it to be accurate, you can roll up her sleeves and put the knee pads on the knees. That's how her uniform was worn in the episode.

Fritz · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 7:29 am

SlimeGuy wrote:

I believe it's because the orange came first in "Janine's Genie" followed by the white in "Mr Sandman, Dream me a Dream", then Peter's Brown in "Janine Melnutz, Ghostbuster." I'm just greatful Mattel didn't cut another corner and use the brown. It would have been correct as well.

If you want it to be accurate, you can roll up her sleeves and put the knee pads on the knees. That's how her uniform was worn in the episode.

Well, "Mister Sandman" actually came first, but remember that wasn't a "real" uniform--it was only worn by her "dream self".

It was the "Mister Sandman" suit that had the knee pads, not the "Janine's Genie" suit, as Kingpin points out. Proof:
http://www.gbfans.com/image.php?url=htt ... 559333.jpg

Admittedly, my favorite look for her was one that was only in one issue of the Now Comic, so I'm not surprised it wasn't used (it was Egon's color with orange on the collar and cuffs). I'm just thankful they didn't stick her in the vomitously sexist pink suit from most of the series.

SlimeGuy · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 7:49 am

My bad Fritz, "Mr. Sandman" DID come first. Good call mate!

However, Janine WAS wearing knee pads through the episode. Some animators must have gotten lazy...

-Thanks to the Ghostbusters Wiki for the images

Adonis · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 8:30 am

We know why Jeanine wears kneepads...

Fritz · **Posted:** September 22nd, 2011, 7:30 pm

SlimeGuy wrote:

However, Janine WAS wearing knee pads through the episode. Some animators must have gotten lazy...

I should get used to being wrong, I do it so often.

Honestly, I thought I remember the kneepads too, but I checked AJ's screencaps and went "Huh. I guess I was wrong and Ben was right. It's right there in the screencaps." I guess I out thought myself again. :lol:

Gb213 · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 9:47 am

Damn... I never got interested on this Retro RGB Action figures til now... time to start seeking.

Doctor Venkman · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 10:17 am

It's up on TRU.com now.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... d=11891981

jzurawski · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 3:00 pm

Woo hoo! Got mine ordered... thanks for the heads up Doctor Venkman!

Fritz · **Posted:** September 23rd, 2011, 3:46 pm

If you live anywhere near Greenwood or the south side of Indianapolis, there's two on the shelf of the TRU at County Line Road and US 31.

There were three, but I bought one.

:sigh:

-Oh yes...

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