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Brought to my attention by Iggy, Ghostbusters are now 40% Off, just to piss some of us off.

If there was ever a time to complete your collection, it would be now.

http://www.mattycollector.com/store/matty/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/categoryID.17846500

6" Winston Zeddemore with Slime Blower
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


Vinz Clortho Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


6” Peter Venkman™ Figure (with Proton Stream)
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


6” Egon Spengler™ Figure (with PKE Meter™)
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


Retro-Action™ The Real Ghostbusters™ Peter Venkman™
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


Peter Venkman™ (Courtroom) Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


12” Winston Zeddemore™ Figure
Price: $60.00
Sale Price: $36.00


6" Ray Stantz™ Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


6” Peter Venkman™ Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


6” Walter Peck™ Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


12” Peter Venkman™ Figure
Price: $60.00
Sale Price: $36.00


12" Egon Spengler™ Figure (with trap)
Price: $60.00
Sale Price: $36.00



6" Ray Stantz™ Figure
Price: $20.00
Sale Price: $12.00


12" Ray Stantz™ Figure
Price: $60.00
Sale Price: $36.00


6" Ray with Slime Blower
Official Club Ecto-1 Figure, October 2011
$20.00


Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
$70.00

Wow, that's annoying. Wish I would have held off picking up all those extras for customizing. Man, I hate Mattel.

Good for anyone still looking to complete their collections though.

I'm debating. With shipping and tax that's still $100 for only six figures.

Gad...I may break down and buy that "Citizen Ghost" Retro Venkman after all...

Good deal. I'll bite. They finally convinced me to get some figures.

Mattel are taking the p*** Am I not the only one who paid full price for these when they were individually released? They list on the site as sold out then all of a sudden they have more and sell them heavily discounted. Joke. If I had know this I would have saved my cash and bought now. Not to mention the customs charges I have paid which would have been far less. What a way to treat loyal customers

So... let me get this straight. You guys are pissed at them for having a sale? On things that came out months ago? I just gotta know... ate there angry mobs with pitchforks and torches that storm best buys and such when they have sales?

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While I agree that it's silly to be annoyed at Mattel having a sale, it is definitely annoying that their website lists the following under "What do the different product statuses mean?"



So when you see the figures selling out, and each one says it's not going to be released again, it is frustrating to see them re-release it for 40% off, and the ability to order all items at once and save on shipping. Mattel should be more upfront about the items, and just say that they're not Sold Out forever.

The Stantz and Venkman 12" are sold out.

The thing that bugs me about the sale is that it really wasn't billed as a 'Clearance Sale.' As I understood it, the sale would be for a couple weeks, select figures would be 20% off and you'd get to combine shipping.

Had they said from the get-go that this was going to be a Spooktacular Clearance Event, I think some of us may have gambled and waited just to see if the prices would go down, since we're all familiar with how clearance sales at Best Buy, Target, etc have worked in the past.

So no, not pissed, just tired of Mattel. lol

hi wanted to let you know to contact there customer support and they will give you a refund for the differance you just have to exspress your concern as a collector

let other know this please nobody needs to be screwed by mattel


good luck

Thanks for the heads up danbuster365. I got the rep to submit a refund request, should get an email in 2-3 days regarding it, hopefully with good news, lol.

I agree with your post completely, I just thought I'd mention I worked for Best Buy a while back, as well as other retailers, and YES, you would be surprised at what some customers think they are entitled to.


And there's not a retailer in the world that says "hey, don't buy these 'cause they might be cheaper next week." Not one that stays in business anyway.

i found this hidden on mattys site.

looks like its going down to 60%

Where did you see it at?

link here:

http://drh1.img.digitalriver.com/DRHM/S ... anner3.jpg

Awesome find!

I am going to wait for it to drop to 60% to pick up the Egon and Winston 12" guys, shame the other 2 couldn't be that cheap.

he said over on matty fourms all you have to do is save the address from the banner and change the number from 2 to 3 in the browser and it will pop up from digital river

They are probably going to launch the new 60& prices towards the weekend.

It says right on the banner Oct 31, so there you go..

I wonder how many are going to call up who ordered them, originally, and request a refund difference

i am calling back again on the 31st i am really pissed about this if mattel wanted to give people a thank you it would of been nice to tell us that ordered the sub could of been told to wait till then to order would have been great but no they do not care about us gb fans at all

I just saw the post on the matty collector forums.. they are just giving these things away. no wonder they gave away so much in the mad matty sale for $40. matty is so shady, who knows if some of this stuff is even sold out either....

Yeah, I would agree that this sale has been misleading. In reference to Best Buy when ever I buy something and it goes on sale ( I think the time limit is 30 days) I always bring my receipt in and get the difference back. I just dropped $200.00 on 12 inch figures and you can bet I'll be contacting them to get some of my money back.

I bought a car in 2006- within 1 month the car manufacturer had a deal on all their cars.... The dealer has no idea of what deals another department is bringing down the pipe until they are informed.

Even if the dealer KNEW the deals where coming on a month- it's not in their interest to tell the customer so now they lose out on their profit margin.

It's been said many times, Mattel is a company in business to make money. Some seem to believe they are in the business of making toys because they like making people happy. I guess those people are part of the 99% who should be part of the "Occupy" movement.

I'm just going to bite now and grab an Egon. I worry they'll all be gone by the 31st.

Crap I just Bought 2 figures yesterday! Had I known I would have waited.

I was going to get some of the guys, but I think I'll wait. I already have all the ones that I really wanted, but at 60% off I might finally grab Courtroom Peter and RTYB Ray for their ghosts.

This sale (and these posts) finally got me to sign up for a Ghostbusters forums. Long story short, I'm a huge fan of the toys and have been for as long as I can remember. Anyway...

There is a big difference here. Best Buy doesn't claim to have the only stock on something, and that "once it is sold out, it is sold out!" like MattyCollector has claimed. You can't buy this stuff elsewhere, it's ONLY through MattyCollector.

The fact that these *were* supposed to go out of stock was something that helped "lock in" their value for collectors, as if the only way to get them is to buy quickly or buy on the secondary market, there is a big bonus to buying from Matty right away. Now, with this sale, quite frankly it shows there really was absolutely no reason to purchase early. I bought two of every figure, and three of a couple of them. At a minimum, I could have saved probably $250 by waiting, but I didn't (and was buying two of each) based on the belief directly from Matty that these were extremely limited.

Now that I know that they aren't, I don't plan on making purchases so quickly any more.

The one thing I fear -- after they cancelled the 2012 memberships, is this the start of the end of the line? While it sucks what they are doing with the prices, if they are really just clearancing out their old stock because they are done with it, that's really disappointing to me. I was hoping for more figures in the future. When it hits 60% off, I may have to pick up a few extras to take out of the packaging!

I emailed Matty CS and got $48.00 back so that's great. I received the 12 inch figures and the likeness to the characters is amazing! I was moving on October 31 so I missed getting some more figures. I have to unpack my trap and test it out this week.

in regards to them discontinuing the line, i don't think they will do that. I missed getting the PKE meter and click on the web page for it and it states, "This item is available for purchase on 12/1 with an approximate shipping date of 12/12". So it looks like the line will continue. The Ghost trap sold out in only a couple days so I'm sure they will be coming out with even more collectible figures and props, perhaps a 1/12 ecto or a 1/1 proton pack