Page 1 of 4

Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 5:32 pm
by Kingpin
Image

News first broke of Rubies' intent to produce a "Delux" Ghostbusters costume three years ago, and despite efforts by members of the fan community to learn more about the project, a lack of subsequent updates or of a release date had fuelled speculation that production on the costume replica had been cancelled.

That changed today with the company announcing not one, but two new upcoming Ghostbusters additions to its Grand Heritage line based on the franchise, one styled after the Proton Pack and suit from the classic 1984 film, and one based on the new 2016 reboot.

Projected to cost around $299.99 for both the 2016 and 1984 versions (with a further plus-size option for men at $349.99), the Grand Heritage costumes are expected to go on sale this September.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 5:42 pm
by Demon Vice Commander
It almost looks like they used a stunt pack as reference for that GB1 pack.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 5:43 pm
by Lee FW
ouch, not sure there'd be much salvageable on either pack, maybe with a bit of work could make a decent kid sizes classic pack....guess they are better than inflatables at least...

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 5:58 pm
by ccv66
They looked alot better zoomed out.. There probably rubber. If so, theyd take the beating and be great for an 4 year old. Not for the price tag though.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 6:30 pm
by groschopf
Hmmm... looks a touch small, doesn't it?

Image

Image

Image

Image

source: http://www.halloweencostumes.com/adult- ... stume.html

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 6:34 pm
by groschopf
The 2016 gear looks better... but that's due to intentionally looking unpolished and hand-made in the film.

Not sure what's up with the RF amplifier area below the synchrotron. It looks like a log.

Image

Image

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 7:52 pm
by CaptCyan
groschopf wrote:...Not sure what's up with the RF amplifier area below the synchrotron. It looks like a log.


Just a filler section so they didn't have to sculpt the electronics and wires. Besides, who doesn't love Log?

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 27th, 2016, 8:12 pm
by J10kmn
The classic pack looks super small while the reboot pack seems closer in size. The wand looks good on the reboot too but for that price I'd rather just make my own or modify the projector toy. Compared to the things fans have come up with on much smaller budgets, they don't look particularly good at all.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 28th, 2016, 2:01 am
by PssdffJay
Fool me once...

Not that I'm in the market, but I'll believe it when someone actually buys one.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 28th, 2016, 3:20 am
by Croker
Looks like it'll make a good kids pack. I'll be keeping an eye on eBay after Halloween to try and pick one up cheap.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 28th, 2016, 1:25 pm
by Chris90
I think the real question here is where did they get that nice fight suit with the accurate brass zippers :O

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 28th, 2016, 5:49 pm
by Prologic9
Chris90 wrote:I think the real question here is where did they get that nice fight suit with the accurate brass zippers :O
I would assume they're producing it themselves. I'd wager it costs more for them to make the flightsuit than it does the cheap rubber pack.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 28th, 2016, 7:38 pm
by Ryusui
It's just amazing how little they actually give a crap. Even in the promo pics, you can see the shoddy workmanship. The velcro on the reboot thrower is coming off.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 29th, 2016, 3:12 pm
by Tight-Pants Jack
The flight suits are pretty good, especially the 2016 outfits which even have the expanded collar. They may help justify the heavy pricetag, even with the rubber packs.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 30th, 2016, 8:12 am
by Austin Moler
Looks good, but seeing the pictures, the male 1984 pack is small, what's up with that?

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 30th, 2016, 2:28 pm
by SpaceBallz
...what is this? A PROTON PACK FOR ANTS?!!!

Image

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 30th, 2016, 3:21 pm
by timeware
I'm wondering how goofy it would look if you were to attach it to an alice pack, and replace the rainbow ribbon with the real stuff. I would sooner buy a pack on E Bay. You at least get all the bells and whistles for 300 bucks.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 30th, 2016, 6:02 pm
by G.I.T.
Rubies costumes are never as good as the pictures. I purchased their Deluxe Darth Vader suit for $90, and the only thing salvageable from it was the cape. The rest was cheap material and badly molded rubber. The flight suit may look good, but is probably very uncomfortable material to wear.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 30th, 2016, 7:54 pm
by zakuz
Well the flight suits look decent...but it is rubies... Wonder how long the patches will actually last.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: July 31st, 2016, 10:14 pm
by Dinkley
Tight-Pants Jack wrote:The flight suits are pretty good, especially the 2016 outfits which even have the expanded collar. They may help justify the heavy pricetag, even with the rubber packs.
I don't know... the 2016 suits don't even have the leg stripes. If they're going to cost that much, you'd think they would be a little more accurate.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 1st, 2016, 5:19 am
by Kingpin
The stripes aren't actually visible on the legs when the striped boots are being worn, so it's possible that they based the suit on the promo photo, rather than on any of the shots around the time of the concert bust:

Image

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 2nd, 2016, 7:43 pm
by NyukNyuker
I wish they would just sell the original movie pack as a separate item ... my 6-year-old would LOOOOOOOVE to have that to play with, but there's no way I'm spending $299 for the costume to just get the pack.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 2nd, 2016, 11:28 pm
by ccv66
I like the suits, i assume it comes with Velcro name patches so you can be different busters. Rubber pack seems durable and great for a kids toy, But i can buy the new toy pack that projects light for $30 and get all 4 flights suits all together for under $299.. I wonder what the profit margin is?

Is there a no ghost logo on the flight suits?

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 10th, 2016, 1:42 am
by GabOchoa
The images in EE's website show the costume with nametag, logo and elbow pads but now with the inflatable proton packs ...

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 10th, 2016, 4:18 am
by Kingpin
GabOchoa wrote:The images in EE's website show the costume with nametag, logo and elbow pads but now with the inflatable proton packs ...
EE?

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 10th, 2016, 6:15 am
by Ivo Shandor
groschopf wrote: Not sure what's up with the RF amplifier area below the synchrotron. It looks like a log.
https://youtu.be/BP1wq5JQWx0

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 10th, 2016, 7:37 pm
by GabOchoa
Kingpin wrote:
GabOchoa wrote:The images in EE's website show the costume with nametag, logo and elbow pads but now with the inflatable proton packs ...
EE?
Entertainment Earth

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/hitli ... ge&eeshop=

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 11th, 2016, 4:19 am
by Kingpin
Cheers, though I think the inflatable Pack is just a stand in for when they didn't have a wearable prototype.

On the subject of Entertainment Earth, and related to Ghostbusters, they've now got a preorder listng for Holtzmann's "Screw U" necklace: link

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 13th, 2016, 2:23 pm
by MightyAni
This post may contain an affiliate link that helps support GBFans.com when you make a purchase at no additional cost to you.

Hey, not to take business away from Rubies--and everyone can certainly order whatever jumpsuit they want--but I picked up one of these off Amazon and I must say I am very, very impressed: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01 ... UTF8&psc=1

The reflective tape is the right size and in the right places, the buttons are jeans buttons like on the movie jumpsuits, the collar is asymmetrical just as in the movie, there is reflective tape on the legs so that if you don't have the black boots and shin guards yet, you can just pick up a black pair of Cons/fire boots/blue flower rainboots and rock Halloween.

I am very impressed and it fits me well. It's hard to tell from the photos on Amazon, but the closure is a nice, heavy-duty zipper extending from the crotch to the breastbone.

If anyone has any questions about it, please let me know.

Re: Rubies reveals Grand Heritage Ghostbusters costumes

Posted: August 14th, 2016, 3:06 pm
by MonaLS
How accurate is the sizing MightyAni? I don't see a size chart specifically for their outfits.