- February 16th, 2011, 1:33 am#303599I think The Rookie and Bill Murray's brother possessed by Evo Shandor (w/ Gozer skull) might be the only two I'd have interest in, though. Pretty much the best parts of that game were classic elements of the original film.
Even the GBs looked exactly as they did in the first movie. The packs were the only difference.
Once this line runs out of gas, the RGB is the only way to go I think. I know they've explained that it's unlikely because it would require all new tooling, but at some point in time maybe they will reconsider.
I'm sure there are plenty of elements of the current line that could be re-tooled to fit.
What do you change on the proton packs? The barrel and the paint job?
New scultped PKE meters and accessories is pretty minor since that's something they do regularly anyways.
I'm not sure what they'd do with bodies. You'd have to get rid of some detail, and the nametags, but I am not one that would cry over retooling and good paint jobs there.
The biggest undertaking is the head sculpts, but that's part of making action figures. I'm not sure how many variants there are to be had, but the classic RGB, and the Citizen Ghost spook versions would both be huge hits.
The popularity is certainly less than the major characters from the classic movies. I agree. But once the cinematic version hasn't any characters left in it's tank, it's the next logical step to keep it strong for another couple years.
The movies will also be more popular than the cartoons, like Matty says, but with that being said I don't think you're going to see the guy who loves Bass Masters outselling RGB Venkman and Egon, or the Citizen Ghost green ghouls anytime soon. Not in the target demographic.