[yourbigpalal83]

I do suspect they like to lean heavy on the old FOMO aspect to push sales (Fear of Missing Out). That got me to buy a membership to get the figures. No doubt. Once i pre ordered the Ecto Glow, i was like, i really should get the team, but ill never secure a pre-order...oh wait i can....ill take 2 before they sell out....then last night...sold out...now back in stock again...likely from some canceled orders but they do love the "Dont miss out" aspect.

Good for them, not so good for my wallet!

[ccv66]

Im okay with Hasbro scamming scalpers, not a big fan of tricking people into buying membership

[Chicken, He Clucked]

…aaaand I’ve cancelled my preorder. It’s all subjective but my reasoning:

1. Still not sold out in Europe
2. Fairly certain during a GB Day Q&A Hasbro stated the Collectors Set was SDCC exclusive but the line itself would go on general release. I may be wrong but there’s a chance.
3. Personally I only rate the Egon figure because it’s the best Kenner sculpt, has the best ghost and it has the classic early 90’s green and purple/pink colour scheme. The rest of the figures are fascinating curios of the era but beyond that not something I’d display.
4. My personal view of Ecto Glow is they’re a toy collectors desirable moreso than the broader Ghostbusters fan, because they arrived late when Turtles had taken over and because they had limited distribution and were only later found in a lock-up contributing to the inflated prices we see now.
5. Ideal world, I’d have a large collectors room and unlimited funds and be able to collect everything RGB… but alas I need to be selective.
6. If this was the only RGB product dropping this year I’d be all in, but Mondo has me.

I’m going to sell a couple of NECA Gremlins + Turtles figures plus the Plasma Series Family That Busts set.
I need to downsize for if/when the Mondo Stay Puft / Ecto and Over the Garden Wall Sets hit… sorry, I mean downsize so I can do something responsible with my money.

[yourbigpalal83]

i totally get your reasoning and i want to thank you as a fellow fan for canceling your pre order and giving someone like me a fair chance at getting one. I ordered 2 packs, originally i wasnt going to get them cause i just assumed they would all sell out at comic con and would be out of reach. But when i had a few bucks left over after bills and expensives and saw they were avalable i borrowed the remining amount i needed to get 2 sets, one to keep carded, one to open and display. What changed my mind is when i saw they were indeed putting out an ecto 1 glow and it was still up for pre order, i just had to have the glowing team next to the ecto 1. I also plan on getting double of the stay puff and slimer glow figures. Again one to keep carded, one to display. Ive also been paying off the mono 2 set line since last year and i plan on getting ray and janine but i budget them into my monthy expeses. Ray is due for pre order in septemember correct? Does anyone know if egon is still scheduled to ship next month as well?

[mrmichaelt]

i totally get your reasoning and i want to thank you as a fellow fan for canceling your pre order and giving someone like me a fair chance at getting one. I ordered 2 packs, originally i wasnt going to get them cause i just assumed they would all sell out at comic con and would be out of reach. But when i had a few bucks left over after bills and expensives and saw they were avalable i borrowed the remining amount i needed to get 2 sets, one to keep carded, one to open and display. What changed my mind is when i saw they were indeed putting out an ecto 1 glow and it was still up for pre order, i just had to have the glowing team next to the ecto 1. I also plan on getting double of the stay puff and slimer glow figures. Again one to keep carded, one to display. Ive also been paying off the mono 2 set line since last year and i plan on getting ray and janine but i budget them into my monthy expeses.

Just curious. Is this your standard strategy when buying Hasbro Ghostbusters figures or just these Ecto-Glows that you're doubling up on?

Ray is due for pre order in septemember correct? Does anyone know if egon is still scheduled to ship next month as well?

As of right now, yes, both for September.

[yourbigpalal83]

Depends on the figures. Originally with just the plane plasma series starting with Afterlife i just got the figures, kept the boxes but took them out and have them displayed on my shelf. I started getting into the double figure thing with The Real Ghostbusters Toys. One to take out, one to keep carded. I diden't do that with the frozen empire line for some reason. I think its because the Cards themselves look so beautiful and remind me of my childhood in addition to having the figures open. Everything else i only by one of. For example, i orderd both the standard and deluxe version of this years Haslab Ecto 1 and Ecto 1A but i plan on keeping the boxes but opening them and displaying them. Since i will have double of Lois Tully, The Libraian Ghost and Slimer if they are carded i'll keep them on card and display them seperatly.

But, my haslab Afterlife proton pack and two in the box trap and PKE Meeter i have the box but i display outwards. So no not every item i buy i get two of. I couldent afford the more expensive stuff then. Also for the Ecto Glow Ecto-1 im only buying one, opening but displaying next to the box. The Slimer Stay Puff ecto Glow i plan to get two of.

I just like the retro look of the real ghostbusters line carded on my wall. Reminds me of fond memories walking into a Caldor, or KB Toys or Toys R Us and seeing the originals on shelf.

[Whirlygig]

Many years ago, I liked to buy 2 of certain things sometimes.

While I don't do this anymore for anything else, the one thing I DO do it for is the Real Ghostbusters Kenner reissues (figures, not vehicles). Nowadays I usually either want to open something and "play" with it/display it posed, or I want to keep it in the package - but not both. But the RGB figures are the very first action figures I loved as a child, and that mix of nostalgia and the vibrant iconic card art creates a strong urge to display them both out-of and in-package. So I grabbed two ecto glow sets for the same reason. However, for the fright features series, I only doubled up on Egon (only opened him). If I had ever found the others dirt cheap like some people did I'd have gotten doubles of them too but for the full price I didn't have that strong of a desire to open that series up. This series, I do. But I won't buy doubles of the vehicles - you can remove the vehicle and still display the box simultaneously.

[mrmichaelt]

Toy Anxiety posted a video with Pat from during SDCC to talk Ecto-Glow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgcGRsQKb5M




-Slimer and Stay Puft will only be a box, they won't be carded like the Heroes set.
-Have a few more planned, the Ecto-Glow line isn't going away, a reveal is coming soon-ish

[Broccoli]

I wonder if that is in reference to the hinted Louis/Copter set(s) or something beyond that.

If it is beyond, I can't honestly think of what they can do that wouldn't seem like a stretch to add in the Ecto-Glow line.

[Chicken, He Clucked]

Ecto Glow Fright Features? Ecto Glow Fiendish Flush?

[Fritz]

Ecto Glow Fright Features? Ecto Glow Fiendish Flush?

Oh crap...--Ray! It'sa glowing!!!

[Kingpin]

If it is beyond, I can't honestly think of what they can do that wouldn't seem like a stretch to add in the Ecto-Glow line.

An Ecto-Glow Ecto-2 seems like an obvious choice... Maybe an Ecto-Glow Janine... Seeing as they've opened the door to figures and vehicles that weren't found in the original Kenner run, there is a wider scope for future releases.

[yourbigpalal83]

I really want the Space set and the Slimed Hero Line! Also throw in the Unreleased backpack hero line while your at it. Plus id like to get that Orange Ghost where you pressed down his tongue and it bit your hand...many fond painful memories of that one and the purple guy with the zip cord in the back who rolled forward with sparks! Oh the memories of those guys. Plus...the ecto bomber and the Ghost Sweeper! And the vhecile set that transformed into the ghost. Give me those in a re release and i have most of my childhood back.

OH AND WHERES THE DAMN FIREHOUSE! LOL

[zeta otaku]

Wait... was there a second backpack line I'm not aware of? I DISTINCTLY remember having an Egon with a helicopter pack at some point when I was a kid...

[yourbigpalal83]

i might be mistaken. i could have sworn i read that the backpack line was canceled.

[mrmichaelt]

Yes, Backpack Heroes was never released like the Glow Copter (until later this year), Fire Frighter, Ghost Blaster, Slimerizer, a new Nutrona Blaster, I think there was a idea for a sports-themed line of ghosts and the GBs. They were toying with a 15 inch Backpack Heroes, too.

[RealGBVenkman]

@zeta otaku: That is the Power Pack Heroes Egon Spengler you are describing. The Power Pack Heroes action figures came out in 1990 and reused the first series action figure molds for the four Ghostbusters. This line also featured Janine for the last time in action figure form and Louis Tully for the first time.

[yourbigpalal83]

Yeah i think i know where im confused here. There was a line with the team that had like big ass backpacks that i did have as a child. Winston i think had a chainsaw type of deal or something. That was called the POWER PACK HEROES line....Egon had a helicopter thingy, Peter had a big claw, Ray had a riding thing, Janine had a go cart thingy., Louis had a figure too in that line.. That was released...there was a follow up line called the BACKPACK HEROES which is a futher take on this line i guess but was never released. Thats where i got mixed up! Id like them to release the unreleased stuff.

My ideal set would be the space figures and the slimed heros figures. Those i adored as a kid.

[zeta otaku]

Yeah i think i know where im confused here. There was a line with the team that had like big ass backpacks that i did have as a child. Winston i think had a chainsaw type of deal or something. That was called the POWER PACK HEROES line....Egon had a helicopter thingy, Peter had a big claw, Ray had a riding thing, Janine had a go cart thingy., Louis had a figure too in that line.. That was released...there was a follow up line called the BACKPACK HEROES which is a futher take on this line i guess but was never released. Thats where i got mixed up! Id like them to release the unreleased stuff.

My ideal set would be the space figures and the slimed heros figures. Those i adored as a kid.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for the explanation. I was never really into the "gimmick" figures as a kid, so I have NO connection with the glow in the dark figures or even the fright features figures (I DID have some as a kid, but they were gifted to me). Thankfully, Mondo is giving me EXACTLY what I've always wanted from an RGB line and I'm justifying the price by telling myself the money I'm saving from the Hasbro re-releases is funding my inner child's wishlist XD

[Chicken, He Clucked]

High five, zeto otaku.

I remember seeing Real Ghostbusters figures beyond Fright Features in the UK - I assume Super Fright Features and the classic monsters - but I never bought any and they were more difficult to find in the shops from memory.

So yeah I tell myself £120 on Ecto Glow so far pays for most of the Winston + Sandman set . Though both would be preferable hah!

[yourbigpalal83]

i totally get where you guys are coming from with the Mondo figures over the Hasbro ones. Im getting BOTH sets and believe me i am far from wealthy so its costing me alot in terms of getting 1 of each of the 2 packs of the mondo figures, and 2 of the Hasbro kenner figures. Its a huge investment for me who is far from wealthy, but the Hasbro stuff is giving me a 2nd chance at re capturing my childhood AND PRESERVING IT THIS TIME OUT. I had so many ghostbusters figures as a kid that sadly were all washed away in a flood. I also never had the Ecto Glow figures. Like most of you i diden't even know they existed until i went on the internet. So thats a 2nd chance to get figures i never had or even knew about in the first place. I originally wasnt going to get them because i couldent go to comic con and just assumed they be long gone. But nope, saw a oppertunity and took it and cant wait for them

[Whirlygig]

The Mondo are awesome. If they made them 5+ years ago I'd have bought them. But, now, space is even lower...already have the DST RGB...over the hill and needing to downsize...they just feel too late for me (prime GB fan generation member). My top tier GB items are the first Blitzways...with those on awesome display right under the DST RGB, more would just feel superfluous. Meanwhile these vintage repros are dirt cheap low-volume wish fulfillment by comparison - no brainers vs I'd eventually hate myself for buying the Mondo.

[WCat2000]

The Mondo figures are just too expensive. Even if you can afford them that’s not the point. Whatever the reason is they’re overpriced.

I have the Diamond Select Spectral GBs and Egon/Janine/Samhain Mattel figures. I’d like to get the rest of Mattel ones. I really like the fabric clothes...just disappointed the proton packs were repaints and not actually based on the cartoon.

I think eventually someone else will do Real GB toys. They might not be as “pristine” as Mondo but they’ll be really good and most likely reasonably priced.

Personally I’m not interested in Kenner/Glow stuff but they’re cool.

[Chicken, He Clucked]

The Mondo figures are just too expensive. Even if you can afford them that’s not the point. Whatever the reason is they’re overpriced.

I have the Diamond Select Spectral GBs and Egon/Janine/Samhain Mattel figures. I’d like to get the rest of Mattel ones. I really like the fabric clothes...just disappointed the proton packs were repaints and not actually based on the cartoon.

I think eventually someone else will do Real GB toys. They might not be as “pristine” as Mondo but they’ll be really good and most likely reasonably priced.

Personally I’m not interested in Kenner/Glow stuff but they’re cool.

But counter point...

The Diamond Select RGB figures were well-proportioned and closest to season one of the show, but had terrible head sculpts.
The Mattel Fabric line were poor quality and just not good figures.

I'd easily rate the Kenner and Mondo stuff above them. I guess it just depends what your mileage is with budget and collecting.

Update: The Ecto Glow sets are still available in the UK. I hope this means the individual figures make it to retail.

[WCat2000]

The Mondo figures are just too expensive. Even if you can afford them that’s not the point. Whatever the reason is they’re overpriced.

I have the Diamond Select Spectral GBs and Egon/Janine/Samhain Mattel figures. I’d like to get the rest of Mattel ones. I really like the fabric clothes...just disappointed the proton packs were repaints and not actually based on the cartoon.

I think eventually someone else will do Real GB toys. They might not be as “pristine” as Mondo but they’ll be really good and most likely reasonably priced.

Personally I’m not interested in Kenner/Glow stuff but they’re cool.

But counter point...

The Diamond Select RGB figures were well-proportioned and closest to season one of the show, but had terrible head sculpts.
The Mattel Fabric line were poor quality and just not good figures.

The Mattel fabric figures have poor articulation which makes them hard to pose and stand but they are quite nice looking imo.

I'd easily rate the Kenner and Mondo stuff above them. I guess it just depends what your mileage is with budget and collecting.

Of course the Mondo ones are better...but Kenner? Sorry that’s a hard disagree. The Fabric line is bigger and more detailed. I’m not sure what you mean. The entirety of the Kenner line or Kenner figures in general?

[Chicken, He Clucked]

The Kenner line is doing it’s own thing with extra functionality and the designs are nostalgic in their own way.

The Mattel fabric line, to me, has a weird, Barbie-looking, uncanny vibe. And the clothes don’t fit them.

I just don’t find them appealing. They never represented the show to me.

[Kingpin]

I think eventually someone else will do Real GB toys. They might not be as “pristine” as Mondo but they’ll be really good and most likely reasonably priced.

I'll admit I'm not so sure... We had the Minimates and Mego-style figures in 2009 and 2010, Diamond's 7-inch figures in 2018/2019, the Kenner Classics reissue in 2020-2025 (and beyond) the Mondo figures which started in 2024, and the Funko Pops also this year (along with a few other bits, such as the Visual History... While we're seeing a lot of stuff now, the revival wave we're currently riding will wind down eventually, and a lot of bases have been covered in terms of figures that can be based on RGB...

By the end of this year, we'll have had the small collectable LEGO-minifigure-like treatment, the 7-inch modern upgrade treatment, the retro doll upgrade treatment, the retro vintage re-release treatment, the 6-inch modern upgrade treatment, and the vinyl collectable treatment... The Real Ghostbusters figure market may be tapped out by the time Mondo's run comes to an end.


I'd like to be proven wrong of course, but I think it may be quite a long time (I anticipate years, here) before we see another RGB toy revival after Mondo and Hasbro's efforts reach their conclusions, if we ever see another one... While the show remains popular and endures in fond memories, it's not as popular as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Star Trek or Star Wars which have all enjoyed multiple releases and re-releases and new waves of toys based on their various media releases and characters.

I'd just be prepared for the possibility we might not get any new toys/figures once the current projects come to an end, and that what future projects we get may not live up to the standard Mondo have set.

[WCat2000]

I think eventually someone else will do Real GB toys. They might not be as “pristine” as Mondo but they’ll be really good and most likely reasonably priced.

I'll admit I'm not so sure... We had the Minimates and Mego-style figures in 2009 and 2010, Diamond's 7-inch figures in 2018/2019, the Kenner Classics reissue in 2020-2025 (and beyond) the Mondo figures which started in 2024, and the Funko Pops also this year (along with a few other bits, such as the Visual History... While we're seeing a lot of stuff now, the revival wave we're currently riding will wind down eventually, and a lot of bases have been covered in terms of figures that can be based on RGB...

By the end of this year, we'll have had the small collectable LEGO-minifigure-like treatment, the 7-inch modern upgrade treatment, the retro doll upgrade treatment, the retro vintage re-release treatment, the 6-inch modern upgrade treatment, and the vinyl collectable treatment... The Real Ghostbusters figure market may be tapped out by the time Mondo's run comes to an end.


I'd like to be proven wrong of course, but I think it may be quite a long time (I anticipate years, here) before we see another RGB toy revival after Mondo and Hasbro's efforts reach their conclusions, if we ever see another one... While the show remains popular and endures in fond memories, it's not as popular as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, Star Trek or Star Wars which have all enjoyed multiple releases and re-releases and new waves of toys based on their various media releases and characters.

I'd just be prepared for the possibility we might not get any new toys/figures once the current projects come to an end, and that what future projects we get may not live up to the standard Mondo have set.

That’s why I think there will eventually be another RGB line because various companies have done one over the years...but I agree it’ll be years until someone else does it. Ya they probably won’t be as nice as Mondo. I said they would not be as pristine but still really good.

I don’t think this will deter others from making RGB. Like you said there’s plenty of TMNT and such. High end lines already existing hasn’t stopped anyone.

[Chicken, He Clucked]

Turtles is much bigger than RealGB though.

Which you have to think is down to the creative mismanagement of the RealGB IP since the early 90’s but hey ho.

[yourbigpalal83]

I missed out totally on the Mattel and Dimond Select line almost totally. The only Mattel stuff i have is a 12 inch Ray, and the 35th Anniversary Set of figures from the first film. Thats it, i never even got the other 3 busters in the 12 inch line and idk what they would cost today.

Once i got word Hasbro got the brand back, i bought almost everything i could get my hands on in the plasma series line. The only thing im missing in that line is the Tully's terrible night set. Other then that i got as far as i know everything except the slimed figures, and i just ordered peter from big bad toy store. Next month when i get paid i want to finish up that line too and find a spot to put them next to my open set of Ecto Glow figures.

The mono figures i plan on completing with the two pack of Ray and Janine but i dont think im going after streight up ghosts outside of Mr Stay Puff or an Ecto-1. I figure i got all the major well known ghosts with the two pack.

As for the hasbro stuff, I got an Ecto Glow on pre order, Will have 2 packs of the Ecto Glow figures soon one to open one to keep carded, and of course the 84 pack (i allready have an 84 wand) and the rooftop set and will of course get the glowing stay puff and slimer and the chopper set when those are out.

I would have LOVED to gotten the blitzway figures and both afterlife and 84 version of the Ecto 1 from them....but they cost WAY to much and i simply dont have the money or space for them. If i struck it rich, of course id pay what ever anyone was askking for (within realistic reasoning ) but im not and im more focused on the Mondo and Hasbro line of figures for now, because its barely within an affordable budget.

I find the older i get, just because i am a fan doesnt mean i have to buy everything that they slap the logo on to. I have the majority of the funko pops of the orignal team (the 84 version, the real ghostbusters version and the Ghostbusters 2 versions) but i dont have the lot of the frozen empire or afterlife stuff. I just dont see the need to have 50 versions of the mini pufts or 5 versions of Phoebe and Podcast, trevor and Lucky. Im happy they have those out there...and i like those characters, but the plasma series versions of them are more then enough for me.

My focus is on the original 4. You cant just buy peter, you have to get the entire team. Kinda like i imagine how people view and love the beetles. You can have your favorite, but you cant just have a Ringo action figure drumset without Paul, John and George figures to complete the band, get what im saying? The set isnt complete.

So to me if i get one variation of the original team, i got to get the entire team. Thats how they get me. But im not going to go crazy getting some obscure ghost from season 3 of the cartoon series. But i would buy a Vigo or scolari brothers figures no questions asked! Those are major players.

Oddly enough i dont have a Garaka funko pop for some reason, but i do have a slimer and vigo one, i dont think there ever was a gozer and idk what happened to my libraian ghost one. i know i had one but she dissapeared.