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Ghostbusters ecto 1b12/8/2023 ![]() The first public promotion for the wave didn't happen til mid January of 1988. The third wave was likely first released to fulfill layaway orders in the Christmas season of 1987. A second pressing for the three Action Ghosts was made for the Christmas season on 1987. The Action Ghost assortment (started wave 1) had additions of three ghost action figures. The second wave was released sometime in the spring of 1987. The toy was given the correct item number on the third pressing. The Action Ghost "Green Ghost" incorrectly was printed in the first and second printing with item number #81020. Later in Spring 2020, Hasbro is set to reissue all six of the first wave figures. ![]() A third printing was most likely done for the Christmas season of 1987. Second printing which was released with additions from wave 2 was done sometime in the spring of 1987. The toy line first wave first printing is believed to have been all the figures, but not the Ghost Zapper or the Plush Toys. Officially, the first advertisements appeared, done by Toy's R Us in the newspapers around the end of January 1987. It is believed that the first wave toys were released during the Christmas season in 1986, mostly to fulfill layaway orders. Educated guesses are used in those cases. A few items were released that didn't have back cards and were not shown included with a wave. Sometimes the toy was released with other toys but wasn't included on the back card, in which case its included but noted. For releases in other countries/regions please see the Foreign Market Releases section of this article. The list is based on packaging back cards of the American version line. The foam pops were also used with the "ECTO Popper & ECTO-Goggles", which uses the same idea and adds temporary storage on the goggles. GhostPopper also shares the name Popper and refers to the ammo as "ghostpops" or "pops". This item as well was in many regards a precursor to the "GhostPopper", which would be able to fire foam pops. The concept was brought to the Real Ghostbusters line with "Finger Pop Fiends", which along with having the same function also share the name "Finger Pops".Īlso in 1979, Kenner released a second toy in the line called "Finger Pops Popper". A similar type of product to Nerf like foam products, it was Kenner's answer to Parker Brothers Nerf line. In 1979, Kenner released "Finger Pops", which were foam cylinders that could be projected in the air. Notably the line ended during the Kenner and Hasbro merger in 1991. It had ten waves of toys (based on card rearrangements) with at least one more planned. The line continued being made and sold til the spring of 1991. Later, the toys began to be put on shelves in January of 1987. The Kenner line of The Real Ghostbusters first hit the stores fulfilling Christmas pre-orders in 1986 (notably the 1986 first print sold out in pre-orders). 11.5 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Images.7.2 References in Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed.It will be interesting to see if this new vehicle generates even one-tenth of the fanboy tears that were cried at the ruination of so, so many childhoods with a film starring women instead of dudes. The new Ecto-1 may not be that old car that you remember, but it’s definitely not a bad choice for a descendant. Chris Hemsworth, Andy Garcia, and Michael K. The film stars Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones at the titular busters of ghosts. Ghostbusters (not Lady Ghostbusters or Ghostbusters: The Female Version or Ghostbusters III: Drink Deep the Tears of Dan Aykroyd) is slated to hit theaters in July 2016, which could mean that we will be seeing a proper teaser sometime in the very near future-perhaps even at San Diego Comic Con. ![]() Given that the new film will likely take place in current-day New York, it stands to reason that a 1984 Cadillac Fleetwood would serve as both a fittingly anachronistic choice and an appropriate homage to the original film. Based on a 1959 Cadillac ambulance, the original Ecto-1 was intended to be an anachronistic choice for a vehicle in 1984 New York. The new Ecto-1 replaces the model made famous by the 1984 original (and the retouched Ecto-1a from the considerably-less-good 1989 sequel). Last night, new Ghostbusters director Paul Feig posted this image to Twitter, promptly causing the Internet to go insane: Mass hysteria! What’s next? Forty years of darkness? Earthquakes? Volcanoes? The dead rising from the grave? Human sacrifice? Dogs and cats living together? The times, they are a’changing, and that means that in this topsy-turvy world of ours, we’ll soon be treated to a new Ghostbusters film with an all-female team and a new Ecto-1. The New Ecto-1 Ghostbusters car was announced today by director Paul Feig via Twitter ![]()
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