Ghostbusters (1984) Toys! (JoBlo Collector s Corner)
March 2, 2021 by:
If you were a child of the eighties, you grew up obsessed with
Ghostbusters. The movie was such an unexpected smash that the toys the studio should have ordered to coincide with its release took two years to come out, and wound up being tie-ins with the popular kids animated series
The Real Ghostbusters. They had everything - the Ecto-1, proton packs, P.K.E Meters, Slimer (with real slime), the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man - and kids ate it up. But that was just the beginning of a merchandising bonanza that s yet to die down, with new collectibles and toys being released every year, especially with a new Ghostbusters movie coming. Already the
Recently, the folks at Hasbro sent us a group of new
Ghostbusters toys to get a look at the variety of the current offerings of Ghostbustin’ products for the franchise. Some months back, I took a look at the Neutrona Wand prop replica based on the upcoming
Ghostbusters: Afterlife film. This time, the line of products are considerably cheaper and some are for the younger age set, but they are still fun and of interest to the
Ghostbusters fandom.
Kenner Classics Ghostpopper
Recently, Hasbro has been re-releasing figures based on Kenner’s ye olde toy line based on
The Real Ghostbusters cartoon from the 1980s. One of the best things about that old toyline was all the role-playing toys they had to go along with the action figures. This is a new reproduction of the old Ghostpopper toy Kenner released in the vintage line.