A New Wave of Hasbro/Kenner Ghostbusters Product Hits Shelves

After the ball dropped in Times Square and the ol’ yearly odometer clicked over to 2024, eagle-eye collectors started noticing new Ghostbusters toys hitting shelves, particularly at Target stores. Well, Hasbro has made it official, here’s all the offerings they’re sending to a store near you to coincide with the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, including another round of retro-release Real Ghostbusters Fright Features figures!

Ghostbusters Track & Trap Ecto-1

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/ Available: Now)

The Ghostbusters are back, chasing down ghosts and ghouls through the streets of New York! Re-create favorite scenes from the entertainment with this Ghostbusters Track & Trap Ecto-1 toy car. Swing out the blaster seat and launch a projectile or deploy the rooftop drone trap to imagine chasing spooky specters up into the air. Includes a Fright Features Slimer toy accessory, featuring Ecto-Stretch Tech for rubbery, stretchable ghost play. This vehicle is compatible with the Fright Features 5-inch action figures each sold separately, subject to availability). Available now at participating retailers , including Target, Big Bad Toy Store and more.

Ghostbusters Zap & Blast Proton Blaster

(Ages 5 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/ Available: Now)

Many different ghosts haunt the world and with this Ghostbusters Zap & Blast Proton Blaster, kids can be ready for any unruly apparition! Gear up as an official member of the Ghostbusters with this proton blaster, featuring LED light effects and 20+ sound effects, inspired by the Ghostbusters entertainment. Blast any class apparition in normal mode or use the “Specter Wavelength” button in Ghost Getter mode, pull back on the barrel to charge-and-reveal a color-changing proton stream. Look for more Ghostbusters-inspired toys, including action figures, vehicles, role play toys, and more (each sold separately, subject to availability). Available now at participating retailers, including Target, Big Bad Toy Store and more.

Ghostbusters Squash & Squeeze Slimer

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/ Available: Now)

Slimer, the mischievous green ghost from the Ghostbusters entertainment is back to haunt collections! This 7-inch Ghostbusters Squash & Squeeze Slimer interactive toy ghost features over 40 spooky sounds to discover with a jiggly, squishy texture that feels icky yet awesome to the touch. Fly, shake, or swing Slimer as he reacts with motion sounds. Press his tongue to hear munching sound effects, ghostly and ghastly burps and more. Look for more Ghostbusters-inspired toys, including action figures, vehicles, role play toys, and more (each sold separately, subject to availability). Available now at participating retailers.

Ghostbusters Fright Features 5-inch Figures

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $9.99/ Available: Now) 

The Ghostbusters are officially back in business, chasing down ghosts and ghouls through the streets of New York! This Fright Features Callie Spengler, Gary Grooberson, Phoebe Spengler, and Trevor Spengler 5-inch figures features entertainment-inspired design and detail, 5 points of articulation, and comes with a Ghostbusters toy Proton Pack with Ghostbusters blaster wand accessory. Also included in this Ghostbusters figure set is a Fright Feature Possessor accessory featuring Ecto-Stretch Tech. This fun, rubbery, ghost easily stretches, so kids and collectors can pull it over the figure and imagine her possessed by a poltergeist. Look for more Ghostbusters-inspired toys, including action figures, vehicles, role play toys, and more (each sold separately, subject to availability). Available now at participating retailers, including Amazon, Big Bad Toy Store and more.

Ghostbusters Kenner Classics The Real Ghostbusters

(Ages 4 and Up/ Approx. Retail Price: $14.99/ Available: Now)

Join The Real Ghostbusters as they rid New York City of pesky poltergeists! Kenner Classics Ghostbusters toys are designed to replicate the original 1980s Ghostbusters figures, based on the animated series The Real Ghostbusters. Fans can relive the nostalgia with collectible packaging that features the original Kenner branding. Look for more Ghostbusters-inspired toys, including action figures, vehicles, role play toys, and more (each sold separately, subject to availability). Available now exclusively in-stores at Target and at other participating retailers beginning in April.

Hasbro's HasLab Returns - This Time with TWO in the Box!

After quite a bit of teasing over the past couple weeks, on 10/27 Hasbro revealed the big announcement it had been hyping: the next crowd-funded Ghostbusters HasLab in their series!

The super-successful Spengler Proton Pack was a tough act to follow, but this go-round Hasbro is offering two for the price of one - a replica Ghost Trap and accompanying PKE Meter to go with it! For $299.99 (US) you get both items, plus whatever stretch goals are accomplished in the funding period - which ends on December 11th. So if you want in on this, better act now before the holidays kick in and you forget!

Both items are incredibly cool. This was a quick and easy “Yes please!” for me. The Ghost Trap looks to improve upon the Matty Collector trap offered several years ago in a few places. And also improving on the previous Matty Collector release, the PKE Meter adds the Ghost Taser functionality and red handle button seen in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Not only that, but Hasbro is touting that the PKE Meter will be a real, working EMF Meter to help you track down those decaying electrons that supernatural entities are known for.

If you’re interested, don’t delay - make sure you back the project sooner than later both so that you don’t miss out and also so that you can help unlock all the stretch goals, which include utility belt offerings, patches, and more!

Hasbro also offered some explosive surprises coming both with 40th Anniversary of the original Ghostbusters film hitting in 2024 and the new as-of-yet untitled Ghostbusters: Afterlife sequel scheduled for release in March.

Here’s the full press release from Hasbro with all the info fit to print:

Ghostbusters Plasma Series HasLab Two in the Box! Ghost Trap & P.K.E. Meter

(HASBRO/Ages 14 years and up/Crowdfunding price: $299.99/Estimated to ship in late Fall 2024)

*Limit of 5 per customer. Standard shipping and handling to the contiguous United States included for Pulse Premium Members. Shipping and handling charges will be calculated at the time of checkout for non-Pulse Premium Members.

A lot has happened since we saved the world with our first-ever HasLab—the Ghostbusters Plasma Series Spengler’s Proton Pack life-size replica (no longer available). That’s why, here at the Ghostbusters HasLab Lab, we’ve been working on something special for fans and collectors: the highly anticipated sequel to the smash-hit Hasbro Pulse Ghostbusters HasLab, the Ghostbusters HasLab 2!

The Ghostbusters Plasma Series has equipped fans with a stunning Neutrona Wand and a breathtaking Proton Pack, and now we’re pleased to announce that spooky specters and ghosts can run… but they can’t hide—not from the Plasma Series Two in the Box! P.K.E. Meter and Ghost Trap premium adult collectible set!

This crowdfunded project will run from October 27, 2023, to 11:59pm ET on December 11, 2023, and requires 10,000 backer orders to begin production. If the suspension, shocks, brakes, brake pads, steering box, transmission, and rear end hold up as we drive this campaign to the finish line, the project is estimated to ship in late Fall 2024.

Ghostbusters TM & © 2023 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

HASBRO and all related logos and trademarks are trademarks of Hasbro, Inc. © 2023 Hasbro.

THE PSYCHOKINETIC ENERGY METER (AKA THE P.K.E. METER)

It’s no secret Egon Spengler was a very hands-on, DIY kinda scientist, often cobbling together his hardware from common, everyday items, and the P.K.E. Meter is no different. Egon used an old electric shoe polisher for the bulk of this handheld piece of tech, which trades in footwear for phantasms, determining specter location and quantification. The P.K.E. Meter acts like a divining rod when near a spectral being, with a pair of motorized arms extending outward from the sides, embedded lights flashing in sync with detectable spectral frequencies.

Fans will be happy to know that not only have the HasLab Lab Lab Techs included classic P.K.E. Meter features, such as Ghost Detection Mode, but they’ve also included a very special upgrade. Yes, that’s right, the HasLab P.K.E. Meter 1:1-scale premium adult collectible features Egon Spengler’s personal upgrade from his time as the Dirt Farmer, in Summerville: Taser Mode! Taser Mode, if you’re unfamiliar, turns the P.K.E. Meter into a taser that forces an apparition to reveal itself… or explode in a burst of marshmallow goo, as we know from Podcast’s dealings with the mischievous Mini-Pufts in the Ecto-1.

THE GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES P.K.E. METER

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Innovative Real Life EMF Detection Mode

Multi-LED Display Panel

Motorized LED-Lined Wings

Entertainment-Inspired Sound Effects

Mode Slide Switch

Ghost Detection Mode

Low Ionization, High Ionization, and Mute Settings

Taser Mode (Spengler Upgrade) with Toggle Switch

Display Stand

THE GHOST TRAP

Needing something to contain and transport paranormal entities to a more permanent housing facility (namely the Ecto-Containment Unit), Ray Stantz and Egon Spengler designed the Ghost Trap. Consisting of a main chassis and a removable cartridge, the Ghost Trap has limited battery life and was never meant to accommodate ecto-plasmic beings for any extended period.

This 1:1-scale premium adult collectible features everything fans love about this vital piece of ghost-bustin’ gear, including the removable cartridge, high-powered LEDs, premium metal finishes, functioning diecast metal wheels for smooth deployment, and more! This thing is so gorgeous that ghosts will be throwing themselves at you just for a chance to get trapped within this highly detailed, premium collectible!

THE GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES GHOST TRAP

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Ghost Trap with Removable Cartridge

Working Activation Pedal

Working High-Powered Internal LEDs

Working Multicolored LEDs

Entertainment-Inspired Sound Effects

Functioning Trap Doors and Rumble Motor

Premium Metal Finishes

9-foot Pedal-to-Trap Connection Cable

Docking Station Display Stand

Functioning Diecast Metal Wheels for Remote Deployment

Ghostbusters to Ghostbusters 2 Aesthetic Conversion

Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife Modes

WARNING: Do NOT look directly at the Ghost Trap’s energy field, when activated, as there exists the potential for stray muons in the body to be drawn out through the eyes, and with them, one’s eternal soul.

UNLOCK #1: THE SUPERNATURAL STARTUP UNLOCK

Beautiful, you’re hired. Welcome aboard. Here’s your Supernatural Startup Unlock!

If you want to suit up then you’re gonna have to study up, because the last thing you want is to be unprepared when in the presence of a nasty, focused nonterminal, repeating phantasm, believe you me, buster. Get to know your supernatural elimination equipment with the Supernatural Startup Unlock. Bust this unlock and you’ll receive a handy 18”x24” P.K.E. Meter and Ghost Trap blueprint poster, which, quite frankly, will look pretty boss displayed on your favorite wall.

Speaking of boss displays, you can really spruce up any joint with a few perfectly placed slaps. That’s why we’ve included some sick sticker designs, inspired by the Ghostbusters universe, including Ray’s Occult Books, Stay Puft Marshmallows, and more!

Think you know what else we have in store? Fancy yourself as an aspiring psychic? Then you’re in luck because you’re going to love testing the limits of your psychic abilities with a set of five 4.5”x7” ESP cards, inspired by Dr. Venkman, and updated with a Dr. Stantz flair. Oh, we also took out a third mortgage on the HasLab Lab to give these cards a premium linen-backed finish!

And if that’s not enough, you can slap a screen-accurate ‘84 No Ghost patch replica on your flight suit. Re-created to match the screen-used Ghostbusters patches from the original 1984 smash hit, this patch is the perfect addition to the shoulder of your suit.

12,000 backers bust the Supernatural Startup Unlock. We shouldn’t have to raise the dead to hit that number, but if we do, don’t worry, we handle this kind of thing all the time.

UNLOCK #2: THE SECURE RECEPTACLE GHOST TRAP UNLOCK

Face it, ghost-bustin’ is a very active job, boots on the ground and packs on the backs.

Sometimes a pesky paranormal pest will flee… straight through a wall. A good Ghostbuster will give pursuit, which means regaining lost ground, thanks to that slimy, supernatural shortcut. It’s not easy to run—or even jog—with a Proton Pack strapped to your back. Thankfully, your pack is secure; your Trap should be, too!

When hustling down a hallway to catch up to a fleeing phantasm, your Trap is going to be hanging onto your belt for dear life. You don’t want to meet up with your target only to discover your Trap fell off somewhere along the way. That won’t be an issue with the Secure Receptacle Ghost Trap Unlock, which comes complete with a secure holster, created with premium soft goods and real metal.

Oh, and we’re throwing in another Ghostbusters patch! That’s right, we’ve got our very own exclusive Ghostbusters HasLab patch you can slap on your suit, add to your patch collection, or trade with fellow busters!

15,000 backers trap the Secure Receptacle Ghost Trap Unlock, ensuring your Ghost Trap will stick to you like glue when on the paranormal prowl!

UNLOCK #3: THE PSYCHOKINETIC ENERGY DETECTION UNLOCK

Carrying the P.K.E. Meter around in the breast pocket of your lab coat isn’t gonna cut it when on a call. Besides, you’ll have suited up, and the zippered breast pockets of the flight suit are even less adequate for storing this delicate piece of homemade machinery. Looks like we’re going to need another holster! Designed with premium soft goods and real metal pieces, you’ll have peace of mind knowing your Psychokinetic Energy Meter is strapped snugly to your waist.

Need another patch? Good, because you’re getting another patch! You love patches, we love patches, and we want to share the love! Unlock the P.K.E. Meter holster and we’ll toss in an exclusive Mini-Puft No Ghost logo patch. Yep, the adorable image of a Mini-Puft caught in the red No symbol as seen after the end credits of 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife comes to life in an exclusive patch!

18,000 backers to detect the Psychokinetic Energy Unlock, ensuring you have everything you need to take your Ghostbusters Plasma Series supernatural elimination equipment on all your calls!

Ghostbusters Day 2022 Recap

Sony Pictures and Ghost Corps put on quite a show last night, as a Marvel Studios-like presentation and screening kicked off the first annual (yes, they’ve got the drive to do this once a year) Ecto-Fest celebration. Cast and crew from the films, Sony Pictures employees, lucky fans, and members of the press were all on-hand for the festivities which included announcements, teases, and a booming outdoor encore screening of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.

The evening began with a wonderful behind the scenes featurette with b-roll footage of Ernie Hudson arriving at the Ladder 23 filming location in downtown Los Angeles to film the “end tag” scene from Afterlife.

The featurette served as an introduction for the man who needs no introduction, Ernie Hudson himself. Dressed in a power suit that would make the chairman of Zeddemore Industries proud, Hudson revealed that the Sony lot will forever remember Ivan Reitman by naming the street in which Ghost Corps and the Ecto-1 are parked “Ivan Reitman Way.” Hudson then teased that the future for Ghostbusters was in good hands and, “I’m not allowed to tell you much more than that, but rest assured, we have a lot of Ghostbusting ahead. I’ll just say, if need be, the flight suit still fits.”

With that, the floor was turned over to Hasbro where Jenny Whitlock unveiled a limited to two edition of an Ivan Reitman Plasma Series action figure. One of which will reside at Ghost Corps’ office in Culver City, and the second will be auctioned off for Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles at a later date.

Following that, Whitlock gave backers a glimpse at progress for the Spengler Proton Pack HasLab that was offered up for pre-sale crowd funding. The biggest reveals are that the Pack will weigh a mere 15-pounds and will be light on fans’ backs, includes real metal parts including the switches and Clippard Valves, and the Spengler Journal that was offered as an incentive will be double the page count than expected. A larger update is available on the Hasbro Pulse blog with photos of the most recent prototypes and more.

Next up was the head of Sony Pictures VR, Jake Zim (with special guest Logan Kim) who offered updates on their Meta VR experience and unveiled a new installation VR arcade called “Ghostbusters VR Academy,” which will be a two-story, two-part experience that allows players to train to be Ghostbusters and drive the Ecto-1 like a pro. The first part of the experience is a first-person perspective where you don a Proton Pack with a haptic feedback vest and capture ghosts in a team of four players. Following that, players head downstairs where they’re put in the driver’s seat for a simulated joyride of a new hover-prototype Ecto-1 through three levels of competition. The installation will be available at 400+ Hologate locations around the world later this year.

Zim and Kim yielded the floor to a filmed message from Dan Aykroyd himself, who taped a message from his family farmhouse. It is the same family farmhouse where his spiritualist great-grandfather served as the inspiration for Ghostbusters. Aykroyd teased that we’re all invested in the future of Ghostbusters, not just from an intellectual property and franchise perspective, but in the story that Afterlife opened up as well. We want to know what happened to Phoebe Spengler following the events at the Dirt Farm. We want to know what happened to the Ghostbusters in the time leading up to Afterlife and beyond. And with that, he was proud to announce the “spectral stewards and trusted keepers of the Cadillac keys” to the stage: Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan.

Reitman and Kenan had many announcements, all of which the running theme was inner-connectivity and a cohesive story that will fill in gaps, move the story into the future, and entertain Ghostbusters fans for years to come.

First up, the pair gave an update on the upcoming Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed console video game, which will allow players to compete either as Ghostbusters or as the ghosts themselves. Illfonic is working hard on the game for release later this year on consoles and PC.

Next, the first of the big reveals: Ghostbusters is returning to comics. Dark Horse Comics is the new license partner for Ghostbusters and Reitman and Kenan announced they are overseeing an in-canon mini-series that will be released at some point next year. A Variety article posted today says the Dark Horse series will bridge the gap between Afterlife and the upcoming sequel (more on that momentarily).

The duo then went on to announce the Ghostbusters animated feature film collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation has a creative team working hard on its development, and that the project was near and dear to the late Ivan Reitman’s heart. “This was a passion project of my father’s and it’s easy to understand why. The world of the unknown can only be properly explored through the limitless reach of animation,“ Jason Reitman told the crowd. Per Variety, Chris Prynoski (executive producer, “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe”) and Jennifer Kluska (“Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”) are set to direct, with Brenda Hsueh (supervising producer, “Disjointed”) on board to write. Not much about the film was revealed but there were hints that new characters would be introduced.

More animation news came after that, with an extension of the announcement from this morning that Sony and Ghost Corps have partnered with Netflix to create a new animated Ghostbusters series. Reitman and Kenan assured fans that the new series will navigate an unexplored era of the Ghostbusters canon, which will be intriguing. “Between gaming, comics, television, and movies, we are going to tell the untold history of Ghostbusters while reaching into the future with characters you haven’t met from places you haven’t gone,” said Kenan on the world’s they are exploring in building out the universe.

Last, but certainly not least, the creative pair provided an update on the next live action Ghostbusters film that they are feverishly writing now. Reitman reminded fans that the codename for Ghostbusters: Afterlife was Rust City, a security title that became very clear when the film was released as both the geographical location of where the story took place, but also symbolic of the characters and world we knew. Well, now that the rust has been shaken, Reitman and Kenan gleefully teased that the security title they’ve been using for the new film is Firehouse. While we’re not clear on what the story will be, the two proudly announced that Afterlife ended with the Ecto-1 pulling into the firehouse bay and that’s where the next story will start: back in New York City. Though many news blogs and pundits my scoff at the announcement of a film’s code name, the announcement spoke volumes: Ghostbusters will be back in New York, back in the firehouse, and ready to bust some heads. In a spiritual sense, of course.

The evening was capped off with an outdoor screening of Ghostbusters: Afterlife in the cool Los Angeles air, with booming sound and a rowdy audience cheering and engaged throughout.

If this is the first of many Ecto-Fests to come, one can only imagine the scope and announcements and reveals that may be in store June of 2023. Until then, we let our imaginations run free and hang on tight for the future. It’s going to be a wild ride.

New Ghostbusters: Afterlife Hasbro Reveals

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Hot on the heels of today’s new trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Hasbro has announced more products for fans of the series both young and old.

The new reveals today include:

• The Plasma Series Afterlife Figures

• The Fright Features line of products

• Clue: Ghostbusters Edition

• The Ghostbusters Mini-Puft Popper

• The RC RTV Ghost Trap

Here’s all of the information fit to print. As well as a gallery of all the images of the new announcements but be warned, some might consider a few of the elements within the photos spoilers as they haven’t been seen on-screen or in the trailer yet.

GHOSTBUSTERS MINI-PUFT POPPER

(Ages 8 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $20.99 / Available: Fall 2021)

Mini-Puft popping action is back with the GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Puft Popper from Hasbro and NERF! Inspired by the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife film, kids can imagine themselves as part of the Ghostbusters team undergoing eerie encounters with this must-have roleplay gear. The GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Puft Popper comes with three soft foam Puft Popper projectiles inspired by the mischievous Mini-Puft characters from the 2021 film for ghost-poppin’ action and adventure. Product will be available at Walmart, Target, and Amazon.

GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES GHOSTBUSTERS AFTERLIFE FIGURES

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $24.99/ Available: Fall 2021)

The premium, collectible Ghostbusters figures that fans love is back in time for the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife film with the first wave of the GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Afterlife Figures from Hasbro! Inspired by the latest film coming to theaters in November 2021, this highly poseable collection of action figures features premium design, detailing, and articulation that embody the quality and realism Ghostbusters fans expect with Hasbro’s Plasma Series. Each 6-inch scale action figure comes with film-inspired accessories, including new ‘Build-A-Ghost’ pieces for select figures that form a Sentinel Terror Dog figure.

The GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Afterlife Figures features characters from the 2021 film, including Trevor, Lucky, Podcast, Peter, Winston, and Ray, along with the Sentinel Terror Dog build-a-ghost pieces Available at HasbroPulse.com and most major retailers nationwide.

CLUE: GHOSTBUSTERS EDITION GAME

(Ages 8 and up / Approx. Retail Price: $20.99 / Available: Fall 2021)

A team of paranormal eliminators will be racing to a mysterious farmhouse in the Ecto-1 to roast some ghosts and solve mysteries in the new Clue: Ghostbusters Edition Game. Inspired by the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife film, players will experience a suspenseful game of "whodunit" with artwork and characters inspired by the iconic Ghostbusters franchise. By moving from location to location, narrowing down the possibilities, and through the process of elimination, players will figure out who the leader is, how to trap it, and where it will appear. Paranormal cards add teamwork to the game, letting players team up to battle a ghost or get closer to the truth. Once an accusation is made, players must check the Tobin's Spirit Guide card sleeve to see if they are right, with the correct accusation winning the game. Available at HasbroPulse.com and most major retailers nationwide.

GHOSTBUSTERS RC RTV GHOST TRAP

(Ages 6 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $41.99 / Available: Fall 2021)

The ghost trap has been reinvented! Inspired by the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie, kids can now imagine hunting and grabbing spooky ghosts on the run as part of the Ghostbusters team with the GHOSTBUSTERS RC RTV Ghost Trap toy from Hasbro! The remote control allows the RTV Ghost Trap toy to drive forwards, backward, and perform smooth j-hook turns. When moving in reverse, the trap will open, and a Muncher ghost figure will pop out and try to escape!

GHOSTBUSTERS FRIGHT FEATURE FIGURES

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $10.99 / Available: Fall 2021)

Fright Features are back and better than ever with the GHOSTBUSTERS Fright Feature Figures from Hasbro! With the ghastliest ghouls now, even more spooky, these 5-inch scale figures are accompanied by an interactive ‘Ghost’ figure with fright features, along with proton pack and proton blaster accessories. Once activated, ghosts stretch, spook, and cause a fright! Kids can imagine the spine-tingling frights faced by Ghostbusters, old and new!

Wave 1 includes the four original Ghostbusters, including Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston. Wave 2 includes four human characters – Lucky, Trevor, Phoebe, and Podcast - from the 2021 Ghostbusters movie Ghostbusters: Afterlife (each sold separately). Available at most major retailers nationwide. (Each sold separately. Subject to availability.)

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Ghostbusters Day 2021 Live Blog

Happy Annual Ghostbusters Day, everyone!

If you’re like us, it’s a lot to keep up throughout the day (and there may be things that you missed throughout), so drop by this page periodically for updates and announcements, or come on over tomorrow and beyond for a recap of all the fun Ghostbusters things that were fit to print.

Updates will be added chronologically below:

10am Pacific

Greeting

The day began bright and early with a taped message from Ivan Reitman and Bill Murray, where Murray is shocked to learn of the existence of a dedicated Ghostbusters Day.

Hallmark Reveals

Hallmark revealed a new ornament through their PopMinded social media accounts as well as officially revealed our look at the ittybittys that have already hit stores in some areas.

Hook and Ladder No. 8 Sign Presentation

The Buffalo Ghostbusters presented a restored sign to the Tribeca Hook and Ladder No. 8 engine company (the exterior filming location of the Ghostbusters firehouse, for those unfamiliar).

Limited Edition Ghostbusters Day T-Shirts

The official Ghostbusters shop revealed four exclusive t-shirt designs available through the end of June and only through the shop.ghostbusters.com store.

Hasbro Pulse

Starting at 2:30pm Pacific today, Hasbro Pulse has glow-in-the-dark variants of their Plasma Series figures that will be available for sale through their website.

CBR has more exclusive information on the new era of Ecto-Glow, the sale at 2:30 today will be a pre-order for items coming in the fall:

GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES GLOW-IN-THE-DARK FIGURES

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $26.49 / Available: Fall 2021)

The premium, collectible Ghostbusters figures that fans love have returned with a new supernatural ectoplasmic glow in the GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Glow-In-The-Dark Figures from Hasbro! Inspired by the original Ghostbusters movies, this highly poseable collection of action figures features premium design, detailing, and articulation that embody the quality and realism Ghostbusters fans expect with Hasbro’s Plasma Series. Ghostbusters fans, young and old can charge the figure’s glow-in-the-dark by placing it under light. Each figure also comes with three entertainment-inspired accessories, including a Neutrona Wand, Proton Pack, and a glow-in-the-dark Proton Stream.

The GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Glow-In-The-Dark Figures features original Ghostbusters characters Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston. The products will be available at HasbroPulse.com and most major retailers at a future date.

11:30AM

Disguise

The Toy Book revealed a first-look at Ghostbusters costumes coming from Disguise (Jakks Pacific). All Puft-themed, these Mini Puft costumes and inflatable Stay-Puft costume join Disguise’s already growing list of costumes and props available now.

12PM

Designing Ghostbusters Afterlife with Spatial Reality

The official Ghostbusters YouTube channel has released a featurette featuring Jason Reitman and Francois Audouy on how Sony’s Spatial Reality technology was used to design the upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife film.

Google Home

Google Home products have a little Ghostbusters Easter Egg today that can be access by asking Google products, “Who ya gonna call?”

2PM

Twitter Spaces Presentation with IGN

(To watch live, visit this link.)

• The Twitter Space is open, and people are jumping into the waiting room. About 1.5K people waiting so far!

• Ivan Reitman is saying hello to McKenna Grace. A bit of a technical issue, but it’s almost like joining a party line phone conversation with everyone.

• Jim at IGN is introducing us to the panel which includes Jason Reitman, Ivan Reitman, McKenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Celeste O’Connor, and Logan Kim. The panel is split into two parts - the first being a few conversations about the film, the second being a trivia game.

• Jim sounds a little nervous as he introduces Carrie Coon as Callie, the strong-willed mom. Phoebe, the “young scientist of the group” played by McKenna Grace, Logan Kim plays PODCAST character name reveal! They’re still having technological problems, Carrie Coon and Logan Kim aren’t joined.

• Father and son are ready to go, Ivan jokes about being the eldest person on the line and being able to get connected and participate. Jim says that this is the first film to have a family story in the Ghostbusters franchise.

• Jason Reitman, "My father always described the first one about four guys that go into business. I have to admit that I never imagined making a Ghostbusters film. It was a film that I grew up on. I couldn’t imagine picking up the proton pack. It was too daunting and scary. The concept for Afterlife came to me in a few images and the more I thought about it, this story began to evolve. And that’s when it became a family, that’s the first way I saw it. I saw a young girl with a proton pack in the middle of a wheat field. I imagined a young boy finding Ecto-1 and it doesn’t work, and imagined him Tokyo Drifting through that same wheat field.”

• Ivan, “It’s okay to talk about it as a family film because the main characters are a family. But really it’s a Ghostbusters movie. This movie, much like the first two captures the spirit in the comedy and the scares and the emotionality of those first two. And I’m proud that Jason was behind this and worked it out.”

• Ivan now talking about it being the greatest thing a father can have to see his son succeed him.

• Jim at IGN opens it up to the cast, hoping that everyone is setup to hear and speak. Logan and Carrie do not seem to be in the group still.

• Jason, “Paul Rudd’s character is Mr. Grooberson. That’s the correct pronunciation of that name.”

• Jim at IGN throws to McKenna and Finn to talk about where they were when they got the call they were going to be in a Ghostbusters movie. Finn says that it wasn’t a call, it was a weird fever dream. He had self-taped at his room in Vancouver and didn’t know he was auditioning for Ghostbusters. Then he got an email that was cryptic asking him to come to Jason Reitman’s house in Los Angeles and read the script. Arriving at the house, that’s when he found out the movie was Ghostbusters. He read the script which was still a work in progress and then after feels like it was the easiest audition of his life, he showed up at a person’s house that he respects and was asked to do it. “I couldn’t believe it. That was easy. And then it was like the joy of getting to be there with Celeste and getting to be there when Jason cast her. It was an incredible experience.”

• McKenna was shooting in Atlanta and had auditioned multiple times being told that “it was an important film but you can’t know what it was.” She got to read with Logan Kim and they had a proton pack. That was a big giveaway.

• Discussing now this being a Ghostbusters film that doesn’t take place in New York, it’s a small town film. Jason shouts out Gil Kennen the writer who is in attendance listening but is not participating. Jason and Gil wanted to go somewhere new with the film, they wanted this to feel as though we were discovering Ghostbusters equipment in a new place. Jason is being careful to not give anything away. The film had to get out of the city and had to be about a family discovering who they were. It made sense to get out of the city and to someplace that didn’t look anything like the first two films. The color palate and all of the iconic images like the packs and traps are there, but it will look and feel like a new location.

• Celeste’s character is named LUCKY, she’s a girl from a small town in the middle of nowhere. The town is her home, but she’s always wanted to get out and is searching for something more. She meets the new kid in town at the diner she works at (Finn) and becomes his friend and learns what’s going on in his life. She finds herself in that adventure that she’s always been searching for.

• Ivan talking about the Ecto-1 being discovered in a dilapidated state and it being wonderful that Finn’s character gets to work on it and bring it back to life. A lot of time has passed since we saw it, and a lot of things have changed. We’ll discover those things in the film. Finn has a moment with the Ecto-1 that has to be a real kick in getting behind the wheel. Finn says, “It was the coolest. I don’t know how else to describe it. The Ecto-1 - it’s not like we were filming on a greenscreen. We were driving this car that had a Corvette engine in it. It was completely souped-up.” Finn asks Ivan where the cars came from?

• Jason says, it’s an extraordinarily rare car. They only made 100 of those body types in 1959. They wanted to get every detail right. He respects it all so much, and says he was heartbroken that the ladder was on the wrong side and people didn’t know that it was on the wrong side. Finn, “See look, it’s different. There was a reason why.” Jim at IGN brings up the gunner seat. Jason says that he’s loved this car his entire life and thinks it’s one of the coolest cars in film history. They worked with amazing car people to bring it back to life and “juiced the hell out of it.” Jason makes fun of his dad for the original shot of the Ecto-1 cranking out of the firehouse because it was sped-up. He wanted the car to REALLY fly. “We really got that car going.” Jason says that he and Gil wanted to know what Egon had done with Ecto-1 over the course of the years that we haven’t seen them. That was one of the great thrills on this film, was getting to come up with these improvements. “We wanted to put Ghostbusting into motion. The characters were often standing on their feet and holding a line, there was something static about it. We wanted to bring Ghostbusting up to 75 miles per hour.”

• McKenna talking about it being a dream come true to be in the gunner seat of the Ecto-1, not wanting to spoil anything. But she says that it was “absolutely magical.”

• Jim at IGN asking about Paul Rudd’s role in the movie and how he stumbles into the universe. Jason, “He’s a science teacher. Science has always been essential to Ghostbusters. Phoebe who McKenna plays is a scientist and finds herself in summer school filled with delinquents and Grooberson becomes a mentor for her.”

• McKenna talking about it being super-cool to see all the gizmos, she hates to say that she “grew up” with Ghostbusters because she’s only 14. Getting to see the packs and traps and getting to play with them has been insane. Finn says that Jason got to write the film as a fan, it’s a Ghostbusters movie but Jason is a fan. “It comes from a really respectful place when it comes to being a fan.” Finn says that fans will appreciate that there’s CG in the movie, but Jason from the beginning was adamant that he would be using a lot of practical effects. Especially with the props, make-up, sets, and backgrounds. “That to me is why I was over the moon being on set, because it really felt like we were making a movie back in the 80’s. Ghostbusters is such a big franchise, but it didn’t feel like we were filming a big movie in the best way possible. It was like we were added to this family reunion.”

• Celeste says that Lucky is a little skeptical about the existence of ghosts at first. Becoming friends with Finn’s character, she gets pulled into it though. For her she said it was cool to be working on a big studio film, the project she did before this was a small indie movie and going from that to Ghostbusters was crazy. Seeing all the gadgets she was overwhelmed coming onto set. “Do I belong here? How did I get here?” She jokes. She says her dad was a huge fan of the movies and showed them to his kids when they were younger.

• Carrie is now on the chat! “Grandma figured it out!” She jokes that they only have about thirty seconds left probably. She jokes that Paul Rudd is “a miserable human being.” She says that she’s playing a mom trying to make ends meet and desperately trying to keep them afloat. She hasn’t had a lot of time for other parts of her life, and when she meets someone like Rudd’s character Grooberson, she gets to have some fun. She compliments Rudd saying that he’s wonderful and sweet.

• Jim at IGN praises the ensemble that Jason’s team brought together. Asks what the Ecto-Goggles do, wishing that Logan Kim were there. Jason says that there “is no way to not lose your cool when you put on a proton pack. There’s a unique smile that happens when someone puts on the pack and holds the wand. I don’t care how old you are, you just become a kid again. I knew we cast the right people, because every time they put on the pack their thrill and passion was so true.” Jason shifts to talking about the Ecto-Goggles, saying that they now take Polaroid photos.

• McKenna talks about putting on the proton pack, she says that she cried. Jason, “You actually did cry. My father was there too, it was wonderful.” McKenna jokes that she hasn’t gotten used to it still, even after three months of filming. Finn says that McKenna put them on during the camera test and losing her balance because of how heavy they are. Jokes about the original packs being so heavy - McKenna says that they’re still heavy. Ivan says that Dan Akyroyd and Bill Murray came on set and picked up the packs and said they were WAY lighter.

• Carrie jokes that proton packs are real now, that’s the biggest difference. Jason says that the proton pack is the same one that we know and remember. The mold that was used to build it was built off of one of the original 1984 packs. They just tried to do the visual storytelling, what little welds and splits and cracks and things that make you feel like the packs have been used for three decades. Jason talks about working with craftspeople who grew up loving Ghostbusters. Arjen their creature designer and Ben the armorer were artisans who have less opportunities to do their craft practically, who also grew up loving Ghostbusters. “You can see their joy in the finished work.”

• Jim at IGN asks if any of them have had ghost experiences. Ivan talks about Dan’s experiences and his family’s history. Ivan says he was and is skeptical. Dan’s enthusiasm made them take things seriously. “I still have those conversations with Dan.” Jim asks who the Dan Aykroyd of the cast is. Jason says that Logan is the true believer in ghosts. “He is 100% ready to believe.”

• Finn praising Logan Kim, he came from Texas and had no acting experience aside from a FedEx commercial. And he has quickly become the heart of the movie. “He walked on set like he was a 70-year old character actor, like he was kind of over it,” Finn jokes. They all couldn’t believe it. “Everyone is going to know him.” Jason says that Logan was the most confident actor on set out of the bunch.

• Carrie says that she grew up on an old farm house, there were things she can’t explain and things we don’t understand, but is skeptical. She believes in science and wants proof.

• McKenna is going to try FaceTiming Logan so that he can join them. She says that it rang for a second and he sent her to voicemail. Carrie jokes that he’s probably talking to his manager. “He’s firing someone for sure now,” Finn jokes. Jason jokes about him being the Daniel Day Lewis. Finn jokes that Logan already has an 800 number like Bill Murray.

• McKenna gets Logan on via her phone to say something, “How are all of you today?” He asks. Everyone says that he’s a legend already. Jim at IGN asks him what it’s like to be a living legend. “To be part of Ghostbusters, that’s a huge honor. I don’t even know how I got to this point in life but here we are.” Logan is asked what he can say about the Ecto-Goggles. Logan says that the goggles are for locating and identifying ghosts and their classes. In Afterlife he can take pictures of them. “I have to say, that’s probably my favorite feature about them. Just to press that button felt so cool.” Logan says he could barely see out of them on-set through the two little slots. One time he whacked McKenna in the face with them because he couldn’t see.

• McKenna and Finn talk about Logan tripping and falling all the time. Jason says that they were always trying to get them to balance the way that Aykroyd always has them, but it was harder than they thought it would be. Finn says that Jason was giving Logan notes to look in a direction and Logan looked directly at him and was like, “Jason, I can’t see.”

• Carrie Coon allows her son Haskell to say hello to everyone.

• Jim at IGN turns conversation back toward Stay Puft. Jason corrects him, “We have NEW characters, the Mini-Pufts.” Jason says that the Mini-Pufts want to watch the world burn. And they really enjoy it. Jim talks about Plasma Mini-Puft three packs with three articulated figures and heads that you can build your own marshmallow army. PRODUCT REVEAL! They are the same size as they are in the film, 1:1 scale. And they can be pre-ordered on Hasbro Pulse now!

• Conversation shifting to a trivia game, finishing a Ghostbusters quote. Won’t be updating for this time to give these old frail typist hands a breath.

• The trivia game forces Jason to give his Brownstone Boy #2 quote to everyone.

• Jim at IGN wrapping things up, Ghostbusters Afterlife opens only in theaters November 11th. And that’s all for the Twitter Spaces event!

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New Images

IGN during the Twitter Spaces event revealed a few new images from the film.

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Hasbro

More information and photos care of our friends at Hasbro for their reveals today. We also have good news for collectors as the Plasma Series Ecto-1 and Plasma Series Spengler's Neutrona Wand received new inventory and can once again be purchased through HasbroPulse.com (Neutrona Wand) and Target.com (Ecto-1) today.

GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES MINI-PUFTS 3-PACK

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $26.99 / Available: Winter 2021)

The Mini-Pufts are officially out of the bag with the GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Mini-Pufts 3-Packfrom Hasbro. Standing at 3.5 inches tall, the same size as the paranormal Mini-Pufts portrayed in Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie, these poseable figures feature premium design and detailing that embody the quality and realism Ghostbusters fans expect with Hasbro’s Plasma Series.

The GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Mini-Pufts 3-Pack will be available at HasbroPulse.com, and most major retailers nationwide, at a future date.

GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES GLOW-IN-THE-DARK FIGURES

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $26.99 / Available: Fall 2021)

The premium, collectible Ghostbusters figures that fans love have returned with a new supernatural ectoplasmic glow in the GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Glow-In-The-Dark Figures from Hasbro! Inspired by the original Ghostbusters movies, this highly poseable collection of action figures features premium design, detailing, and articulation that embody the quality and realism Ghostbusters fans expect with Hasbro’s Plasma Series. Ghostbusters fans, young and old can charge the figure’s glow-in-the-dark by placing it under light. Each figure also comes with three entertainment-inspired accessories, including a Neutrona Wand, Proton Pack, and a glow-in-the-dark Proton Stream.

The GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Glow-In-The-Dark Figures features original Ghostbusters characters Peter, Ray, Egon, and Winston. The products will be available at HasbroPulse.com and most major retailers at a future date.

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The Interdimensional Crossrip and Yes Have Some Round-Up

Whew, it’s been a day. Join Troy and Chris of the Crossrip and Craig, Abbey, Jake and Ryan of the Yes Have Some podcasts to talk about everything that happened today and then some!

The Mini-Puft Invasion Has Begun

We all woke up to a changed world yesterday.

Early on Wednesday morning, Jason Reitman and the official Ghostbusters social media channels surprised us all with a film clip from the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The clip, featuring Paul Rudd’s character “Mr. Grooberson” wandering the dessert aisles at Wal-Mart when he hears a scream and goes to investigate. But what he finds ends up being a lot cuter and/or malicious than he may have been expecting.

The short and fun clip is a great example of what’s in store, as nostalgia bones are tickled while the lines between comedy and horror are straddled much like the original Ghostbusters film did. And it’s safe to say that the chaos in that Wal-Mart store is probably just beginning. The clip is also abridged for marketing purposes with several cuts that make it apparent it falls into a larger sequence to be revealed when we’re seeing the film for the first time on the big screen this November.

And the clip is well-timed to start the engine revving of the merchandise powerhouse to come with the film’s release. This morning, Hasbro unveiled what is probably just the tip of the iceberg on their upcoming Afterlife (and Mini-Puft) related merchandise: a blind bag set of Mini-Pufts in various poses.

The bags will be available this Fall, just in time for the holiday season. Here is all the information fit to print from Hasbro:

GHOSTBUSTERS MINI-PUFT SURPRISE 

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $5.39 / Available: Fall 2021)

Choose the smallest, most collectible method of your destruction with the GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Pufts Surprise figures from Hasbro. Detailed to look like characters from the 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife film, each series of 1.5-inch Mini-Puft figures is inspired by the original Stay Puft Marshmallow Man but comes equipped with new mischievous personalities from the movie. Kids and collectors alike can open the Stay Puft Marshmallow can and dig into the goopy marshmallow-like compound to see which Mini-Puft figure is inside. 

With multiple blind waves and six unique figures per wave for the GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Pufts Surprise figures, boys and girls can collect them all! Available at most major retailers nationwide.GHOSTBUSTERS MINI-PUFT SURPRISE

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $5.39 / Available: Fall 2021)

Choose the smallest, most collectible method of your destruction with the GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Pufts Surprise figures from Hasbro. Detailed to look like characters from the 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife film, each series of 1.5-inch Mini-Puft figures is inspired by the original Stay Puft Marshmallow Man but comes equipped with new mischievous personalities from the movie. Kids and collectors alike can open the Stay Puft Marshmallow can and dig into the goopy marshmallow-like compound to see which Mini-Puft figure is inside.

With multiple blind waves and six unique figures per wave for the GHOSTBUSTERS Mini-Pufts Surprise figures, boys and girls can collect them all! Available at most major retailers nationwide.

Hasbro Continues Their Retro Kenner Real Ghostbusters Line

Walmart.com as part of their new Virtual Con 2021 revealed that they will have three new Real Ghostbusters retro exclusives from Hasbro available on March 15th at 1pm Eastern. Among them are the iconic Fearsome Flush, Bug-Eye Ghost, and the biggest offering is a reissue of the Ecto-1!

For more, watch or listen to this Monday’s episode of the Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip podcast, but in the meantime, here’s more information from Hasbro:

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GHOSTBUSTERS KENNER CLASSICS ECTO-1

(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99/ Available: April 2021)

It's a (proton) blast from the past with the GHOSTBUSTERS Kenner Classics Ecto-1 from Hasbro! Inspired by The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, with design and deco influenced by the toys from the 80s, the Kenner Classics Ecto-1 toy features moving wheels, an opening tailgate, a roof-mounted swivel blaster seat, and a deployable ghost claw so kids can imagine bustin’ and capturing ghosts with the included ghost figure.

The Kenner Classics Ecto-1 is perfect for those wanting to relive the glory days of Saturday morning cartoons and ghostly green juice boxes or those who want to introduce a new generation of fans to the Ghostbusters. Available exclusively at Walmart.

GHOSTBUSTERS KENNER CLASSICS THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS GHOSTS

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(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $14.99/ Available: April 2021)

It's a (proton) blast from the past with The Real Ghostbusters ghosts from Hasbro’s GHOSTBUSTERS Kenner Classics line! Inspired by The Real Ghostbusters cartoon, the packaging features design and deco influenced by the toys from the 80s. Kids can imagine eerie encounters with The Real Ghostbusters ghosts toys as it showcases fun action features, including cyclops eye-popping action from Bug-Eye and rolling action to reveal a fearsome ghost inside from Fearsome Flush.

The Real Ghostbusters Bug-Eye and Fearsome Flush toys from Hasbro’s GHOSTBUSTERS Kenner Classics line are perfect for those wanting to relive the glory days of Saturday morning cartoons and ghostly green juice boxes or those who want to introduce a new generation of fans to the Ghostbusters. Available exclusively at Walmart.

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Hands-On with Hasbro's Latest Offerings

Our friends at Hasbro were kind enough to send along three items from their latest wave of 2021 offerings: the Kenner Retro Ghostpopper, Playskool Heroes Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, and the revised edition of the Transformers mash-up Ectotron! All three are fantastic items for kids and collectors alike. Below are a few of our thoughts, and make sure to tune into this week’s episode of The Crossrip where Troy and Chris will chat through their thoughts in video and audio podcasting form!

Ghostpopper

A blast from the past as one of the few Real Ghostbusters Kenner items that I had as a kid (I had the proton pack, trap, Ghostpopper, and Ghost-Zappers to call my Ghostbusting arsenal back in the day). Currently a Wal-Mart exclusive, this reissued popper is almost identical to the one offered in the late 1980’s with a few key differences. Immediately noticeable is the blue coloration of the body of the thrower. While not entirely out of the ordinary for the Kenner line (most if not all of the throwers and weapons were the same distinctive blue), the original Ghostpopper had a black matte body. Most likely this change had to be made due to new restrictions on toy companies not being able to make weapons a color that could be mistaken for real. Also a change due to the times, lots and lots of warnings and advisories printed on the bottom of the body of the thrower. The packaging is a near one-to-one replica of the original box, again with more safety messaging (and the child model is now sporting safety glasses). I seem to remember the original Kenner box having three targets, where the reissue only has Stay-Puft and Slimer cardboard cutouts. Aside from that, it is 100% the exact toy that you may have had as a kid and perfect for the next generation of Ghostbuster to begin their journey as well.

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Playskool Heroes Stay-Puft

More for the younger set, but an outstanding sculpt and a great likeness of Puft - which for some reason is always tough to nail down. Being Playskool, nice to have a toy for those aged 3-and-up but with my little one found that the button on the top was just a little too difficult for a three-year-old’s finger to chunk down and change the face. But, ever-resourceful, she quickly figured out she could just spin the face and that was a whole lot easier and just as much fun.

Articulation at the hip of Puft gives him a bit of a wobble that simulates walking and kind of turns him in to a bobblehead/hula doll, which is a fun touch as well. In fact, there’s a surprising amount of articulation on the figure, including arms and hands that allow a wide variety of poses.

Transformers Ectotron (Ghostbusters Afterlife Edition)

If you weren’t fortunate to pick up the original issue of the Ecto-1 Transformer in 2019, now is your chance to pick up the figure on a blister cardback with a few differences that make it Ghostbusters Afterlife specific. A Target exclusive, Ectotron is pretty much the same with a few rust details and slightly modified Ecto-Goggles, a translucent Muncher figure is now included along side the Slimer figure that was originally offered. And, still in the package the item is a great display piece just as its predecessor.

Check out a hands-on of all-three on this week’s Crossrip by hitting the link here or watching the video below!

Our thanks again to Hasbro for providing these for review, here’s more information on each of the three items, all available for purchase now!

Transformers: Generations – Transformers Collaborative: Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ecto-1 Ectotron

(Ages 8 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $59.99 / Available: January 1, 2021)

Worlds collide in this TRANSFORMERS-Ghostbusters mash-up as the iconic Ecto-1 Cadillac from the Ghostbusters: Afterlife movie converts to a TRANSFORMERS robot – the ECTO-1 ECTOTRON! He ain’t afraid of no ghosts. ECTOTRON stands at 7 inches tall, converts between Ecto-1 and robot mode in 22 steps, comes with a Proton Pack, blaster accessories, the classic 1984 Slimer ghost figure, the new Ghostbusters: Afterlife Muncher ghost figure, and an issue number 1 of the Transformers/Ghostbusters Ghosts of Cybertron comic book from IDW Publishing, featuring an exclusive cover. The figure also features an updated head sculpt, including updated Ecto-Goggles, inspired by Ghostbusters: Afterlife and afterlife Tech Specs showing the capabilities of ECTOTRON, including strength, speed, and bust-abilty.

TRANSFORMERS robots have always been MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE, but now, through the TRANSFORMERS Collaborative, fans can experience these larger than life characters as they team-up, mash-up, and meet up with other characters, teams and people who share this same special quality. Available exclusively at Target.

GHOSTBUSTERS KENNER CLASSICS GHOSTPOPPER

(Ages 8 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $19.99 / Available: January 1, 2021)

Poltergeist popping action is back with the GHOSTBUSTERS Kenner Classics Ghostpopper from Hasbro! Inspired by the classic blaster from Kenner, this retro Ghostpopper is a must have for any Ghostbusters fan and features original Kenner deco and package art inspired by the iconic look from the 80s. Comes with six soft foam Ghostpops and three cut-out ghost targets. Available exclusively at Walmart.

GHOSTBUSTERS PSA STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN

(Ages 3 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $14.99 / Available: January 1, 2021)

Inspired by the Ghostbusters entertainment franchise, this GHOSTBUSTERS Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure brings mega fun to exciting adventures! Sized right for small hands, this bulky 10.7-inch figure features articulation and multiple preschool-perfect facial expressions. Kids can press the button on Stay Puft’s head to change his expression and imagine fun stories! Available at most major retailers nationwide.

Hasbro PulseCon Unveils Two New Toy Products

This past weekend was Hasbro’s big virtual PulseCon toy event, a two-day livestream extravaganza that included their biggest brands and some rocking performances, particularly from Jack Black and Kyle Gass and the rest of Tenacious D.

Amid the festivities were two big product reveals. Both of which went up for pre-order on Saturday 9/26 (and in the case of the Ecto, sold out almost immediately).

Here’s all the info on the new products!

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GHOSTBUSTERS KENNER CLASSICS GHOSTPOPPER

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Poltergeist popping action is back with the GHOSTBUSTERS Kenner Classics Ghostpopper from Hasbro! Inspired by the classic blaster from Kenner, this retro Ghostpopper is a must have for any Ghostbusters fan and features original Kenner deco and package art inspired by the iconic look from the 80s. Comes with six soft foam Ghostpops and three cut-out Ghost Targets. Available exclusively at Walmart.

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GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES ECTO-1

(Ages 14 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: January 1, 2021)

Commemorate the next chapter in the Ghostbusters story, GHOSTBUSTERS: Afterlife, with the GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES ECTO-1 1/18th-scale collectible of the iconic Ecto-1 vehicle from Hasbro. Featured in the all-new GHOSTBUSTERS: Afterlife movie, this collectible features premium deco with incredible detailing inspired by the updated look of the new Ecto-1 as seen in the 2021 movie. The GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES ECTO-1 collectible also features opening doors, movable pieces, and more features inspired by the movie. Available exclusively at Target.

As for the PulseCon event itself, you can hear Troy’s thoughts on this week’s episode of the Crossrip podcast, but here’s how the run of the show ended up going.

Part 1: Classic Ghostbusters

Panelists: Ernie Hudson, Hasbro Ghostbusters Brand Team

We’ll begin by celebrating the iconic 1984 film. Tune in for ghostly surprises, classic toy news, and a visit from a very special guest: Ernie Hudson, otherwise known as Winston Zeddemore from Ghostbusters! Get ready to hear him answer your fan questions!

Part 2: The Making of Kenner The Real Ghostbusters Toys

Panelists: Mark Boudreaux, Hasbro Ghostbusters Brand Team

We’ll continue our journey through the 80’s with an inside look at the making of the Real Ghostbusters toys from original Kenner toy designer, Mark Boudreaux. Next, you’ll see behind the scenes of sculpting with Dave. Finally, meet the Hasbro team that relaunched the Kenner Real Ghostbusters toys in 2020. Hear about how they answered the call to bring this beloved toy line back for the fans and be the first to see the next Kenner Real Ghostbusters toy to hit shelves!

Part 3: Ghostbusters Afterlife

Panelists: Jason Reitman, Hasbro Ghostbusters Brand Team

We’ll end our celebration with a nod to the future… the new Ghostbusters Afterlife feature film, coming to theaters in March 2021. Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning filmmaker Jason Reitman, director of Ghostbusters Afterlife, will take you on a tour of the Ecto-1 that was used in the new film. He’ll end his tour with an exciting reveal! You’ll then hear from the Hasbro team about the next toy inspired by the Ghostbusters Afterlife film to hit shelves!

A fun event to reach out to the fans during this stay at home pandemic to be sure. Safe to assume this is only the beginning of awesome merch to come from Hasbro given all that was seen at the New York International Toy Fair, and all that’s still to be revealed when Ghostbusters Afterlife hits theaters in 2021!

Hands On with the Spengler Neutrona Wand

With thanks to our friends from Hasbro for sending one along, Troy of the Interdimensional Crossrip podcast has a hands-on unboxing video of the amazing Spengler Neutrona Wand being sold via Hasbro Pulse, Big Bad Toy Store, GameStop, and Entertainment Earth!

We’re in the process of revisiting and relaunching our YouTube channel and our listeners mentioned they would love to see a hands-on/unboxing video of the particle thrower when we received it. Ask and we listen!

So here it is: our first thoughts on the brand new role-playing toy from Hasbro.

Troy from the Ghostbusters Interdimensional Crossrip podcast gets his hands on Hasbro's new Spengler Neutrona Wand from the upcoming film Ghostbusters Afterl...

Tune in next Monday when Chris and Troy also discuss the thrower together on the podcast, and be sure to listen to today’s episode of the Crossrip for all of the latest announcements and news from Hasbro PulseCon, including the pre-order launch of the 1:18th scale Ghostbusters Afterlife Ecto-1 from Target, and the retro Real Ghostbusters GhostPopper reissue at Walmart!

Get Ready for PulseCon 2020 - Hasbro's First Livestream Virtual Event

Hasbro has announced a live virtual event on September 25th and 26th where announcements across all its product lines, including Ghostbusters, will be made. The event follows in the footsteps of DC’s Fandome event providing targeted and focused convention experiences to a larger audience.

At the same time as the event, the exclusive “Tully’s Terrible Night” Plasma Series set will go on sale in the US & Canada via the Hasbro Pulse site.

More information on programming and when the Ghostbusters section of the virtual convention are to come, but until then here is the full press release from Hasbro:

HASBRO ANNOUNCES 2-DAY VIRTUAL EVENT “HASBRO PULSECON”

– THE ULTIMATE POP CULTURE CELEBRATION FOR FANS

Hasbro PulseCon Promises Front Row Access via Livestream to Hasbro’s Iconic Fan Brands, Music and Entertainment September 25-26, 2020; Only on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel

PAWTUCKET, RI – August 31st, 2020 – Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) today announced the first-ever Hasbro PulseCon, a 2-day virtual event that gives fans unprecedented access to their favorite Hasbro brands, music & entertainment. Taking place on September 25-26, 2020 exclusively on the Hasbro Pulse YouTube Channel and hosted by SYFY Wire on-air correspondent, writer, and producer, Jackie Jennings, Hasbro PulseCon promises fans in the US and Canada a front row seat to panels, talent appearances, brand reveals, product giveaways and more; connecting consumers to their favorite brands in an immersive, one-of-a-kind setting that, along with the eOne portfolio, will bring fans the best in entertainment, music, and toys. Announcements for new innovations and product reveals will take place for brands including Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, Magic: The Gathering, Power Rangers, Transformers as well as premiere partner brands Marvel, Star Wars™, Ghostbusters, and more.

PulseCon delivers the experience and connection of conventions for free and right from the comforts of fans’ homes. Highlights from the virtual event will consist of live unboxings, over 50 new product reveals and pre-orders, coveted Hasbro PulseCon exclusive merchandise, livestream panels featuring celebrities and audience Q&A, and surprise experiHasbro ences. “To be a part of this new virtual experience that celebrates fan culture and incorporates so many different iconic entertainment properties is truly a thrilling opportunity and I can’t wait for fans to check it out,” says Jackie Jennings, Hasbro PulseCon host.

“We are constantly impressed by our fan community and their unwavering passion for Hasbro brands. The Hasbro Pulse community was built with them in mind, and we’re excited to take fan-first engagement with our Pulse platform even deeper,” says Eric Nyman, Chief Consumer Officer, Hasbro. “We’re looking forward to celebrating the fans, providing community connection at a time where everyone needs it most, and ultimately delivering a peek behind the curtain on their favorite brands in a way only Hasbro can.”

Fans will also be able to get their hands on Hasbro PulseCon exclusive items, available only at Hasbro PulseCon in the US & Canada, including:

·        Ghostbusters Plasma Series Tully’s Terrible Night (Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        G.I. Joe Classified Series Snake Supreme Cobra Commander Action Figure (Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $29.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Power Rangers Lightning Collection Mighty Morphin Lord Drakkon Evo III Figure (Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Transformers: Generations War for Cybertron Trilogy: Quintesson Pit of Judgement 5-Pack (Ages 8 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $69.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Marvel Legends Series 6-Inch Hellfire Club Collection

(Ages 4 years and up / Approx. Retail Price: $79.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Marvel Legends Series 6-Inch X-Men Marvel’s Logan & Charles Xavier Figure 2-Pack

(Ages 14 years and up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Star Wars: The Clone Wars 501st Legion ARC Troopers Figure 3-Pack (Ages 4 years and up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Star Wars: The Black Series Heroes of Endor Figure Set

(Ages 4 years and up / Approx. Retail Price: $109.99 / Available: September 2020)

·        Star Wars: The Black Series 6-Inch-Scale Hoth Wampa Figure

(Ages 4 years and up / Approx. Retail Price: $29.99 / Available: September 2020)

Additional details and scheduling will be announced soon. To stay up to date, fans can follow @HasbroPulse on Instagram and visit HasbroPulseCon.com for more details.

Hasbro's Ghostbusters Plasma Series Line Continues with the Keymaster(s)

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Hasbro, the new official action figure licensor for Ghostbusters for the foreseeable future, announced the next figure offering from their Hasbro Pulse “Plasma Series” line-up: Louis Tully and a Terror Dog (presumably Vinz Clortho) in “Tully’s Terrible Night!”

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The figure joins Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman, Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Dana Barrett, and Gozer in the 6” scale figure line (already available via the Hasbro Pulse website and other retailers including Target and Amazon). And not only shows Hasbro’s commitment to continuing the line, but also that there’s more on the way even with the current global pandemic.

Also in the Plasma Series line, and still up for pre-order in September is Spengler’s Neutrona Wand from the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife film releasing in March of next year. As of now, the pre-orders for this awesome role-playing/prop replica appear to be on-time and shipping as planned.

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Tully’s Terrible Night comes with a suggested retail price of $49.99 and ships in September. More from the press release below!

GHOSTBUSTERS PLASMA SERIES TULLY’S TERRIBLE NIGHT
(Ages 4 and Up / Approx. Retail Price: $49.99 / Available: September 2020)

The premium, collectible Ghostbusters figure fans have been waiting for is here with the GHOSTBUSTERS Plasma Series Tully’s Terrible Night two-pack from Hasbro. Inspired by the original Ghostbusters movies, the 6-inch scale Louis Tully and Terror Dog action figures feature premium detail across multiple points of articulation, movie-inspired accessories, and photorealistic actor likenesses. Included with the Plasma Series Tully’s Terrible Night two-pack is a helmet accessory that makes a great addition to any Ghostbusters Collection.

Kids and collectors alike can imagine slimy struggles and eerie ecto-encounters from the Ghostbusters Universe with figures from the Ghostbusters Plasma Series. When ghastly ghouls and spooky specters come looking to paint the town dead, the Ghostbusters are ready to answer the call! Available at HasbroPulse.com in September 2020.

Ghostbusters Toys Are Coming Home to Hasbro

Just in time for Jason Reitman’s new Ghostbusters film in 2020, Hasbro will be returning to the property that found Kenner Products success during the time of The Real Ghostbusters in the late 1980’s and will be the global master toy licensee for Ghostbusters moving forward. From 1986 to 1991, the Kenner Real Ghostbusters line was a best seller for the company. Kenner was purchased by Hasbro in 1991, around the same time the toy line came to a close.

Additionally, Hasbro has announced an ambitious and praise-worthy initiative to eliminate plastics from their packaging beginning in 2020 to assist in global efforts of conservation and sustainability.

The full press-release from Hasbro is below:

SONY PICTURES CONSUMER PRODUCTS TAPS HASBRO AS GLOBAL MASTER TOY LICENSEE FOR GHOSTBUSTERS™

New Product Line Launches in 2020

PAWTUCKET, R.I. AND LOS ANGELES – AUG. 21, 2019 – Today, Sony Pictures Consumer Products announced that Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), a global play and entertainment company, has been named the master toy licensee for Ghostbusters worldwide. Under the terms of the agreement, Hasbro will create a wide variety of toys inspired by the franchise and its entertainment properties globally designed to appeal to both fans of the original franchise, and a new generation of Ghostbusters around the world. Hasbro’s Ghostbusters line will be available in 2020, aligning with the promotion of the highly anticipated new Ghostbusters movie that is slated for Summer 2020 in the U.S.

The upcoming product line marks a return to the Ghostbusters franchise by Hasbro. From 1986 to 1991, Kenner, which is now part of Hasbro, created and marketed The Real Ghostbusters toy line, with many of the original developers from Kenner still working with Hasbro. More recently, Hasbro collaborated with Sony Pictures to create the Transformers Generations Collaborative: Ghostbusters Mash-Up Ecto-1 Ectotron which is currently available for pre-order exclusively at GameStop and HasbroPulse.com. Additionally, a Transformers / Ghostbusters crossover comic series is now available from IDW. These collaborations honor both brands’ 35th anniversaries this year.

“Ghostbusters is an iconic and beloved franchise and we are excited and honored to return to the brand as the global master toy licensee and bring new product to the next generation of fans,” said Tom Warner, Senior Vice President, Hasbro. “Drawing on Hasbro’s proprietary insights and culture of innovation, we are working closely with Sony Pictures Consumer Products to create a dynamic new toy line that we can’t wait to share with fans around the world.”

“As we build up to release our new Ghostbusters film next year, it was a natural choice to work with Hasbro to develop an all-new line of toys that not only celebrates the new film but also brings us back to the roots of the original film and toy line,” said Jamie Stevens, Executive Vice President, Sony Pictures Consumer Products. “Hasbro has a proven track record of working with well-known IP to make a variety of high-quality toys and figures that appeal to people of all ages and we are excited to leverage this expertise to bring new product experiences to Ghostbusters fans around the world.”