Day 31: January 31st
Scolari Brother Nunzio
One of the pair of ghosts that show up in the courtroom scene of the second movie, the Nunzio minimate looks great! DST likes to make use of a ‘slipper’ type foot piece for minimates of characters that are shorter and while it does the job I am not entirely sold on it. My biggest beef with them is that they take away the hole in the bottom of the foot that can be very useful with foot pegs and flight stands.
Day 30: January 30th
Courtroom Egon Spengler
Rounding out the trio of Ghostbusters in the courtroom scene we get a great looking Egon minimate. DST really captured his quirky facial expression from this scene and the detail of the fact that he doesn’t fully do up his straps of his proton pack in the movies isn’t lost as there are straps dangling down from the pack on the minimate as well. The accessories DST has put into these minimates are awesome and with this one we get Egons giga meter and a ghost trap that is open with the cable extended to the foot pedal activator!
Day 29: January 29th
Courtroom Ray Stantz
Again we have DST giving us the characters from a great scene of the second movie! The detail of having Ray wearing the proton pack over his suit is fantastic! As with most of the Ray minimates released this one also comes with the closed capture trap accessory which looks very accurate even in the tiny scale!
Day 28: January 28th
Subway Ghost
This is another great example of DST going all out to make use of new and existing parts to give us a very unique looking minimate that is spot on the source material! The ghosts in this series have been great fun to see and look fantastic; in fact I think I may put together a ghost group picture just for fun – once I have fully caught up of course!
Day 27: January 27th
New York City Mayor
One of the biggest debatable issues surrounding minimates based on movie or TV properties is whether or not the more ‘plain’ looking characters will translate well in minimate form and if there is enough interest in them compared to the brighter and colorful costumes of the comic book based properties. Ghostbusters has proven that, in this case, the more ‘plain’ looking minimates can sell as the sets consistently sell quickly. Some may look at this minimate and think it’s not a big deal but I disagree. First off it captures the look of the character that appeared in both movies and secondly for any Marvel fans he provides some very vital parts to do a part swap custom of long time Spider-man hater J. Jonah Jameson! I know I have a spare for that reason!
Day 26: January 26th
Ghostbusters 2 Peter
While I dig DST making sure they give us the complete team in each uniform I find myself not too enamored with this one. I think it is because the SDCC version with the sunglasses looks much cooler in my opinion. Still I love this line and all the great accessories they have made to capture the essence of the movies.
Day 25: January 25th
Slimer
We have received many versions of Slimer over the course of the movie Ghostbusters releases and quite honestly I enjoy each one and have not ever felt they were going to the well too often with him.
Day 24: January 24th
Ghostbusters 2 Egon Spengler
DST’s commitment to giving us complete sets of the Ghostbusters in their various outfits’ shows a desire to give the fans the best possible toy line based on these movies possible! Most fans have looked at the new hair sculpt on this minimate and are calling it the best hair piece of 2010 since it better captures the wackiness of Egons hair in the movies.
Day 23: January 23rd
Titanic Captain Ghost
DST really went all out adding various ghosts to this line, which makes it all the more fun because what fun is it to have Ghostbusters but no ghosts to bust! I love the face on this one and the overall use of the clear parts lightly painted really gives it the ghostly look.
Day 22: January 22nd
Ghostbusters 2 Slime blower Ray
In the second movie the Ghostbusters get some new gear and the slime cannons were a big part of that. Only Ray and Winston carry them in the movie and oddly DST only gave us Ray with the slime blower in this color version of the second movie outfits. Great facial expression on this one as well!
Day 21: January 21st
Theatre Ghost
One of the greatest things that the movie Ghostbusters line has brought to the minimate table is some great reuses of parts as well as some fantastic new pieces and the theatre ghost is a prime example of both points! This is one great looking ghost!
Day 20: January 20th
Ghostbusters 2 Louis Tully
Released as part of the second ‘Best of’ series of Ghostbusters 2-packs at Toys R Us stores, this version had some minor tweaks like the changing the name tag on the chest to be more movie accurate. The only thing that could have made this minimate perfect would have been the inclusion of earmuffs!
