Day 43: February 12th
Janine Melnitz
The quirky secretary/receptionist of both movies, this look is Janine’s look from the second movie. While she was fun and quirky in the movies I think her character really got to shine in The Real Ghostbusters cartoon series and I am excited to see where DST takes that minimate line!
Day 42: February 11th
Walter Peck
Many speculated that we would not get this pivotal ‘bad guy’ in this minimate line but he really made the perfect addition to the third box set. DST even went so far as to include an extra hairpiece for him, a huge glop of marshmallow goo that hit him at the end of the movie!!
Day 41: February 10th
‘Gooey’ Winston
This is one of the best facial expressions yet as it really lands the look from the scene after they have defeated the Stay Puft Marshmallow man and the energy is all excitement!
Day 40: February 9th
‘Gooey’ Egon
This minimate has such a great facial expression! I love how DST pulled these guys off, right from the facial expressions to how they included the equipment being coated in marshmallow goo. Instead of adding extra bulk with the goo they left the minimate and equipment in a base white and just used a tampo for the exposed, non-marshmallowed parts.
Day 39: February 8th
‘Gooey’ Peter
Again DST brings us the rest of the pieces we need to complete a certain look for the four Ghostbusters, this time completing the covered-in-marshmallow-goo look from the end of the first movie. With Peter they had a great idea, since he only ended up with some marshmallow in his hair they included a marshmallow hairpiece for him in the third box set instead of using up a whole character slot! This allowed us to use a spare Peter from the first box set or TRU wave to complete the team while still giving us a new character in the third box set!
Day 38: February 7th
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
Here we have another giant star of the first Ghostbusters movie. Anyone, even someone who is not a big fan, will know who the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is…who could not remember a gigantic marshmallow man! DST did a fantastic job capturing his look in the smaller scale of the minimates. While many complain about not getting the giant characters as minimates of giant scale I think as look as they get the look right I will overlook the scale…it’s one of the reasons I started collecting minimates to begin with!
Day 37: February 6th
Gozer
Here we have the main villain of the first film, the all powerful Gozer! DST really nailed the creepy yet simple look of this character design. The use of a kind of pearly milky white as the main body color really adds some flair to this minimate.
Day 36: February 5th
Winston Zeddemore
Ah such a great character addition to the team! When I started re-watching these movies I saw just how much Winston was the perfect fit against the three more scientisty characters. DST did a great job capturing his look from the first movie, mustache and all!!
Day 35: February 4th
Ray Stantz
Stepping back to the first movie this is the basic Ray from that movie. Being a part of the second box set Ray came with the closed trap accessory as well as his goggles! It was nice that over the first 2 box sets we got the 4 main Ghostbusters along with other movie characters. I would not have been as happy if they would have tried to release the four guys in one set since they provide anchors for other characters to be included in the sets as well.
Day 34: February 3rd
C2E2 Battle Beast
Now this is another abnormal entry since it is still sealed in its bag! I am torn on what to do here since I am not 100% sold on how these guys look. In fact I have had a couple already and traded them away without opening them. So I put the question out to you, the readers of this blog, what would you recommend – do I open it and check it out? Or is there someone out there who is in need of him and wants to buy/trade for him? Let me know what you have to say on this!
Day 33: February 2nd
1957 Corvette
Now this might seem a touch odd for the blog but I figure it still fits the theme since it will fit 2 minimates rather nicely! It doesn’t hurt that it is also my most favorite dream car as well. The minimates inside are customs my wife and I made of ourselves a few years ago so they were the ideal choice to be in the car for this picture.
Day 32: February 1st
Scolari Brother Tony
The other half of the courtroom ghost pair, Tony has some nicely done details in his face and chest block. The reused clawed hands work better for Tony then they did with the original minimate they were made for, the Wolverine: Origins Sabretooth. As a whole I love all the translucent parts with the ghosts from this series, I may have to try some fun lighting sources and take some different pictures of them!
