The Real Ghostbusters: Vintage Toy Review Part 2/2 

The coloring discrepancy for the slime between the two movies can actually be explained easily. In the original movie it was confirmed as ectoplasm, being evidence of ghostly activity. In the second movie they were dealing with an entirely different slime, which was the physical manifestation of the bad will of the people.

The chair on top of the Ecto-1 can also be placed into the back seat of the car. It snaps into place in that little ridge in the back seat. When the grappling claw isn't being used to drag ghosts into the back, the seat can be placed there, so you can seat at least 3 Ghostbusters inside the vehicle.

I've said this many times before, the RGB ECTO-1A was my first childhood introduction into the sad world of repaints. I was so excited to see the new gizmos on the roof and... then find out the only change was a new sticker sheet.

Ecto-1 can actually go through the doors in the Firehouse: there are peg holes in the back of the car to store the gun seat, it doesn't have to stick on top.

You and Pixel Dan have very different opinions :)

"As useful during play as a rock" LIKE THE ROCK LORDS?! Had to mention Rock Lords

The author of this video is correct. I was born in 1981 and the Ghostbusters toys came our when I was in the first grade. I remember this because I found one on the floor in my classroom (I was tying my shoe and I saw it under a desk. I told my teacher and she said to the class 'does this belong to someone?' my teacher asked, no one answered out of fear of punishment...she then gave it to me...i remember it was Egon!

Great as usual, but I wish you could've talked about the toys you could wear: the proton packs, the trap, etc... I always wanted to play with those to be a ghostbuster... ah, the memories... ...

My biggest pet peeve with toys from my childhood was the needles features, i just wanted the characters as they appeared on TV which became harder and harder to find the longer a popular cartoon was on air

I always remembered my Ecto 1 being very spacey, I definitely remember putting things in the back. Also you kind of answer your own gripe with the firehouse when you talk about the redundant scared action figures, a childs imagination is a wonderful thing and for what it lacked I'm pretty sure my 5 yr old mind got around it somehow :P I'm not sure about who made it but I remember having a Neutrino wand projector (fire it in a dark room and slimer or staypuft would appear where you aimed) and a glow in the dark ghost trap too, anyone remember them?

My main memory of these is that my friend's dog chewed the hands off my Ray figure.

I liked the fright features and haunted humans 2nd toy line especially the cop and the granny I also dug the werewolf and Dracula that came out.

I had the fire house and loved it, it was my favorite thing and I literally had about 6 years of full on fun with it. I think people who didn't have it as a kid will never full appreciate it later in life once the "kids imagination " has worn away.

I had a small collection of Kenner Real Ghostbusters when I was young. It consisted of the four Ghostbusters, Ecto 1 and 2, Stay Puft, the firehouse and a handful of ghost figures. However, in early adulthood when in need of money, I foolishly sold the collection for cheap online. Fast forward a few years and my son gets to the age where he discovers Ghostbusters and becomes a huge fan. I felt terrible I no longer had my collection to pass on to him, so I scoured the Internet, replaced nearly everything I had in my youth (plus some) and proudly gave it to him a few years ago for Christmas. He loves his collection and I feel content to know the Kenner Ghostbusters have returned home.

Man I absolutely loved the firehouse and ecto 1 as a kid.It was ghostbusters,thats all that mattered

They could read a book on the second floor :)

I loved this toyline in the 80s and remember they each came with a little ghost! The proton streams broke easily.

I'm at 2000s kid and I think I am lucky to actually have these when I was younger. Thanks to my grandparents.

They made the "Slime Heroes" line so you didn't have to cover your other figures in that gunk...something you even complained about in the beginning of this video!

many of my action figures and carpets got ruined by the slime hahah. but it was great fun to play with.

Damn, for an 8 year old you were quite demanding. I loved all my Ghostbusters toys, Headquarters, ecto 1 and all.

I remember getting “The Real Ghostbusters” figures for Christmas. All that survived the last 30 years were the basic figures.

My interest in the toy line mirrored yours exactly when I was a kid. After getting the four guys and Stay-Puft... that was pretty much it. Never bothered with slime, never bothered with the creature ghosts, never bothered with the gimmick figures which I too thought was needless and silly. Yet the thing was EVERYONE else on my block loved them and thought they were the greatest thing! Kind of pleased to see someone else who felt sort of let down by this line.

I thought I remembered pretty much all of my 80’s toys until this video reminded me I had skeleton rib cage guy from ghostbusters😂😂 Edit : And eyes poppin out Peter Venkman🤣🤣🤣

When I was a kid, I remember the Peter Venkmans being hard to find. They were constantly sold out. I can't remember if we eventually found one, or someone gave one to us. The first one I remember getting was the Egon Spengler.

Oh my nostalgia! I had that granny ghost and possessed toilet as a kid! I also had the Fright figures of each GB, the Highway Haunter, and the Ecto-3, which was a go-kart with 'claw nets' on the front. I always wanted the Firehouse and Ecto-1, but alas, that didn't come to pass. It's funny seeing them back in action again, these were amongst the most wanted toys of the late 80s/early 90s. I also remember when Burger King did a Ghostbusters 2 Meal Box as part of the film release, which included a slime milkshake and a ghost in a can. Those were some fun times.

My brother actually built me a firehouse from an old bookshelf. He cut out openings for a ladder, as I guess stairs would have been too hard, but I had this three story massive playset for all my ghostbuster toys. I feel I win.

I had every storyline from six million dollar man, Star Wars, Gi Joe, He Man, Thundercats, and I never had nor played with another kid who had ghostbuster toys and I never gave it a thought having LOVED the movie! I remember the first Ghostbusters game for the Sega, and the cartoon and that was IT! Fascinating.

As a kid, I had the figures, the house, the car, a few of the random ghosts, and at the start I had slime. Then it was taken away, and I was handed dish soap to slime my characters with, because apparently my parents heard that the slime was toxic to pets, and the soap... well... "At least it's easy to clean them now!" -- Nova of TeamAONN

don't know why you hated these toys so much, i loved them, especially how inventive the ghosts were. I was a bigger fan of the creatures than the Ghostbusters themselves. And they all had great gimmicks. Great line.

To Kenner’s credit with the variant figures, it did give us more figure-scale versions of the Ghost Trap, PKE Meter and Ecto-Goggles!

I never had these toys. I recall seeing them in various toyshops, but at that point I guess I was moving on from Playing with action figures and getting hooked on gaming. Commodore 64 was my newfound love. Great video guys, as always! Keep 'em coming, I'll be there to watch.

I lost my original Winston figure's head during play when I got overly excited and tossed him into the air. He went high enough to perfectly strike the ceiling fan which took the head clear off. My parents found a Winston from a later release to replace him, one with a purple jumpsuit. In regard to the slime, the scent of it has stayed with my figures all these years later. I also used the Firehouse as a nightstand up through high school. It was later unfortunately lost in a storage room.

I grew up on the Real Ghostbusters then I saw the movie♠

Your videos are absolutely awesome my friend! Its funny,I could have sworn there was a toy line for the movie,but looking back I realize that the timeline does not add up as I first purchased these toys in the 90s when I was about 5,91 to be precise...interesting how so many people have that belief.im glad you were able to clear up that long unanswered question from my childhood,thanks!

I still love most of these toys but you definitely have some strong points. This is one of my favorite Toy Reviews so far. Great job, you guys!

The ending with the x-wing was priceless.

I remember my brother and i getting some real ghostbusters toys for christmas, we got proton packs and the 4 figures. Later on my brother would get the ecto-1 and the firehouse for his birthday. We would get other ghosts over time, slimer, the marshmallow man, the toilet monster, the wolfman, and the football player. Good times.

You left out Janine and Lewis :(

thank you so much for opening that ooze container! i have been so curious about mine but i can not afford to open it and lose the value.

Another great fun video! Congratulations on reaching the century mark.

I think some of those extra suits were used in the show, that astronaut looking one might be when they entered the containment unit.

I love the RGB action figures. Also great video, this and the previous part are one of the first videos I saw of Retro Blasting.

I still have my original Ecto - 1 & Ghostbusters firehouse from my childhood & I have had many fond memories playing with them when I was little. I also agree with you the episode "The Boogeyman Cometh" scared the living crap out of me when I watched the episode on tv & I own the complete series from Time/Life on DVD that episode still freaks me out a little.

Hahahaha, love the tie in at the end comparing the extra gaudy stickers for the Ectomobile and Michael’s childhood Battle Damaged Tie Fighter!! Well played Melinda!

Mike you shouldv'e done what I did after GBs debuted; 1984, I was 13 yrs old and made my own Ecto 1, firehouse, etc out of LEGOS! :) Greatest toys ever!

This vid made me laugh cuz as a kid (and as an adult) having toys can be frustrating when you wanna play/display them but wanna be careful on keeping them in good condition...u sir have gotten my sub.

The Real Ghostbusters were one of my all time favorite toys! Even guilty of liking the variants! x)

I came back to this video after 6 years because of the new Ghostbusters figures they’re releasing in 2020 I watched this video as I said 6 years ago and I learned more from this video than I did in the six years of school I had then

My favorite Ghostbusters toys as a kid were the blasters and other equipment that you could pretend to be a Ghostbuster with. I had the proton pack and PKE meter set, the trap, goggles, and this weird blaster with a crank on the side and a foam beam that spun.

Another excellent video, well done! 😀

The biggest problem I had with the superfluous alternate figures was, by the time I could ask for Ghostbusters toys, the basic ones had been discontinued, and only the weird ones were on the shelf. I think I got the weird pop-out-eyes Venkman finally, but due to its gimmick it had much more limited articulation. I think I might've played with it for maybe a few minutes before it got shoved into a corner of my toybox, never to be played with again. Which is such a shame, the movies and shows inspired a ton of imaginative play for me and my friends. Too bad I hadn't heard about tabletop RPGs back then, as the Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters International books from West End Games would've been a great way to channel that imagination and excitement.

@8:30 idk if he meant for it to sound funny but that cracked me up....needs equal weight distribution,and the other doll'll go flying off before it reaches the bottom XD

I'm pretty sure I recall seeing at least *one* of the weird variants of the action figures in the cartoon, or at least something really close. It was when Egon went inside the containment unit. It looked pretty much like the red and white variant that looks like he's wearing a space suit (I believe it's the "super fright" variant)

Great review, love you're hyper critically adult perspective on details I'd ignore as a kid, very funny. Great work.

Awesome!! I’m hooked.

I call the blue jumpsuit and unstoppable ghost bustin' fun traps and New York creepy creatures. Stay safe everyone!

You have officially roasted the Kenner toyline

(11 months later after watching again)... you mentioned that buying the Slimed Heroes figures was pointless because you could just dump slime on them, however I actually hate the color change action feature that they have but prefer them to the original line due to their bright color palate. Of course I love the original releases as well, but Slimed Heroes will always be one of my favorite series of vintage toys. You are spot on about the other series of figures..... although, the Ecto Glow figures - once again with proton packs- are still cool in my book, and one of the last lines released. Gotta love the GID.

i had the Egon and Ray figures but lost the packs never got the ecto-1 but when extreme ghost busters came out i got that version of the ecto-1 keep up the great videos and enjoy your cool whip ^^

Fun video!! When I was a kid, I made the decision to cut the proton streams off the packs almost right away....mostly because I wanted to store them in Ecto-1 when they went on a call. I never missed them, and I just used my imagination when they used the packs. And that lame firepole mechanism....I ditched the red platform and just glided my figures down the blue pole with their arms stretched out to mimic how it'd work in real life. This toy line required using a lot of imagination. lol Lookin forward to checking out your other vids!

I always thought that it was really cool that in the Firehouse play set, on the top floor, is a sticker decal that is a portrait of Granny Gross.

One of my favourite toylines, still obsessed with it to this day lol

Interesting video. You make a lot of good points about the limitations of the toys Thérèse.

I remember watching the Real Ghostbusters promo that was a five minute commercial for the series. It showed the characters in there beige suits. I kept watching just to see this episode. But when I got the time life set, they finally showed this and said it was to sell the show. I’m glad they explained that. This was a commercial I say in the 80s.

Great retrospective, I used that firehouse for so many things besides just Ghostbusters (used to have my pro wrestling toys have hardcore street fights in and on top of it)!

I remember being 10 when these came out. I would go to my local Kay Bee toy store at our mall to get them. I would also buy different color Ecto Plasm, which got thicker as you played with it. Should have kept my toys in better shape, they would be worth a lot now. As for the firehouse, I was really dissappointed with the Kenner version, so I tries to make my own version out of wood planks, and made the floors, and furniture out of thick cardboard that I could cut realatively easily.

My mom complained about finding ecto-plasm on the couch, in the rug, stuck to lightswitches, etc. I was always playing with that stuff. Managed to get all 4 of the little ghost figures. I liked the one with the big hands the best because you could hang it off the edges of things and then use the proton streams to knock it off.

2 things: I agree that the variant figures did suck, but there was a few good things about them: the Screaming hears figures did allow us to have the PKE meter and ghost trap for the team, and although the figures did suck, they did allow for a larger variety of ghost to be captured. And the 2nd thing I actually used a squirt toy Slimer to be the version I used with the figures

I remember creating my own set of figures out of plastercine. They worked pretty well and had the added benefit of being able to create ghosts as and when you needed them.

I had the first four figures, the Ecto 1, the firehouse, the Ecto 2, and the first four Fright Features figures. I also had a Screaming Hero Egon. Usually in my play scenarios, the Fright Features figures were played with as evil robots who came to kill the Ghostbusters. Meanwhile, Screaming Hero Egon was used as one of Egon's distant relatives from the future, who came back to the late 1980s to warn the Ghostbusters. As for the firehouse, I eventually took out and discarded the fire pole so I could play with the figures on the different levels. I even had an idea to build a proper second floor, to recreate the "bedroom" for the guys, as seen on the show.

those ghost figures are wonderful

The crazy ghost figures were the best thing about this line! So much imagination, I love the granny figure, skeleton policeman and the toilet !

Sounds like the Playmobil firehouse might be more up your alley. It has stairs, a more functional poll and more space inside the building.

Similar to the teenage mutant ninja turtles line of toys they released the same 4 figures over and over but dressed differently, I had rock star ralph and naval reserve michaelangelo

Ecto Plasm has a Fantastic shelf life! Wow, check that out. I think the line does have its shortcomings but for me the concept of Ghostbusters was just so cool my imagination could work round the 'ball dropped' areas. Loved the show great work once again the effort that goes in to them is clear for all to see, Long Live Retroblasting! Cheers Fuzz.

I was the happiest kid when I got the Peter venkman fright figure. Don’t know what it was but it felt like a dream. Loved these figures

i had no complaints as a kid playing with them. I played the shit outta them break'em. then move on to the next cartoon toys. lol

Really enjoyed this

Oh I remember had the ecto-1 as a kid. I kinda remember it breaking easily. I had a couple of more figures like the mummy. The giant purple thing that rolled and had sparks in his mouth. an Egon and Ray variant. I can't remember if I had more, I was so young.

"I think it simply boils down to people being unable to remember specific years of their past" - Soooo true. I think people have a major issue with this. There are a ton of people out there who swear they saw 'Episode IV' on the opening crawl of Star Wars when they saw it during its 'first' release in '77, then reveal they were 3 at the time. So then you point out they were probably 6 or 7 and saw it on the reissue, but no no no... Anyway - another great vid! I recently bought the Firehouse for its diorama possibilities. Its 'blankness' is a plus in that regard. It's the only Real Ghostbusters toy I've ever owned... Congrats on the 100th video!

awesome video. very informative. keep up the good work.

RIP harold (Egon)

Sadly i wasn't born when Ghostbusters first came out i was born many years after the movies and series but when i first watched Ghostbusters when i was young the first thing i wanted was the proton pack and for many years after i always wanted one. but i did how every get the figures and proton packs i also got Ecto-1, the firehouse, and a variety of ghosts but the best day that i remember was the day i finally got my proton pack it was the best day of my life for years after that i played with it yeah sure it took a ding here and there but i was a kid and i really had some fun days and i still do with with the figures.

Just re-lived these years later

I got the Firehouse and Ecto - 1, few random varients of each Ghostbuster plus the first few waves of ghost's for Christmas when I was a little guy

Back then, a dramatic scene with a mask. Today, another working day.

I remember my dad telling me a story. When he was a kid. There was a contest at his school where he could win a chance to read his Christmas list over the radio. Long story short he won, and he read it over the radio. Unfortunately, he had a bit of trouble with his s’s so when he tried to read “ghostbusters firehouse” it sounded like “ghostbusters firehose” obviously a ghostbusters firehose didn’t exist so he didn’t it get it for Christmas.

100 vids already? Keep up the great work! I forgot about the whole "slime craze." I was never a big fan of getting my toys messed up as a kid and the cans of slime never appealed to me. I wonder what has a longer shelf life, Ghostbusters slime or a pack of Twinkies? My money is on the Twinkies.

Pixel Dan opened a factory sealed can of the ecto-plasm in one of his Ghostbusters videos. Instead of being all dried up, it had basically turned into a pink-ish, watery liquid. I'd say individual results vary, especially if long-term storage temperature is brought into the equation.

Love the bloopers!😝

I think Peter's eyes are green, to let kids known that his power pack had green neutrino wand. if this pack good separated during action play.

And in the end, dinosaurs ALWAYS win. Congrats on reaching 100, pals!

Saw you at Dragoncon in the intro. Automatically Subscribed. Respect.

Have you seen the Playmobile Ghostbusters toyline? Ecto1 can hold all 4 Ghostbusters and their packs, along with 1 ghost trap. Oh, and the figures come with ghost traps, pke meters and so forth. The firehouse is unbelievably detailed. Imagine if we had those toys back in the 80s. Get them if you haven't already.

As a kid I had a blast with the ecto 1. And the firehouse was one of my favorite toys for years. I always threw parties in there with my various action figures and stated fights. I also for some reason was fascinated with the Louis toy that in cold water would appear to get slime on him. I actually liked a lot of those toys. I was def bummed out over stay putts size though.

You forgot to mention that if you love the first movie, the only thing that you can find in stores were shirts with the GB Logo, posters and some magazines with behind the scenes information.

I agree with most of what you said, (especially about the slime stickers and screaming figures). But honestly, as far as the ghost figures not being part of the show, I liked that about the line. As a kid, I didn't just want to recreate the same adventures I'd seen on the tv or in the films. I wanted to imagine entirely new adventures, with my own scenarios. To me, those random ghosts gave the RGB line a huge advantage over Star Wars and other toys, by offering something that was unknown to viewers, but could still fit in with their universe. :)

Congratulations on making 100 videos and here's to many more! Your two part series works well. Wondering if perhaps with lines that have modern takes of the toys or variations like the mego style Real Ghostbusters for this one you'd ever make a future part commenting on those toy lines if there is such a modern equivalent. Are you ever going to do something with 'Extreme Ghostbusters'?

holy emeories when you showed yourself next to the old firehouse