Tag: Ghostbusters
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 289 – Giant inflatable Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
We have a 8.5-foot tall Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in our house. I busted him with my PKE meter. Or… Michelle bought him from 80sTees.com. His smile tells me he’s happy, but his eyes tell me he’s angry. I suspect he’ll only get angrier once my ghost trap arrives soon! Bustin’ makes me feel gooood…
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 245 – Giant squishy Stay Puft
I finally started opening and displaying all the toys and collectibles I picked up at the San Diego Comic-Con in July along with a few other recent purchases. After around and hour and a half, I’m about 2/3 done. The biggest item we brought home was the new squishy Stay Puft Marshamallow Man from Mattel that stands 20″ tall and comes with a huge Ghostbusters diorama. It’s so big that the only place I have to display it (right now) is on the floor. I’m sure I’ll find a better spot for it eventually. Tomorrow I’ll finish opening the rest of the stuff, making our upstairs bonus room mostly organized once more.
365 Adventures in 2011: Day 204 – Costume at Comic-Con
I can now say I have worn a costume to the San Diego Comic-Con. I was Mario as a Ghostbuster, fighting a Boo. I already owned a Ghostbusters “costume” T-shirt so I wore that along with tan pants, a Mario hat and mustache I picked up at Party City recently, and a Ghostbusters proton pack backpack with detachable proton gun pouch. To finish it off, I used an old green light saber as the proton stream and stuck the cardboard Boo I made earlier this week onto the end. I think it turned out pretty well, considering the time and money I spent on it.
But I do have more respect for convention goers who wear elaborate costumes all day. The mustache and hat were annoying me after only a few minutes of wearing them and I got sick of carrying around the proton gun setup very quickly. Though I only walked around the convention hall for maybe 15-20 minutes wearing the costume, I’m still happy that I did it. It’s one of those things that I can check off my life “to do” list. And a couple people laughed at the costume idea as well, which was great.
Highlights and photos from Toy Fair 2011 – The Walking Dead, Terminator, Duke Nukem, Pirates LEGOs, BioShock, Ghostbusters, and more
I visited Toy Fair 2011 today in New York from the comfort of my office in Florida by way of coverage of the annual event from Collider.com and ActionFigs.com.
I wish I had been there in person, but since I wasn’t, sifting through photo galleries was the next best thing. And I pulled out pictures of the toys, action figures, and other fun things that I’ll most likely be buying when they hit the market soon.
So here’s my vicarious photo report from Toy Fair 2011 of what I’m most looking forward to…
Terminator
I have quite the collection of Terminator 2 figures already, so I’m quite happy to see NECA coming out with a couple of Arnold from the original Terminator as well. Plus more fun sculpts of the T-1000 are always fun too:
Improv Everywhere brings the Ghostbusters back to New York
Improv Everywhere, known across the Internet for seemingly-random outbursts of public hilarity, has taken up the cause of helping the New York Public Library stay afloat by making a Ghostbusters-inspired appearance that was completely unexpected by those in the library trying to get some reading done:
From improveverywhere.com:
For our latest mission, we brought the movie Ghostbusters to life in the reading room of The New York Public Library at 42 Street. The 1984 movie begins with a scene in the very same room, so we figured it was time for the Ghostbusters to make an encore appearance.
Only a handful of library workers (along with those who shot the event on their DSLR cameras) were in on it. Everyone else in the library was completely surprised by the team of Ghostbusters chasing white-sheeted ghosts through the famous movie location.
Their behind-the-scenes write-up tells the whole story of how it all came together and includes a great photo series depicting smiles on almost all of the onlookers’ faces. I only wish I could have been there because bustin’ like this certainly makes me feel good.
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