Tag: Mattel
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.
Ghostbusters Action Figures – Finally!
Ghostbusters fans are finally getting the action figures we’ve been longing for!
In 2004, NECA released an excellent series of Ghostbusters action figures. While it was great to have Slimer, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Gozer, and two Terror Dogs, there were no actual Ghostbusters to be found. Now, 5 years later, Mattel is coming through for the 25th anniversary of the original Ghostbusters film with what appear to be the ultimate figures. Prototypes were available for viewing at the New York Comic Con and they look fantastic.
From mattycollector.com:
Mattel’s “Ghostbusters” collectible line, debuts with 12-inch figures in June 2009, and will be available exclusively at MattyCollector.com. Each figure will feature window box packaging and include authentic Ghostbuster equipment unique to each character. For the first time, Mattel’s line will include talent likeness of Egon Spengler, Ray Stantz, Peter Venkman and Winston Zeddemore.
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“Ghostbusters” collectors can also look forward to 6-inch figures, with one debuting at San Diego Comic Con in July 2009. Sculpted by Four Horsemen Studios, the team currently working on Mattel’s popular DC Universe™ Classics and Masters of the Universe® Classics collectible lines, the 6-inch line will come complete with authentic “Ghostbusters” equipment and ghost.
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Mattel will also create characters and ghosts from the classic animated series, “The Real Ghostbusters,” to go along with the classic “Ghostbusters” film.
More photos, including close-ups of the insane detail level of the proton packs, can be found here.
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TUESDAY TECH: Interesting Products from CES 2009
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has come and gone for 2009 and now it’s time for me to deliver a few picks for the most interesting home media products that I saw unveiled. Some are great advances in technology that I can’t wait to get my hands on and others are just bizarre enough to make them worthy of including here.
And no, I didn’t actually attend CES, but it is one of the most covered annual events to the point where I saw and read about enough to choose some to write about.
Home Entertainment
Dish Network ViP922 Satellite DVR / Slingbox
Dish Network has created an HD satellite box that not only boasts 1-terabyte of storage for its DVR functionality but is also “SlingLoaded,” meaning that it has a built-in Slingbox, allowing users to watch content stored on the device over the Web or on other Sling-capable devices.
From ces.cnet.com:
That, along with multiple satellite and over-the-air HD tuners, means that remote and local viewers can watch two separate video feeds (live or recorded TV) without interfering with each other–the kids can watch a Spongebob recording in the living room, for instance, while Dad watches a football game on his laptop via Sling.com. Dish is also showcasing a Wi-Fi-enabled flat-panel LCD TV that uses Sling technology to access the ViP922–toss it in the kitchen or bedroom, and you get another way to access your DVR and TV programming with no pesky wires or boxes.
The ability to record programs on one central DVR and have it feed out to all televisions in my house is something I’ve been craving for quite a while. Couple that with my desire to switch away from BrightHouse Networks cable service (for many reasons) and Dish may have themselves a new customer here.
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