From the difference in the date-marks I
assume (and yes Erwin - it's a real guess!) they were timed/issued to coincide
with the movie release and the VHS/video-disc release? Video-discs were the
future, back in the past (!) and I well-remember a small selection of them in
Berlin's NAAFI for those stupid-enough
to have bought a machine from the PX,
not realising the Philips Laserdisc was already failing back in UK!
Anyway . . . these were (I think) 'box
companions' with larger (4") action-figure/dolls from Kenner?! I did read-up on them once, but it's all gone, I believe they are all based on ghosts
actually seen in the movie, but mostly those seen briefly, just flitting about
during the major infestation?
Also dated 1987, like his red counterpart,
I don't know if this was a latter issue or a limited edition version, but he
glows in the dark which is very ghost-like and pretty-cool!
The trouble with glow-in the dark toys is
that the molecules which provide the glow, are quite nervous (it's their
movement which is exploited to produce the glow, by exciting them [the particles]
with light beams [waves]; it's quantum stuff), and over time they bugger-off
(migrate), like free radicals in ethylene (leading to brittleness) or thalates
in PVC (leading to sticky messes), and it gets harder and harder to produce a
glow, and even when you do - by holding them against a light-bulb - they dim
very quickly (because the remaining particles are too far apart to excite
each-other for long), but I managed a half-decent image after about ten tries!
2 comments:
Hi,
These little ghosts came with Kenner's: The "Real" Ghostbusters action figures, based upon the cartoon series. Each of the heroes came with one of these ghosts to capture.. over the run of the range the heroes would be refreshed with outfit colour changes & added working action features. The glow in the dark ones were marketed as Ecto-Glow Heroes I think?
https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Ecto-Glow_Hero_Figure:_Egon_Spengler
Hope this helps
It does Edwin, thank you very much! I quite like them but they seem hard to find, these are all I've garnered since they came out! Things like Bogglins and MinMP, I'm drowning in but ghosts . . . they're a little ephemeral . . . or ethereal!!
H
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