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Doc Ryedale
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Joined: Nov 02, 2002
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 Posted: May 21, 2003 9:31 PM
I've heard that Todd McFarlane, himself, is actually a Ghostbusters Fan.   
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"We're on a mission from God!"
"Hey, do you believe in God? Well I do. Praise the Lord and pass the Particle Throwers! I love Jesus' style. . . "
"Back off, man, I'ma Genealogist!"
They don’t just call them The Real Ghostbusters for no reason! Take a look at Take Two, Citizen Ghost, The Ghostbusters Omnibus Timeline, THE GHOSTBUSTERS FACT LIST, and RGB Truly Canon with the Movies?, and you’ll see why!
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toygeek
Ghosthead
Joined: Feb 04, 2003
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Posted: May 21, 2003 9:41 PM
You just completely ignored what was said, didn't you? There is no action figure license available. At least not at the moment. And Ghostbusters toys from McFarlane would suck anyway.
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Cliff-Roswell
Ghosthead
Joined: May 13, 2002
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Posted: May 21, 2003 9:49 PM
According to a Palisades rep I talked to at the 'con, he said the Todd the God isn't doing any more movie figs, i.e.: no more Ash, Ghostface, Eddy Scissorhandds, and no mo Ahh-nuld after T3. He's more into sports figs: football, baseball, hockey, etc.
Todd the God has certainly slipped down a few notches in the past few years. The Mini-Ash in the AoD 2-pack can't even hold the fork! People, if we want to be heard, Palisades is the company to talk to. They have satisfied millions of peoples' wishes with the Muppet line, so when the "Toy Liscence" finally gets unearthed from the tomb that is SONY/Columbia-Tri-Star by the Indiana Jones that is 88mph Studios, Palisades Toys is the Museum that the Liscence should be sent to.
--Cliff
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Doc Ryedale
Ghosthead
Joined: Nov 02, 2002
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Posted: May 21, 2003 10:48 PM
Who are you talking to, toygeek?   
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"We're on a mission from God!"
"Hey, do you believe in God? Well I do. Praise the Lord and pass the Particle Throwers! I love Jesus' style. . . "
"Back off, man, I'ma Genealogist!"
They don’t just call them The Real Ghostbusters for no reason! Take a look at Take Two, Citizen Ghost, The Ghostbusters Omnibus Timeline, THE GHOSTBUSTERS FACT LIST, and RGB Truly Canon with the Movies?, and you’ll see why!
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toygeek
Ghosthead
Joined: Feb 04, 2003
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Posted: May 21, 2003 11:08 PM
Um...you, actually Doc. Right after the point is made that there isn't a figure license available to ANYONE...you make sure to point out that McFarlane's a Gb fan. What's the point?
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Doc Ryedale
Ghosthead
Joined: Nov 02, 2002
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Posted: May 21, 2003 11:21 PM
I knew that!  I was just telling Scoleri_guy.
Anyway, you're right, McFarlane wouldn't be the right Company to make them. I would however like to see Palisades take a shot at it.
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"We're on a mission from God!"
"Hey, do you believe in God? Well I do. Praise the Lord and pass the Particle Throwers! I love Jesus' style. . . "
"Back off, man, I'ma Genealogist!"
They don’t just call them The Real Ghostbusters for no reason! Take a look at Take Two, Citizen Ghost, The Ghostbusters Omnibus Timeline, THE GHOSTBUSTERS FACT LIST, and RGB Truly Canon with the Movies?, and you’ll see why!
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Johannes
Ghosthead
Joined: Apr 23, 2002
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Posted: May 22, 2003 11:33 PM
Well, for now, you can all just print out the pictures of the GBs, post them onto a thick paper or a thin cardboard, and make stand-up paper figures out of them! (No seriously, that's what I'm gonna do.)
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myersfarms
Ghosthead
Joined: Oct 20, 2002
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Posted: May 23, 2003 11:27 AM
I've already made some refrigirator magnets!!! My wife loves em. BTW, ToyGeek, who do you work for? I've been a Graffic Designer and Sculptor for some years and I'm trying to break into the toy industry. (BTW, I've been sculpting for over ten years, and have done hundreds of different projects).
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Become a franchise of one! Kentuckiana Ghostbusters: Coming soon!
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Scotty J
Ghosthead
Joined: May 15, 2003
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Posted: May 23, 2003 2:59 PM
I dont know why anyone would really want Mcfarlene to do gb toys anyway, all his movie figures are just kind of cheap and the props arent well done considering the packs and traps and whatnot are some the most important parts of the whole gb and also his figures are solid there are no like cloths even on the larger figures. Wouldnt it be a lot better if they had actuall cloth flightsuits? i dont know just my thoughts.
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Scuba Steve
Ghosthead
Joined: Jul 15, 2001
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Posted: May 23, 2003 3:09 PM
Are you kidding? McFarlane makes some of the most highly detailed figures that I know of. Recently they made a toy of the T-800 endoskelton, one of the most amazingly detailed figures I've seen. The Evil Dead figures are spot on and the accessories they come with are acurate to a 'T'. For goodness sakes Ash came with a Mini Ash with a removeable fork! A mini fork! The complaint about them breaking or being not "play-with-able" is nulled. McFarlane doesn't make (excluding the shrek toys) Action Figures... they make figurines basically. Most people don't collects McFarlane figures for the amazing arm shooting action(tm) They pose them on desks or their workstations and are a highly detailed replica of movie/artist/character.
McFarlane is also the most likely to put a Ghostbutsers character into production. They already have a Movie Maniacs category, for which they make figures for cult classics and popular films. This is the most logical place that a new figure would be made.
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Cliff-Roswell
Ghosthead
Joined: May 13, 2002
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Posted: May 23, 2003 3:26 PM
Steeeeevvveee..... You just don't listen, do you?
McFarlane is no longer doing movie toys, with the exception of the T3 toys!! No mo Freddy, Ghostface, Shaft, or Edward Scissorhands!! He's focusing more on the damn sports stuff!! Well, that and Spawn, but as far as I know, the Spawn lines have trickled to a halt.
Get off the fact that Todd the God is a GB fan and he'd be "perfect for the job." He's not!! Palisades is!
McFarlane doesn't make action figures, he makes mini-statues with limited articulation! They come with all these cool kick-ass accessories that they CAN NOT hold or do anything with except look at them! They have ONE POSE!! The Mini-Ash cannot hold the fork! The Mini-Ash CANNOT HOLD THE FORK!!
Palisades, on the other hand, is more user-friendly: poseable figures, tons of accessories that the figures CAN use, and great playability.
PLEEZE, stop with the McFarlane crap!
--Cliff
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Scotty J
Ghosthead
Joined: May 15, 2003
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Posted: May 23, 2003 3:26 PM
yea your right your absolutly right his figures are amazingly sculpted but his style doesnt really suit a gb in my opinion because i would rather see a GI JOE styled figure because the only pert that needs to be carefully sculpted (besides the props) are the faces whice is what is done, a basic figure with a highly detailed flight suit, pack, trap,PKE,ect. would be better than a figure that has too much work done on the sculpting and shape of the figure itself.
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Cliff-Roswell
Ghosthead
Joined: May 13, 2002
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Posted: May 23, 2003 3:30 PM
P.S.: I do apologize for my ranting. McFarlane does make great figures that nobody else makes, but they are poorly made. Poorly in the sense that they have a tendency to break easily, however well they are sculpted.
--Cliff
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PROTON786
Ghosthead
Joined: Jan 14, 2003
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Posted: May 23, 2003 5:12 PM
palisades will not be doing the gb toys, i have been in and out of there and when i talked to mike (president) and there is no way. OH yea and by the way the ghostbusters licence is still available, just not the likeness rights.
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LOOKING TO BUY OR TRADE FOR ANY GHOSTBUSTES COLLECTABLES. GIVE ME AN EMAIL AT banky786@hotmail.com
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toygeek
Ghosthead
Joined: Feb 04, 2003
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Posted: May 23, 2003 6:05 PM
Okay, once and for all...
Hi, I'm Mike. I go by "toygeek" here, but over on the Palisades boards, I use "grail". I'm pretty hard to miss over there. Yes, Palisades looked into it. A couple of them seemed really excited about the idea, even. But they found that as of right now, NO ONE can make toys based on anything other than RGB, and Sony wants an awful lot for RGB. So it's correct that Palisades won't be doing GB toys, but it's not because they didn't try. NOBODY will be doing GB toys...because if they could, Palisades would probably be working on it right now. As the guy who put Ken Lilly from Palisades in touch with Red back in late Febuary/early March, I can tell you for certain that they aren't.
**edit**
To whomever asked about who I work for...well, that's currently a good question. I'm supposed to be a newswriter/toy reviewer for Zentertainment.com, but they haven't posted anything I've turned in in awhile. Currently, I'm working on some stuff behind the scenes on a new site called buzzchamber.com that with any luck will be pretty well known by the end of the year.
Oh, and I'll be working the Palisades booth this weekend in Philly. Everyone come by and say hello.
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