Its not copied from Vincent's design/picture.

The pose is my own. The uniform comes from the movies and recent comics.

Vincent's pic/pose looks somewhat similar to mine, but anyone whos seen more of my stuff will tell you its not the same, or even close.





http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/17-Oct-2003/19747-ghostbuster_small.jpg
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/17-Oct-2003/19747-ghostbuster_inks_small.jpg
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/17-Oct-2003/19747-ghostbuster_color_small.jpg

See look, here's another pic I did using the same pose (minus the legs)



http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/20-Sep-2003/19747-datta_color_small.jpg


Anyways, here's a quick little thing I did for the action figure



http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/17-Oct-2003/19747-ghostbuster_toy.jpg

For right now I just drew out the diffrient parts.

I tried to make the joints on the sketch look dark so people could tell where the figure would move, but the joints wouldnt stand out like that on the actual figure.

The figure(s) would have 22 points of articulation, along with interchangable hands. Each Ghostbuster would come with diffrient hands that would be interchangable with other hands that other figures would have.

Right now Im drawing out the figure(s) as a whole, along with the ascessories like Proton Packs, and such, plus Im also drawing out the fire station (playset) and Ecto-1 (vehicle)

In my opinion, Palisades is the best company for the job, and no, they wouldn't be stuck in one pose. ‘Course, I like the idea of Toy Biz taking on the manufacturing role, due to the fact that they have the hyper-crazy articulation and sculpting. (I recently showed my mom a pic of the new Wolverine, and she thought that the head was a real guy superimposed on the figure) But I’m rooting for Palisades to get the liscence.

Either way, I'd love to see new figures based on the new designs.

–Cliff

None of those pics you posted in reply worked TAS.

they wouldn't be stuck in one pose.

They wouldnt be stuck in one pose, but rather they'd only look good in one pose.

Companies like McFarlane Toys, Palisades, and Reasaurus, all have these problems (not in all their figures, but most)

Also if Palisades makes them they'll just make Egon, Ray, Winston, and Peter. They wont make any other characters, ghosts, monsters, vehicles, playsets, etc.

Kaiyodo Toys would no doubt make the Ghostbuster figures the best, but like Palisades would only make the four main characters.
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KAIYODO TOYS

I found this on Google

http://www.akadot.com/article/article-mcfarlane2.html

When comparing Kaiyodo toys to McFarlane toys, a debate over the benefits of joint articulation inevitably comes into play. Kaiyodo toys specialize in articulation whereas McFarlane's toys prefer to sacrifice joint articulation in favor of realism. In a bulletin forum on McFarlaneguide.com, one fan laments McFarlane's choice to steer clear from articulation.

“McFarlane, who taught everyone else how it's done, could use a few pointers from Kaiyodo,” posts the fan. “McFarlane didn't use to mind making articulated toys, and now it's like they can't stand it.” Store clerk Elias from Santa Monica toy store Puzzle Zoo immediately affirms that the McFarlane toys are best sellers. “Look at the detail,” Elias points out by way of explanation. However, Elias also notes that the Kaiyodo Vash and the McFarlane Vash are on equal footing and sell about the same, though he personally would pick the Kaiyodo version for its detailed joints.

On the other hand, reviewer Mr. Nash from a “Trigun” action figures review in “The Armchair Empire” praises the McFarlane Toys version of Vash over the Kaiyodo version Nash complements the Kaiyodo version. “Their craftsmanship is very respectable, they have plenty of points of articulation, and the sheer number of accessories that come packed with them are amazing,” he says. But, in the end, McFarlane Toys surpasses the competition. “There is quite a bit of detail in both of these action figures, but not nearly as much as the McFarlane Toys anime figures,” concludes Nash.


The competition that McFarlane Toys brings to the anime action figure market will only get stiffer.

“McFarlane's 3D Animation from Japan Series II represents the depth and breadth of the anime world with a mix of classic characters and visually striking new properties, including: Akira from ‘Akira, Motoko Kusanagi from ’Ghost in the Shell,' Tenchi Masaki from ‘Tenchi Muyo,’ Naomi Armitage from ‘Armitage III’ and Soultaker from ‘Soultaker’” announces McFarlane Toys in an overview for 2001.

Clearly the “3D Animation from Japan” series is a profitable venture for McFarlane Toys. And as long as McFarlane Toys continues to manufacture realistic representations, they will continue to remain serious competitors for Japanese counterparts like Kaiyodo.

Kaiyodo Toys:

Evangelion Units

http://www.animecornerstore.com/neongenev7br.html


Love Hina - Naru




Love Hina Figures (Packaged)

http://www.goblinjp.com/goblin/newitem/other/lovehinaaf.html


Trigun

http://chibi_piccolo.tripod.com/generic/trigun/vash-back.jpg

http://chibi_piccolo.tripod.com/generic/trigun/wolfwood-back.jpg


Dragonball Z - Goku & Gohan

http://www.dragonballtoys.com/templates/imagepage.php?img=/kaiyodo/images/dragonbox_goku/dragonbox_goku_0.jpg
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Kaiyodo only makes anime toys it seems, but they still make the best ones, I mean look at all the stuff the Eva Units come with, and look at all the poses you can put them in. I just wanna see Ghostbuster toys done in that quality.

Another bad thing about the best companies is that their toys arent widely distributed. I think of McFarlane, Palisades, Reasaurus, and Kaiyodo, that McFarlane Toys are the only ones youd find widely distributed.

None of those pics you posted in reply worked TAS.

The site is down at the moment. I put links up, but they wont work either until the site is up.

For now, you can find the Ghostbuster figure thing I did here

Just apply all the info from my other post to this.

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/tasartwork/ghostbuster_toy.jpg

Here are the other pics I tried to link

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/tasartwork/ghostbuster_color_small.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/comics/tasartwork/datta_color_small.jpg

Holy cow man! :-O

I take back what I said. That stuff's incredible.



Hey, you intrested in maybe doing a regular community based comic strip?

If so, visit the Ghostbusters.NUTS topic for more info, it's in the General forum.

TAS
They wouldnt be stuck in one pose, but rather they'd only look good in one pose.

Companies like McFarlane Toys, Palisades, and Reasaurus, all have these problems (not in all their figures, but most)

Also if Palisades makes them they'll just make Egon, Ray, Winston, and Peter. They wont make any other characters, ghosts, monsters, vehicles, playsets, etc.

No offense, but you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I know more about Palisades toys than virtually anyone that doesn't WORK for them. Ken Lilly is a personal friend of mine, and your statements are a bit of an insult to all their hard work.

To the point of “only doing the main four”, may I just point out their Muppets figures…with things like the Muppet Newsman in series five, Crazy Harry in series two, Beau's coming up in series seven…there are some really obscure Muppets that they're getting out, some for the first time EVER in a merchandised form.

As to their “only looking good in one pose”, well…I don't know what you're looking at. Some of the Muppets do look better in one pose than another, but a lot of that has to do with the nature of that Muppet, and what they had to do to get it into a 3-D form. But I'm sitting here lookng at my Superhero Scooter right now (just got a second one in the mail today, so I finally opened one), and in the 3 or so hours since he made it to the house, I've changed his setup probably half a dozen times…and he still looks great every time! And if you want to see what they can REALLY do…go check out their Resident Evil figs.

If you don't personally enjoy the things they put out, then that's your problem. I think you're nuts, but that's your perogative. But don't EVER just dismiss them out of hand like that. They put more effort and care into their figures than any other company that I have ever seen…and I have seen a LOT of toys.

For the record, they almost DID GB toys…but Sony was only releasing a license for RGB at the time, so it didn't happen. Of course…Sony may have changed tunes by this point…

Heh heh heh…

Geek ot toys…Does Ken know about 88mph doing the comic? :p

No offense, but you don't know what the hell you're talking about. I know more about Palisades toys than virtually anyone that doesn't WORK for them. Ken Lilly is a personal friend of mine, and your statements are a bit of an insult to all their hard work.

Palisades dont make ALOT of figures.

Alot of the stuff they do make is good though.

To the point of “only doing the main four”, may I just point out their Muppets figures…with things like the Muppet Newsman in series five, Crazy Harry in series two, Beau's coming up in series seven…there are some really obscure Muppets that they're getting out, some for the first time EVER in a merchandised form.

The Muppets toys are just like The Simpsons toys, in the sense they are trying to do every character ever seen, in every form.

And notice I say toys. The Muppets toys arent really figures, or what Id consider action figures, and neither or The Simpsons, but that dosnt mean they're not good.

As to their “only looking good in one pose”, well…I don't know what you're looking at.

This is what I mean by only looks good in one pose, or is made in a pose





She is just made in that pose. She has joints, but moving her joints wont make her look better than she does there, ie you cant move her arm in a diffrient position than the one shown, and make her look better than she does there.

This is my biggest problem with McFarlane Toys, because ALL of their toys are made this way.

Of course this is only one example.

This however is how the figures should be made, or how the joints should be



That looks good, and its from Palisades.

If they make the figures look like that, and that articulated they'd look good.

Also it dosnt appear that Palisades does not make vehicles or playsets, ie the Ghostbuster may be cool, but they're cooler with the Ecto, and the firehouse, and I dont know that Palisades would make either.

If Palisades could make the figures like the RE ones, and the Ecto, and the firehouse, along with a few monsters and ghosts, then they might have something.

The thing I hate about big companies like Toy Biz and Kenner/Hasbro doing franchise based toylines like Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men, etc, is they make alot of useless knock off/repaints, package them with a new item, etc, etc, and it becomes really annoying and cheap. Plus they tend to use cheap plastic, and the paint jobs never look NEARLY as good as they do on the prototypes.

Also whatever company does DC Comics DC Direct figures does a really good job of making the characters look the way they are supposed, and giving them alot of articulation, while at the sametime hiding it fairly well, because of the plastic and paint.

Check out their upcoming Batman figure.

http://www.toymania.com/toyshows/wwchicago03/wwc03dcd.shtml

TAS
She is just made in that pose. She has joints, but moving her joints wont make her look better than she does there, ie you cant move her arm in a diffrient position than the one shown, and make her look better than she does there.

Actually, she has a joint hidden along the seam between her torso and abdomen. She's got a lot more articulation than she looks like. To top it off, that set was SUPPOSED to be done in the Batman: TAS style…which means limited articulation from the get go. They do different things based on different licenses…just look at the differences between Witchblade, RE, and Muppets and you can tell that. It all depends on what the license is best suited for. Wait until you see what they've got coming with Army of Darkness and Ren and Stimpy, among others.

Palisades doesn't make playsets? I wonder what this thing is then…I have one just like it sitting here on my desk, too.



The reason they haven't done any vehicles yet is because they have yet to have a license that they could do a vehicle to the level of quality that they require and still be able to make any money on it. Ghostbusters would sell enough that it wouldn't be an issue.

Jesusfreak - Yep, they know about it…it's part of what brought me here in the first place. But at the time, 88MPH didn't have an action figure license, and Sony would only open up an RGB one, and for more money than they thought it was worth, so they passed. From what I'm hearing though, the times may have changed. They're so swamped with new lines right now that I don't even know if they have TIME to go back and check. Currently, they're getting ready to LAUNCH lines for Transformers, Ren and Stimpy, Pink Panther, Army of Darkness, Crittaz, and a couple of things they haven't even announced yet…heh. They've also been looking into the possibility of Invader Zim figures, and there are a couple of things that I dug up some info for them on recenty that could be awesome if they decide to do them. It's a busy time…

BTW - I was AT the Chicago show…spent most of the weekend about 30 ft from the DC Direct booth, at the Palisades one. Matter of fact, I think I was having a conversation with Rob (I think that's who it was) from RTM while he was taking those pictures.

I definately agree with Toygeek, the God of toy knowledge. The only thing (I won't call it a beef, because I was not angry about it) I had with Palisades was that there was no Witchblade figure with the likeness of Yancy Butler. However, the fact that the “WB:Animated” figs were by Paul Dini and Durce Timm more than made up for the lack of Ms. Butler. (Man, I miss that show…)

And as for TAS's comment about knock-offs, repaints, etc….

Have ya noticed that they aren't doing that as much as they used to? True, there are some re-issues coming out soon, but they are exclusives in gift-packs or box sets (i.e., Lab-Coat Beast, REALLY Pissed-Off Punisher). And as for the others, well, they're variants, and can prove to be much more sought after than the regular versions. Normally, though, ther are only two. For example, Wolverine, and Un-maksed, bloodied-up Wolverine. The GB variants would, in my vision, be VERY limited. Peter Venkman with Proton Pack and Neutrona rifle. And for the variant, “Slimed” Venkman, with Pack, Rifle, Slimer, and a little tub-o-slime to recreate the “I feel so funky” scene. Perhaps the “Slimed Venkman” could come in a playset: the hotel hallway.

Anyhoo, to get back to what I was saying, Toy Biz no longer goes by the Batman formlua: sixty billion versions of the main hero, three versions of the villian. Everybody's equal now. Even my favorite comic “hero” is getting a figure: Howard the Duck! What's wrong with that, huh? Nothin', that's what!

Palisades, Toy Biz, I don't care (well, I do, really). Just as long as it's not McFarlane.

BTW: Toygeek, excellent avatar. I just saw that episode and loved it!! Duck Dodgers forever!!

–Cliff