![]() The toy line first wave first printing is believed to have been all the figures, but not the Ghost Zapper or the Plush Toys. Officially, the first advertisements appeared, done by Toy's R Us in the newspapers around the end of January 1987. It is believed that the first wave toys were released during the Christmas season in 1986, mostly to fulfill layaway orders. Educated guesses are used in those cases. A few items were released that didn't have back cards and were not shown included with a wave. Sometimes the toy was released with other toys but wasn't included on the back card, in which case its included but noted. For releases in other countries/regions please see the Foreign Market Releases section of this article. The list is based on packaging back cards of the American version line. The foam pops were also used with the "ECTO Popper & ECTO-Goggles", which uses the same idea and adds temporary storage on the goggles. GhostPopper also shares the name Popper and refers to the ammo as "ghostpops" or "pops". This item as well was in many regards a precursor to the "GhostPopper", which would be able to fire foam pops. The concept was brought to the Real Ghostbusters line with "Finger Pop Fiends", which along with having the same function also share the name "Finger Pops".Īlso in 1979, Kenner released a second toy in the line called "Finger Pops Popper". A similar type of product to Nerf like foam products, it was Kenner's answer to Parker Brothers Nerf line. In 1979, Kenner released "Finger Pops", which were foam cylinders that could be projected in the air. Notably the line ended during the Kenner and Hasbro merger in 1991. ![]() It had ten waves of toys (based on card rearrangements) with at least one more planned. The line continued being made and sold til the spring of 1991. Later, the toys began to be put on shelves in January of 1987. The Kenner line of The Real Ghostbusters first hit the stores fulfilling Christmas pre-orders in 1986 (notably the 1986 first print sold out in pre-orders). 11.5 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Images.7.2 References in Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed.The frames themselves are relatively fragile so these will probably be relegated to display only instead of a costume accessory. The weight of the lenses pulls them down when they're on my head so they're hard to wear for any length of time but this is a common problem with most ecto goggles. The upper strap was attached to the D-ring with rivets which was then pop riveted onto the frame.Īll in all I think they came out well. I cut the leather down to 1" strips then attached snaps with a set of button pliers. I picked up some 4oz black leather off-cut strips from Ebay and the accurate ladder buckle and d-ring from. With the lenses attached I could then add the warning labels to them.Īfter discussing it with a friend of mine we came to the conclusion that the original prop probably used leather for the head straps. I positioned the screw posts of the lenses in more or less accurate positions then glued them on with JB Weld. I couldn't find any sort of screw ring that would match the threading of the lenses so I had to permanently attach them to the lens plate. While not accurate to GB1, I added some weatherstripping to act as padding on the frame edges which should hopefully help keep them from sliding on my head too much. They don't quite match but are good enough for my purposes. ![]() Matching the color of the frames wasn't easy, I wound up mixing various acrylics together and using my airbrush to paint them. Once the plates were fitted I gave them a coat of green paint. The plates are held together with hex bolts. I cut holes for the lenses in the outer plate with a jewelers saw. ![]() I cut two plates out of 1/8th inch aluminum to make the mounting plates. With frames and lenses in hand I figured I might as well put them together. I didn't have any real desire to make the goggles at the time but the price and opportunity was too good to pass up. I had picked up a real set of PVS-5A night vision goggle frames in a run on GBFans the year before. Fortunately the company also made some similar lenses that are relatively easier to find and way less expensive. As usually happens the part is a rare and expensive piece that you'd have to fight collectors for if you can even find one. In late 2011 members of GBFans positively ID'd one of the lenses used on the ecto goggles in the original Ghostbusters. ![]()
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